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Profile – Matthias Alder, Gain Therapeutics

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Matthias Alder

Name:

Matthias Alder

Job title:

Chief Executive

Place of work / study:

Gain Therapeutics [1]

Area of Research:

Leading a biotech company engaged in the development of a potentially disease-modifying therapy for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Hoping to unlock new treatments for difficult to treat disorders with our SEE-Tx™ supercomputer-driven, drug discovery [2] platform targeting allosteric binding sites.

How is your work funded?

Investors

Tell us a little about yourself:

I am excited about working in the biotech industry and leading a company in the development of a therapy that could have a tremendous benefit to patients with GBA1 Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself:

I am an avid cyclist and am currently training for a 2-day 200 mile ride with 23,000 feet of elevation gain.

What book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?

La memòria de l’arbre [3] by Tina Valles

Can we find you on Twitter & Instagram?

Follow @GainThera [4]