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Katharine Grabek

@krgrabek

Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of @faunabio. Passionate about hibernation and translating its secrets. Ex-ski racer, mom and lover of all things winter

 Benicia, CA
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Joined October 2015
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Fauna Bio@faunabio11 Mar 2025
Congrats to our co-founders @ashleyz413 @krgrabek and @LindaBGoodman for being named to this year’s @Inc Female Founders 500 list! 🌟 See the full list: events.inc.com/female-founde…
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Linda Goodman
@LindaBGoodman7 Oct 2024
Some companies are into March Madness but @faunabio celebrates #FatBearWeek!! Vote with us at fatbearweek.org. The semifinals are on now!
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Fauna Bio@faunabio23 Sep 2024
.@neiltyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly team up with Ryan Sprenger, Senior Research Scientist at Fauna Bio, to explore a question straight out of science fiction: can humans #hibernate in space like animals do on Earth? @StarTalkRadio 🌎🪐 Watch here: youtu.be/Ph5cr3KSCUg?si=aFLv…
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Fauna Bio@faunabio5 Aug 2024
Excited to announce that Fauna Bio is on @FierceBiotech’s 2024 #Fierce15 list! Congrats to the team for all their hard work and thanks to @AGKootenay and the rest of the editorial team for recognizing our achievements this year! 🎉🎉🎉 fiercebiotech.com/special-re…
Introducing Fierce Biotech's 2024 Fierce 15

Introducing Fierce Biotech's 2024 Fierce 15

One of our Fierce 15 honorees dove deep into the ocean for inspiration from the sea squirt to develop new human therapeutics. Another thought the adorable 13-lined ground squirrel, with its polka...

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@xprize18 Apr 2024
Replying to @xprize @flyarcher @adamgoldstein13 @PeterDiamandis @DeblinaSarkar59 @realgeordierose @TheSanctuaryAI @GillVerd @extropic
➡️ @faunabio Co-founders Ashley Zehnder and Katie Grabek shared more about the company’s origin story, focus, and impact. They discussed the resilient ground squirrel and what we can learn from extreme species and what it might mean for humans.
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For #WomensHistoryMonth we're celebrating outstanding biotech leaders. Linda Goodman, Ashley Zehnder and Katie Grabek are the co-founders of Fauna Bio, which leverages insights from extraordinary mammalian phenotypes to develop novel therapeutics for improving human health
From left to right: Fauna Bio co-founders and chief technical officer Linda Goodman, chief executive officer Ashley Zehnder, and chief science officer Katie Grabek

ALT From left to right: Fauna Bio co-founders and chief technical officer Linda Goodman, chief executive officer Ashley Zehnder, and chief science officer Katie Grabek

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Fauna Bio@faunabio22 Jan 2024
Excited to share our @NASA early-stage grant to study #hibernation in #space 🚀☄️🪐 #muscleloss #biotech @CancerInExotics Read the release: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Fauna Bio Researcher Awarded NASA Early-Stage Grant to Study Hibernation in Space

Fauna Bio Researcher Awarded NASA Early-Stage Grant to Study Hibernation in Space

Fauna Bio Researcher Awarded NASA Early-Stage Grant to Study Hibernation in Space

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Ben Sajdak@BenSSajdak4 Jan 2024
Proud of the Twitterless Dr. Ryan Sprenger, @DocMarkerB and the @faunabio team for getting awarded the NIAC Phase 1 from @NASA!! #squirrelsinspace nasa.gov/news-release/fundin…

Funding Future Tech: NASA Names 2024 Innovative Concept Studies - NASA

NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fund ideas that could  innovate for the benefit of all and transform future agency missions.

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Eli Lilly and Fauna Bio have teed up a potential $494 million drug deal on the back of the … 13-lined ground squirrel? bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco…

How the 13-lined ground squirrel led an East Bay company to a potential half-billion-dollar drug...

The Emeryville company is building out its own pipeline of potential drugs, including programs in lung-scarring pulmonary fibrosis and the genetic blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa.

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Indeed!
Ben Sajdak (@BenSSajdak) profile pictureBen Sajdak@BenSSajdak21 Dec 2023
A really nice way to end the year! 🥳 We're all so excited about the new science and discoveries ahead in 2024 and beyond!
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Dr. Nicole Paulk
@Nicole_Paulk17 May 2023
I spy with my little 👀 ... My secret stealth #AAV #GeneTherapy company is launching today! 🚀
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@SirenBio17 May 2023
We’re excited to launch @SirenBio today at #ASGCT23 & introduce Universal AAV Immuno-Gene Therapy! 1st #AAV #GeneTherapy for #Cancer. Can be made once & used in countless indications. We’re sounding the alarm against cancer! Launch release: bit.ly/3Mr2Exk
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Fauna Bio@faunabio28 Apr 2023
Congratulations again to our brilliant #CTO and cofounder Dr @LindaBGoodman on your #SFBT #Top40under40 award last night! So many of our team members had such a wonderful time celebrating you and your success!
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@NYTScience28 Apr 2023
“We always like to think of humans as being the most special species,” said one of the leaders of the Zoonomia Project. “But it turns out that we’re really quite boring in many ways.” nyti.ms/41JtDJK

From Alpacas to Yaks, Mammal DNA Yields Its Secrets (Published 2023)

The genomes of monkeys, bats, whales and many other mammals are helping scientists tackle big questions about physiology, evolution and one very famous sled dog.

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Linda Goodman
@LindaBGoodman24 Apr 2023
Incredibly honored to be included in @SFBT's 40 under 40 list! Huge thanks to the amazing team at @FaunaBio who made our success possible over the past few years. Excited for what's to come! 🙌🏼 🎉 #teamwork #biotech #WomenInSTEM bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco…
40 Under 40: Linda Goodman, Fauna Bio

40 Under 40: Linda Goodman, Fauna Bio

Our 40 Under 40 Class of 2023 includes a new mayor, several chefs, a developer and, of course, lots of young founders and entrepreneurs.

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Fauna Bio@faunabio20 Apr 2023
If you're attending #ARVO2023 hosted by @ARVOinfo reach out to our Director of Emerging Animal Models, @BenSSajdak. Ben will be exploring connections in the gene therapy space around retinal disease treatments. #genetherapy #retinaldisease
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Fauna Bio@faunabio19 Apr 2023
If you’re heading to #APS hosted by @APSPhysiology this weekend, say hi to @krgrabek @Kacey_Haps and who will be there to discuss how #hibernation biology can lead to the clinic. #drugdiscovery #drugdevelopment #therapeutics physiology.org/professional-…
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Fauna Bio@faunabio3 Apr 2023
Recently, Robin Donovan did a deep dive on what Fauna is doing, how we’re doing it, and why @ceeceeboom of Boom Capital Ventures and Rohit Sharma of @trueventures are supporters of the work we do! Read “Squirrels Survive When Humans Would Die” proto.life/2023/03/squirrels… #genomics
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Hibernators are known for entering ketosis and lowering body temperature. Welp I've entered ketosis (started keto diet recently) and my nightly body temperature has lowered too! So does keto keep you cool?
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Incredibly disappointing and infuriating to see the WSJ publish an opinion piece suggesting the reason SVB failed is because there were not enough white men on their board.
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@unusual_whales13 Mar 2023
This is real from the WSJ why SVB failed: … besides 91% of their board being independent & 45% women, they also have “1 Black,” “1 LGBTQ+” and “2 Veterans.” I’m not saying 12 white men would have avoided this mess, but the company may have been distracted by diversity demands.
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This essay was the result of a collaborative research process with @ceeceeboom of Boom Capital and @ashleyz413 and the @faunabio team. centuryofbio.substack.com/p/… Overview below:
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