Our Story

3Brain is the world’s first company to connect cells with sophisticated silicon chips in cell culture plates

Stemming from our passion for technology and scientific progress, our co-founders have worked for more than 15 years on CMOS-powered cell-electronic interfaces with the aim of boosting research in major fields like neuroscience, ophthalmology and cardiology.

After being the first to introduce CMOS-based HD-MEA (high-density microelectrode array) to overcome passive MEA limitations, we are now setting up the next standard by introducing the CorePlate™ technology, a multiwell device for advanced cell-based analysis backed by per well logical processing cores.
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Our unfaltering research and development are aimed at improving in vitro cell-based screening outputs and thus raising the potential of finding new treatments for brain diseases.

Board of directors

Andrew Thomas

Ph.D., Chairman

Dr Thomas (Basel, Switzerland) is a founder of IPSO Group advising innovative start up companies in Switzerland and is the Managing Partner at Helvetica Capital as an Investment Advisor to Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital and Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund. He serves multiple Swiss companies as a Board Member or Strategic Advisor after serving 20 years at Roche as a Vice President in Pharma Research and Early Development.

Bruno Odermatt

Swiss Certified Public Accountant

Mr. Odermatt (Lucerne, Switzerland) is founder of and partner at Value Solutions Group. His previous experience includes serving as Head of Center of Competence Valuation and Member of the Managing Team for Corporate Finance/Corporate Recovery at KPMG Switzerland; More than 10 years as CFO at Prionics, a world leader in animal diagnostic acquired by Thermo Fisher in 2014, as well as a number of board and management positions in international companies.

John Reddington

Ph.D., DVM

Dr. Reddington (Denver, Colorado, USA) was the President and CEO of Morris Animal Foundation, a global leader in funding scientific studies. Dr. Reddington was also the COO for Cambridge Biomedical Inc., a laboratory CRO. President and CEO of Sirtex Medical, Inc. US division (ASX: SIR), COO and SVP of R&D for the publicly traded company Valentis Inc. John also founded DiagXotics Inc. and led it to become the world leader in disease diagnosis.

Alessandro Maccione

Ph.D., CSO

Dr. Alessandro Maccione, Ph.D. in bioengineering, has more than 10 years of experience in the development of bio-assays resulting from the combination of technologies from several disciplines, such as CMOS technology, biocompatible materials and packaging, electrophysiology, neurobiology, computer science and ICT.

Executive Team

Mauro Gandolfo

Ph.D., CEO

Mauro Gandolfo, Ph.D. in bioengineering, serves as the CEO of 3Brain. He is specialised in neural data processing and analysis with a focus on HD-MEAs. He is an enthusiastic entrepreneur who has managed a former start-up and worked as a consultant in the ICT sector.

Kilian Imfeld

Ph.D., CTO

Kilian Imfeld, Ph.D. Electrical Engineer and Post-graduate in Biomedical Engineering, has formerly extended his professional experience with microtechnology working at Swatch Group. He is the key contributor to 3Brain’s CMOS and hardware technology.

Alessandro Maccione

Ph.D., CSO

Alessandro Maccione, Ph.D. in bioengineering, has more than 10 years of experience in the development of bio-assays resulting from the combination of technologies from several disciplines, such as CMOS technology, biocompatible materials and packaging, electrophysiology, neurobiology, computer science and ICT.

Marco Aquila

Ph.D., Vice President, Global Sales

Marco Aquila earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences working on olfactory and visual phototransduction pathways, developing new electrophysiological techniques to study antimicrobial peptides. He further deepened his knowledge in biophysics working on optogenetic tools and cardiac ion channels. He has strong skills in MEAs and other electrophysiological techniques.

Our Team

Sercan Deniz, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Beatriz Furones Cuadrado - Scientific Sales Manger

Beatriz Furones Cuadrado, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Elisa Krächan, Ph.D. - Scientific Sales Manger

Elisa Monz, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Rita Wen

Marketing Manager

Philipp Markolin, Ph.D.

Scientific Marketing Specialist

Chiara Rosa Battaglia, Ph.D.

Head of Support (EU and APAC)

Giacomo Sciacca, Ph.D.

Field Applications Scientist

Gabriela Tondolo Fioreze, Ph.D.

Field Applications Scientist

Giampietro Seu, Ph.D.

Head of Embedded Systems

Aleksandar Godjoski

Head of Data Analysis

Miguel Dubal-Poo, Ph.D - Data Scientist, Machine learning

Miguel Duval-Poo, Ph.D.

Head of Data Science

Lorenzo Quartini

Head of Quality and Tests

Bruno Seifert

FPGA Engineer

Michael Adam

Head of Hardware

Filomila Kafe

ASIC System Integrator

Brunella Tedesco, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Cell Biology

Stefano Salvadè

Algorithm Engineer, UX Specialist

Riad Kanan, Ph.D.

Senior ASIC Designer

Natalia Szarek

Embedded Software Engineer

Alessandro Caula

Bioinformatics Software Developer

Alessia Campo

Bioinformatics Software Developer

Anamarija Duvancic

Administrative Assistant

Executive Team

Mauro Gandolfo

Ph.D., CEO

Kilian Imfeld

Ph.D., CTO

Alessandro Maccione

Ph.D., CSO

Marco Aquila

Ph.D., Vice President, Global Sales

Our Team

Sercan Deniz, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Beatriz Furones Cuadrado, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Elisa Monz, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Rita Wen

Marketing Manager

Philipp Markolin, Ph.D.

Scientific Marketing Specialist

Chiara Rosa Battaglia

Head of Support (EU and APAC)

Giacomo Sciacca, Ph.D.

Field Application Scientist

Gabriela Tondolo Fioreze, Ph.D.

Field Application Scientist

Lorenzo Quartini

Head ofQuality and Tests

Bruno Seifert

FPGA Engineer

Giampietro Seu, Ph.D.

Head of Embedded Systems

Stefano Salvadè

Algorithm Engineer and UX Specialist

Brunella Tedesco, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Cell Biology

Aleksandar Godjoski

Head of Data Analysis

Miguel Duval Poo, Ph.D.

Head of Data Science

Michael Adam

Head of Hardware

Riad Kanan, Ph.D.

Senior ASIC Designer

Filomila Kafe

ASIC System Integrator

Natalia Szarek

Embedded Software Engineer

Alessandro Caula

Bioinformatics Software Developer

Alessia Campo

Bioinformatics Software Developer

Anamarija Duvancic

Administrative Assistant

Sercan Deniz, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Beatriz Furones Cuadrado, Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Elisa Monz. Ph.D.

Scientific Sales Manager

Rita Wen

Marketing Manager

Philipp Markolin, Ph.D.

Scientific Marketing Specialist

Chiara Rosa Battaglia

Head of Support (EU and APAC)

Giacomo Sciacca, Ph.D.

Field Application Scientist

Gabriela Tondolo Fioreze, Ph.D.

Field Application Scientist

Lorenzo Quartini

Head of Quality and Tests

Stefano Salvadè

Algorithm Engineer and UX Specialist

Brunella Tedesco, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Cell Biology

Giampietro Seu, Ph.D.

Head of Embedded Systems

Miguel Duval Poo, Ph.D.

Head of Data Science

Aleksandar Godjoski

Head of Data Analysis

Michael Adam

Head of Hardware

Filomila Kafe

ASIC System Integrator

Riad Kanan, Ph.D.

Senior ASIC Designer

Bruno Seifert

FPGA Engineer

Natalia Szarek

Embedded Software Engineer

Alessandro Caula

Bioinformatics Software Developer

Alessia Campo

Bioinformatics Software Developer

Anamarija Duvancic

Administrative Assistant

Our partners

New partners

SuSoS AG

SuSoS AG is a Swiss high-tech company specialized in functional coatings. With a large expertise covering chemistry, physics, biology, sensorics, pharmaceutics, SuSoS is our partner to provide advanced processing in surface treatments for bio-functionalization and precise cell-adhesion control.

A:head AG

A:head bio AG, is an Austrian biotech company focusing on the development of next generation therapeutics for the treatment of brain disorders based on human cerebral organoids. The collaboration with a:head is aimed at providing innovative organ-on-chip screening solutions to improve the way and likelihood of success in finding new treatments for brain diseases.

All partners

Our partners

New partners

SuSoS AG

A:head AG

All partners

Our partners

New partners

SuSoS AG

A:head AG

All partners

Careers

We are interested in hearing from you

3Brain is a passionate and ambitious team working in one of the most promising and future-oriented sectors: neuroscience. In 3Brain we work hard to develop tangible technology that has positive, long-lasting impacts on our society.

Even if no open positions are available, we are always more than willing to consider high-achieving candidates passionate about joining our dynamic company. Please send your resume and a short cover letter to info@3brain.com.

Digital ASIC Design Engineer

3Brain is looking for a Digital ASIC Design Engineer to reinforce our R&D team and grow within the company. The candidate will be part of a group of ASIC design engineers and help optimizing existing sensors and designing the future CMOS-sensor products of 3Brain.

Analog ASIC Design Engineer

3Brain is looking for an Analog ASIC Design Engineer to reinforce our R&D team and grow within the company. The candidate will be part of a group of ASIC design engineers and help optimizing current sensors and designing the future CMOS-sensor products of 3Brain.

Field Application Scientist

3Brain is looking for a full-time Field Application Scientist for its R&D office in Italy (Genova) who will work with our scientific team to support customer projects, answer technical questions, and find creative approaches to solve customer needs concerning cell assays and statistical analysis of results.

Electronics Test Engineer

3Brain is looking for a full-time electronics engineer to reinforce our test team. You will help develop test systems for high-speed data acquisition devices including test system engineering, schematics design and layout.

Sales Area Manager - China

3Brain is looking for a full-time sales area manager for the China market to strengthen its sales department.

Sales Representative (UK Market)

Following its expansion plan, 3Brain is looking for a full-time sales representative for the UK market to strengthen its sales department.

Head of Software Development

3Brain is looking for a full-time head of software development for its Italian office. The ideal candidate has a strong ability in multiple code languages (especially in .NET projects) and excellent computer literacy. This is a senior-level position with supervisory responsibilities over candidate’s team, while interacting with the other seniors of the software team to lay out the scale and scope of the software project according to Company’s strategies. This position also requires hands-on design and coding.

3Brain AG

Huobstrasse 16
8808 Pfäffikon SZ - Switzerland

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+41 813227086

info@3brain.com