The people behind Predipet
The team behind PrediPet is a group of world renowned researchers and veterinarians. And the company behind is Alertix Veterinary Diagnostics AB, that was founded in 2017 in cooperation with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. Our headquarter is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and our research and laboratory is still located in Uppsala, Sweden.
Staffan Eriksson, Vice President R&D
With more than 100 scientific articles to his name, Staffan is one of the world’s leading researchers on thymidine kinase. He is also co-founder and former board member of listed AroCell AB (basically the same technology as PrediPet, but for humans).
Staffan has a medical background. He was educated at Karolinska Institute where he also has conducted research. During the last decades he has conducted his work at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala. Beside research he teaches students & tutors doctoral candidates. Staffan is a Medical Doctor, Ph.D. and Professor Emeritus.
Henrik Rönnberg
Henrik is a licenced veterinarian and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala. Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2009. Henrik is a Professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences and Medical Oncology Centre at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. Read Interview
Sara Saellström
Sara is a licenced veterinary at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden. She is also a specialist in canine (dogs) and feline (cats) diseases. She has completed a residency in oncology at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Uppsala. Sara is also M.Sc. in chemical engineering at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Liya Wang
Liya defended her thesis in Medical and Physiological Chemistry at SLU, Uppsala, Sweden in 1997. She is assisting Professor in Veterinary Biochemistry and lecturer at the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden. She works and conducts research in the field of DNA synthesis enzymes and is an expert in the molecular biology and biochemistry of the TK1 enzyme. She also teaches students of veterinary medicine and animal sciences.
Kiran Kumar Jagarlamudi
Kiran got a Bachelor’s Degree at Venkateswara Veterinary University in India 2007. He has a Master of Animal Science and defended his thesis in Veterinary Medicine at SLU, Uppsala, Sweden in 2015. Since 2010 he investigates different aspects of TK1, for instance characterization, development and evaluation of TK1 antibodies. Kiran is one of Alertix/PrediPet co-inventors. Presently head of clinical research at AroCell AB (the same technology but for humans).
Hanan Sharif
Hanan has a Veterinary Degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tripoli 2005. She defended her thesis in the field of diagnostics and establishment of methods to use TK1 for veterinary purposes at SLU, Uppsala, Sweden in 2012. Now she is working as researcher and head of laboratory for Alertix/PrediPet
