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Karin Schmitt

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Chief Operating Officer at Mursla Bio
📍 Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom

Karin Schmitt is a globally experienced science and business executive with over two decades in the biotech industry, currently serving as COO at Mursla Bio. Her career spans the Boston, Silicon Valley, and Cambridge clusters, with significant contributions to company growth, IPOs, and bringing over 20 innovative products to market internationally. She holds a Ph. D. from the University of Southern California.

Karin is passionate about scientific innovation, particularly in drug discovery, diagnostics, and cell and gene therapies. She is committed to building strong, diverse teams and actively coaches and mentors her colleagues, frequently posting about new hiring opportunities to foster team growth.

She has an exceptional track record in securing research funding, having successfully been awarded over £20 million in grants.

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Current Role
Chief Operating Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom
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Biotech Commercialization
She has brought over 20 innovative products to market and built the strategic roadmap for launching a liquid biopsy test in the US and EU.
Diagnostics Innovation
Her experience includes productizing disruptive diagnostic biomarkers and developing second-generation liquid biopsy tests based on multi-omics exosome analysis.
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Career

Work history

Chief Operating Officer
Mursla Bio
Chief Business Officer
Mogrify
Vice President, Research Operations
PredictImmune
R&D Director
Horizon Discovery
Technology Manager at Cambridge Enterprise
University of Cambridge
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University of Cambridge
Ph.D.
University of Southern California
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