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Research Group / Board of Advisors
Thomas Lines
Scientific Advisor
Thomas Lines is a highly successful brand engineer and designer having created and launched over ten million-case beverages over the past decade. Gifted with an uncanny ability to understand the needs of
target customers and generate products to fulfill those needs, he leads the Research and Development at Quercegen Holdings LLC, a nutraceutical biotechnology company.
Lan Bo Chen
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Chen is both a prolific scientist and bioentrepreneur. A Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Chen is an expert in mitochondria, the cytoskeleton, and cellular imaging techniques. He is the author of over 200 academic publications and the founder of five successful biotechnology companies, including Fuji ImmunoPharmaceuticals and Shionogi BioResearch (both with Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa at MIT). Dr. Chen has served as a senior consultant for numerous large pharmaceutical firms, and has led the development or consulted for more than a dozen drugs and drug candidates.
Mitsunori Ono
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Mitsunori Ono is a world-renowned phytochemical expert who has authored 65 academic publications and holds over 49 U.S. patents and 21 U.S. patents pending. Formerly President of Synta Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Ono is a founder of Quercegen Pharma as well as a Senior Scientist with the Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center. While serving as the President of Fuji ImmunoPharmaceuticals and Shionogi BioResearch, Dr. Ono successfully spearheaded medicinal chemistry teams in developing multiple products from hits to advanced clinical trials in therapeutic areas including HIV, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. Dr. Ono was trained in medicinal chemistry at ETH (Zurich), after receiving his Ph.D. at Hokkaido University.
Marcus Elliot
Scientific Advisor
Marcus will be acting as our spokesperson in the field of sports performance. He is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School where he specialized in nutrition and exercise physiology. Marcus trains elite athletes for peak performance and injury prevention. He has worked with the NFL, a number of professional teams and individual athletes to improve their performance through strength training, bio-mechanical training, plyometrics and nutrition.
