Above Nerves

Above Nerves

Yubing Sun, PhD
Co-Founder

ChangHui Pak, PhD
Co-Founder

Beatriz Martinez-Martin, PhD candidate
CEO

[email protected]

Better Neural Organoids for Speedier Drug Discovery

Above Nerves is focused on creating advanced 3D human neural organoids to speed up drug discovery and toxicology screening by developing better 3D brain models that mimic human neurodevelopment. 

Traditional animal testing is slow and often fails to replicate human brain mechanics. Our company creates high-fidelity neural tissue, enabling researchers to test drugs for neurodegenerative diseases safely and efficiently.

Our team uses microengineered stem cells and morphogen-gradient-inducing devices to build functional human-brain models in a lab setting.
 

 

Associated Facility / Faculty / Staff
    • Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

    Yubing Sun

    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
    N571 LSL
    240 Thatcher Road
    Amherst, MA 01003-9292

    (413) 545-4543
    [email protected]
    https://www.umass.edu/engineering/about/directory/yubing-sun

     

    • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 

    ChangHui Pak

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    N225 Life Science Laboratories
    240 Thatcher Road
    Amherst, MA 01003-9292

    (413) 577-2891
    [email protected]
    umass.edu/biochemistry-molecular-biology/about/directory/changhui-pak
    websites.umass.edu/cpak/

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