Sander Wuyts
CEO And Co-founder at Kultured
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolSander Wuyts is a bioinformatics-driven entrepreneur and CEO who translates deep microbial genomics and multi-omics expertise into practical products and companies. With 11 years of experience spanning academic research at KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, EMBL and a PhD on lactobacilli taxonomy, he combines rigorous genome-scale analysis with machine learning to solve biological problems. He co-founded ImmuneWatch to map T-cell receptor specificity—aiming to accelerate vaccine, diagnostic and immunotherapy development—and also founded Kultured to bring fermentation to consumers. His background includes hands-on collaborations with Michelin-star chefs, a role in reclassifying Lactobacillus genera, and a quirky side achievement of cracking the Davos Bitcoin-in-DNA puzzle. Comfortable moving between bench, code and business, he excels at turning complex immunological and microbiome data into actionable insights.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Bio-Science Engineering: Cell and Gene Technology, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Bio-Science Engineering: Cell and Gene Technology at KU LeuvenBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Bio-Science Engineering: Cell and Gene Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Bio-Science Engineering: Cell and Gene Technology at University of AntwerpLatin-Science, Latin-Science at Sint Ritacollege
Github Skills (82)
microbiome10
bioconductor10
genome-annotation10
next-generation-sequencing9
taxonomy9
bioinformatics9
genome9
sequencing9
infectious-diseases9
pathogen9
metagenomics9
phylogenetic-trees9
phylogeny8
twitter8
r8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
swuyts/lactotax
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 23 pushes in 2 years 10 months
swuyts/Blog
Nov 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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