Cymbeline Culiat, Ph.D.

CYMBELINE CULIAT, PH.D. BACKGROUND / BIOGRAPHY

• • It is the research conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) by Dr. Cymbeline (Bem) Culiat that led to the discovery of a pathway that triggers natural cell growth and maturation of musculoskeletal and heart-muscle tissue. This discovery is the foundation on which NellOne Therapeutics (NellOne) was established in 2008.
    
    Dr. Culiat was on the R&D staff at ORNL from 1999 to June 30, 2009, when she took early retirement. During that decade, Dr. Culiat was also an adjunct faculty member of the College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Genome Sciences and Technology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
    
    Born, raised and educated in the Philippines, from 1981 to 1994, Culiat taught biology at the University of the Philippines in Laguna, from which she earned a B.S. degree in cell biology (cum laude) and an M.S. degree in genetics. In 1994, Dr. Culiat received her doctorate in biomedical sciences from ORNL-University of Tennessee and completed postdoctoral work in molecular genetics at ORNL in 1999.
    
    A prolific contributor to scientific journals and other publications, and a frequent speaker at academic conferences, Culiat is the inventor on various patent applications related to the clinical applications of the Nell1 protein in tissue regeneration. These patents have been recently exclusively licensed to NellOne.
    
    Formerly employed by UT-Battelle, the entity established by the University of Tennessee and Battelle Memorial Institute to co-manage the Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Culiat has been widely recognized for her groundbreaking work, including Oak Ridge YWCA Woman of Distinction in Health, Science and Technology (2008), Biosciences Division Individual Achievement and Significant Event Award (2008), Federal Lab Consortium Excellence in Technology Transfer (Honorable Mention, 2008), and, from the ORNL-DOE Office of Science, both the Outstanding Mentor Award (2006) and the Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship (1996-1999).
    
    
    

• • COMPANY
  • NellOne Therapeutics
• • TITLE
  • Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board, NellOne Therapeutics, Inc. Senior Staff Scientist (retired), Systems Genetics Group, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• • COMPANY ADDRESS
  • 10702 Murdock Road
    Knoxville, TN 37932
    United States