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Our Team - Kevyn Merten

Kevyn Merten

   Kevyn Merten, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Research Operations, Pradama, Inc.
502-569-1020
kmerten@pradama.com

Kevyn works closely with the MetaCyte team in his role with Pradama, a promising MetaCyte portfolio company.

At Pradama, Kevyn oversees lead optimization and preclinical evaluation of investigational compounds, and manages key relationships with opinion leaders and contract research organizations. He led the effort to establish proof of concept in three therapeutic areas, and, working with MetaCyte, helped raise $1.85M in venture capital.

Kevyn holds a bachelors degree from the University of Kentucky, and a master's and Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Louisville. He held the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Training Fellowship, and received many educational honors, including the John M. Houchens Award for Outstanding Dissertation.

Kevyn's work has been published in several peer-reviewed publications.








July 16, 2010
Intrepid Bioinformatics Receives Investment, Meets Milestones

May 6, 2010
MetaCyte Business Lab Receives Mention in Nature (PDF)

March 31, 2010
MetaCyte Recognized for Innovation

March 15, 2010
Teresa Leezer Honored a Second Time for Excellence in Business Management

February 23, 2010
Gailar Addresses Leaders as Part of Innovation Panel

January 2010
Triathlon Medical Ventures and the Kentucky Seed Capital Fund Lead Investment in Louisville Start-Up

November 2009
MetaCyte Advisor Bill Strench Featured in Business First (External Link)

November 2009
EndoProtech Awarded $270,000 from Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

August 25, 2009
Pierce Named Interim Head of UofL Research (External Link)

July 1, 2009
AllTranz Named Top Innovator by National Venture Group

May 8, 2009
ApoImmune Finalist for "Best Early-Stage Vaccine Biotech" at World Vaccine Congress ViE Awards

September 12, 2008
MetaCyte Team Shows Off New Offices

June 18, 2008
Teresa Leezer Honored by Cambridge Who's Who for Excellence in Business Management

Summer 2006
A UofL research team led by Fred Roisen, Ph.D., has developed a breakthrough adult stem-cell therapy that repairs spinal-cord damage in paralyzed rats (External Link)