Dr. Jonathan Rothberg is regarded as one of the inventors of "next-gen" DNA sequencing, having brought to market the technology with 454 Life Sciences and Ion Torrent. He now runs the incubator 4Catalyzer, which includes unicorn Butterfly Network.
Advisers to Liminal Sciences include UPenn Professor Brian Litt, one of the world's experts in epilepsy, and Professor Pierre Khurri-Yakub, who pioneers new sensing modalities.