Stanford University BS, Electrical engineering MS, Electrical engineering PhD, Electrical engineering Stanford Genome Technology Center (Postdoc)
Known for
Co-Founder & CEO, Guardant Health Co-Founder & CEO, Avantome
Spouse
Carson Eltoukhy (? - 2020)
Scientific career
Fields
Genomics Electrical engineering
Thesis
An integrated system for de novo DNA sequencing
Doctoral advisor
Abbas El Gamal[1][2]
Helmy Eltoukhy is an American scientist and a businessperson who co-founded startups Avantome and Guardant Health. He is best known for his contributions to genomics, semiconductor DNA sequencing, and personalized medicine. His startups were acquired by Illumina in 2008. Avantome was founded to develop and commercialize semiconductor-based DNA sequencing, during the race for the $1,000 genome.[3] Guardant Health was founded to pioneer non-invasive liquid biopsy approaches for cancer diagnosis, monitoring, personalized medicine treatment, and research.[4][5]
^"Stanford Engineering, Abbas El Gamal - Previous Students". Stanford University. 2019. Retrieved 5 Nov 2019.
^Shinal, John (20 Feb 2015). "More-accurate cancer tests based on computer math". USA Today. Retrieved 5 Nov 2019.
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^Harry Glorikian; Malorye Allison Branca (20 November 2017). "Liquid Biopsies". MoneyBall Medicine: Thriving in the New Data-Driven Healthcare Market. Taylor & Francis. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-351-98433-1. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
HelmyEltoukhy is an American scientist and a businessperson who co-founded startups Avantome and Guardant Health. He is best known for his contributions...
American biotechnology company based in Palo Alto, California. Co-founders HelmyEltoukhy and AmirAli Talasaz serve as co-chief executive officers. The American...
for Illumina from March 2009 to June 2012. In 2012-2013, Talasaz and HelmyEltoukhy co-founded Guardant Health, which develops technology to detect and...
of directors of IntegenX and Aurora Biofuels. In 2008, Ronaghi and HelmyEltoukhy co-founded Avantome, a DNA sequencing company that was acquired by Illumina...
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