Our ambition is to deliver innovative solutions that improve crop productivity for sustainable agriculture.
Our purpose & ambition
A key challenge of modern agriculture is food security and productivity. Climate change, new pests and diseases and resistance development to existing modes of action of crop protection products are impacting yield and quality. At the same time innovation in crop protection has slowed down and regulation has become stricter.
Our mission is to create impact by developing precision crop protection products that optimize plant growth and improve resilience to adverse conditions. We aim to develop new tools that enhance plant physiology, rather than target diseases, pests and weeds.
Our goal is to generate early-stage R&D assets that are licensed to the agricultural industry for late development and registration.
Our ambition is to become a world-leading company providing next-generation solutions for sustainable agriculture.
Founders
Dr. José. A. Marquez
Co-founder
Dr. Marianna Vrettou-Schultes
Co-founder & Managing Director
Prof. Julia Santiago Cuellar
Co-founderThe founders of Cerelixis are Dr. José. A. Marquez, Dr. Marianna Vrettou-Schultes and Prof. Julia Santiago Cuellar.
Marianna is the Managing Director of Cerelixis with a track record of 17+ years of experience in the ag industry in the areas of R&D, strategic marketing and business.
José brings 20+ years of experience in structural biology research. He is a leading inventor of high throughput technologies and has contributed to seminal discoveries in plant biology.
Julia is a renowned researcher at the forefront of plant physiology.
The Technology Transfer unit and commercial arm of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBLEM, is also a shareholder in Cerelixis and brings extensive experience in technology transfer, licensing, and business development.