Guilhem Tourniaire's Biography

Guilhem Tourniaire, Scientific and Managing Director, Cellenion

Guilhem Tourniaire studied Chemistry at the IUT of Montpellier, after an industrial placement at Unilever in Liverpool, he decided to further his study in the United Kingdom. He graduated with a Master in Applied Chemistry from Kingston University and then undertook a doctorate in high throughput Chemical Biology under the supervision of Professor Mark Bradley at the University of Edinburgh. After graduating, Guilhem worked for several start-up companies. At Smart Holograms, he worked on the development of biosensors for glucose monitoring. At Altrika, he was project manager and developed biomaterials for serum-free stem cell culture and for bacterial enrichment. In 2013, he decided to return to France and started working as sales manager and business developer for a German company called SCIENION AG. As part of this position, he established a business plan to investigate novel markets and applications related to precision cell dispensing. This latest assignment led to his appointment as Scientific and Managing director of Cellenion, a spin-off company based in Lyon and specialized in the fields of bioprinting and single-cell isolation.