Maran Sprouse, Ph.D., currently serves as the Director of Business Development at Mosaic Biosciences, leading business development and partnering activities. With extensive experience in product development and team leadership, previous roles included Founder & CEO of a stealth startup and various positions at Watchmaker Genomics, where achievements included establishing operational manufacturing processes and contributing to quality strategy alignment with ISO 13485. Maran's background features a Ph.D. in Immunology from Baylor College of Medicine, with research focused on T cell receptor parameters related to autoimmune diabetes and the influence of gut microbiota on autoimmune arthritis development. Notable research accomplishments include the development of a novel PCR-based method for gene assembly and paired TCR amplification.