American College of Toxicology 2024

Arumugham (Ragoo) Raghunathan earned his Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of Hyderabad, with research on DNA-binding proteins in the rat brain. He pursued postdoctoral work at Wesleyan and Yale, later co-inventing Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) technology at Molecular Staging Inc., a key innovation in Next-Generation Sequencing, now commercialized by Qiagen. Ragoo transitioned smoothly from academia to industry, holding leadership roles in business development and technology at Sigma Aldrich, Horizon Discovery, and Metabolon Inc. He is currently Senior Director at InSphero, driving revenue growth across the Eastern U.S.

Maria Vittoria Colombo is a Scientist and Product Coordinator of Liver Safety at InSphero. In her role, she manages service projects and is responsible for the development and maintenance of the cross-species liver spheroids portfolio. Maria Vittoria earned her PhD in Bioengineering from Politecnico di Milano, where her research focused on developing Microphysiological Systems to investigate the bone-tumor microenvironment. Her research involved partnership with EOC hospital and DBM Basel in Switzerland, as well as the German Cancer Research Center in Germany.