Scientific architecture
Define the mechanism, sharpen the hypothesis and design the evidence needed to make an idea stand up.
Biology × Engineering
Bringing
science to life.
Bioneer turns biological principles into engineered reality. We work with scientists to move powerful ideas beyond the paper—and into applications that matter.
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From mechanism
to working system.
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Why Bioneer
Biology reveals what is possible.
Engineering makes it real.
Too much valuable science stops at insight. We build the bridge from a biological mechanism to a reproducible process, product, platform or new company.
Our work combines cell biology, immunology and molecular medicine with biochemical engineering, systems thinking and commercial translation. The result is not innovation theatre—it is a path toward something that can be tested, built and used.
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What we bring
Engineering & prototyping
Turn biology into a controllable system through process design, instrumentation, bioreactors and testable prototypes.
Translation & ventures
Build the application case, development roadmap, funding logic and venture structure around the science.
One team, from first principle to first proof.
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The scientists behind Bioneer
Deep science.
Builder instinct.
Our work crosses disciplines because the most consequential ideas rarely fit inside one department.
Founder / Scientist-engineerDr. Svenja
Dannewitz Prosseda
CEO, Bioneer UG · Co-founder & CEO, Senara
Engineer, cell biologist and immunologist with internationally published work spanning inflammation, cardiovascular biology, pulmonary hypertension and mammary biology. Her research into cellular microenvironments contributed to a patented therapeutic strategy for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Stanford profile
Scientific engineering / TechnologyDr. Philipp
P. Prosseda
Co-founder & CTO, Senara
Biochemical engineer and molecular medicine scientist. His work spans primary cilia, kidney disease, ocular biology, optogenetics and CRISPR, including doctoral research at Sheffield and postdoctoral research at Stanford Medicine.
Stanford profileEducation, research & professional experience across
StanfordCambridgeSheffieldManchesterUniversity of FreiburgFrankfurt UAS
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Company-building track record
Science is only the beginning.
We have repeatedly taken biological insight into company formation, product strategy and application development.
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Food biotechnology
Senara
Europe’s first cell-cultivated dairy company—translating mammary-cell biology into scalable milk production, purpose-built bioreactors and industrial process design.
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Pure Glow Skin Care
An early venture built around evidence-informed, naturally sourced skin care—bringing scientific thinking into a product people could use every day.
03Health innovation
Lifeblood
Part of our wider company-building track record: exploring how rigorous biological insight can become a focused, useful application.
ResearchPeer-reviewed work in internationally recognised journals
IPPatented science translated toward therapeutic and industrial use
BuildBioreactors, biological processes, products and ventures
Scientist collaboration
Your idea deserves
a life beyond the lab.
We invite scientists with an original biological insight and the ambition to make it useful. Selected projects can apply for Bioneer support through an in-kind funding contribution.
Start an applicationA strong first note is short.
Your biological principleThe application you imagineThe evidence you haveThe obstacle you need to solve