About Us

We aim to transform human health, by enhancing the quality of life and preventing diseases via microbiome-derived R&D advancements.

Our expert team of partners and talented scientists are passionate about bringing First-in-class ingredients to market. Our work started with the discovery of probiotic species producing a range of Omega fatty acids and short-chain fatty acids, which now lead to their use in innovative formulations requested by industry.

As advocates for the transformative power of probiotics, post-biotics and now para-biotics combined with Omega super nutrients, the BiomeMega team have been able to share our passion by carefully crafting formulations and finished products (e.g. gummies and drinks).

Foundry Team

Dr Gustavo De Cerqueira

Co-founder

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Dr Lesley Braun

Co-founder

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Fraser Taylor

Co-founder

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Dr Yuval Avnir

Co-foundry BDM

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Prof. Ian Paulsen

Science & Technology Advisor

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Industry-experienced co-founders

Co-founder and CEO
Associate Investigator at the Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB-Macquarie University), Industry Member at the Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance (CEA StAR-University of Queensland). Former lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology at JCU-Townsville, PhD in Biotechnology jointly by the Pasteur Institute (Paris) and the Federal University of Pelotas, and a Masters in Agricultural Biotechnology.
Previously principal of Cluster Biotechnology (a consulting firm helping Korean companies develop and commercialise medical devices), and former Honorary Affiliate at the University of Sydney having 30+ papers in Molecular Microbiology and Biomedical Genomics.
Inventor in Australian Patents and International applications, Company Director with experience growing start-ups and scaleups, external Advisor at the University of the Sunshine Coast and James Cook University, former visiting scientist at UCONN Health Center (Molecular Vaccinology), and previous postdocs at Monash University (molecular microbiology), USYD (Synbio and cell biology of insect cells) and Butantan institute (molecular vaccinology).
Gustavo is also a Venture Partner at Provisio Ventures and a Former member of the Rotaract International.
Co-founder and Director
20+ years in the food industry with commercial roles at Nestle and international roles at Kellogg’s including VP Marketing for Kellogg’s ANZ; VP Marketing Sara Lee Australia.
More recent roles as Director of Commercialisation at The George Institute for Global health and MD of FoodSwitch–a social enterprise run out of the George Institute.
MEng in Mechanical Engineering and Graduate of the Austrian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Extensive experience taking clinically-proven ingredients and finished products/brands to market (30 years), with deep formulator expertise and team building capacity. Former Principal Investigator at Kirin Health Sciences (Japan) and Southern Cross University (Australia). Lesley is a veteran human trials specialist and encompasses a Ph.D. from from the RMIT in Australia.