Primary Job Title Co-Founder and Head Primary Organization 
MatriSys Bioscience
Location La Jolla, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
UCSD Dermatology Professor Richard L. Gallo MD, PhD is a world leader in the use of microbes as novel medicines. He is a co-founder and head of MatriSys Bio’s Scientific Advisory Board. His work has focused on host defense and mutualistic interactions with microbes on the skin, with a particular interest in antimicrobial peptides and the basic
functions of the skin microbiome. Through high-throughput functional screening of the normal human skin microbiome, Dr. Gallo has identified specific strains of commensal Staphylococcus species that kill pathogenic bacteria and enhance skin innate immune defense. One of those common and beneficial commensals on human skin, S. hominis Sh-A9 was shown by UCSD researchers to produce lantibiotic peptides that display specific, potent antimicrobial activity towards Staphylococcus aureus, the pathogen associated with Atopic Dermatitis persistence. The company’s collaboration with the Gallo Laboratory at UCSD has resulted in the establishment of MatriSys Bioscience’s broad patent position to develop numerous therapeutics for large patient populations.
