Eta Atolia
Founder @ TareBio (YC S26) | Spinning out a vaccine discovery platform from immune imprints
Experience
Career
2025TareBio (YC S26)
FounderFounder, CEO · 2025 – Present
2016UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program
MD-PhD Candidate · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2016 – 2025
2015Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate / Postgraduate Researcher, Goldberg Lab, HMS/MGH · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 2015 – 2016
2011Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Researcher, Bhatia Lab, Koch Institute · 2011 – 2015
2014Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Researcher, Wittrup Lab, Koch Institute · 2014
2012Massachusetts Institute of Technology
iGEM Team Researcher, Weiss Lab, Synthetic Biology Center · 2012
2011Weizmann Institute of Science
Summer Research Assistant, Eisenbach Lab, Department of Immunology · Reẖovot, Israel · 2011
2010National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Research Assistant, Ion Cyclotron Resonance Department · Tallahassee, Florida, United States · 2010 – 2011
Bio
Founder & CEO, TareBio (YC S26). MD-PhD from UCLA-Caltech, where she built a novel platform that develops vaccines for any cancer or infection in weeks, funded by the Gates Foundation. BS in Biology from MIT. Conducted research at the Koch Institute, Harvard Medical School, and the Weizmann. Select Awards: UCLA MD-PhD Merit Scholar, UCLA TDG Senior Fellow, MIT iGEM Gold Medal, MIT IDEAs winner, MIT Dean Advisory Group, WhiteHouse Science Fair, Bessie Lawrence Scholar, Intel STS Finalist