DEDICATED AND EXPERIENCED INTERNATIONAL TEAM

The Team Behind our Staining Automation Innovations

Our mission is to democratize spatial biology discovery and biomarker capabilities through advanced technologies that increase accessibility, efficiency, and data quality of analytical techniques.

Parhelia Bio emerged from a shared vision at Stanford University.

As pioneers in the Spatial Biology field since its inception, we are uniquely positioned to lower the bar for anyone inspired to adopt these technologies in their research.

Co-founders Nikolay Samusik and Yury Goltsev were postdocs in the lab of Professor Garry Nolan at Stanford, where they co-developed the CODEX ultra-multiplexed spatial biology technology. They co-founded Akoya Biosciences (NASDAQ: AKYA) to commercialize CODEX (now PhenoCycler) and later acquired Opal (from Perkin Elmer) to offer critical technologies in spatial biology.

As front-line scientists pushing the boundaries of Spatial Biology, Nikolay, Yury, and Garry recognized the limitations of manual processing in preparing and staining samples for imaging analysis. Together, they founded Parhelia Biosciences to tackle these challenges head-on and enable researchers and clinicians to translate spatial biology discoveries into meaningful, biomarker-based outcome benefits for patients through reliable, consistent, and affordable automated solutions.

Purpose-Built Automation for the Spatial Biology Community

The speed and breadth of spatial biology's innovation have only increased the need for universal and high-throughput solutions to pre-imaging sample preparation.

We’re engineering consistent, reagent-saving, hands-free automated solutions to sample prep and staining bottlenecks so you can image more with less.

From basic stains to advanced protocols like PhenoCycler and GeoMx

We simplify lab workflow and make tissue auto-staining accessible to all researchers on a budget.

Join us in advancing spatial biology with cutting-edge technology tailored to your needs.

Trusted by industry-leaders around the globe

The Team

Nikolay Samusik

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO

Prof. Garry nolan

CO-FOUNDER

Yury Goltsev

CO-FOUNDER

Mike Stadnisky

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Jonathan Fisher

SVP COMMERCIAL

Nels Wedin

Sr. Field Applications Engineer

Michael Craft

field applications scientist

Nalee Xiong

Sr. Instrument Sales Specialist

Leslie Gore

General manager

Brandy Lee

director of administration

Mary Chandler Grisillo

account manager

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Automated Panel Mixing with the Parhelia Spatial Station™ for Spatial Biology and Flow Cytometry. Copy 4

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Our history

2021

A small set of PAR2 instruments were distributed to Early Adopter labs for assay development and verification. Additional staining methods and automation protocols were developed for Parhelia devices (H&E, IHC, multiplexed IF, Opal, RNAscope FISH).

2022

Based on the Early Adopter feedback, the Omni-Stainer™ was designed and released. Parhelia enters an official partnership with Opentrons for a complete low-cost auto-staining solution.

2023

Based on the Early Adopter feedback, the Omni-Stainer™ was designed and released. Parhelia enters an official partnership with Opentrons for a complete low-cost auto-staining solution.

2024 - May

Parhelia Biosciences Announces the Launch of the Parhelia Spatial Station™ – A Revolutionary Sample Prep System for Spatial Biology

2024 - June

Who we're
working with

"We were very excited to be an early-access adopter of Parhelia's automated coverslip staining solution. Their product significantly improved the reproducibility, labor, and throughput of our smFISH and CasFISH workflows. The Parhelia team provided easy to implement software scripte to run the protocols on the OT-2, and were very responsive in answering any of out questions as we were first setting up the process. Finally, the low upfront capital acquisition cost versus other cell staining automation solutions makes it very easy to justify the ROI."

co-founder and ceo
dahlia biosciences

• Un Kwon-Casado

“...auto staining enables testing more conditions and finding the optimal one.”

Staff Scientist
nih

• Dr. Noemi Kedei

"With the Parhelia Omni-Stainer I've been able to increase the number of coverslips or slides I can do CODEX staining at the same time and, on top of that, I've been able to save reagents and antibody while preserving staining quality. Using their product was a great investment for our project."

senior scientist
Washington University in st. louis

• Dr. Ruan Medrano

Partners

Hamilton

Parhelia Bio is pleased to be partnering with Hamilton to bring the next generation of sample automation for spatial biology and flow cytometry with the Parhelia Spatial Station™.

Opentrons

Parhelia Bio is pleased to be partnering with Opentrons to offer competitive pricing on a complete tissue auto-staining solution. Omni-Stainer™ is compatible with most liquid handling robots, but if you don’t have one, we recommend our partner Opentrons OT-2.