About
Nikolina Lauc is GlycanAge's CEO and Co-Founder, leading the consumer company built from her father Prof. Gordan Lauc's glycomics research at Genos and the University of Zagreb. GlycanAge's mission page frames the company as a father-daughter partnership: Gordan brings the science, Nikolina brings the commercial translation, and her brother Filip Lauc leads technology as CTO. Her public work centers on biological-age testing, glycan-based aging clocks, women's longevity, and turning lab science into a guided consumer product.
What to Know
Signature approach
Nikolina's role is commercial translation: taking a specialized IgG glycomics assay and shaping it into a consumer test with understandable reporting, repeat-testing plans, and a specialist call attached to every result. Her public talks also push the glycan-aging story into women's health, perimenopause, and hormone-aware longevity, giving GlycanAge a clearer audience than a generic biological-age test.
What sets them apart
- Family-founded model. GlycanAge's science, executive leadership, and technology are split across Gordan, Nikolina, and Filip Lauc.
- Consumer-product lens. Her public bios emphasize startup and product-building experience before GlycanAge, which matters for translating a niche assay into a purchaseable test.
- Women's longevity focus. Her conference and podcast work repeatedly connects biological-age testing with perimenopause, hormones, and women's healthspan.
- Category visibility. Foresight, Longevity Med Summit, Smart Ageing Summit, and podcast appearances make her a visible advocate for glycan-based aging clocks.
Affiliations
Co-Founder
Thought Leadership
Media Appearances
- Aging and How to Reverse It, Biomarkers, Testing, Diabetes, Peri- and Menopause, and Creating Action Plans to Improve Wellbeing and Longevity · The Longevity & Lifestyle Podcast (Episode 6)
- Part 2 with Nikolina Lauc of GlycanAge — How and Why · The Longevity & Lifestyle Podcast
- How GlycanAge Predicts Disease and Aging · Myers Detox Podcast
- Unlocking the Human Glycome to Detect Biological Age and Disease · The Wealth Alchemist Podcast
- The Path to Reliable Aging Clocks · Foresight Institute — Vision Weekend Europe 2024 · 2024-08
- Multi Omics Clock Foundation · Foresight Institute · 2022-10
- The Role of Women's Hormones on Biological Ageing · Longevity Med Summit 2025 — Women's Health Interventions Program
- CEO Nikolina Lauc: From Overcoming Trauma to Shaping the Future of Longevity · GlycanAge Journeys (long-form interview) · 2024-08-21
Notable Collaborators
- Prof. Gordan Lauc, PhD · Father, GlycanAge co-founder and CSO; pioneering glycobiology researcher whose 20-year work at Genos / Human Glycome Project is the scientific foundation of the company
- Filip Lauc · Brother, GlycanAge co-founder and CTO; technical architect of the consumer platform
- Foresight Institute · Fellow since 2021; Vision Weekend speaker (2022–2024) on aging clocks, multi-omics, and longevity infrastructure
- Hub71 (Abu Dhabi) · GlycanAge accepted into Hub71 startup ecosystem (2022) as part of UAE-region expansion
- Women for Longevity · Co-founder of network focused on women's longevity health and hormone-aware preventive medicine
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