SynBioBeta Speaker
Arthur Gardner Smith
[Re]formation Hair
Founder & CEO
Arthur Gardner Smith is the CEO & Founder of [re]formation hair, a beauty-biotech startup reimagining hair straighteners sans the harsh chemicals that have been linked to serious health concerns including uterine cancer.
Arthur and his team are building a professional grade solution that provides targeted delivery to hair while limiting unwanted interaction with the scalp.
A Danaher former and a seasoned Fortune 500 innovation executive by trade, Arthur has served in senior leadership across an array of B2B technology & service businesses that cater to life science organizations and enterprise CPG brands, namely in beauty & personal care.
He is a seasoned operator having held roles of increasing responsibility across Operations, M&A, Sales & Marketing and Product. Arthur has a strategic vision on how to advance haircare through proven innovations in biotechnology, anchoring on a mission to serve the most elaborate use cases to better serve all.
Arthur has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSc. in Economics from The Wharton School. He is an avid traveler and enjoys spending time crafting his culinary skills on the weekends.
Arthur and his husband, EJ, live in Los Angeles, California.
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Planetary Health
Everyday Bio: Understand the Bio-Products Consumers Love—and Why
Biotech is no longer behind the scenes—it’s on our shelves, in our homes, and part of our daily routines. From sustainable haircare to household cleaning, and high-performance materials, bio-based innovations are redefining everyday consumer experiences. This session explores what drives adoption, how brands communicate the value of biology, and why trust, transparency, and performance are key to building loyalty. Join us to hear from the companies making biology irresistible, accessible, and seamlessly integrated into daily life—and learn what it takes to create bio-products consumers truly love.
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Planetary Health
Everyday Bio: Understand the Bio-Products Consumers Love—and Why
Biotech is no longer behind the scenes—it’s on our shelves, in our homes, and part of our daily routines. From sustainable haircare to household cleaning, and high-performance materials, bio-based innovations are redefining everyday consumer experiences. This session explores what drives adoption, how brands communicate the value of biology, and why trust, transparency, and performance are key to building loyalty. Join us to hear from the companies making biology irresistible, accessible, and seamlessly integrated into daily life—and learn what it takes to create bio-products consumers truly love.
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Human Health
From Cells to Patients: Solving the Scale Mismatch in Virtual Biology
Drug discovery often measures biology at the cell level while interventions work at the tissue, organ, or whole-patient scale. This mismatch can make accurate cell-level predictions irrelevant in the clinic. This session dives into strategies to bridge that gap: multiscale modeling that nests single-cell dynamics within organ-level simulations, spatial transcriptomics that preserve context, and surrogate models that translate cell-level outputs into clinical biomarkers. Speakers will ask: how do we ensure virtual biology reflects not just what cells do in isolation, but how biology behaves in the real complexity of patients?
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