SynBioBeta Speaker

Jessica Owens

Initiate Ventures

Managing Partner

Jessica Owens is a general partner at Initiate Ventures, leading investments in early-stage Tech Bio companies. A seasoned investor, entrepreneur, and scientist, she’s been a founding team member of seven companies, including GRAIL, and was previously an investor at Kleiner Perkins.

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Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein Dynamics and Multi-Cell Models

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Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein Dynamics and Multi-Cell Models

AIxBIO

Draft Session

Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein Dynamics and Multi-Cell Models

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May 2026

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Confirmed Speakers

David Sinclair

David

David Sinclair

David

David Eagleman

David

David Eagleman

David

Pardis Sabeti

Pardis

Pardis Sabeti

Pardis

Bruce Friedrich

Bruce

Bruce Friedrich

Bruce

Sue Siegel

Sue

Sue Siegel

Sue

Jonathan Anomaly

Jonathan

Jonathan Anomaly

Jonathan

Jean Hebert

Jean

Jean Hebert

Jean

Michael Koeris

Michael

Michael Koeris

Michael

Drew Endy

Drew

Drew Endy

Drew

Emily Leproust

Emily

Emily Leproust

Emily

Kim Branson

Kim

Kim Branson

Kim

Yue Webster

Yue

Yue Webster

Yue

David Hallett

David

David Hallett

David

Bill Tai

Bill

Bill Tai

Bill

Jeanne Loring

Jeanne

Jeanne Loring

Jeanne

Ola Wlodek

Ola

Ola Wlodek

Ola

Relly Brandman

Relly

Relly Brandman

Relly

Jessica Owens

Jessica

Jessica Owens

Jessica

Krish Ramadurai

Krish

Krish Ramadurai

Krish

Oliver Dodd

Oliver

Oliver Dodd

Oliver

Douglas Crawford

Douglas

Douglas Crawford

Douglas

Liliana Nordbakk

Liliana

Liliana Nordbakk

Liliana

Isabelle Decitre

Isabelle

Isabelle Decitre

Isabelle

Amy Trejo

Amy

Amy Trejo

Amy

Jenny Rooke

Jenny

Jenny Rooke

Jenny

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Jose Carlos

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Jose Carlos

Adrian Woolfson

Adrian

Adrian Woolfson

Adrian

Niko McCarty

Niko

Niko McCarty

Niko

John Robson

John

John Robson

John

Vanessa Braunstein

Vanessa

Vanessa Braunstein

Vanessa

Gabriele Corso

Gabriele

Gabriele Corso

Gabriele

John Cumbers

John

John Cumbers

John

Max Unfried

Max

Max Unfried

Max

Avantika Lal

Avantika

Avantika Lal

Avantika

Jens Nielsen

Jens

Jens Nielsen

Jens

Ling Li

Ling

Ling Li

Ling

Sharroll Bachas

Sharroll

Sharroll Bachas

Sharroll

Tanja Kortemme

Tanja

Tanja Kortemme

Tanja

Ivan Jaubert

Ivan

Ivan Jaubert

Ivan

Vanderlei Bellettini

Vanderlei

Vanderlei Bellettini

Vanderlei

Peter Clark

Peter

Peter Clark

Peter

Neil Parry

Neil

Neil Parry

Neil

Alexandra Boelrijk

Alexandra

Alexandra Boelrijk

Alexandra

Ashoka Madduri

Ashoka

Ashoka Madduri

Ashoka

Elliot Hershberg

Elliot

Elliot Hershberg

Elliot

Jonathan Good

Jonathan

Jonathan Good

Jonathan

Jacob Glanville

Jacob

Jacob Glanville

Jacob

Tim Friede

Tim

Tim Friede

Tim

Stephanie Wisner

Stephanie

Stephanie Wisner

Stephanie

Kaihang Wang

Kaihang

Kaihang Wang

Kaihang

Matt Angle

Matt

Matt Angle

Matt

Jacob Becraft

Jacob

Jacob Becraft

Jacob

Omri Amirav-Drory

Omri

Omri Amirav-Drory

Omri

Nima Alidoust

Nima

Nima Alidoust

Nima

Shrikrishnan Sankaran

Shrikrishnan

Shrikrishnan Sankaran

Shrikrishnan

Richard Kenny

Richard

Richard Kenny

Richard

Kit McDonnell

Kit

Kit McDonnell

Kit

Le Cong

Jory Bell

Jory

Jory Bell

Jory

Andrew Hessel

Andrew

Andrew Hessel

Andrew

Matthew Osman

Matthew

Matthew Osman

Matthew

Roya Amini-Naieni

Roya

Roya Amini-Naieni

Roya

John Chodera

John

John Chodera

John

Nick Edwards

Nick

Nick Edwards

Nick

Georgia Lu

Georgia

Georgia Lu

Georgia

Dawn Musil

Dawn

Dawn Musil

Dawn

Nicole Richards

Nicole

Nicole Richards

Nicole

Max Jamilly

Max

Max Jamilly

Max

Juliette Humer

Juliette

Juliette Humer

Juliette

Michael Weiner

Michael

Michael Weiner

Michael

Ewa Lis

Ewa

Ewa Lis

Ewa

Jamie Bacher

Jamie

Jamie Bacher

Jamie

Samuel Jayakanthan

Samuel

Samuel Jayakanthan

Samuel

Birgit Cameron

Birgit

Birgit Cameron

Birgit

Per Falholt

Per

Per Falholt

Per

Megan Thomas

Megan

Megan Thomas

Megan

Arthur Gardner Smith

Arthur

Arthur Gardner Smith

Arthur

Laura Luebbert

Laura

Laura Luebbert

Laura

Eileen Spindler

Eileen

Eileen Spindler

Eileen

Victoria Mascetti

Victoria

Victoria Mascetti

Victoria

Fan Yang

Fan

Fan Yang

Fan

Kiana Aran

Kiana

Kiana Aran

Kiana

Colby Adolph

Colby

Colby Adolph

Colby

Chase Denecke

Chase

Chase Denecke

Chase

Chris Kantrowitz

Chris

Chris Kantrowitz

Chris

Luis Valencia

Luis

Luis Valencia

Luis

Eric Bennett

Eric

Eric Bennett

Eric

Jake Miller

Jake

Jake Miller

Jake

Hector Garcia Martin

Hector

Hector Garcia Martin

Hector

Surge Biswas

Surge

Surge Biswas

Surge

Bryan Walsh

Bryan

Bryan Walsh

Bryan

Celine Schiff-Deb

Celine

Celine Schiff-Deb

Celine

David Welch

David

David Welch

David

Onye Ahanotu

Onye

Onye Ahanotu

Onye

Laurence Ion

Laurence

Laurence Ion

Laurence

Michael Ferrari

Michael

Michael Ferrari

Michael

Rajesh Krishnamurthy

Rajesh

Rajesh Krishnamurthy

Rajesh

Tim Schnabel

Tim

Tim Schnabel

Tim

Jayme Feyhl-Buska

Jayme

Jayme Feyhl-Buska

Jayme

Kevin Flyangolts

Kevin

Kevin Flyangolts

Kevin

Takashi Ebihara

Takashi

Takashi Ebihara

Takashi

Elena Itskovich

Elena

Elena Itskovich

Elena

Alex Rosay

Alex

Alex Rosay

Alex

Mariëlle van Kooten

Mariëlle

Mariëlle van Kooten

Mariëlle

Xuecheng Jiao

Xuecheng

Xuecheng Jiao

Xuecheng

Vineet Rajgarhia

Vineet

Vineet Rajgarhia

Vineet

Aaron Blotnick

Aaron

Aaron Blotnick

Aaron

Eriona Hysolli

Eriona

Eriona Hysolli

Eriona

Gordon Freedman

Gordon

Gordon Freedman

Gordon

Callie Chappell

Callie

Callie Chappell

Callie

Bijan Harandi

Bijan

Bijan Harandi

Bijan

Ellen Chang

Ellen

Ellen Chang

Ellen

Julie O'Shaughnessy

Julie

Julie O'Shaughnessy

Julie

Laura Kliman

Laura

Laura Kliman

Laura

Lilly Wollman

Lilly

Lilly Wollman

Lilly

Jim West III

Jim

Jim West III

Jim

Sierra Lore

Sierra

Sierra Lore

Sierra

Huafeng Xu

Huafeng

Huafeng Xu

Huafeng

Aryé Elfenbein

Aryé

Aryé Elfenbein

Aryé

Karl Handelsman

Karl

Karl Handelsman

Karl

Kid Parchariyanon

Kid

Kid Parchariyanon

Kid

Vayu Hill-Maini

Vayu

Vayu Hill-Maini

Vayu

Nathan Wolfe

Nathan

Nathan Wolfe

Nathan

Elizabeth Kellogg

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Kellogg

Elizabeth

Colwyn Headley

Colwyn

Colwyn Headley

Colwyn

Jon Brestoff

Jon

Jon Brestoff

Jon

Rongzhen Tian

Rongzhen

Rongzhen Tian

Rongzhen

Travis Frey

Travis

Travis Frey

Travis

Alex Kyabarongo

Alex

Alex Kyabarongo

Alex

Samuel King

Samuel

Samuel King

Samuel

Emily Leproust

Emily

John Cumbers

John

Douglas Crawford

Douglas

Isabelle Decitre

Isabelle

Amy Trejo

Amy

Relly Brandman

Relly

Jamie Bacher

Jamie

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Jose Carlos

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Previous Speakers Include

Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

Craig Venter

JCVI

Craig Venter

JCVI

Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO and Co-Founder

Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO and Co-Founder

George Church

Harvard Medical School

Professor

George Church

Harvard Medical School

Professor

Thomas Bostick

Ginkgo Bioworks

Chairman

Thomas Bostick

Ginkgo Bioworks

Chairman

Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Institution Fellow

Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Institution Fellow

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

Daphne Koller

Insitro

Founder & CEO

Daphne Koller

Insitro

Founder & CEO

Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

Esther Dyson

BAMF Health

Executive Founder

Esther Dyson

BAMF Health

Executive Founder

Jim Collins

Author

Jim Collins

Author

Lora Kolodny

CNBC

Tech Reporter

Lora Kolodny

CNBC

Tech Reporter

D.A. Wallach

Time BioVentures

General Partner & Co-Founder

D.A. Wallach

Time BioVentures

General Partner & Co-Founder

Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

Pardis Sabeti

Sherlock Biosciences

Professor

Pardis Sabeti

Sherlock Biosciences

Professor

George Whitesides

CA-27

Congressman

George Whitesides

CA-27

Congressman

Eleni Kounalakis

CA Lieutenant Governor

Eleni Kounalakis

CA Lieutenant Governor

Gaurab Chakrabarti

Solugen

Co-Founder & CEO

Gaurab Chakrabarti

Solugen

Co-Founder & CEO

Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

Professor

Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

Professor

Alison Snyder

Axios

Managing Editor

Alison Snyder

Axios

Managing Editor

Jason Kelly

Ginkgo Bioworks

Founder & CEO

Jason Kelly

Ginkgo Bioworks

Founder & CEO

Ron Weiss

MIT

Professor

Ron Weiss

MIT

Professor