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SynBioBeta Speaker

Kerri Dugan

Applied Research Institute

SVP Biotech

Dr. Kerri Dugan is the Senior Vice President for Biotechnology at Applied Research Institute. Her experience includes transitioning capabilities across broad multi-disciplinary domains including biotechnology, geospatial intelligence, forensic science and critical technology areas in support of national security. She held leadership positions at DARPA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Science Foundation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory Division. She holds a PhD in molecular biology from Princeton University.

Sessions Featuring

Kerri

This Year

Breakout Session

4:30 PM

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5:15 PM

Business of Biology

Bio-Ready America: Advancing Bioliteracy to Power the U.S. Bioeconomy

As the U.S. accelerates into the age of biotechnology, the future of our national competitiveness, economic growth, and security depend on a workforce and citizenry fluent in biotechnology. This panel brings together leaders to explore how bioliteracy and a biotech-ready workforce can become strategic assets to power the U.S. bioeconomy.

Breakout Session

4:30 PM

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5:15 PM

Business of Biology

Bio-Ready America: Advancing Bioliteracy to Power the U.S. Bioeconomy

As the U.S. accelerates into the age of biotechnology, the future of our national competitiveness, economic growth, and security depend on a workforce and citizenry fluent in biotechnology. This panel brings together leaders to explore how bioliteracy and a biotech-ready workforce can become strategic assets to power the U.S. bioeconomy.

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Session lineup still growing

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Speaker Coming Soon

Fireside Chat

12:00 AM

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8:30 AM

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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