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SynBioBeta Speaker

Michael Hershkowitz

IFF

Dir., Sustainable Innovation

Michael Hershkowitz works at the intersection of industrial biotech, product development, and sustainability. Over the course of his career, he has worked across enzymes, bioproducts, and consumer applications, including roles at IFF, Novozymes, The Clorox Company, and Cobalt Technologies. He brings a practical perspective on how enzyme technologies can improve performance, reduce resource intensity, and open new possibilities in cleaning, food production, and biomaterials. He holds a degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from NC State.

Sessions Featuring

Michael

This Year

Breakout Session

3:30 PM

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4:15 PM

Biomanufacturing

Bio-Sharpened: Enzymes Transforming Cleaning, Processing, and the Industrial Food System

Enzymes are becoming the precision tools behind cleaner, more efficient, and more sustainable production across both home-care and food manufacturing. In cleaning products, next-generation enzymes replace harsh chemicals with biodegradable, high-performance biocatalysts that work at lower temperatures and deliver superior stain, odor, and grease removal. In food processing, engineered proteases, lipases, amylases, and fiber-modifying enzymes are unlocking new textures, cleaner labels, better stability, and reduced energy use—reshaping how everything from dairy and bakery to beverages and plant proteins are made.

Breakout Session

3:30 PM

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4:15 PM

Biomanufacturing

Bio-Sharpened: Enzymes Transforming Cleaning, Processing, and the Industrial Food System

Enzymes are becoming the precision tools behind cleaner, more efficient, and more sustainable production across both home-care and food manufacturing. In cleaning products, next-generation enzymes replace harsh chemicals with biodegradable, high-performance biocatalysts that work at lower temperatures and deliver superior stain, odor, and grease removal. In food processing, engineered proteases, lipases, amylases, and fiber-modifying enzymes are unlocking new textures, cleaner labels, better stability, and reduced energy use—reshaping how everything from dairy and bakery to beverages and plant proteins are made.

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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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