
SynBioBeta Speaker
Shai Melcer
Israel Innovation Authority
Head of Nat'l. Bioconvergence Prog.
Dr. Shai Melcer was appointed Director of the National Bioconvergence Program, responsible for implementing the program within the TELEM Forum. Dr. Melcer holds LL.B and LL.M degrees, a PhD in Genetics from the Hebrew University, and 15 years of experience in biomedical entrepreneurship.He has collaborated with institutions including the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center, IBM, and Bio-Jerusalem, and co-founded innovative biomedical ventures such as BioGiv, BIOHOUSE, and the Hadassah Accelerator. In both public and private sectors, he has worked with hundreds of bio-medical companies globally in pharma-biotech, medical devices, and digital health, many within bioconvergence. He also served as CBO at Minovia Therapeutics, a bioconvergence startup developing mitochontrial therapies.









































