SynBioBeta Speaker
Alex Cotton
Technical Lead, Template Supply
Touchlight
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25
May 2025, SynBioBeta
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Dr. Alex Cotton is a Senior Scientist at Touchlight and is technical lead for template supply. Alex has been with Touchlight for 5 years, occupying positions in both the manufacturing and R&D teams, and now operates between the two departments to enable the transition of new technologies and improvements into operations. Touchlight works with a diverse range of companies in the genetic medicine space. As such, clients often require synthesis and amplification of DNA sequences with high complexity. These ultra complex sequences are extremely difficult to synthesise and are often unstable in bacteria. One of Alex’s key roles at Touchlight is to identify new and emerging DNA synthesis partners able to provide complex templates that can then be amplified to GMP for Touchlight’s clients.
SynBioBeta 2025 - Keynote
Pushing Boundaries: How Reliable DNA Synthesis is Accelerating Innovation in Cell and Gene Therapy
Join leading scientists as they share how increased reliability in DNA synthesis services is transforming the way they work—empowering them to confidently expand their design space, accelerate project timelines, and drive innovation in vaccine development and cell and gene therapies. Scientists will talk about their experiences with vector onboarding, synthesis of long and complex sequences, and chromosomal and genome engineering.
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