SynBioBeta Speaker

Ian Edvalson

Partner, Technology Transactions

Wilson Sonsini

YEAR

25

May 2025, SynBioBeta

Keynote Speaker

SynBioBeta 2025 - Keynote

Future of the U.S. Bioeconomy

Thought leadership opportunity to discuss the state of the U.S. bioeconomy, what we've learned over the last 2 years, and where we could possibly go in the future.

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Cascade Bio Secures $6M to Scale Biocatalysts

Biomanufacturing Scale-Up

4 min

Cascade Bio Secures $6M to Scale Biocatalysts

Biomanufacturing Scale-Up

4 min

Cascade Bio Secures $6M to Scale Biocatalysts

Biomanufacturing Scale-Up

4 min

eGenesis Secures IND Clearance for EGEN-2784 in Kidney Transplant and Reports Significant Patient Progress

Engineered Human Therapies

5 min

eGenesis Secures IND Clearance for EGEN-2784 in Kidney Transplant and Reports Significant Patient Progress

Engineered Human Therapies

5 min

eGenesis Secures IND Clearance for EGEN-2784 in Kidney Transplant and Reports Significant Patient Progress

Engineered Human Therapies

5 min

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ProBio Unveils GMP AAV Manufacturing Services to Propel Gene Therapy Forward

Biomanufacturing Scale-Up

6 min

ProBio Unveils GMP AAV Manufacturing Services to Propel Gene Therapy Forward

Biomanufacturing Scale-Up

6 min

ProBio Unveils GMP AAV Manufacturing Services to Propel Gene Therapy Forward

Biomanufacturing Scale-Up

6 min

Align and ATCC Partner to Launch World’s Largest AI-Ready Microbial Phenotyping Dataset

Al & Digital Biology

2 min

Align and ATCC Partner to Launch World’s Largest AI-Ready Microbial Phenotyping Dataset

Al & Digital Biology

2 min

Align and ATCC Partner to Launch World’s Largest AI-Ready Microbial Phenotyping Dataset

Al & Digital Biology

2 min

Fauna Bio Unveils Fauna Brain™ AI Platform to Accelerate Drug Discovery Inspired by Nature’s Most Resilient Species‍

Biopharma Solutions: Tools & Tech

4 min

Fauna Bio Unveils Fauna Brain™ AI Platform to Accelerate Drug Discovery Inspired by Nature’s Most Resilient Species‍

Biopharma Solutions: Tools & Tech

4 min

Fauna Bio Unveils Fauna Brain™ AI Platform to Accelerate Drug Discovery Inspired by Nature’s Most Resilient Species‍

Biopharma Solutions: Tools & Tech

4 min

Waste Not, Want Not: Synthetic Biology Helps Achieve Circular Chemistry

Climate Tech & Environment

5 min

Waste Not, Want Not: Synthetic Biology Helps Achieve Circular Chemistry

Climate Tech & Environment

5 min

Waste Not, Want Not: Synthetic Biology Helps Achieve Circular Chemistry

Climate Tech & Environment

5 min

SynBioBeta 2026 Tickets are Live

Confirmed Speakers

Sue Sigel

Align Technology, Illumina, and KFF

Board Director, Trustee, Chairman

Sue Sigel

Align Technology, Illumina, and KFF

Board Director, Trustee, Chairman

Jonathan Good

Scentian Bio

CEO & Co-founder

Jonathan Good

Scentian Bio

CEO & Co-founder

Georgia Lu

Magnet Ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

Georgia Lu

Magnet Ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

Alex Kyabarongo

George Mason University

MSc Biodefense Candidate

Alex Kyabarongo

George Mason University

MSc Biodefense Candidate

Juliette Humer

Muse Bio

Founder & CEO

Juliette Humer

Muse Bio

Founder & CEO

Jamie Bacher

Huxley Project

Principal

Jamie Bacher

Huxley Project

Principal

Yue Webster

Lilly

VP of Model-Driven Drug Discovery Platform

Yue Webster

Lilly

VP of Model-Driven Drug Discovery Platform

Gabriele Corso

MIT

Boltz

Gabriele Corso

MIT

Boltz

Peter Clark

Novo Nordisk

VP, Computational Drug Design

Peter Clark

Novo Nordisk

VP, Computational Drug Design

John Chodera

Achira

Co-founder & CEO

John Chodera

Achira

Co-founder & CEO

Krish Ramadurai

AIX Ventures

Partner

Krish Ramadurai

AIX Ventures

Partner

Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

Joe Betts-LaCroix

Retro Biosciences

CEO

Joe Betts-LaCroix

Retro Biosciences

CEO

Hal Barron

Altos Labs

Founder & CEO

Hal Barron

Altos Labs

Founder & CEO

Kerri Dugan

DARPA Biological Technologies Office

Office Director

Kerri Dugan

DARPA Biological Technologies Office

Office Director

Megan Thomas

Ladder 17 LLC

Founder & CEO

Megan Thomas

Ladder 17 LLC

Founder & CEO

Arthur Gardner Smith

Reformation Hair

Founder & CEO

Arthur Gardner Smith

Reformation Hair

Founder & CEO

John Robson

BioOra

Managing Director

John Robson

BioOra

Managing Director

Fan Yang

Tsinghua University

Associate Professor

Fan Yang

Tsinghua University

Associate Professor

Jessica Owens

Initiate Ventures

Managing Partner

Jessica Owens

Initiate Ventures

Managing Partner

Oliver Dodd

Nucleate

Co-Founder & Exec. Director

Oliver Dodd

Nucleate

Co-Founder & Exec. Director

Kit McDonnell

Superorganism

Head of Ecosystem

Kit McDonnell

Superorganism

Head of Ecosystem

Douglas Crawford

MBC BioLABS, Mission BioCapital

General Manager, Managing Partner

Douglas Crawford

MBC BioLABS, Mission BioCapital

General Manager, Managing Partner

Jens Nielsen

BioInnovation Institute

CEO

Jens Nielsen

BioInnovation Institute

CEO

Liliana Nordbakk

NEVA SGR

Partner

Liliana Nordbakk

NEVA SGR

Partner

Isabelle Decitre

ID Capital Pte Ltd

Founder & CEO

Isabelle Decitre

ID Capital Pte Ltd

Founder & CEO

Fiona Mischel

SynBioBeta

Director of International Outreach

Fiona Mischel

SynBioBeta

Director of International Outreach

Ivan Jaubert

SynBioBeta

Director of Entrepreneurship

Ivan Jaubert

SynBioBeta

Director of Entrepreneurship

John Cumbers

SynBioBeta

Founder & CEO

John Cumbers

SynBioBeta

Founder & CEO

Shrikrishnan Sankaran

INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials

Research Group Leader

Shrikrishnan Sankaran

INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials

Research Group Leader

Victoria Mascetti

University of Bristol

Assistant Professor

Victoria Mascetti

University of Bristol

Assistant Professor

Samuel Jayakanthan

Vandstrom

Principal Scientist

Samuel Jayakanthan

Vandstrom

Principal Scientist

Birgit Cameron

Prism Bio

CEO, Co-founder

Birgit Cameron

Prism Bio

CEO, Co-founder

Michael Weiner

Abbratech, Precision Biotools and Encodia

Founder

Michael Weiner

Abbratech, Precision Biotools and Encodia

Founder

Nicole Richards

Allonnia Bio

CEO

Nicole Richards

Allonnia Bio

CEO

Amy Trejo

Amy Trejo

Dawn Musil

Hiveland

Founder & CEO

Dawn Musil

Hiveland

Founder & CEO

Ewa Lis

Koliber Biosciences

Founder & CEO

Ewa Lis

Koliber Biosciences

Founder & CEO

Ashoka Maduri

Sanofi

Global Head of Scientific Strategy & Intelligence, mRNA CoE

Ashoka Maduri

Sanofi

Global Head of Scientific Strategy & Intelligence, mRNA CoE

Elliot Hershberg

Amplify Partners, The Century of Biology

Partner, Author

Elliot Hershberg

Amplify Partners, The Century of Biology

Partner, Author

Max Unfried

The Thalion Initiative

Scientific Director

Max Unfried

The Thalion Initiative

Scientific Director

Sue Sigel

Align Technology, Illumina, and KFF

Board Director, Trustee, Chairman

Jonathan Good

Scentian Bio

CEO & Co-founder

Georgia Lu

Magnet Ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

Alex Kyabarongo

George Mason University

MSc Biodefense Candidate

Juliette Humer

Muse Bio

Founder & CEO

Jamie Bacher

Huxley Project

Principal

Yue Webster

Lilly

VP of Model-Driven Drug Discovery Platform

Gabriele Corso

MIT

Boltz

AIxBIO

Aging, neurotechnology, and the next big ideas

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Other Speakers

Other Speakers

Bryan Johnson

Don't Die

Founder & CEO

Bryan Johnson

Don't Die

Founder & CEO

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder and Executive Chairman

Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder and Executive Chairman

Alex Zanghellini

Arzeda

Co-founder & CEO

Alex Zanghellini

Arzeda

Co-founder & CEO

Lord David Willetts

UK Government

Chair of the UK Regulatory Innovation Office

Lord David Willetts

UK Government

Chair of the UK Regulatory Innovation Office

Dean Kamen

ARMI

Executive Director

Dean Kamen

ARMI

Executive Director

Jason Chin

Constructive Bio

Founder and CSO

Jason Chin

Constructive Bio

Founder and CSO

Kate Sixt

Department of Defense

Principal Director for Biotechnology

Kate Sixt

Department of Defense

Principal Director for Biotechnology

Caitlin Frazer

NSCEB

Executive Director

Caitlin Frazer

NSCEB

Executive Director

Andrew Phillips

Sanofi

Head of Biologics AI Platform

Andrew Phillips

Sanofi

Head of Biologics AI Platform

Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Co-Founder

Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Co-Founder

Peyton Greenside

BigHat Biosciences

CEO

Peyton Greenside

BigHat Biosciences

CEO

Cynthia Hong

Novartis

Director, Search & Evaluation

Cynthia Hong

Novartis

Director, Search & Evaluation

Ed Boyden

MIT

Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology

Ed Boyden

MIT

Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology

Brian Hie

Stanford University

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Brian Hie

Stanford University

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Jakob Uszkoreit

Inceptive

Co-Founder & CEO

Jakob Uszkoreit

Inceptive

Co-Founder & CEO

Jeanne Loring

Scripps Research, Aspen Neuroscience

Professor, Founder and Science Advisor

Jeanne Loring

Scripps Research, Aspen Neuroscience

Professor, Founder and Science Advisor

Kristina Simmons

Overwater Ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

Kristina Simmons

Overwater Ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

Matias Muchnick

NotCo

Co-Founder and CEO

Matias Muchnick

NotCo

Co-Founder and CEO

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