

SynBioBeta Speaker
Licen Xu
Senior Advisor
Tailwinds Ventures
YEAR
25
May 2025, SynBioBeta
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Dr Licen Lisa Xu, is a Senior Advisor of Tailwinds Venture, Chief Commercial Officer of FlashDx Inc, and an independent Board Member for Ribbon BioLab & Burning Rock Biotech. She was Vice President at Roche Diagnostics for NGS Sequencing systems, VP of Enterprise Informatics at Illumina, and General Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Licen is a multi-disciplined leader with extensive experience in managing businesses and products, including business operations, strategic marketing, product and P&L management. Her current focus is in servicing startup companies, with product strategy and commercialization effort, leveraging her over 20 years experience in life science/MedTech. She is also coaching entrepreneurs the product development process from concept to commercialization. Licen earned her bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Master's Degree of Biophysics from Tsinghua University, Beijing. She obtained her Ph. D of Molecular Biology at University of Zurich, Switzerland. She earned Aresty Scholar at Wharton School.
SynBioBeta 2025 - Keynote
Empowering Breakthroughs: How Synthetic DNA is Redefining Scientific Possibilities
Commercial solutions providing synthetic DNA molecules have overcome some of the most challenging manufacturing hurdles, now providing molecules of varying and exceeding length, complexity, and accuracy. These advancements are enabling new possibilities and unlocking vast potential for a range of applications. In this interactive panel, we will bring together leading experts to discuss latest market advancements, innovative approaches utilizing synthetic DNA, and the transformative potential of these solutions.Join us for this discussion as we explore the potential of synthetic DNA and how it can unlock innovations for better health of people and planet.
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