SynBioBeta Speaker

Jen Asher

Founder & CEO

1910

May 2026, SynBioBeta

Speaker

Jen Asher, Ph.D. is the Founder & CEO of 1910, the only AI-native biotech pioneering small and large molecule therapeutics discovery by integrating massive multimodal data, frontier AI models, and high-throughput lab automation into an infrastructure for AI-enabled drug discovery.

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Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein Dynamics and Multi-Cell Models

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David Sinclair

Harvard Medical School

Professor, Genetics

David Sinclair

Harvard Medical School

Professor, Genetics

David Eagleman

Neosensory

Co-founder and CEO

David Eagleman

Neosensory

Co-founder and CEO

Pardis Sabeti

Harvard

Professor

Pardis Sabeti

Harvard

Professor

Bruce Friedrich

The Good Food Institute

Founder & President

Bruce Friedrich

The Good Food Institute

Founder & President

Sue Siegel

Align Technology Inc

Board Director & Chairman

Sue Siegel

Align Technology Inc

Board Director & Chairman

Jonathan Anomaly

Herasight

Professor & Founder

Jonathan Anomaly

Herasight

Professor & Founder

Jean Hebert

ARPA-H

Program Manager

Jean Hebert

ARPA-H

Program Manager

Michael Koeris

DARPA

Director, BTO

Michael Koeris

DARPA

Director, BTO

Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Institution Fellow

Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Institution Fellow

Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

Elise de Reus

Cradle

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Elise de Reus

Cradle

Co-founder

Kim Branson

GlaxoSmithKline

SVP, Global Head

Kim Branson

GlaxoSmithKline

SVP, Global Head

Yue Webster

Eli Lilly

VP Research IT

Yue Webster

Eli Lilly

VP Research IT

David Hallett

Recursion

Chief Scientific Officer

David Hallett

Recursion

Chief Scientific Officer

Bill Tai

ACTAI Global

Chairman, Co-founder

Bill Tai

ACTAI Global

Chairman, Co-founder

Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

Professor

Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

Professor

Ola Wlodek

Constructive Bio

CEO

Ola Wlodek

Constructive Bio

CEO

Relly Brandman

A-Life / Google X

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Relly Brandman

A-Life / Google X

Moonshot Lead

Jessica Owens

Initiate Ventures

Managing Partner

Jessica Owens

Initiate Ventures

Managing Partner

Krish Ramadurai

AIX Ventures

Partner

Krish Ramadurai

AIX Ventures

Partner

Oliver Dodd

Nucleate

Co-Founder & Exec. Director

Oliver Dodd

Nucleate

Co-Founder & Exec. Director

Douglas Crawford

Mission Bay Capital

GM & Managing Partner

Douglas Crawford

Mission Bay Capital

GM & Managing Partner

Liliana Nordbakk

NEVA SGR

Partner

Liliana Nordbakk

NEVA SGR

Partner

Isabelle Decitre

ID Capital

Founder

Isabelle Decitre

ID Capital

Founder

Amy Trejo

Procter & Gamble Company

Dir. Hair Care Sustain.

Amy Trejo

Procter & Gamble Company

Dir. Hair Care Sustain.

Jenny Rooke

Genoa Ventures

Managing Director

Jenny Rooke

Genoa Ventures

Managing Director

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Procter & Gamble

Sr. Dir., Research Fellow

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Procter & Gamble

Sr. Dir., Research Fellow

Adrian Woolfson

Genyro

President and CEO

Adrian Woolfson

Genyro

President and CEO

Niko McCarty

Asimov

Founding Editor

Niko McCarty

Asimov

Founding Editor

John Robson

BioOra

Managing Director

John Robson

BioOra

Managing Director

Vanessa Braunstein

Eli Lilly

Sr. Director, Tunelab

Vanessa Braunstein

Eli Lilly

Sr. Director, Tunelab

Gabriele Corso

Boltz

CEO

Gabriele Corso

Boltz

CEO

Uli Stilz

Jefferson Life Sciences

Strategic Advisor

Uli Stilz

Jefferson Life Sciences

Strategic Advisor

John Cumbers

SynBioBeta

Founder & CEO

John Cumbers

SynBioBeta

Founder & CEO

Max Unfried

Thalion

Scientific Director

Max Unfried

Thalion

Scientific Director

Avantika Lal

Genentech

Principal ML Scientist II

Avantika Lal

Genentech

Principal ML Scientist II

Jens Nielsen

BioInnovation Institute

CEO

Jens Nielsen

BioInnovation Institute

CEO

Ling Li

ADM

Dir. Market Dev., Prec. Ferm.

Ling Li

ADM

Dir. Market Dev., Prec. Ferm.

Kyle Daniels

Stanford University

Assistant Professor

Kyle Daniels

Stanford University

Assistant Professor

Sharroll Bachas

Onava AI

Co-founder & CSO

Sharroll Bachas

Onava AI

Co-founder & CSO

Jen Asher

1910

Founder & CEO

Jen Asher

1910

Founder & CEO

Tanja Kortemme

UCSF

Vice Dean of Research

Tanja Kortemme

UCSF

Vice Dean of Research

Ivan Jaubert

SynBioBeta

Director of Entrepreneurship

Ivan Jaubert

SynBioBeta

Director of Entrepreneurship

Vanderlei Bellettini

ADM

VP Precision Ferm. Ops

Vanderlei Bellettini

ADM

VP Precision Ferm. Ops

Peter Clark

Novo Nordisk

VP, Computational Drug Design

Peter Clark

Novo Nordisk

VP, Computational Drug Design

Neil Parry

Unilever

R&D Dir. Biotech

Neil Parry

Unilever

R&D Dir. Biotech

Alexandra Boelrijk

Kerry Group

Sr. R&D Dir. ProActive

Alexandra Boelrijk

Kerry Group

Sr. R&D Dir. ProActive

Ashoka Madduri

Sanofi

Head, Scientific Strategy

Ashoka Madduri

Sanofi

Head, Scientific Strategy

Elliot Hershberg

Amplify Partners

Partner, Author

Elliot Hershberg

Amplify Partners

Partner, Author

Jonathan Good

Scentian Bio

CEO & Co-founder

Jonathan Good

Scentian Bio

CEO & Co-founder

Jacob Glanville

Centivax

CEO

Jacob Glanville

Centivax

CEO

Tim Friede

Centivax

Director of Herpetology

Tim Friede

Centivax

Director of Herpetology

Stephanie Wisner

Centivax

Co-founder & CBO

Stephanie Wisner

Centivax

Co-founder & CBO

Kaihang Wang

Caltech

Assistant Professor

Kaihang Wang

Caltech

Assistant Professor

Matt Angle

Paradromics

Founder & CEO

Matt Angle

Paradromics

Founder & CEO

Blake Simmons

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Director Biological Systems and Engineering Division

Blake Simmons

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Director Biological Systems and Engineering Division

Jacob Becraft

Strand

CEO & Co-founder

Jacob Becraft

Strand

CEO & Co-founder

Omri Amirav-Drory

NFX

General Partner

Omri Amirav-Drory

NFX

General Partner

Nima Alidoust

Tahoe Therapeutics

CEO & Cofounder

Nima Alidoust

Tahoe Therapeutics

CEO & Cofounder

Shrikrishnan Sankaran

Leibniz Inst. New Mat.

Research Group Leader

Shrikrishnan Sankaran

Leibniz Inst. New Mat.

Research Group Leader

Richard Kenny

Hawkwood Biotech Partners

Founder & Managing Partner

Richard Kenny

Hawkwood Biotech Partners

Founder & Managing Partner

Kit McDonnell

Superorganism

Head of Ecosystem

Kit McDonnell

Superorganism

Head of Ecosystem

Le Cong

Stanford University

Associate Professor

Le Cong

Stanford University

Associate Professor

Jory Bell

Playground Global

General Partner

Jory Bell

Playground Global

General Partner

Andrew Hessel

Human Genome Project-write

Chairman

Andrew Hessel

Human Genome Project-write

Chairman

Matthew Osman

Polyphron

Co-Founder & CEO

Matthew Osman

Polyphron

Co-Founder & CEO

Roya Amini-Naieni

Trilobio

CEO & Co-founder

Roya Amini-Naieni

Trilobio

CEO & Co-founder

John Chodera

Achira Labs

Co-founder & CEO

John Chodera

Achira Labs

Co-founder & CEO

Nick Edwards

Potato

Founder & CEO

Nick Edwards

Potato

Founder & CEO

Georgia Lu

Magnet Ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

Georgia Lu

Magnet Ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

Dawn Musil

New Bloom

Co-founder

Dawn Musil

New Bloom

Co-founder

Nicole Richards

Allonnia

CEO

Nicole Richards

Allonnia

CEO

Max Jamilly

Hoxton Farms

CEO & Co-founder

Max Jamilly

Hoxton Farms

CEO & Co-founder

Juliette Humer

MuseBio

Founder & CEO

Juliette Humer

MuseBio

Founder & CEO

Michael Weiner

Abbratech

Founder & CEO

Michael Weiner

Abbratech

Founder & CEO

Ewa Lis

Koliber Biosciences

Founder & CEO

Ewa Lis

Koliber Biosciences

Founder & CEO

Joshua Geilhufe

Rhiza Bio Consulting

Principal

Joshua Geilhufe

Rhiza Bio Consulting

Principal

Jamie Bacher

Huxley Project

Principal

Jamie Bacher

Huxley Project

Principal

Samuel Jayakanthan

Vandstrom

Principal Scientist

Samuel Jayakanthan

Vandstrom

Principal Scientist

Birgit Cameron

Prism Bio, Inc.

CEO, Co-founder

Birgit Cameron

Prism Bio, Inc.

CEO, Co-founder

Per Falholt

21st.BIO

CSO, Co-founder

Per Falholt

21st.BIO

CSO, Co-founder

Megan Thomas

Ladder 17

Founder & CEO

Megan Thomas

Ladder 17

Founder & CEO

Arthur Gardner Smith

[Re]formation Hair

Founder & CEO

Arthur Gardner Smith

[Re]formation Hair

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Laura Luebbert

FutureHouse

Postdoctoral Fellow

Laura Luebbert

FutureHouse

Postdoctoral Fellow

Eileen Spindler

Alta Resource Tech

VP of R&D

Eileen Spindler

Alta Resource Tech

VP of R&D

Victoria Mascetti

University of Bristol

Assistant Professor

Victoria Mascetti

University of Bristol

Assistant Professor

Chase Olle

Robot on Rails

Founder & CEO

Chase Olle

Robot on Rails

Founder & CEO

Fan Yang

Capital O

Partner

Fan Yang

Capital O

Partner

Kiana Aran

UCSD

Associate Professor

Kiana Aran

UCSD

Associate Professor

Colby Adolph

Evonik

Sales Director

Colby Adolph

Evonik

Sales Director

Chase Denecke

Bootstrap Bio

CEO

Chase Denecke

Bootstrap Bio

CEO

Chris Kantrowitz

Quorum Earth

Founder & CEO

Chris Kantrowitz

Quorum Earth

Founder & CEO

Luis Valencia

AlkaLi Labs

Co-Founder & CEO

Luis Valencia

AlkaLi Labs

Co-Founder & CEO

Eric Bennett

Frontier Bio

CEO

Eric Bennett

Frontier Bio

CEO

Jake Miller

Marvel Labs

Co-founder & CEO

Jake Miller

Marvel Labs

Co-founder & CEO

Hector Garcia Martin

Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Staff Scientist

Hector Garcia Martin

Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Staff Scientist

Surge Biswas

Nabla Bio

Co-founder & CEO

Surge Biswas

Nabla Bio

Co-founder & CEO

Bryan Walsh

Vox Media

Senior Editorial Director

Bryan Walsh

Vox Media

Senior Editorial Director

Celine Schiff-Deb

MISTA | Givaudan

CSO

Celine Schiff-Deb

MISTA | Givaudan

CSO

David Welch

Synthesis Capital

CSO and Co-Founder

David Welch

Synthesis Capital

CSO and Co-Founder

Onye Ahanotu

Ikenga Wines

Founder

Onye Ahanotu

Ikenga Wines

Founder

Laurence Ion

VitaDAO

Co-creator

Laurence Ion

VitaDAO

Co-creator

Michael Ferrari

Moby

VP, Head of Research

Michael Ferrari

Moby

VP, Head of Research

Rajesh Krishnamurthy

Laurus Bio

CEO

Rajesh Krishnamurthy

Laurus Bio

CEO

Tim Schnabel

Switch Bioworks

Founder and CEO

Tim Schnabel

Switch Bioworks

Founder and CEO

Jayme Feyhl-Buska

Homeworld Collective

Critical Minerals Lead

Jayme Feyhl-Buska

Homeworld Collective

Critical Minerals Lead

Andrew Han

GenomeWeb

Editor

Andrew Han

GenomeWeb

Editor

Amy Jenkins

AstraZeneca

Senior Director, Strategy and Operations

Amy Jenkins

AstraZeneca

Senior Director, Strategy and Operations

Kevin Flyangolts

Aclid

CEO

Kevin Flyangolts

Aclid

CEO

Jason Ryder

Oobli

Founder & CTO

Jason Ryder

Oobli

Founder & CTO

Stuart Sevier

IMI

President

Stuart Sevier

IMI

President

Ebihara Takashi

GeneFrontier

COO

Ebihara Takashi

GeneFrontier

COO

Elena Itskovich

Frezent Biological Solutions

Partner

Elena Itskovich

Frezent Biological Solutions

Partner

Alex Rosay

Cascade Biocatalysts

Co-Founder and CEO

Alex Rosay

Cascade Biocatalysts

Co-Founder and CEO

Mariëlle van Kooten

Powerhouse Bio | Stanford

CEO

Mariëlle van Kooten

Powerhouse Bio | Stanford

CEO

Xuecheng Jiao

Asymchem

Executive Director

Xuecheng Jiao

Asymchem

Executive Director

Vineet Rajgarhia

Erg Bio

Co-Founder & CEO

Vineet Rajgarhia

Erg Bio

Co-Founder & CEO

Aaron Blotnick

SynBioBeta

Bay Area Community Manager

Aaron Blotnick

SynBioBeta

Bay Area Community Manager

Eriona Hysolli

Manhattan Genomics

Co-founder

Eriona Hysolli

Manhattan Genomics

Co-founder

Gordon Freedman

MitoWorld

Publisher

Gordon Freedman

MitoWorld

Publisher

Callie Chappell

Stanford University

NSF Postdoc Fellow

Callie Chappell

Stanford University

NSF Postdoc Fellow

Bijan Harandi

Grivpan Space

Founder

Bijan Harandi

Grivpan Space

Founder

Ellen Chang

CapZone

Managing Director

Ellen Chang

CapZone

Managing Director

Julie O'Shaughnessy

Vivodyne

COO

Julie O'Shaughnessy

Vivodyne

COO

Laura Kliman

Impossible Foods

Senior R&D Director

Laura Kliman

Impossible Foods

Senior R&D Director

Leon Elcock

Independent

Researcher

Leon Elcock

Independent

Researcher

Lilly Wollman

Synteny

CEO & Co founder

Lilly Wollman

Synteny

CEO & Co founder

Jim West III

BioTools Innovator

Associate Director

Jim West III

BioTools Innovator

Associate Director

Sierra Lore

Buck Institute

Doctoral Student

Sierra Lore

Buck Institute

Doctoral Student

Huafeng Xu

Atommap

Founder and CEO

Huafeng Xu

Atommap

Founder and CEO

Aryé Elfenbein

Wildtype

Co-founder

Aryé Elfenbein

Wildtype

Co-founder

Karl Handelsman

Codon Capital

Managing Partner

Karl Handelsman

Codon Capital

Managing Partner

Kid Parchariyanon

SeaX Ventures.

Managing Partner

Kid Parchariyanon

SeaX Ventures.

Managing Partner

Vayu Hill-Maini

Stanford University

Asst. Prof. Bioengineering

Vayu Hill-Maini

Stanford University

Asst. Prof. Bioengineering

Elizabeth Kellogg

St. Jude CRH

PI, Kellogg Lab

Elizabeth Kellogg

St. Jude CRH

PI, Kellogg Lab

Colwyn Headley

Stanford University

Instructor

Colwyn Headley

Stanford University

Instructor

Jon Brestoff

University of Washington

Asst. Professor

Jon Brestoff

University of Washington

Asst. Professor

Rongzhen Tian

Okapi Bioscience

Co-Founder & CEO

Rongzhen Tian

Okapi Bioscience

Co-Founder & CEO

Alex Kyabarongo

GMU

Biodefense Candidate

Alex Kyabarongo

GMU

Biodefense Candidate

Samuel King

Stanford University

Bioengineering Phd Candidate

Samuel King

Stanford University

Bioengineering Phd Candidate

Nicholas Larus-Stone

Benchling

Head of AI Agents

Nicholas Larus-Stone

Benchling

Head of AI Agents

Maria Astolfi

Keasling Lab, UC Berkeley

Doctoral Candidate

Maria Astolfi

Keasling Lab, UC Berkeley

Doctoral Candidate

Rolando Perez

Stanford University; Blue Marble Space; Open Fung

Senior Scientist; Research Investigator; Director of Technology

Rolando Perez

Stanford University; Blue Marble Space; Open Fung

Senior Scientist; Research Investigator; Director of Technology

Nicholas Larus-Stone

Benchling

Head of AI Agents

Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Institution Fellow

Elizabeth Kellogg

St. Jude CRH

PI, Kellogg Lab

Ola Wlodek

Constructive Bio

CEO

David Hallett

Recursion

Chief Scientific Officer

Adrian Woolfson

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President and CEO

Huafeng Xu

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Samuel King

Stanford University

Bioengineering Phd Candidate

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UC Berkeley

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Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

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Vinod Khosla

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Founder & Partner

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Khosla Ventures

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Frances Arnold

Caltech

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Caltech

Nobel Laureate

Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

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Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

Kate Rubins

NASA

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NASA

Astronaut

Craig Venter

JCVI

Craig Venter

JCVI

Christina Smolke

Antheia

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Antheia

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George Church

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George Church

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Thomas Bostick

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Chairman

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Ginkgo Bioworks

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Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

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U.S. Congress

Peter Diamandis

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Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Institution Fellow

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Stanford University

Hoover Institution Fellow

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

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Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

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Hermann Hauser

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Emily Leproust

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CEO

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Pardis Sabeti

Harvard

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Pardis Sabeti

Harvard

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Oliver Morton

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Senior Editor

Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

Daphne Koller

Insitro

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Insitro

Founder & CEO

Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

Eben Bayer

Ecovative

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Ecovative

CEO

Esther Dyson

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Jim Collins

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Lora Kolodny

CNBC

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Lora Kolodny

CNBC

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D.A. Wallach

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Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

Gavin Newsom

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George Whitesides

CA-27

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George Whitesides

CA-27

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Eleni Kounalakis

CA Lieutenant Governor

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CA Lieutenant Governor

Gaurab Chakrabarti

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Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

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Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

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Alison Snyder

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Managing Editor

Alison Snyder

Axios

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Jason Kelly

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Ginkgo Bioworks

Founder & CEO

Ron Weiss

MIT

Professor

Ron Weiss

MIT

Professor

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