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Shai Melcer
Head of Nat'l. Bioconvergence Prog.
Israel Innovation Authority
May 2026, SynBioBeta
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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.
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