Current Progress in Biotechnology Seminars

Speaker: Mike Lemcke (Director, Aggie Venture Accelerator & Associate Director, Venture Catalyst, UC Davis)

Title: How to Translate your Research and Ideas into a Startup

Speaker: Fatma Kaplan (CEO and Co-Founder, Pheronym, Inc.)

Title: Nematode Pheromones for Sustainable Climate Resilient Crop Protection

Speaker: Cecilia Chi-Ham (Head of Breeding and Biotechnologies, Oterra)

Title: You and Your Science Can Go Places

Speaker: Lory Tan, MBA (Senior Director, Commercial Enablement & Operations, Synthego)

Title: TBA

Speaker: Jules Lourie (DEB Alum, Regulatory Analyst, SciPinion)

Title: Building Regulatory Intelligence for Food Safety and Innovation

Speaker: Zane Starkewolfe (DEB Alum, Head of U.S. Investments & Partnerships, WuXi Biologics)

Title: Enabling Biotech Innovation: Capital, Partnerships, and Development

Speaker: Tamara Meragelman (Senior Vice President of Research, Sound Agriculture)

Title: Designing Biology: Molecules, Systems, and Sustainable Agriculture

Speaker: Amber Flores (DEB Alum, Founding Scientist, Nurture)

Title: On Navigating a Temporal Startup and Nurturing a New Idea

Dr. Jenna Gallegos, DEB Alum, Vice President, Samba Scientific

Title: Biotech Industry Jobs Outside of R&D

Dr. Lavanya Anandan, Angel Investor; Executive in Residence, UCSF Ventures

Title: The Venture Blueprint: Designing Biotech Startups for Growth and Impact