SynBioBeta Speaker

Keith Wood

Founder & CEO

Light Bio

Dr. Keith Wood is the CEO and co-founder of Light Bio, a company designing bioluminescent plants for consumer markets. Its first product, the Firefly Petunia, was featured on the cover of TIME magazine as a Best Inventions of 2024. A leader in applying synthetic biology to bioluminescence, Dr. Wood has introduced diverse technologies for studying cell metabolism and drug action. In addition to his publication record, he is an inventor on over 200 patents.

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Sid Sijbrandij

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Leroy Hood

Leroy Hood

Leroy Hood

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Alicia Jackson

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Alicia Jackson

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David Sinclair

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Austin Nasso

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Austin Nasso

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David Eagleman

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David Eagleman

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Bruce Friedrich

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Bruce Friedrich

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Marc Tessier-Lavigne

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Marc Tessier-Lavigne

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Sue Siegel

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Sue Siegel

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Micha Breakstone

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Jeanne Loring

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Simon Kohl

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Eric Kelsic

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Eric Kelsic

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Emily Leproust

Emily Leproust

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Neil Parry

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Jonathan Anomaly

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Jean Hebert

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Michael Koeris

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Drew Endy

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Kit McDonnell

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Kit McDonnell

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Gregory Hocking

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Kim Branson

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David Virant

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T.J. Chen

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Inhwan Kim

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Nicholas Larus-Stone

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Nicholas Larus-Stone

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Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

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Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

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Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

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Frances Arnold

Caltech

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Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

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Eric Schmidt

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Kate Rubins

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Craig Venter

JCVI

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Christina Smolke

Antheia

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Christina Smolke

Antheia

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George Church

Harvard Medical School

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Thomas Bostick

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Thomas Bostick

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Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

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Ro Khanna

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Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

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Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

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Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Inst Fellow

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Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Inst Fellow

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Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

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Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

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Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

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Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

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Amadeus Capital

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Twist Bioscience

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The Economist

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Daphne Koller

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Daphne Koller

Insitro

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Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

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Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

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Thomas Knight

University of Florida

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Thomas Knight

University of Florida

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Ecovative

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