SynBioBeta 2026 Speaker

Celine Schiff-Deb

MISTA | Givaudan

CSO

Cรฉline has been working for 25 years at the interface of science and business, translating biotech innovations into relevant commercial products and services in the areas of food, feed, specialty chemicals, ag and cosmetics. She has been MISTA Chief Science Officer for the last 4 years. Before, she led Product Innovation and Emerging Businesses for multiple biotech platforms including Solazyme/TerraVia/Corbion using microalgae to produce tailored oils and Calysta using bacteria to upgrade methane to proteins. Cรฉline is an Agronomist by training and has a PhD in plant breeding and molecular biology. She spent her first 7 years as a consultant in France at Alcimed advising biotech companies on their marketing and strategy.

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Reagan

Jarvis

Anocca AB

CEO, Co-founder

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Alex

Rives

CZI Biohub

Head of Science

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Karenโ€ฏ

Akinsanya

Schrodinger

President, R&D โ€“ Therapeutics

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Christopher

Arendt

Takeda

CSO, Head of Research

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Stef

van Grieken

Cradle

CEO

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Michael

Koeris

DARPA

Director, BTO

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Jennifer

Dionne

Pumpkinseed

CEO

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Daniyal

Hussain

GSK

Exec. Dir., Tech BD

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Cynthia

Hong

Novartis

Dir., Search & Evaluation

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Sarah Lynn

Tao

CSL Behring

Sr. Dir., S&E; Ig TA & Tech Lead

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SynBioBeta 2027 May 3-6, San Jose, California