SynBioBeta 2026 Speaker

Connor Tsuchida

Azalea Therapeutics

Scientific Co-founder, VP, R&D

Connor Tsuchida is a Scientific Co-Founder and the Vice President, Research & Development at Azalea Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo genome editing therapies with cell and genomic precision. He earned his PhD in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley and UCSF, where he trained under Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna. His doctoral research focused on developing novel technologies to enhance the efficacy and safety of CRISPR-Cas genome editing in T cells -- work that was foundational to the founding of Azalea Therapeutics. Connor has been recognized by Forbes 30 under 30, the San Francisco Business Times 40 under 40, and the Seibel Scholarship for Bioengineers.

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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