SynBioBeta 2026 Speaker

Daniel Chan

Medra

Member of Technical Staff

Daniel Chan is a Member of Technical Staff at Medra, where he leads robotics on Medra Lab 1 - the largest autonomous wetlab in America. Previously, he led deployments and applied AI. His work sits at the intersection of robotics, AI, and biology. Before Medra, Daniel worked on robotics systems at Hyundai New Horizons Studio and Amazonโ€™s Grand Challenge Lab. He holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

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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