
SynBioBeta 2026 Speaker
Ola Wlodek
Constructive Bio
CEO
Ola is the CEO of Constructive Bio, a spinout from Jason Chin's lab in Cambridge, UK. The company is dedicated to broadening the range of building blocks for peptides and proteins produced recombinantly, leveraging cutting-edge synthetic genomics and engineered translation to unlock new possibilities for biopharma and beyond. Ola holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Cambridge and an Executive MBA from Warwick Business School, combining deep scientific expertise with strategic leadership skills. Her scientific career has been driven by a fascination with designing and producing 'unnatural'products through biological means-โtransforming synthetic biology from exploration to purposeful innovation.



Reagan
Jarvis
Anocca AB
CEO, Co-founder

Alex
Rives
CZI Biohub
Head of Science

Karenโฏ
Akinsanya
Schrodinger
President, R&D โ Therapeutics

Christopher
Arendt
Takeda
CSO, Head of Research

Stef
van Grieken
Cradle
CEO

Michael
Koeris
DARPA
Director, BTO

Jennifer
Dionne
Pumpkinseed
CEO

Daniyal
Hussain
GSK
Exec. Dir., Tech BD

Cynthia
Hong
Novartis
Dir., Search & Evaluation
SynBioBeta 2027 May 3-6, San Jose, California


