SynBioBeta Speaker

Takashi Ebihara

COO

GeneFrontier

May 2026, SynBioBeta

Speaker

The COO of GeneFrontier Corporation (GFC) since 2010, with a focus on advancing cell-free protein expression technologies, particularly the PURE system. Earned a Ph.D. in cell-free protein synthesis from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2000, and played ...

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Sid Sijbrandij

GitLab

Co-founder & EC

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Leroy Hood

ISB

Co-founder & Prof.

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Alicia Jackson

ARPA-H

Director

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David Sinclair

Harvard Medical School

Professor, Genetics

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Austin Nasso

TechRoast

Comedian

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David Eagleman

Stanford University

Neuroscientist

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Bruce Friedrich

Good Food Institute

Founder & President

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Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Xaira

Chairman & CEO

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Sue Siegel

Align & Illumina

Board Director

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Micha Breakstone

Cellular Intelligence

Co-founder & CEO

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Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

Professor

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Ola Wlodek

Constructive Bio

CEO

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Simon Kohl

Latent Labs

Founder & CEO

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Eric Kelsic

Dyno Therapeutics

CEO

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Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

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Neil Parry

Unilever

R&D Dir. Biotech

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Jonathan Anomaly

Herasight

Professor & Founder

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Jean Hebert

ARPA-H

PM, Health Science Futures

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Michael Koeris

DARPA

Director, BTO

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Alexandre Zanghellini

Arzeda

Co-founder & CEO

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Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Inst Fellow

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Kit McDonnell

Superorganism VC

Head of Ecosystem

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Gregory Hocking

Mars Snacking

VP Global R&D New Innov. Territories

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Kim Branson

GlaxoSmithKline

SVP, Global Head

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David Virant

Acies Bio

Department Head

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T.J. Chen

NVIDIA

Product Leader, Bio Sciences

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Kavya Sharman

Phase Capital

Managing Partner

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Michael Chen

Nuclera

CEO & Mng. Director

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Sandy Yao

CZI Biohub

VP, AI, IP & Tech.; CLO

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Inhwan Kim

Enveda

CSO

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Nicholas Larus-Stone

Benchling

Head of AI Agents

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Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Inst Fellow

Previous Speakers Include

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Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

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Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

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Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

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Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

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Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

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Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

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Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

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Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

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Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

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Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

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Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

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Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

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Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

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Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

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Craig Venter

JCVI

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Craig Venter

JCVI

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Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO & Co-Founder

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Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO & Co-Founder

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George Church

Harvard Medical School

Professor

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George Church

Harvard Medical School

Professor

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Thomas Bostick

Ginkgo Bioworks

Chairman

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Thomas Bostick

Ginkgo Bioworks

Chairman

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Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

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Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

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Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

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Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

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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

Founder & CEO

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Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

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Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

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Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

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Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

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Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

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Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

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Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

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Daphne Koller

Insitro

Founder & CEO

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Daphne Koller

Insitro

Founder & CEO

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Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

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Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

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Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

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Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

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Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

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Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

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Esther Dyson

BAMF Health

Executive Founder

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Esther Dyson

BAMF Health

Executive Founder

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