SynBioBeta Speaker

Dan Spellman

Oracle

VP of AI & OCI, Health & Science

Dan serves as Vice President of AI and OCI at Oracle, with responsibility for OCI’s Health & Science organization. This aligns a lifelong love of cutting-edge technology with a passion for applying it to help transform healthcare and save lives. Dan has led OCI's engagements with many of the biggest names in AI, healthcare and life sciences, including collaborations with NVIDIA.

Sessions Featuring

Dan

This Year

Breakout Session

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3:30 PM

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4:15 PM

AIxBIO

The New Computational Biology Stack: Models, Compute, and Experimental Feedback

AI is transforming biology into a fully integrated computational discipline, where discovery depends on the seamless interaction between models, compute infrastructure, and experimental systems. As foundation models for proteins, genomes, and cellular systems mature, the challenge is no longer prediction alone. It is building a unified stack that connects generative design, large-scale computation, and rapid experimental feedback into continuous learning loops. This session explores how the next generation of computational biology platforms is emerging at the intersection of cloud computing, GPU-accelerated modeling, advanced simulation, and high-throughput experimental infrastructure. Leaders across AI, biotech, and technology will discuss how tightly integrated design-build-test-learn cycles are reshaping therapeutic discovery, enabling adaptive model refinement, and accelerating the transition from in silico hypotheses to real-world biological outcomes.

Featuring

Elise de Reus

Cradle

Co-founder

Making proteins an engineering discipline

Dan Spellman

Oracle

VP of AI & OCI, Health & Science

Esteban Toro

Twist Bioscience

VP, Research & Development

Anthony Costa

NVIDIA

Director, Digital Biology

Fay Lin

GEN

Sr Editor, Technology

Breakout Session

•

3:30 PM

-

4:15 PM

AIxBIO

The New Computational Biology Stack: Models, Compute, and Experimental Feedback

AI is transforming biology into a fully integrated computational discipline, where discovery depends on the seamless interaction between models, compute infrastructure, and experimental systems. As foundation models for proteins, genomes, and cellular systems mature, the challenge is no longer prediction alone. It is building a unified stack that connects generative design, large-scale computation, and rapid experimental feedback into continuous learning loops. This session explores how the next generation of computational biology platforms is emerging at the intersection of cloud computing, GPU-accelerated modeling, advanced simulation, and high-throughput experimental infrastructure. Leaders across AI, biotech, and technology will discuss how tightly integrated design-build-test-learn cycles are reshaping therapeutic discovery, enabling adaptive model refinement, and accelerating the transition from in silico hypotheses to real-world biological outcomes.

Featuring

Elise de Reus

Cradle

Co-founder

Making proteins an engineering discipline

Dan Spellman

Oracle

VP of AI & OCI, Health & Science

Esteban Toro

Twist Bioscience

VP, Research & Development

Anthony Costa

NVIDIA

Director, Digital Biology

Fay Lin

GEN

Sr Editor, Technology

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