Ph.D., CTO and Co-Founder, Mammoth Biosciences
Biography
Janice Chen is co-founder/CTO of Mammoth Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in the San Francisco Area that harnesses the diversity of nature to power the next generation of CRISPR products across diagnostics and therapeutics. Through its discovery of novel CRISPR systems, the company enables the potential of its platform to read and write the code of life. Janice received her PhD from the lab of Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at University of California, Berkeley. She investigated mechanisms of CRISPR proteins and developed technologies leading to multiple papers and patents, and co-invented the programmable CRISPR-based detection technology called DETECTR®. Janice was selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare, Business Insider's 30 Under 40 in Healthcare, Endpoints Top 20 Women in Biopharma, MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, EY Entrepreneur Of The Year, SF Business Times Most Influential Women, and delivered a TEDx talk on the potential for CRISPR to democratize diagnostics.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2022 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Vanessa Soros, Graphite Bio
Sessions:
- Gene & Cell Therapies Overview
- Janice Chen, Mammoth
- Cutting Edge Technologies for Gene Engineering and Cell Therapy (PANEL)
Session Chair: Vanessa Soros, Graphite Bio
- Mark McKee, Intellia Tx
- Amy Simon, Beam Therapeutics
- Eric Ostertag, Poseida Therapuetics
- Translating CGT to the Clinic (PANEL)
Session Chair: Nicole K. Paulk, UCSF
- Matthew Porteus, Stanford
- Peter Francis, 4D Molecular Therapeutics
- Erandi De Silva, Forge Biologics
- Patrice Hugo, Q2 Solutions
- Susanne Fors, Ultragenyx - PMWC Showcase
- Yuri Fesko, Labcorp
- Yan Zhang, Mission Bio
- Anil Narasimha, Mekonos Inc.
- Emily Anderson, Horizon, a PerkinElmer Company
- Jesse Salk, Twinstrand
- William Shrader, AcureX Therapeutics - Emerging Gene Therapies for Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Peter Marinkovich, Stanford - Past, Present and Future of CRISPR Where will CRISPR Take Us and How is the Technology Evolving to Realize its Full Potential (PANEL)
Session Chair: Janice Chen, Mammoth
- Kiana Aran, Cardea Bio
- Mark McKee, Intellia Tx
- Josh Lehrer, Graphite Bio
