Agenda

IHG Genotech Symposium September 22, 2025 Agenda

 TimeWhoTitleTalk Title
Introductions9:00-9:05Talmadge E. King Jr., MD

Dean, School of Medicine, UCSF

Vice Chancellor, Medical Affairs, UCSF Health

 
 9:05-9:15Nadav Ahituv, PhDDirector, Institute for Human Genetics, UCSF 
Gene Therapy9:15-9:35Jacob Kimmel, PhDCo-founder & President, NewLimitRestoring youthful function with reprogramming therapies
 9:35-9:55Dan Hart, PhDHead of Platform, Epicrispr BiotechnologiesEPIC GEMS: An Epigenetic Editing Platform for In vivo Therapeutic Applications
 9:55-10:25Paul DonohoueDirector of Platform Discovery, Caribou BiosciencesA versatile CRISPR hybrid RNA-DNA editing technology for the generation of off-the-shelf cell therapies
 10:25-10:45Chris Hsiung, MD, PhDAssistant Professor, Institute for Human Genetics and Dept. of Surgery, UCSFHigher-order combinatorial functional genomics
 10:45-11:15Panel Discussion  
Break11:15-11:45   
Keynote Speaker11:45-12:30Michael Snyder, PhDStanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics, Stanford UniversityThe Genetic Basis of Complex Diseases Revealed Using AI methods
Lunch & Career Panel12:30-1:45

KT Moortgat, PhD

 

Shishi Luo, PhD

 

Mike Schnall-Levin, PhD

 

Michael Snyder, PhD

Founder, Managing Partner, Dalena Capital
 

Director of Bioinformatics, Helix
 

Chief Technology Officer, Founding Scientist, 10X Genomics
 

Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics, Stanford University

The career panel will be a round table discussion. Nick Page, Neuroscience PhD, will lead the discussion with a few questions to get the ball rolling and from there we can take questions from trainees in the audience. Come learn more about exciting and impactful career paths in the biotech industry. To join, register here and take your lunch to room GH-N114 on the first floor of the Genentech building.

2024 career panel
AI1:45-2:05Kyle Farh, MD, PhDVP & Distinguished Scientist, Illumina Artificial Intelligence Lab 
 2:05-2:25Shishi Luo, PhDDirector of Bioinformatics, HelixPrecision Medicine: From Exome Data to Drug Response with a Little Help from LLMs
 2:25-2:45Xiao Yang, PhDCo-founder & CEO, PromptBioPromptBio: A Multi-Agent AI Platform for Bioinformatics Data Analysis
 2:45-3:05Jeff Spence, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSFAccurate estimation of gene constraint by combining interpretable models and machine learning
 3:05-3:25Panel Discussion  
Break3:25-3:55   
Genomic Technologies3:55-4:15Kathleen Barnes, PhDSVP Population & Precision Health, Oxford Nanopore 
 4:15-4:35Mike Schnall-Levin, PhDChief Technology Officer, Founding Scientist, 10X GenomicsDriving the Next Level of Scale of Single Cell and Spatial
 4:35-4:55Matthew Kellinger, PhDVP of Biochemistry & Co-founder, Element Biosciences 
 4:55-5:15Diego Calderon, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSFThe continuum of gene regulation at single-cell resolution, from Drosophilia development to human complex traits
 5:15-5:45Panel Discussion  
Reception6:00-7:00