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Biomarkers Speakers

03 - 04 October 2024 | San Diego, CA, USA

Biologics US 2024

Amita Datta-Mannan
Associate Vice President,
Eli Lilly
Hans Van Der Vliet
Chief Scientific Officer,
LAVA Therapeutics
Lauren Goodrich
Vice President,
Nimble Therapeutics
Matt Chu
Director,
Astellas Pharma US
Natalie Grinshtein
Director, ADC discovery,
Pfizer
Nazneen Dewji
Chief Executive Officer,
Cenna Biosciences
Olivier Kitten
Chief Executive Officer,
Affilogic
Robert Lutz
cso,
Iksuda Therapeutics
Suk Hyung
Senior Principal Scientist,
Genentech
Yi Xing
Senior Director,
Seismic Therapeutic
Alan Wahl
CEO,
Abacusbioscience
Aming Zhang
Head of AD and QC,
Pyxis Oncology
Andrew Vendel
Senior Director, Immunology,
Eli Lilly
Brandon Coyle
Associate director,
Gilead Sciences
Brian Avanzino
Principal Scientist,
Amgen
Brian Hall
Scientist,
Sanofi
Caitlin Masterman
Associate Director, Technical Development,
Gilead Sciences
Chris Hart
CEO,
Creyon Bio
Daniel Kirchhofer
Senior Fellow,
Genentech Inc.
Denise Steckel
Head of Clinical Collaborations Development,
Genentech
Jack Ostrowski
Director Protein Science,
Avidity Biosciences
Jan Schnitzer
Chief Executive Officer,
Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine
Jay Jones
Scientist,
Pfizer
Jean Ge
Patent Attorney,
Wolf Greenfield
Jeffrey Leyton
Associate Professor,
University of Ottawa
Jinquan Luo
Director,
Johnson & Johnson
Julie Beaudet
CMC Sr. Staff Scientist,
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Kim Janda
Professor,
The Scripps Research Institute
Li Feng
Partner,
Finnegan
Lian Yi
Principal Scientist,
Genentech
Linda Horner
Chief Administrative Patent Judge,
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Madhura Deshpande
Principal Scientist,
Bristol Myers Squibb
Maria Hedlund
Principal Scientist, Toxicology,
Avidity Biosciences
Melissa Schutten
Senior Director,
Pfizer
Michael Cochran
Director, Chemistry,
Avidity Biosciences
Michael Sierks
Professor,
Arizona State University
Mike Schopperle
CEO,
CureMeta
Mimmi Ballard
Director, ADQC, Bioassays,
Vir Biotechnology
Nathan Alves
Associate Professor / Director of Translational Research,
Indiana University School of Medicine
Paul Richardson
Director Discovery Chemistry,
Pfizer Ltd
Philip Kim
Professor,
University of Toronto
Purbasa Patnaik
Associate Director,
Exelixis
Rajika Perera
Chief Executive Officer,
Poseidon LLC
Ramana Doppalapudi
Vice President, Chemistry,
Avidity Biosciences
Sasha Ebrahimi
Principal Investigator and Associate Fellow,
GSK
Steven Ballet
Professor,
Free University Brussels
Sylvia Yip
Intellectual Property Counsel,
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
Udaya Rangaswamy
Director, Translational Biology,
Rondo Therapeutics
Wei Wang
Professor,
UC San Diego Health
Yang Su
Associate Director, Oncology (ADC Biology),
Bristol Myers Squibb
Yuan Cheng
Director,
Amgen

12 - 14 March 2025 | London, UK

NextGen Biomed 2025

Anna Perdrix
Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer,
Sixfold Bioscience
Fernando Albericio
Professor,
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Joel Richard
Chief Development Officer,
Enterome
Kelly Loyet
Distinguished Scientist,
Genentech
Livija Deban
Chief Scientific Officer,
Prokarium
Maja Firczuk
Protein Expression Technologies Team Leader,
GSK
Maria Koufali
Director,
UK Vaccine Innovation Pathway
Marta Amaral
Group Head High Throughput Protein Engineering in Large Molecules Research,
Sanofi
Martina Ochs
Project Leader,
CEPI
Rick Hibbert
Vice President & Head of CMC Science & Technologies,
Genmab
Sudhir Agrawal
President & Founder,
ARNAY Sciences
Tristan Vaughan
Vice President Protein Engineering,
Immunocore
Aaron John Balana
Scientist III,
Genentech
Aikaterini Gatsiou
Assistant Professor,
Lancaster University
Ajan Reginald
Chief Executive Officer,
Roquefort THerapeutics PLC
Alain Wagner
Director,
Strasbourg University
Alastair Lawson
Vice President and Immunology Fellow,
UCB
Alessandra Tolomelli
Associate Professor,
University of Bologna
Alessandro Gori
Group leader,
National Research Council of Italy
Alexandria Cogdill
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Global Business Development,
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc
Alexey Rak
Head of Bio Structure and Biophysics,
Sanofi
Álvaro Enríquez García
Medicinal chemist,
Eli Lilly
Amita Vaidya
Principal Scientist,
Sanofi
Amy Li
Director, Drug Discovery,
T-Therapeutics Ltd
Andreas Reichel
Vice President, Head PMS,
Bayer AG
Andreas Midbøe Hoff
Head of In Silico & AI Department,
Nykode
Andrew Slee
Chief Operating Officer,
Protagenic Therapeutics
Andrew Jamieson
Professor,
University of Glasgow
Andrew Buchanan
Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Aneesh Karatt-Vellatt
CoFounder & CSO,
Maxion therapeutics
Angelo De Milito
Director,
Sprint Bioscience
Anna Hine
Professor of Protein Engineering,
Aston University
Anna Maria Papini
Full Professor and Group leader of PeptLab,
University of Florence (Italy)
Annelise Vuidepot
Chief Technology Officer,
Immunocore
Ash Otter
Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogen Serology,
UKHSA
Baldur Sveinbjørnsson
Chief Scientific Officer,
Lytix Biopharma
Bassam Hallis
Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation,
ukhsa.gov.uk
Benjamin Lindner
Data Scientist,
Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG
Berit Olsen Krogh
Senior Research Fellow,
Lundbeck
Bernard Maillere
Head of laboratory,
CEA
Bishnu Nayak
Senior Director,
NeologicsBio
Bjorn Onfelt
Professor of Applied Physics,
Royal Institute of Technology
Brian Schanen
Global Head,
Sanofi
Bryce Nelson
Head Protein and Antibody Engineering,
Orion
Callum Scott
Head of Development,
Scancell
Carol Sze Ki Leung
Senior Immunologist,
Ludwig Institute, Oxford University
Caroline Lonez
R&D Associate Director,
Celyad
Chris Hart
Chief Executive Officer,
Creyon Bio
Christian Garde
Director,
Evaxion Biotech
Christine Dr. Rothe
Chief Development Officer (CDO),
Iomx Therapeutics Ag
Christopher Scott
Professor,
Queen's University Belfast
Christopher Coxon
Senior Lecturer, Medicinal Chemistry,
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Chun Kong Mak
Oligonucleotides Analytical Scientist,
Synthon
Claudia Masini D'Avila
Principal Scientist,
Sanofi - Ghent
Dan Swerdlow
Senior Director,
GSK
Dan Hardy
CEO,
Microsol Ltd
Daniel Larocque
Innovation Leader,
Sanofi Vaccines
Daniel Sejer Pedersen
Specialist,
Novo Nordisk A/S
Darko Skegro
Associate Director,
Novartis
David Craik
Professor,
The University of Queensland
David Evans
Chief Scientific Officer,
Sirnaomics
David Brockwell
Professor,
University of Leeds
David Wraith
Professor of Immunology, Director of the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy,
University of Birmingham
Denise Steckel
Head of Clinical Collaborations Development,
Genentech
Ed Tate
Professor,
Imperial College London
Eef Dirksen
Group Leader,
Byondis B.V.
Elisa Marelli
Research Scientist,
Scancell
Emma Grant
Senior Analytical Development Scientist,
Immunocore
Emma Stanley
Director, Program Lead - Head of Antibody Discovery,
Mestag Therapeutics
Erik Vernet
Vice President - Scientific Data Registration,
Novo Nordisk
Fazel Shabanpoor
Lab Head Peptide And Oligonucleotide Therapeutics,
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Felix Schumacher
Program Leader Targeted Therapeutics,
Hoffmann La Roche Ltd
Francisca Wollerton
Senior Director of Protein Engineering and Novel Modalities,
AstraZeneca
Francisca Wollerton
Senior Director of Protein Engineering and Novel Modalities,
AstraZeneca
Gal Gur
VP Business Development,
Anima Biotech
Georgios Skretas
Director, Institute for Bioinnovation,
Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming"
Giulio Russo
Senior Scientist,
Merus NV
Hans Melo
Chief Executive Officer,
Menten Biotechnology Labs
Hans Van Der Vliet
Chief Scientific Officer,
LAVA Therapeutics
Helen Bright
Chief Scientific Officer,
Centauri Therapeutics
Helene Kaplon
Translational Scientist,
Servier
Henry Maun
Staff Scientist,
Genentech
Hester Van Zeeburg
PM immunomonitoring,
Mendus AB
Ian Hamley
Professor of Physical Chemistry,
University of Reading
Ijeoma Uchegbu
Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience,
University College London
Ilaria Poledri
Co-Founder,
ExCulture
Immanuel Lerner
Chief Executive Officer,
Pepticom
Isabelle Sermadiras
Associate Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Iulia Oita
CMC manager,
Ziphius Vaccines
Janos Tibor Kodra
Principal Scientist,
Novo Nordisk
Jean Ge
Patent Attorney,
Wolf Greenfield
Jenny Fitting
Head of AAV and Protein Science,
Bayer
Jill Walker
Immuno-Oncology Diagnostic Franchise Leader, Precision Medicine & Genomics,
AstraZeneca
John Maher
Chief Scientific Officer,
Leucid Bio
Jonathan Kwok
Chief Executive Officer,
Infinitopes
Joost Uitdehaag
Head of Biology,
Crossfire Oncology
Jordan Davies
Campaigns,
Oxford Global
Jörg Wischhusen
Professor,
University Hospital Würzburg
Jutta Eichler
Professor,
University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
Karen Silence
Head Preclinical Product Development,
Argenx BVBA
Kate Smith
Senior Director, Head of UK Protein and Cell Sciences,
GSK
Kerry Chester
Professor,
UCL
Kevin Fitzgerald
Chief Scientific Officer,
Epsilogen
Kirsty Crame
Vice President Clinical Strategy & Development,
Medigene AG
Knud Jørgen Jensen
Professor,
Copenhagen University
Komal Kedia
Associate Principal Scientist,
Merck US
Kuda Muchandibaya
Lecturer for Supply Chain Management & Logistics,
Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Lada Leyens
Senior Director - EUCAN regulatory TA head GI2,
Swissmedic
Laura Starkie
Director,
UCB
Laura Collins
Director Bioinformatics,
Immunocore
Laurens Lindenburg
Principal Scientist,
Genmab
Leonardo De Maria
Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Louis Diorazio
Senior Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Luis Gómez-Morales
Scientific Project Manager,
Pepkon
Mads Hald Andersen
Professor, VP,
IO Biotech
Mani Mudaliar
Director, Quantitative Biomarkers,
Exscientia
Marc Vendrell
Professor of Translational Chemistry,
University of Edinburgh
Maria Fawaz
Associate Principal Scientist,
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Marie McAvoy
Chief Scientific Officer,
Nanosyrinx
Marina Fedorova
Scientific Investigator,
GSK
Mark Eccleston
Chief Executive Officer,
ValiRx Plc.
Mathieu Cinier
Scientific Director,
Affilogic
Matthew Burrell
Associate Director,
AstraZeneca
Mattias Malm
Senior Scientist,
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Micaela Graglia
Analytical Chemist, Molecular Design,
Silence Therapeutics
Michael Dyson
Vice President,
Ichnos SA
Michael Delaney
Principal Scientist,
NovoNordisk
Michal Shoshan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
metaLead Therapeutics AG
Mihaela Bozic
Scientist,
T-Therapeutics
Mikhail Kuravskiy
Principal Scientist,
UCB
Morten Lindow
RNAHub Founder & Mission Lead,
Roche
Nadim Akhtar
Senior Principal Scientist, New Modalities,
AstraZeneca
Nazneen Dewji
Chief Executive Officer,
Cenna Biosciences
Nesrine Chakroun
Associate Director,
Merus NV
Norbert Furtmann
Sanofi,
Head of AI Innovation NANOBODY® Platform
Obinna Ubah
Principal Scientist,
Elasmogen Limited
Owen Vickery
Computational Biologics Design,
AstraZeneca
Patricia Alves
Head of the Sanofi Satellite Lab & Coordinator of Analytical Services Unit and Mass Spectrometry Unit,
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica
Paul Wassmann
Senior Principal Scientist,
Novartis AG
Paul Reid
Chief Scientific Officer,
Celtic Biotech
Pawel Stocki
Vice President R&D,
Ossianix
Pete Gough
Chief Scientific Officer,
Nimble Therapeutics
Peter Ellmark
CSO,
Alligator Bioscience
Peter Sondermann
CEO,
Tacalyx GmbH Privacy Policy Imprint
Philip Beer
Chief Scientific Officer,
Step Pharma
Prasun Chakraborty
Chief Executive Officer and Founder,
Genevation LTD
Rajika Perera
Chief Executive Officer,
Poseidon LLC
Raymond Tesi
President & Chief Executive Officer,
InMune Bio
Reeta Daswani
Senior Scientist,
Sixfold
Rita Martello
Scientific Director, NBE DMPK Lead,
Dewpoint Therapeutics
Rodrigo Abreu
Principal Scientist,
LifeArc
Sagar Kathuria
Biophysicist - Protein Engineering,
Sanofi
Sandeep Talapatra
Science Lead - Protein Science,
GSK
Sandor Batkai
Co-founder, Head of Medical Research and Intelligence,
Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbH
Sandra Tremmel
Microbiology Engineer, Pharma Technical Product Quality- Analytical Sciences,
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Sandrien Janssens
CMC Director,
Mosanna Therapeutics
Sarah Stuart
HTC Team Leader,
GSK
Sarah Hindson
Senior Scientist,
GSK
Saul Martinez Montero
Senior Director, RNA Therapeutics,
Dyne Therapeutics
Saurabh Sen
Associate Director, Cell Line Development, Mammalian Platform Biologics,
Sanofi
Simon Krah
Associate Director,
Merck Healthcare KgaA
Simon Plyte
Chief Scientific Officer,
Biomunex Pharmaceuticals
Simon Hufton
Section Head Molecular Immunology, Division of Biotherapeutics,
MHRA
Sonia Macia
Chief Medical Officer,
Aromics Therapeutics
Sophia Karagiannis
Professor of Translational Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy,
King's College London
Sritama Bose
Head of Chemistry Research and Innovation,
Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator MRC
Stefan Zielonka
Director and Head of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering,
Merck Healthcare KGaA & Technische Universität Darmstadt
Stephen Miller
Principal Scientist,
Genentech
Steve Hood
Senior Director, Oligonucleotide ADME Strategy, DMPK,
GSK
Steven Schmitt
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
Myria Biosciences
Stine Friis Thorsen
Director Clinical Development,
Evaxion Biotech
Sue Charlton
Head of Clinical Evaluation,
UKHSA
Talip Ucar
Senior Director - AI Research,
AstraZeneca
Tatyana Ponomaryov
Principal Scientist,
Plasticell Limited
Thomas Kraft
Principal Scientist,
Roche
Tim Hickling
Investigative Safety and Immunosafety Chapter Lead,
Hoffmann La Roche Ltd
Tomáš Hanke
Professor,
University of Oxford
Tomasz Witkos
Associate Director,
AstraZeneca
Trevor Smith
Vice President,
Inovio
Vincent Dewar
Head of Immunoassay,
GSK
Vincenzo de Filippis
Associate Professor Biochemistry,
University of Padova
Vladimir Gligorijević
Senior Director, AI/ML,
Genentech
Walter Cabri
Professor,
University of Bologna
Wen Chang
Associate Vice President Discovery and Early Development,
AcuraStem
Will Nesbit
Director - Process Chemistry, CMC,
Bicycle Therapeutics
Wolfgang Koch
Senior Scientist,
F-star Therapeutics Inc
Xiao Wan
Senior Researcher - Biology,
Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator (NATA)
Yann Abraham
Associate Director AI for Single Cell,
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Yi Yang
Principal Scientist,
Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S
Zahra Rattray
Senior Lecturer,
University of Strathclyde