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Having grown up in Sun Valley, ID, Perry is excited to be back west and enjoys spending as much time as possible outside, whether on foot, bike, or skis. Germline genetic polymorphisms influence tumor gene expression and immune cell infiltration. Prior to joining insitro, Ellie was an independent consultant for early-stage Bay Area life science companies and worked on various accounting projects, including the development of systems and infrastructure to support growing businesses. Daphne Koller, PhD insitro Founder & CEO Daphne Koller is the CEO and Founder of insitro, a startup company that aims to rethink drug development using machine learning. Previously, Adriana did research in the lab of Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At stanford, Eilon worked on a diverse set of projects including: detection and fine mapping of genetic associations with T cell receptor V-genes expression; software for transplant health monitoring using cell-free DNA sequencing (which was commercialized by Stanford); and detection of functional genetic variants using a novel high throughput CRISPR editing. He has also been a leader in the Milieu Intérieur Consortium, a 30-team academic / industrial partnership that aims to define the genetic, microbiome and environmental determinants of variable immune responses in healthy persons. “Do I go down path A or B or C or D? Modern medicine has given us effective tools to treat some of the most significant and burdensome diseases. Over his career, Duane has been named multiple times to the IAM Strategy 300, recognizing the world’s leading IP strategists. 5 min read. Years after Daphne Koller left academia to pursue its reinvention with Coursera, circumstances have conspired to return her to a passion left by the wayside. Britt holds an MBA from St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)-Certification. Comm. Professor of CS & Pathology at Stanford (now adjunct). cancer and UTI); and liver diseases (incl. Prior to Invitae, Ellie worked at Genomic Health, a publicly-traded global provider of genomic-based diagnostic tests, where she managed the US accounting operations and teams. As General Counsel, Duane is responsible for managing risk and structuring opportunities for insitro. Before joining Insitro, Eugeni was a Staff Scientist at Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences) where he led groups responsible for the development of cutting- edge cell biological technologies, drug delivery platforms, and the development of an extracellular vesicles-based diagnostic platform. Wells MF, Salick MR, Wiskow O, Ho DJ, Worringer KA, Ihry RJ, Kommineni S, Bilican B, Klim JR, Hill EJ, Kane LT, Ye C, Kaykas A*, Eggan K.* Cell Stem Cell. WSAI Americas 2019 - insitro, Daphne Koller, Founder and CEO - Duration: 24:37. Big data, machine learning and biology are suddenly in syzygy and Koller is intent on making the most of it with her new company, Insitro — and telling us all about it at Disrupt SF 2020. In his spare time, he and his family enjoy cooking together, traveling and exploring the world’s ecology under the sea (marvelling at Ostracod mating practices in the Carribean), in jungles (visits to the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre in Borneo), and in ecology parks (riding dolphins in Tunisia). Venture capital firm Sequoia paid $585,000 for 58 million shares in Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) in 2009, equivalent to about 1 cent per share. Share. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2004, was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2011 and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014. Before Insitro, Chu was the genomics tech lead for the Immune Profiler platform developed at Verily Life Sciences (an Alphabet company in healthcare). In her spare time, Rachel enjoys spending time with her family. DRUG-seq: A Miniaturized High-Throughput Transcriptome Profiling Platform for Drug Discovery. As Director of Data Science, Eilon is leading the development of cutting edge machine learning, computational biology and statistical genetics approaches to improve drug development. Big data, machine learning and biology are suddenly in syzygy and Koller is intent on making the most of it with her new company, Insitro — and telling us all about it at Disrupt SF 2020. In his spare time, Matt enjoys running, drawing, programming for fun and playing with his kids. Mary was also previously a junior partner at McKinsey & Company, focused on pharmaceuticals and corporate finance. Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors: – … South San Francisco, California 94080, ML, Data Science and Software Engineering, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06500-x, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0050-6, https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)30340-X?code=cell-site, https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)30407-6, https://science.sciencemag.org/content/308/5723/826, https://www.linkedin.com/in/daphne-koller-4053a820/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-albert-md-phd-5247901/. Previously, as VP of Engineering for Myriad Genetics, Matt led engineering teams focused on software automation and genomic data pipelines to make high complexity genetic testing routine in clinical practice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Ye C, Ho DJ, Neri M, Yang C, Kulkarni T, Randhawa R, Henault M, Mostacci N, Farmer P, Renner S, Ihry R, Mansur L, Gubser Keller C, McAllister G, Hild M, Jenkins J, and Kaykas A. Matt holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from MIT, where he developed efficient bioinformatic algorithms with applications in evolutionary genomics and population genetics. 2018 Mar;19(3):302-314. doi: 10.1038/s41590-018-0049-7. He has significant expertise with early-stage startups, helping to develop, implement and support automation technologies as they scale. Verily and Gilead are employing this platform to understand inflammatory autoimmune diseases. Before then, Britt was the VP of People at Kiva, the world’s first personal micro-lending platform, where she supported the organization’s doubling in size, internationalization, and creation of an awesome culture. DasGupta R*, Kaykas A*, Moon RT, Perrimon N. Science. |  All Rights Reserved  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms & Conditions. Subscribe to our free newsletter for updates and news about alternatives investments. Ellie is Certified Public Accountant and holds an active license in the state of California. Yao Z, Mich JK, Ku S, Menon V, Krostag AR, Martinez RA, Furchtgott L, Mulholland H, Bort S, Fuqua MA, Gregor BW, Hodge RD, Jayabalu A, May RC, Melton S, Nelson AM, Ngo NK, Shapovalova NV, Shehata SI, Smith MW, Tait LJ, Thompson CL, Thomsen ER, Ye C, Glass IA, Kaykas A, Yao S, Phillips JW, Grimley JS, Levi BP, Wang Y, Ramanathan S. Cell Stem Cell. Daphne Koller, Ph.D. (World Economic Forum/CC BY-SA 2.0) Machine learning drug development company insitro has bought up Haystack Sciences, adding DNA … During his time at Counsyl, Matt developed and scaled the software behind several successful prenatal genetic testing products. Adriana was also previously Entrepreneurship Program Manager at QB3 (California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences) where she managed the Startup in a Box Program. Perry completed his Ph.D. in the Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics program at Harvard Medical School where his research focused on using statistical models to predict protein structure from sequence variation. Her work at insitro is part of an emerging field - digital biology - that is having an impact on multiple fields, including biomaterial design, agriculture, and … Patin E, Hasan M, Bergstedt J, Rouilly V, Libri V, Urrutia A, Alanio C, Scepanovic P, Hammer C, Jönsson F, Beitz B, Quach H, Lim YW, Hunkapiller J, Zepeda M, Green C, Piasecka B, Leloup C, Rogge L, Huetz F, Peguillet I, Lantz O, Fontes M, Di Santo JP, Thomas S, Fellay J, Duffy D, Quintana-Murci L, Albert ML; Milieu Intérieur Consortium. Following graduation, Eilon transitioned to a postdoc at Profs Jonathan Pritchard and Hunter Fraser labs in Stanford Medical school department of genetics. Mr. Valz began his career at Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin (now combined with Arnold & Porter LLP). At Insitro, Koller is building predictive models for use during drug discovery that help answer “fork-in-the-road” questions. Daphne was the Rajeev Motwani Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where she served on the faculty for 18 years. AWS re:Invent 2019 – Daphne Koller of insitro Talks About Using AWS to Transform Drug Development. After completing a dual major B.Sc. Jason is responsible for building and optimizing insitro’s Research Operations function. Matthew trained at The Rockefeller University, Cornell University Medical College and did his residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Koller has an impressive resume; a cofounder of online education platform Coursera, a computer science professor at Stanford, and a MacArthur Fellowship recipient. Dr. Vaisberg is an inventor with over 25 patent applications and multiple scientific publications. This work transformed all stages of drug discovery at Cytokinetics and made the company one of the leaders in high content assays and screening. Co-founder, Coursera. Before then, she was Controller at Invitae, a leading genetic testing company offering diagnostic testing for hereditary conditions. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast who enjoys backpacking, road biking, landscape photography, and travel. “You oftentimes make a 5-10 year investment in something before you realize that it’s not looking so good.”. Insitro has brought together a high-throughput lab (“beyond the frontier on multiple levels,” according to Koller), top-flight biologists, and machine learning and data science people who are at the cutting edge of their profession. 2016 Oct 20;167(3):643-656.e17. Before joining Ferring, Keith had a long career at Pfizer, leading discovery research at three different sites across the US and UK, heading the company’s R&D strategy team, and running a laboratory as a visiting investigator at The Scripps Research Institute. Nat Immunol. He did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Dr. Bill Sugden’s lab where he studied virology, immunology, and oncology. Prior to joining insitro, Adriana was a Principal at The Column Group (TCG), a life science venture capital firm. Duane has led the legal and IP functions at prominent Silicon Valley companies operating at a variety of scales and growth stages. The two companies will integrate a mining site and…, © 2020 DailyAlts. His team efforts have led to the discovery of multiple new disease targets and the development of better predictive preclinical models. New investors who participated included T. Rowe Price Associate, BlackRock, Casdin Capital, and CPP Investments. If you go down the wrong one, then it’s years and tens of millions of dollars in wasted spend,” Koller explains. 2018 Jul;24(7):939-946. in biology and computer science at Tel Aviv University, Eilon joined Rosetta genomics, where he worked on discovering miRNA genes in humans and predicting their targets. As the Director of Neuroscience, Rachel leads insitro’s therapeutic strategy in neuroscience-related indications in collaboration with her talented colleagues. Koller is bringing together a cutting edge bio lab, scientists, and AI for faster drug discovery. Forbes: insitro on the list of AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies Inc.: Our founder and CEO Daphne Koller has been selected as one of Inc.’s 100 Female Founders She speaks English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. In his free time, Eilon enjoys hiking and camping outdoors with his family. In his free time, Aj enjoys traveling, kayaking, sailing, biking, making whiskey and most of all his family. That round brought up…, Goodyear Tire (NASDAQ: GT) has forged a strategic tie-up with SafeAI, the AI specialist for autonomous solutions for the mining industry. Before joining Pfizer, Rachel was a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Richard Tsien’s lab at Stanford University in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. The have traveled together to over 35 countries, with a strong belief that knowing and engaging with diverse communities and cultures help them be better contributors to the world. Adriana is the Head of External Innovation at insitro where she searches for technologies, collaborations, and expertise to accelerate and maximize insitro’s research and development efforts. Britt Huber is the Vice President of People at insitro. By 2016, she was the chief computing officer He holds B.A. Director of Strategy and Corporate Development. Chu has over a decade of molecular phenotyping and profiling experiences in academia and industry. jQuery(document).ready(function($){gformInitSpinner( 3, 'https://dailyalts.com/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/images/spinner.gif' );jQuery('#gform_ajax_frame_3').on('load',function(){var contents = jQuery(this).contents().find('*').html();var is_postback = contents.indexOf('GF_AJAX_POSTBACK') >= 0;if(!is_postback){return;}var form_content = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_wrapper_3');var is_confirmation = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_confirmation_wrapper_3').length > 0;var is_redirect = contents.indexOf('gformRedirect(){') >= 0;var is_form = form_content.length > 0 && ! Daphne Koller Daphne Koller didn’t anticipate becoming a drug hunter when she joined Stanford University as a professor of machine learning in 1995. He leads insitro’s wet lab activities which consists of functional genomics, disease modeling, phenotyping, automation, and process engineering. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and serves on the boards of directors for the Level Playing Field Institute and the Berkeley Law Alumni Association. How to speak so that people want to listen | Julian Treasure - … Artificial Intelligence: Daphne Koller, Founder, Insitro: “In Biopharma, It’s Difficult to Fail Fast”, Venture Capital: The Story Of Sequoia’s Insane Returns On Airbnb, Alternative Investments/Digital Assets: Swiss Firm Valour Launches Fee Free Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product (ETP), FinTech: London-based Fintech Checkout.com Floats Venture Arm, Artificial Intelligence: Goodyear And SafeAI Team Up On Tire Intelligence For Autonomous Vehicles. Ellie also spent time at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals during phase III clinical trials of Linaclotide (FDA approval 2012). He supports the executive team on initiatives at the intersection of machine learning and corporate strategy, including business development and the formulation of machine learning problems relevant to drug discovery and development. Allison has also held increasing roles at Affymax, a publicly-traded biotechnology company, and she started her career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP in their audit and assurance practice. In Press, Sept; 2018 Nat. Eilon has extensive experience in applying machine learning to decipher various biological questions. Devin Coldewey. In her spare time, Daphne enjoys spending time with her family, especially while traveling to exotic destinations (62 countries so far and counting), where they enjoy hiking, sailing, scuba diving, and eating fresh local food. He established biochemistry and informatics departments and led development of a state of the art system for quantitative cell biological assays – Cytometrix™. Prior to graduate school he spent five years working in finance for Morgan Stanley and BMGI, the investment office of Bill and Melinda Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Yatim N, Jusforgues-Saklani H, Orozco S, Schulz O, Barreira da Silva R, Reis e Sousa C, Green DR, Oberst A, Albert ML. In his free time he enjoys traveling, SCUBA diving, exploring microbrews, and photography. In his spare time, Chu tests sneakers for Puma, and reads books to his two young kids. Britt is passionate about developing mission-driven companies and coaching its people to evoke excellence. “I think part of the problem biopharma has had is that it’s really difficult to fail fast,” said Koller. Daphne was one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people and is a MacArthur Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the International Society of Computational Biology. He also manages insitro’s internal discovery programs as well as partnered programs with external collaborators. 2017 Jan 5;20(1), Genetic Ablation of AXL Does Not Protect Human Neural Progenitor Cells and Cerebral Organoids from Zika Virus Infection. Science. Eugeni is a drug discovery scientist and inventor with 30 years of experience working in academia and industry. Forbes: insitro on the list of AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies. Associate Director of Functional Genomics. Prior to joining Google[x] he worked as Principal Scientist, Therapeutic Innovation Unit at Amgen where he played a leading role in defining the approach and implementing key applications of stem cell biology for drug discovery. TechCrunch. in Systems Engineering from Penn State University. Rachel received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. As Head of Financial Operations at instiro, Ellie brings over 15 years of progressive accounting and finance operations experience, including managing cross-functional projects and scaling teams for growth within the life science industry. is_redirect && ! insitro Adds Biopharma Industry Leader Roger Perlmutter as First Independent Board Member. Photo courtesy of Insitro.. San Francisco-based Insitro announced today that it has entered a five-year discovery collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to discover and develop novel therapies for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Perry is the Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at insitro. Eugeni Vaisberg, Ph.D., is Vice President, Disease Model Systems and Arrayed Screening at insitro. Join us to help bring better medicines to patients through ML and biology at scale. In her role, she focused on ideation, formation, and launch of several companies in the TCG portfolio, including Accent Therapeutics and A2 Biotherapeutics, and served as board director or observer of these and other companies. Daphne Koller [Photo: couretsy of Insitro] Two years later, Koller started Insitro, a drug discovery and development company that combines biology with machine learning. Ihry RJ, Worringer KA, Salick MR, Frias E, Ho D, Theriault K, Kommineni S, Chen J, Sondey M, Ye C, Randhawa R, Kulkarni T, Yang Z, McAllister G, Russ C, Reece-Hoyes J, Forrester W, Hoffman GR, Dolmetsch R, Kaykas A. Nat Med. Ellie helped the Company prepare for IPO in 2015 and built the team to scale as a public company. Daphne Koller, CEO and Founder, insitro sits down with Sonia Tagare at Stanford University for WiDS 2020. Keith and his team are both establishing new drug design capabilities, exploiting the power of machine learning models, and undertaking drug discovery programs on molecular targets derived via the insitro-human (ISH) target discovery platform. Outside of the office, Allison is constantly chasing after her two sons and cheering on the Golden State Warriors. In this role, she evaluated and guided over 200 teams of scientists from top institutions in California towards starting companies in the life sciences. He is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has made major contributions to the understanding of antigen cross-priming and the impact of post-translational modification of chemokines as determinants of effective tumor immunity. October 15, 2018. Daphne Koller, Board Member Daphne Koller is the CEO and Founder of insitro. She is the author of over 200 refereed publications appearing in venues such as Science, Cell, and Nature Genetics, and has an h-index of 130. As Senior Vice-President of Drug Discovery, Keith is responsible for machine learning-enabled drug discovery programs at insitro. Daphne Koller Founder and CEO, insitro (we're hiring!). He then earned a PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science under the supervision of Prof. Eran Segal. ‎Daphne Koller is a professor of computer science at Stanford University, a co-founder of Coursera with Andrew Ng and Founder and CEO of insitro, a company at the intersection of machine learning and biomedicine. Every day, Daphne Koller and thousands of other voices read, write, and share important stories on Medium. Dr. Mary Rozenman is insitro’s CFO/CBO and maintains responsibility for a number of strategic and operational functions at insitro including strategic and operational finance and accounting, strategy, business development, investor relations and corporate communications as well as project and portfolio management. Daphne Koller is the CEO and Founder of insitro. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Institute of Protein Research, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR. Matthew is an immunologist and clinical pathologist, with a long-standing interest in immune regulation and tumor immunity. She was the co-founder, co-CEO and President of Coursera for 5 years, and the Chief Computing Officer of Calico, an Alphabet company in the healthcare space. 2015 Oct 16;350(6258):328-34. doi: 10.1126/science.aad0395. insitro: Rethinking drug discovery using machine learning. 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