-- Board includes five world-leading scientists in the fields of Synthetic Biology and Applied Molecular Biology
Conagen Inc., a vertically integrated synthetic biology and fermentation company, announced today the formation of a new scientific advisory board (SAB) comprised of five thought leaders in synthetic biology, biochemistry, plant science and microbiology, all of whom are top faculty at leading universities.
The SAB will work with Conagen's leadership while the company builds upon the best science available to deliver the highest quality products serving the business-to-business markets of nature-based non-caloric sweeteners, flavors and fragrances, nutritional products, food preservatives, and others.
"We appreciate the great contributions from our previous scientific advisors. We are honored and privileged to have the expertise of our illustrious new SAB members dedicated to advancing Conagen's product development efforts," said Oliver Yu, Conagen's chief executive and chief science officer. "We're excited to have this opportunity to work with this diverse group of world-recognized scientists. Their contributions to the advancement of science in their respective areas have been broadly celebrated and we're looking forward to further contributions as Conagen develops new offerings and enters a new stage in our company's growth," added Casey Lippmeier, Conagen's Vice President of Research and Development.
The SAB will hold its meeting in the summer, with the following members:
Chairwoman
Pam Silver, PhD, Harvard University and Harvard Medical School
Pamela Silver is the Elliot T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. She is also a member of the Harvard University Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
Her group combines lessons from nature to the design of new organisms for both discovery and applications. She received her BS in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Cruz and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University where she was a Fellow of the American Cancer Society and The Medical Foundation.
Her work has been recognized by an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, a Research Scholar of the March of Dimes, an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, a Claudia Adams Barr Investigator, an NIH MERIT award, a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute, top ten innovations by the World Economic Forum and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has served on numerous
