Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Sr. Director of Single Cell Multiomics and Advanced Technologies, BD Biosciences
Biography
Aruna Ayer is the Senior Director of RD for Single Cell Multiomics Advanced Technologies at BD Biosciences since 2021. She leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for delivering an exciting portfolio of next generation single cell sorting and partitioning instruments, multiomic assays and bioinformatics solutions. Aruna holds a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Texas, Austin and bachelors in biotechnology from Anna University, India. Aruna joined BD Biosciences from Roche Sequencing Solutions, where she held various roles of increasing leadership responsibility for 7 years. Prior to Roche, Aruna held roles at Theranos, Stanford University, and Oregon Health and Science University. Aruna is a named inventor on multiple patents and has published in multiple high impact scientific journals. She is passionate about scientific innovation, technology and product development and an ardent advocate for diversity and inclusion. Most recently, Aruna was awarded with the Women changing Science award from the Rosalind Franklin Society.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Christina Curtis, Stanford
PMWC Award Ceremony Honoree
• W.E. Moerner, Stanford – Nobel Laureate
• Priscilla Chan, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• Serge Saxonov, 10x Genomics
Fireside Chat
• Moderator: Christina Curtis, Stanford
• W.E. Moerner, Stanford
• Priscilla Chan, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Fireside Chat with Serge Saxonov, 10x Genomics
Unraveling Tissue Architecture with Single-Cell & Spatial Multi-Omics
• Joakim Lundeberg, SciLifeLab
• Garry P. Nolan, Stanford
• Tae Hyun Hwang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tumor Evolution & Clonal Dynamics: From Models to Monitoring
• Chair: Christina Curtis, Stanford
Multi-Omics-Driven Early Detection: Beyond Liquid Biopsy
• Ash Alizadeh, Stanford
• Alex Aravanis, Moonwalk Biosciences
Personal Omics at Scale: What Longitudinal Profiles Add to Early Detection
• Michael Snyder, Stanford
AI in Molecular Diagnostics: Integrating Multi-Omics & Clinical Data
• Chair: Marina Sirota, UCSF
• Olivier Gevaert, Stanford
• Rebecca Critchley-Thorne, Castle Biosciences
Nanomechanical Signatures for Cancer Diagnostics: Insights from Tumor Biophysics
• Chair: Marija Plodinec, Artidis
