Speaker Profile
PhD, Principal Scientist, Human Pathobiology & OMNI Reverse Translation, OMNI Bioinformatics, Genentech
Biography
Fiona's research at Genentech leverages clinical trial data and microbiome samples to interrogate host microbiome interactions in inflammatory bowel disease, with the ultimate goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets. Prior to Genentech, Fiona was a PhD student in Ami Bhatt's lab at Stanford, where her thesis work implicated the gut microbiome as a reservoir for stereotypical as well as unexpected bloodstream pathogens in immunocompromised patients. Additionally, Fiona collaborated with researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand to profile the gut microbiome of understudied South African populations undergoing rapid lifestyle transition. Fiona is passionate about using computational approaches to generate testable hypotheses to enable identification of causal roles for gut microbes in disease pathobiology.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Chairs:
Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Metagenomic Sequencing Challenges in Microbiology Labs (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Esther Babady, MSKCC
- Robert Schlaberg, Illumina
- David C Gaston, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Optimizing Clinical Metagenomics for Infectious Diseases Diagnosis (PANEL)
Chair: Steve Miller, Delve Bio
- Anne Piantadoski, Emory University
- Sivan Bercovici, Karius Dx
- Laura Filkins, Children's Health System of Texas
- Catherine Hogan, British Columbia / CDC
- Advancing Infectious Disease Management through AI, Metagenomics, and Emerging Technologies (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Purvesh Khatri, Stanford
- Monica Fung, UCSF
- Kristian Andersen, Scripps Research
- Kathleen Jacobson, CDPH - Insight and Actionable Strategies for Microbiome Innovation (PANEL)
Chair: Nathan Price, Thorne
- Colleen Cutcliffe, Pendulum
- Alex Morgan, Khosla Ventures
- Jack Gilbert, UCSD
- Fiona Tambuini, Genentech
- Nikole E. Kimes, Siolta Therapeutics - Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab Showcase
Chair: Ariel Bacaner Ganz, Stanford
- Maddalena Adorno, Dorian Therapeutics
- Alice Rathjen, DNA compass
- David Wong, XR Workout - Chris Chin, Thera VR Inc.
