Session Chair Profile
Ph.D., MBA, CEO, Maze Therapeutics
Biography
Dr. Jason Coloma is the CEO of Maze Therapeutics. Prior to his appointment to CEO, he was a venture partner at Third Rock Ventures, where he was instrumental in the founding and launch of the company. Previously, he held a number of roles at Roche, including vice president & global therapeutic area head of oncology and cancer immunotherapy partnering. Before joining Roche, Jason was a consultant in the life sciences practice at L.E.K. Consulting. He also worked in finance at Amgen and in research at the University of California, San Francisco and Cytokinetics.
Jason holds a Ph.D. and M.P.H. at the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a B.S. in biology from the University of San Francisco.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2023 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Sharon Benzeno, Adaptive Biotechnologies
- PMWC 2023 Luminary Award Ceremony
Honoree: Bruce Levine, University of Pennsylvania
- Advance and Optimize Cell Therapies in Oncology (PANEL)
Chair: Sharon Benzeno, Adaptive Biotechnologies
- Ira Mellman, Genenetch
- Mark Selby, Walking Fish Therapeutics
- Sneha Ramakrishna, Stanford
- Loïc VINCENT, Affini-T Therapeutics
- Nick Haining, Arsenal
- Warner Biddle, Kite - Pioneering Cell Therapies in the Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders (PANEL)
Chair: Carl June, UPenn
- Lenny Dragone, Sonoma
- James Chung, Kyverna
- David Chang, Cabaletta
- Cristina Musselli, Abata Therapeutics - Innovations in Cell Therapy Manufacturing (PANEL)
Chair: Bruce Levine, University of Pennsylvania
- Chris Holt, BMS
- Heidi Hagen, Sonoma Bio
- Rahul Singhvi, Resilience
- Snehal Patel, Sana Biotechnology - Patentability of Immunotherapies - Latest Developments
- Janet Xiao, Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Investing in Gene-Modified Cell Therapies
Chair: Karen Tkach Tuzman, BioCentury Inc.
- Robert Lin, UPMC
- Yvonne Yamanaka, venBio
- Abraham Bassan, Samsara Capital
- Brian Daniels, 5am Ventures
- Leveraging Data Sets to Inform Future Drug Discovery and Development (PANEL)
Chair: Jason Coloma, Maze Therapeutics
- Peter DiLaura, Sonoma Bio
- Nick Haining, Arsenal
- Kwame Okrah, Parker Institute
- Dan Kirouac, Notch Therapeutics
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