Speaker Profile
M.D., SVP, Head of Translational Medicine, Genentech
Biography
Nikhil Wagle, MD, is Senior Vice President and Global Head of Translational Medicine at Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. In this role, Nikhil is responsible for leading a global team for the innovation, development and execution of biomarker and diagnostic strategies to drive preclinical and clinical development across a rich pipeline of investigational therapeutics, and conduct foundational disease-oriented translational research across all therapeutic areas to help catalyze the development of new medicines and discover new therapeutic strategies.
Prior to joining Genentech in 2023, Nikhil was an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and an Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Nikhil helped pioneer the development and use of next-generation sequencing for precision oncology, and made major contributions to the understanding of mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies in breast cancer and cancer types.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Serge Saxonov, 10x Genomics
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute (Luminary)
• Aviv Regev, Genentech (Pioneer)
Featured Speakers
• Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Aviv Regev, Genentech
• Eric Lander, Broad Institute
• Gad Getz, Broad Institute
• Emma Lundberg, Stanford
• Garry Nolan, Stanford
• Nikhil Wagle, Genentech
• Satish Viswanath, Emory
• Alex Shalek, MIT / Broad Institute
• Christina Curtis, Stanford
• Fei Chen, Broad Institute
• Andy Beck, PathAI
• Kevin Wei, Harvard
• Rebecca Critchley-Thorne, Castle Biosciences
• Dan Rozelle, Rancho BioSciences
• Maximilian Strauss, OmicVision
The Next Map of Biology
From the Human Genome to the Human Cell Atlas in the AI era.
Spatial Biology in Practice
From tissue architecture to decisions that change the answer.
Spatial Proteomics
Cell states, therapeutic targets, and what can be measured in context.
Spatial Pathology from Discovery to Clinical Biomarker
Turning a beautiful image into a validated test.
AI for Spatial Biology
Foundation models, digital pathology, and tissue-scale interpretation.
Scaling Spatial Biology to Clinical Translation
From discovery platform to reproducible clinical evidence.
Davos of Precision Medicine
PMWC 2027 Program
January 27–29, 2027 · Santa Clara Convention Center
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