Speaker Profile
PhD, Professor, UCSF Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
Biography
Wendell Lim is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology. He serves as the Director of the UCSF Cell Design Institute and the Center for Synthetic Immunology. He completed his A.B. at Harvard University and his Ph.D. at MIT. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University. His scientific interests revolve around understanding how genetically encoded molecular programs can produce the remarkable behaviors observed in biological organisms. His lab aims to uncover the fundamental principles governing these molecular programs and how they have evolved. They use synthetic biology and the understanding of molecular networks to engineer cells with novel behaviors, such as therapeutic immune cells programmed to recognize and treat diseases like cancer.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Keith Yamamoto, UCSF
- PMWC 2024 Award Ceremony:
Luminary Honoree: Geoff Ginsburg, NIH (All of Us)
- Fireside Chat: Geoff Ginsburg, NIH and Keith Yamamoto, UCSF
- New Federal Programs Driving Transformative Health Breakthroughs (PANEL)
Chair: Keith Yamamoto, UCSF
- Arunan Skandarajah, ARPA-H
- Susan Marqusee, NSF
- Sheng Lin-Gibson, NIST - AI-driven Advances in Precision Medicine (PANEL)
Chair: Sharat Israni, Bakar Institute, UCSF
- Suzanne Tamang, Stanford
- Colleen Clancy, UC Davis
- Nevan Krogan, UCSF
- Lauren Erdman, University of Toronto - Precision Medicine in New Research Frameworks (PANEL)
Chair: Regis B. Kelly, UCSF
- Joe DeRisi, UCSF
- Luke Gilbert, UCSF
- Prachee Avasthi, Arcadia Science - Living Therapeutics for Precision Medicine
Chair: Michelle Hermiston, UCSF
- Peter Marks, FDA
- Wendell Lim, UCSF
- Liora Schultz, Stanford - AI and Precision Medicine: Navigating Equity and Social Justice Challenges (PANEL)
Chair: Hank Greely, Stanford
- Ziad Obermeyer, UC Berkeley
- Sara L. Ackerman, UCSF
