43. Future of Genetic Medicine w/ Scribe Therapeutics Founders - Ben Oakes & Dave Savage

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Ben Oakes is Co-founder, President, & CEO @ Scribe Therapeutics. He has contributed to over 25 publications and patent applications across synthetic biology, molecular engineering, CRISPR, and zinc finger-based genetic modification. A previous Innovative Genomics Institute Entrepreneurial Fellow, Ben has been named to the San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40, Endpoints 20 Under 40 in biopharma, Business Insider 30 Under 40 transforming healthcare, and the Biocom Life Sciences Catalyst Awards. He received a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked in the Doudna Lab and Savage Lab developing CRISPR-Cas9 molecules with enhanced characteristics.
Dave Savage is Co-founder & Scientific Advisor @ Scribe Therapeutics. He is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology at the University of California, Berkeley and in 2021 was selected as an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dave is an expert in biochemistry and protein engineering, and his laboratory develops novel tools for studying and manipulating the genome. Previously, he was a Department of Energy Physical Biosciences Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation at Harvard Medical School.

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