As the SynBioBeta Global Synthetic Biology Conference returns to Oakland, California May 23 to May 25, SynBioBeta Founder and CEO John Cumbers discusses the state of the emerging bioeconomy, how biotechnology is being embraced across industries, and the unexpected places biotechnology is already showing up.

Growing the Bioeconomy

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Jay Hartenbach, chief operating officer of Diakonos Oncology, discusses the company’s dendritic cell cancer vaccine technology, how it works, and why its lead indication is an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Boosting the Power of Dendritic Cancer Vaccines

James Porter, CEO of Nuvalent, discusses how the company designs drugs that address the challenges of both kinase resistance and selectivity, its pipeline in development, and why it’s critical that its experimental therapy for non-small cell lung cancer can penetrate the brain.

Overcoming Resistance in Cancer with Chemistry

Bobby Azamian, CEO of Tarsus, discusses Lyme disease, the case for the company’s experimental prophylactic drug TP-05, and why you may already have been using a form of the drug to protect a four-legged member of your household.

Teaching an Old Drug a New Trick to Prevent Lyme Disease

Jason Bock, CEO of CMTC, the joint venture between Resilience and MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the emerging area of TIL therapies, the significance of the first approved therapy in the class, and how they may address existing limitations of CAR-T therapies.

A New Class of Cell Therapies to Target Solid Tumors

Don Wyatt, chief business officer for Highfield Biopharmaceuticals, discusses the tumor microenvironment, HighField’s platform technology, and how it is developing lipid-based medicines to overcome challenges of existing immunotherapies.

Growing the Bioeconomy

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