
Speakers
Featured Speakers
Fireside Chat
Advancing Discovery: Leadership Perspectives on
Arc's Scientific and Technical Vision

Panelist
Silvana Konermann, PhD
Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Core Investigator, Arc Institute
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford
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Panelist
Patrick Hsu, PhD
Co-Founder and Core Investigator, Arc Institute
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley​

Panelist
Dave Burke, PhD
Chief Technology Officer, Arc Institute

Panelist
Megan van Overbeek, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Arc Institute

Moderator
Patrick Collison
Co-Founder and CEO, Stripe
Co-Founder, Arc Institute
Lightning Talks
4
Optical pooled screening combined with multiplexed proteome readouts for understanding the wiring of the cell

Noorsher Ahmed, PhD
Postdoc, Lundberg Lab
Stanford
7
Dissecting Transcription Factor Regulatory Networks in Human iPSCs and Embryoid Bodies via CRISPRi Perturb‑Seq

Ashir Borah
PhD Student, Gilbert Lab
Arc Institute | UCSF
9
Evolutionarily Guided Transcription Factor Design Reprograms T Cells

Oliver Takacsi-Nagy
PhD Student, Roth Lab
Stanford
2
GPN-Star: phylogeny-informed genomic language models for functional constraint prediction

Chengzhong Ye
PhD Student, Song Lab
UC Berkeley
5
Monitoring transcriptional dynamics
in differentiated stem cells using engineered RNA secretion

Gabriella Martyn, PhD
Senior Scientist, Molecular Engineering, Genome Engineering Tech Center
Arc Institute
3
Refining State: Sparsity-aware perturbation modeling for the full transcriptome

Beatrice Bevilacqua, PhD
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Computational Tech Center
Arc Institute
10
Unveiling genes in dendritic cells that enhance T cell priming through functional multiplexed single cell-cell interaction analysis

Camilla Valente, PhD
Postdoc, Spitzer Lab
UCSF
14
Massive-scale single-nucleus multi-omics in postmortem AD brain

Cathrine Sant, PhD
Postdoc, Corces Lab
UCSF
15
Single cell co-profiling of RNA and protein in Alzheimer's disease models

Trinh Lam, PhD
Scientist, Single Cell Assay Development, Multi-Omics Tech Center
Arc Institute
18
Extracellular cGAMP transmission drives neurodegeneration

Dayanne Carvalho
PhD Student, Li Lab
Arc Institute | Stanford
19
Decoding Enteric Glia–Immune Cell Communication Using Scalable Paired Transcriptomics

Alireza Majd, PhD
Postdoc, Fattahi Lab
UCSF
17
A BRINP3-Derived Peptide Drives Non-Aversive Appetite Suppression via PVH Circuits

Michelle To
Undergraduate Student, Svensson Lab
Stanford
20
Characterizing the novel signaling capacity of ApoE via de novo LRP8 agonists

Kyle Anderson
PhD Student, Saxton Lab
UC Berkeley











