John Rossi

VP Translational Medicine

Syncopation Life Sciences

Frank Borriello

CEO

Alloplex Biotherapeutics

Aviad Pato

Head of Research, Natural Killer Cells

Gamida Cell

Karrie Wong

Director of Cell Therapy

KSQ Therapeutics

Vicki Plaks

Sr. Director, Cell Therapy, Oncology Discovery

AbbVie

Stefanie Mandl

SVP Research

PACT Pharma

Samia Khan

Senior Scientist II

Editas Medicine

Michael O'Dwyer

Chief Scientific Officer

ONK Therapeutics

Justin Edwards

Director of Cell Biology

Arcellx

Jonathan Gilbert

VP of Exploratory Research

SQZ Biotechnologies

Jonathan Gilbert, PhD joined SQZ in 2013 and has been a key player in the growth and development of the company from its formative stages. As the Vice President of Exploratory Research, he is applying the Cell Squeeze Technology to generate new cell therapy concepts in multiple disease areas from cancer to regenerative medicine. In previous roles he lead Business Development as well as managing active partnerships such as the >$1B Collaboration with Roche. Dr. Gilbert received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT, where he was a Presidential Fellow, and studied biomedical applications of structured polyelectrolyte films with Professor Robert Cohen and Professor Michael Rubner. He has published over a dozen articles and is an inventor on 8 patents.