Gerngross, Singer Join “What’s Hot in Boston Biotech” on April 6

What's Hot in Boston Biotech

We’re now less than two weeks away from our annual biotech bash in Boston, but we’ve got a few new tidbits to share—two new speakers have come aboard to round out the program.

The first new name is Tillman Gerngross, the Dartmouth College professor, founder of antibody shop Adimab, and scientist-turned-scientific businessman, as we wrote in this profile a few years ago. The second is Samantha Singer, the chief operating officer of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and a former Biogen executive.

They’ll both be participating in different discussions we’ve lined up for “What’s Hot in Boston Biotech” on April 6 at Biogen’s campus in Cambridge, MA. Check out the agenda here, which will include a combination of solo spotlight talks, candid discussions, entrepreneurial stories, and more from some of the Boston area’s top executives, investors, and scientists.

This is shaping up to be Xconomy’s biggest biotech event yet. If you haven’t joined up yet, you can still grab a discount if you register here by March 30—see you all soon at Biogen.

Author: Ben Fidler

Ben is former Xconomy Deputy Editor, Biotechnology. He is a seasoned business journalist that comes to Xconomy after a nine-year stint at The Deal, where he covered corporate transactions in industries ranging from biotech to auto parts and gaming. Most recently, Ben was The Deal’s senior healthcare writer, focusing on acquisitions, venture financings, IPOs, partnerships and industry trends in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics and med tech spaces. Ben wrote features on creative biotech financing models, analyses of middle market and large cap buyouts, spin-offs and restructurings, and enterprise pieces on legal issues such as pay-for-delay agreements and the Affordable Care Act. Before switching to the healthcare beat, Ben was The Deal's senior bankruptcy reporter, covering the restructurings of the Texas Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, GM, Delphi, Trump Entertainment Resorts and Blockbuster, among others. Ben has a bachelor’s degree in English from Binghamton University.