Jared Silverman, PhD
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute
Head, Translational Discovery

"The Gates Medical Research Institute: Building a Non-profit Biotech"

Keri Kukral
CEO and Founder, Raw Science

Shannon Sirk, PhD (MME)
University of Illinois, Department of Bioengineering

Siobhan Brady, PhD
University of California, Davis, Department of Plant Biology 

Julia Zeitlinger, PhD
Stowers Institute

Shana Kelley, PhD
University of Toronto, Departments of Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering 

"Profiling Cells Inside and Out with Nanostructured Materials"

Vincent Lynch, PhD
The University of Chicago, Departments of Human Genetics and
Organismal Biology & Anatomy

Noah Fierer, PhD
University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

"The Microbial Ecology of Our Homes"

Lisa Ainsworth, PhD
University of Illinois; Department of Plant Biology; IGB Faculty, Genomic Ecology of Global Change & Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation themes

K. Dane Wittrup, PhD
MIT, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering

Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD
North Carolina State University, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences

Nancy Keller, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Cari Vanderpool, PhD
University of Illinois; Department of Microbiology; IGB Faculty, Microbiome Metabolic Engineering