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Colossal Biosciences

Colossal Biosciences is an American biotechnology company based in Austin, Dallas and Boston.

History

In 2014, Global Space Ventures CEO Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux asked Elon Musk “who he knew who was poised to make profound changes in the field of genomics, and he said: George Church.”1)

Organization

Personnel

Name Position Notes
George Church Co-founder and Lead Genetics Advisor Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Wyss Institute
Ben Lamm Co-founder and CEO Hypergiant, Conversable, Chaotic Moon, Team Chaos, Explorer’s Club, Planetary Society, Arch Mission
Adam Milne Chief Operating Officer BioLabs, Pfizer, Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI), Horizons, Hope in Focus
Eriona Hysolli Head of Biological Sciences - Mammoth Lead Harvard Medical School (Church Lab), Yale University
Leyi Li Head of Embryology Hunan Medical University, Louisiana State University, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, University of Missouri College of Medicine, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Brian Beard Chief Legal Officer Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati
Beth Shapiro Lead Paleogeneticist University of California Santa Cruz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MacArthur Fellowship
Sara Ord Director of Species Restoration - Thylacine Lead Johns Hopkins University, Hypergiant, St. David’s Hospital
Evan Appleton Head of Stem Cell Biology / Reprogramming Harvard Medical School (Church Lab)
Brandi Cantarel Director of Bioinformatics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Institute for Genome Sciences
Sam Singer Chief Financial Officer Totus Medicines, Granahan Investment Management, Mistral Venture Partners, Lehman Brothers, Wellington Management
Kent Wakeford Special Executive Advisor to the CEO Skillz, Gen.G Esports, Kabam, Integral Ad Science
Sarah Grant Chief of Staff Chaotic Moon, Conversable, Hypergiant
Sven Bocklandt Species Director Bionano Genomics, Felix Pets
Matt James Head of Animal Operations Dallas Zoo, Zoo Miami, Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
Wendy Kiso Principal Scientist of Assisted Reproduction White Oak Conservation, Center for Elephant Conservation, Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, Moorpark College
Peter Phillips Chief Business Officer Cameo, Giphy, Marvel Entertainment, Weight Watchers International, Fandango, Paramount Pictures, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Justin Quinn Species Director Moderna, TCR2 Therapeutics, Harvard Medical School (Church Lab)
Josh Kupke Senior Director, Device Engineering Smith & Nephew
Jillian McCall Marketing Director Warner Bros. Discovery
Alexander Titus VP of Strategy & Head of Computational Sciences In Vivo Group, Bioeconomy.XYZ, Google Cloud, United States Department of Defense (DoD), Amazon Alexa, In-Q-Tel, Georgetown University, University of New Hampshire
Amanda Bastawros Head of HR University of Miami
Andrew Busey Chief Product Officer Challenge Games, Conversable, Aceable, Cratejoy, FlashParking, ZenBusiness, Waterloo Water
Scientific Advisory Board
Carolyn Bertozzi Advisor University of California Berkeley, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Sarafan ChEM-H, MacArthur Fellowship, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bertozzi Group, Redwood Bioscience, Enable Biosciences, Palleon Pharmaceuticals, InterVenn Bio, OliLux Bio, Grace Science, Lycia Therapeutics, Eli Lilly
Andrew Pask Advisor University of Melbourne, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Connecticut, Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research Lab (TIGRR)
Austin Gallagher Advisor Beneath the Waves, Endangered Species Research, Blueprint, National Geographic Society, Explorer's Club, Fulbright Program, University of Exeter, Northeastern University
Kenneth Lacovara Advisor Explorer's Club, Rowan University, Edelman Fossil Park & Museum
Doris Taylor Advisor Miromatrix Medical, RegenMedix Consulting, Organamet Bio, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American Association of Blood Banks, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, Alliance for Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Lefoulon-Delalande, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, European Society for Cardiology, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, National Academy of Inventors, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Paul Ling Advisor Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Zoo, EBV Association, American Cancer Society, EEHV Advisory Group, PLOS Pathogens
Thomas Hildebrandt Advisor Free University of Berlin, European College of Zoological Medicine (ECZM), University of Melbourne, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Love Dalén Advisor Stockholm University, Swedish Centre for Palaeogenetics, Conservation Genetics Specialist Group (CGSG), International Commission on Missing Persons, Swedish Research Council, European Research Council (ERC)
Beth Shapiro Advisor See above
Christopher Mason Advisor Weill Cornell Medicine, WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction, Biotia, Onegevity, Tempus Labs, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Pershing Square Foundation - Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, WorldQuant Foundation
Helen Hobbs Advisor Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Heart Study, National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Institut de France, Pfizer, The Column Group (TCG)
David Haussler Advisor Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Human Genome Project, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, International Society for Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University
Mike McGrew Advisor Roslin Institute, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies
Fritz Vollrath Advisor University of Oxford
Rachel O'Neill Advisor University of Connecticut, UConn Health, Institute for Systems Genomics, Center for Genome Innovation, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, Earth BioGenome Project, KanGo, Koala Genome Consortium, Deep-Ocean Genome Project
Matthew Wooller Advisor University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility (ASIF), University of Alaska Museum of the North
Alta Charo Advisor University of Wisconsin, Nuclear Threat Intelligence (NTI), American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Medicine (AAAS), National Academy of Medicine, National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), United States Agency for International Development USAID, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tom Gilbert Advisor University of Copenhagen, NTNU University Museum, Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH), [:European Research Council]], Horizon 2020, Carlsberg Foundation, Danish National Research Foundation
Matthew Liao Advisor New York University, University of Oxford, University Center for Human Values, Johns Hopkins University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Journal of Moral Philosophy
Elazer Edelman Advisor Institute of Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, [:[National Academy of Medicine]], National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, Science Translational Medicine, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Claire Aldridge Advisor Taysha Gene Therapies, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Remeditex Ventures
Shane Campbell Advisor Princeton University, Biology of Superheroes
Michael Hofreiter Advisor University of Potsdam, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, University of York
Joseph DeSimone Advisor Stanford University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions (BVS), Liquidia Technologies, Blue Current, Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies, Carbon 3D, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering
Vagheesh Narasimhan Advisor University of Texas at Austin, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Harvard Medical School
Erez Lieberman Aiden Advisor Harvard Society of Fellows, Google, Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, ShanghaiTech University, Google Ngram Viewer
Executive Advisory Board
Kevin Mayer Advisor Candle Media, Smash Capital, DAZN Group, Forest Road Company, TikTok, ByteDance, Walt Disney Company, Salesforce, Tinuiti, Beachbody
John McKinley Advisor General Electric, Merrill Lynch, AOL, News Corporation, Postini, MessageLabs, DigitalOcean, Workspot, Powerset, Conversable, Hypergiant, Proxicom, Equifax, MYRO International, rnst & Young
Nick Uhas Advisor Team Rollerblade USA, DreamworksTV, AwesomenessTV, Discovery Channel
Richard Garriott de Cayeux Advisor Explorers Club, Space Adventures, XPRIZE Foundation, SpaceX, Zero-G
Wyman Howard Advisor United States Navy, United States Naval Academy, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Victor Vescovo Advisor Insight Equity, Bain & Company, Lehman Brothers, United States Navy Reserve, Blue Origin
Linda Avey Advisor Precise.ly, 23andMe, Verily Life Sciences, Stanford Medical School, Rock Health
Peter Diamandis Advisor XPRIZE Foundation, Singularity University, BOLD Capital Partners, Celularity, Vaxxinity
Lauren Knausenberger Advisor United States Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense, Accellint, NextGen Angels, American Management Systems, CACI, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
David Szekeres Advisor Heron Therapeutics
Dave Copps Advisor Brainspace, Aspen Institute, XPRIZE Foundation, Capital Factory, Worlds
Julian Holguin Advisor Billboard, Media Rights Capital
Nyalleng Moorosi Advisor Google, South African Council for Scientific and Industrial, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Deep Learning Indaba, <A+> Alliance
Tom Gruber Advisor Siri, Apple, Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society, Center for Humane Technology, Stanford Knowledge Systems Lab
Michael Ireland Advisor MTV, Appian Way, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Company, Paramount Pictures, Science & Entertainment Exchange, National Academy of Sciences
Conservation Advisory Board
Forrest Galante Advisor Phantasticus Pictures, Animal Planet
Mead Treadwell Advisor Prince William Sound Science Center, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Arctic Council, Institute of the North, United States Arctic Research Commission, Immersive Media, Iridium, Qilak LNG, Ryan Air, Pt Capital, Digimarc, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Arctic Circle, Arctic Encounter, Polar Research and Policy Institute, Arctic Today, Explorers Club, Order of the Rising Sun, Alaska SeaLife Center, Alaska Outdoor Council
Aurelia Skipwith Advisor AVC Global, International Order of T. Roosevelt, Monsanto, Alltech, United States Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ramaco Resources, Steamboat Institute, Rubicon Institute, Ducks Unlimited
Iain Douglas-Hamilton Advisor Save the Elephants (STE), Elephant Crisis Fund, Chicago Zoological Society, San Diego Zoological Society, Tanzanian Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI)
Doug Vincent-Lang Advisor Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Virginia Riddle Pearson Advisor Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Princeton University, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Zoological Society of Philadelphia
Wells Howe Advisor Beneath the Waves, University of the Bahamas
Peter Knights Advisor WildAid, Environmental Investigation Agency
Dennis Schmitt Advisor William H. Darr College of Agriculture, White Oak Conservation, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Center for Elephant Conservation, International Elephant Foundation, IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group
Michael Kreger Advisor Columbus Zoo, Partners in Conservation (PIC), Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Welfare Information Center, Peace Corps, Bronx Zoo, Patuxent Research Refuge
Linda Penfold Advisor South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction & Conservation (SEZARC), White Oak Conservation, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), United States Department of Agriculture, National Zoo and Conservation Research Institute, IUCN Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group, Vikela Earth, Nature’s SAFE, Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Jim Coates Advisor Kryotek Arctic Innovation, Yukon Geological Survey, Parks Canada, EarthScope, National Geographic Society
Charlie Gray Advisor Elephant Managers Association, International Elephant Foundation, Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), EEHV Advisory Group
John Lukas Advisor Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Okapi Conservation Project, International Rhino Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Network, New York Zoological Society, White Oak Plantation, White Oak Conservation, Anna Mertz Rhino Trust, Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center, South East Zoo Alliance for Conservation and Research

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1)
The Science of Genetics. The Business of Discovery. Colossal Biosciences. Retrieved January 18, 2023, from https://archive.ph/iXFB0
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