2026 Speakers Schedule
January 15, 2026
Speaker: Lucas Harrington, PhD
Working at the intersection of gene editing, reproductive medicine, and human genetics, Lucas Harrington received his PhD in the lab of Jennifer Doudna, who won the Nobel Prize for CRISPR technology in 2020. They cofounded Mammoth Biosciences, a next-generation gene-editing company that has raised >$500M to advance in vivo therapies for genetic diseases. He is now the cofounder of Preventive, a biotechnology company focused on rigorously evaluating next-generation editing technologies in early development, with the goal of preventing severe heritable disease by correcting it before birth.
Topic: CRISPR
April 16, 2026
Speaker: Michael Rosove, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UCLA
Benign & Malignant Hematology with a special interest in disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis
Topic: “Antarctica: How on Earth Did They Get There?”
July 16, 2026
Speaker: Josh Kun
Kun is an award winning, Grammy nominated cultural historian, author, curator, and MacArthur Fellow. He is Vice Provost for the Arts at USC where he holds the chair in Cross Cultural Communication at the USC Annenberg School.
Topic: The Art of the Crossfade – How thinking like a DJ might save us all
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