Ken Takeoka

Head of Biology at Antheia

Ken leads the Biology team at Antheia, which incorporates both strain and protein engineering functions. He has 15+ years of experience in the synthetic biology field including companies such as Amyris and Novartis. One of his passions is molecular biology tool development and he previously worked to build the foundation for the automated strain engineering pipeline at Amyris. At Novartis, he modernized the molecular biology techniques and established a platform to model mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in a range of organisms.

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San Francisco, United States

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Antheia

Antheia is unlocking the medicinal power of nature. Its synthetic biology platform surpasses the limits of conventional drug discovery and manufacturing through a novel approach to whole cell engineering reconstructing complex molecules in yeast to bring to market next generation plant inspired medicines.


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