Conception
Darrin Goodness has a diverse work experience. Darrin started their career as a DJ at SF Badlands in 2011, where they worked as a Bartender, Social Media Manager, and DJ until 2019. From 2013 to 2019, they also worked as a DJ on their own. In 2019, Darrin worked as a Lab Assistant at City College of San Francisco. Darrin then became a CIRM Intern at Kampmann Lab at the University of California, San Francisco from September 2019 to May 2020. From 2020 to 2023, Darrin worked at Synthego Corporation, initially as a Lead Laboratory Associate from December 2020 to June 2022, and then as a Cell Engineering Associate from June 2022 to May 2023. Finally, in 2023, they started working as an Associate Scientist at Conception.
Darrin Goodness has a Stem Cell Technology Certificate in Cell Culture from City College of San Francisco. They also have experience in Fieldwork in Freshwater Ecology from McDaniel College. Furthermore, Goodness studied Microbiology, General at San Francisco State University. In addition to their education, they obtained a Stem Cell Technology Certification from City College of San Francisco in May 2019.
Conception
Conception is a company developing the technology to turn skin cells into viable human eggs.This technology will give women the opportunity to have children well into their forties and fifties, eliminate barriers for couples suffering from infertility, and potentially allow male-male couples to have biological children.Long term, thistechnology could be a critical platform allowing for widespread genetic screening of embryos. If proven safe, it could even enable for genetic editing to eliminate and reduce the risk of devastating diseases for future generations – such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease and many different types of cancers.This could become one of the most important technologies ever created.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California.