Ashton Trotman-Grant

Ashton Trotman-Grant is a Synthetic Biologist at Fifty Years, where he supports partnerships with bio founders daring to change the world for the better. Ash has a PhD (ABD) from the lab of Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he studied thymic regeneration and T cell development. Inspired by the potential of living medicines, he co-founded Notch Therapeutics, a company that designs and manufactures therapeutic T cells from pluripotent stem cells. His experiences have built up unique insights into scientific entrepreneurship that he hopes can guide founders as they translate their incredible discoveries out of the lab and into the world.

When he’s not buried in journals, you can either find him on a bike exploring new trails or flexing his creative muscles by writing short stories.