Sophia Hirsch

Senior Scientist at Portal

Sophia Hirsch is a Senior Scientist at Portal since 2023, previously serving as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Pellman Lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from October 2021 to May 2023. Prior to that, Sophia worked at Columbia University in the City of New York from August 2014 to October 2021 as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist and Graduate Research Assistant, focusing on cell division regulation and microtubule function. As a Columbia Technology Fellow from December 2017 to 2019, Sophia evaluated the commercial potential of early-stage technologies. Early experience includes research assistant roles at Tel Aviv University studying genome stability and at the University of Minnesota, along with a teaching assistant position at Washington University in St. Louis. Sophia holds a PhD in Genetics and Development from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis.

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Portal

Portal is a cell engineering platform company focused on enabling next generation cell engineering and cell analytics across research and clinical applications. We are implementing a simplified approach to intracellular delivery, focused on accelerating advances enabled by the new generation of RNA, gene editing, and AI-driven technologies. Portal’s initial product suite is based on a proprietary mechanical delivery system capable of delivering many different types of cargo to a broad range of cell types. The technology's ability to be used stand-alone or as an integrated component of third-party systems provides a significant opportunity to broadly impact the fields of biological research and cellular therapeutics


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