We are thrilled to announce the return of our popular “Founders at Work” seminar series! Set to occur monthly, these seminars will alternate between our San Francisco and San Carlos locations. Each session features a distinguished current resident or alumnus from our community. These seminars provide an invaluable opportunity, especially for early-stage founders, to gain insights from those who’ve navigated the entrepreneurial journey successfully. It’s a chance to hear real-life stories, learn practical strategies, and understand the experiences that have shaped successful startups.
Upcoming Highlight:
Michael Becich
CEO
Heather Williams, PhD
VP of Clinical Genomics and Chief of Staff
Our upcoming Founders at Work Speaker features Michael Becich, CEO, and Heather Williams, COO and VP of Clinical Genomics at CacheDNA.
Cache DNA is on a mission to store the biomolecules of today in order to unlock the possibilities of tomorrow. After spinning out of MIT, their team graduated from the Illumina Accelerator and moved to MBC where they have been commercializing their core technology for preserving nucleic acids. February 29th is Rare Disease Day, and the Cache team is hoping to raise awareness about the gaps in clinical research that they are helping to address.
Agenda:
4 PM – 5 PM: Presentation and Q&A, to be followed by networking.
Speaker Bios:
Dr. Heather Williams (COO) is a Board Certified Clinical Laboratory Geneticist. Dr. Williams was previously the Head, Cancer Testing at Harbinger Oncology, Director, Clinical Science Oncology at Tempus, and Principal Clinical Scientist Deputy Head with Viapath at the King’s College Hospital. Dr. Williams’s expertise includes transitioning laboratories to demonstrate the quality and reliability of their service, advocacy and government affairs for health equity, mentoring women in science biotechnology, and standardization of genomics informed clinical care.
Michael Becich (CEO) is an entrepreneur advancing precision medicine. After training in Bioengineering and Mathematical & Computational Sciences at Stanford University, he has served in various industry roles at organizations like Octave Bioscience, Illumina, and NASA. While at Harvard Business School, he met James Banal, a postdoc from MIT and joined forces to build Cache. He is passionate about decoding multiomic complexity and translating tools from research to the clinic more accessibly.
Join Us:
This series is all about the honest exchange of ideas, experiences, and strategies. We can’t wait to see you there and share in the learning and inspiration that these seminars bring. This event is open to the public, and there is free parking on site at 733 Industrial Road in San Carlos. Please reach out to marah.doria@mbcbiolabs.com with any questions!