Beaker List – UCSF Edition
Top Entrepreneurial Life Science Professors @ UCSF
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Overview
Behind every transformative technology is a team of brilliant scientists and researchers. Academic research in particular is a driving force for technological innovation. Here, we have identified a ‘Midas List’ of researchers who have pioneered highly transformative technologies that have translated to the clinic. Using venture backed startups as a primary guide along with other impact metrics such as patents, citations, and thought leadership, the following professors have demonstrated patient impact, providing significant contributions to the startup ecosystem.
University of California, San Francisco is unique among University of California campuses in that it performs only biomedical and patient-centered research in its Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, the Graduate Division, and it’s hundreds of associated laboratories. The university is known for innovation in medical research, public service, and patient care. UCSF's faculty includes six Nobel Prize winners, 31 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 69 members of the Institute of Medicine, and 30 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. UCSF’s focus on entrepreneurship through Innovation Ventures is a focal point for life sciences and medical startups in Silicon Valley. In total, Innovation Ventures has facilitated 40 startups that raised over $750 million in grants, angel funding and venture capital.
We would like to present to you 10 researchers who have made a significant contribution to the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the university and a deep impact in the way we approach modern medicine today…
We asked Alex Marson for comment on how UCSF fosters an entrepreneurial environment & what entrepreneurship means to him:
“UCSF encourages bold research to address fundamental issues of human health. This environment provides fertile soil for discoveries and technologies that can be the basis of transformative companies.”
— Alex Marson
Alex Marson
Alex Marson is Professor and Director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology. Marson is focused on understanding the genetic circuits that control human immune cell function. His lab, the Marson Lab, is focused on adapting CRISPR genome editing techniques to human immune cells in order to understand the genetic programs controlling immune cell function and to manipulate T cells to generate cell-based therapies for a wide range of diseases.
Marson holds 17 patents & has co-founded multiple companies including: Spotlight Therapeutics & Arsenal Bio.
Learn More about Alex Marson’s work on BIOS Frontier Science: