CHICAGO BIOTECH EXCHANGE

The Chicago Biotech Exchange is a nonprofit organization fostering collaboration across Chicago’s life sciences community — including biotechnology, academia, and the pharmaceutical industry. Our inaugural event took place on November 3, 2025, and registration for our next event will open in March 2026.

Event Speakers from November 3, 2025

  • Lisa Dhar, Ph.D.

    Associate Vice President for Innovation and New Ventures, Northwestern University

  • Geoffrey Duyk, M.D., Ph.D.

    CEO, Grove Biopharma

  • Ryan Fukushima, MBA

    Chief Operating Officer, Tempus

  • Nathan Gianneschi, Ph.D.

    Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, and Pharmacology, Northwestern University

  • Shana Kelley, Ph.D.

    President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

  • Dimitri Krainc, M.D., Ph.D.

    Chair, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Co-founder, Vanqua Bio

  • Richard Morimoto, Ph.D.

    Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, Northwestern University

  • Milan Mrksich, Ph.D.

    Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University

Uniting Chicago’s Biotech Community

Uniting Chicago’s Biotech Community