Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Biography

Jane Lebkowski has been actively involved in the development of cell and gene therapies since 1986 and is currently Chief Scientific Officer and President of R&D at Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc, where she is responsible for all preclinical and product development of Asterias’ products. From 1998 to 2012, Dr. Lebkowski was Senior Vice President of Regenerative Medicine and Chief Scientific Officer at Geron Corporation. Dr. Lebkowski led Geron’s human embryonic stem cell program, being responsible for all research, preclinical development, product development, manufacturing, and clinical development activities. Prior to Geron, Dr. Lebkowski was Vice President of R&D at Applied Immune Sciences. Following acquisition of Applied Immune Sciences by Rhone Poulenc Rorer (currently Sanofi), Dr. Lebkowski served as Vice President of Discovery Research. Dr. Lebkowski received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Princeton University in 1982, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Genetics, Stanford University in 1986. Dr. Lebkowski has published over 70 peer reviewed papers and has 13 issued U.S. patents. Dr. Lebkowski is on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy. Dr Lebkowski also served as an industry representative to FDA’s Office of Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapy Advisory Board.

Research Interest

preclinical development, product development, manufacturing, and clinical development activities