Jane Lebkowski
Asterias Biotherapeutics, USA
Biography
Jane Lebkowski has been actively involved in the development of cell and gene therapies since 1986 and is currently a 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, she was a Senior Vice President of Regenerative Medicine and Chief Scientific Officer at Geron Corporation. Before joining to Geron, she was a Vice President of R&D at Applied Immune Sciences. Following acquisition of Applied Immune Sciences by Rhone Poulenc Rorer (currently Sanofi), she also served as a Vice President of Discovery Research. She has received her PhD in Biochemistry from Princeton University in 1982 and completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Genetics, Stanford University in 1986. She has published over 70 peer reviewed papers and has 13 issued US patents. She is on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy and also served as an Industry Representative to FDA’s Office of Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapy Advisory Board.
Abstract
Abstract : Development of pluripotent stem cell based therapies for neurologic and oncologic disorders