Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder, Locus Biosciences
Biography
Dr. Dave Ousterout is a co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer for Locus Biosciences. Dave’s expertise is in protein engineering and early stage applications of new technologies to treat human diseases. Dr. Ousterout earned a BS in Biological & Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. Dave completed his doctoral studies at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Charles Gersbach, where he developed novel gene editing approaches for correcting mutations that cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy. His other work has spanned across several fields, including designing and engineering viral and non-viral delivery vectors, DNA binding protein engineering and gene regulation. Prior to Locus, Dave was a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2020 Silicon Valley
The human microbiome has been proposed to form an integral part of human health and its role in disease is a part of large investigations. Furthermore, the microbiome is under evaluation as both a source of therapeutics as well as diagnostics. The current state of the science and medicine in relation to precision medicine approaches will be discussed.
