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Stanford University
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Founder · Executive · Researcher · Academic
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
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Co-founder, Chairman and CEO at Xaira TherapeuticsProfessor of Biology at Stanford University
Tessier-Lavigne is a leading neuroscientist whose work helped explain how the brain’s connections form. He now applies that biological experience to efforts combining AI, large experimental datasets and drug development to discover new medicines.
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Background
Current roles
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO 2024-presentXaira Therapeutics
Xaira TherapeuticsProfessor of BiologyStanford University
Stanford UniversityPreviously
2016-2023President, Stanford University
Stanford University2011-2016President, Rockefeller University
2015-presentCo-founder, Denali Therapeutics
2003-2011Executive Vice President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer, 
Genentech
Genentech1991-2001Professor, UC San Francisco
Born1959
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Last editorial review: August 24, 2026