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Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Xaira TherapeuticsCo-founder, Chairman and CEO
Stanford UniversityProfessor of Biology
🇨🇦 Canadian-AmericanBorn 1959
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.
Career & education
Current rolesXaira Therapeutics2024-presentCo-founder, Chairman and CEO
Xaira Therapeutics2024-presentProfessor of Biology
PreviouslyStanford University2016-2023President
Genentech2003-2011Executive Vice President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer
UC San Francisco1991-2001Professor
Stanford University2016-2023Rockefeller University2011-2016
PresidentDenali Therapeutics2015-present
Co-founderGenentech2003-2011UC San Francisco1991-2001Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
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