YAO FAN
Company: Tectonic Therapeutic
Job title: Director - Protein Design & Optimization
Bio:
Yao Fan has worked in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries since 2007. Yao began their career at Argonne National Laboratory, where they served as a Computational Postdoc Fellow and Postdoc. In 2013, they moved to UCSF as a Research Specialist. In 2016, they held two positions simultaneously: Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim, where they were responsible for technology development for new biotherapeutic molecules, and Senior Scientist at SRI International, where they headed the structural biology lab and was a biophysicist in the drug discovery pipeline. From 2019 to present, Yao Fan has been at AbbVie, where they have held the roles of Principal Research Scientist I and Senior Scientist III. Yao is currently the Director of Protein Design and Optimization at Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc.
Seminars:
Chair’s Opening Remarks 8:50 am
day: Conference Day Two
Roundtable Discussion: A Decade of Progress: Reflecting on 10 Years of Computational Drug Development for Biologics 4:00 pm
Unpack the key scientific and technological breakthroughs that have shaped the past decade of computational drug development for biologics Share lessons learned from industry adoption of in silico tools, from early skepticism to widespread integration in pipelines Explore where the field is heading – what unsolved challenges remain and what’s needed to reach the next…Read more
day: Conference Day Two
Chair’s Closing Remarks 4:30 pm
day: Conference Day Two
Panel Discussion: From Hype to Impact – Realizing the Value of AI in Biologics Design 4:15 pm
What are the current limitations and tangible successes in applying AI/ML to biologics discovery and developability? How are organizations measuring ROI from computational investments — speed, cost, accuracy, or all three? What infrastructure, culture, and talent are needed to effectively scale AI adoption across discovery and development pipelines?Read more
day: Conference Day One