Xavier Duportet
 Xavier Duportet      (scientist) | |
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| Born | 7 December 1987 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | INRIA, AgroParisTech, Ohio State University, University of Auckland, Institut Pasteur |
| Member of | Friends of Europe/Young European Leaders/2017, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2018 |
Genome architect and founder of Eligo Biotech | |
Xavier Duportet is a genome architect and founder of Eligo Biotech[1]
He was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2018.
Eligo Bioscience
Eligo is a MIT-Rockefeller University spinoff, backed by top-tier investors Khosla Ventures and Seventure Partners. Eligo Bioscience is bringing precision gene editing to the microbiome. By combining unique expertise and pioneering IP in CRISPR, phage engineering and synthetic biology, Eligo is advancing to the clinic highly differentiated therapeutic modalities that can reprogram the microbiome in-situ.[2]. Eligo Bioscience was elected as one of the 30 most innovative companies in the world by the World Economic Forum in 2017.[3]
Hello Tomorrow]
Duportet is also the founder and president of Hello Tomorrow, a global non-profit organization, operating in 45 countries, which goal is to accelerate the development of deeptech startups that transform disruptive scientific technologies into products or services to solve societal and industrial challenges. Every year, the organisation receives more than 5000 startup applications, gathers more than 1000 deeptech founders via more than 100 events with leaders such as Michael Bloomberg, Emmanuel Macron and many others, and distributes more than $1M in prizes to the most promising early-stage science startups.[4]
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