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Lexi Rovner

Founder

Co-founder & CEO at 64x Bio

San Francisco, California, United States

Founded64x Bio · YC

About

Lexi Rovner holds a PhD from Yale University and completed postdoctoral research in George Church's laboratory at Harvard Medical School. She is the CEO and co-founder of 64x Bio, a company that emerged from Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute.

Co-founder & CEO at 64x BioYC S18

Intro paths

YC

Lexi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Lexi can intro founders to 64x Bio's investors below.

64x Bio's investors · 6

Fifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksFuture VenturesLos Altos · $1M – $10M checksLifeforce CapitalChevy Chase · $500K – $5M checksRaptor GroupMiami BeachRefactor CapitalBurlingame · $1M – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Experience

  1. 64x BioCo-founder & CEOcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired EngineeringPostdoctoral Research Fellow2016 — 2018Boston, MA
  3. Harvard Medical SchoolPostdoctoral Research Fellow2015 — 2018Greater Boston
  4. Yale UniversityGraduate Student2010 — 2015New Haven, CT
  5. University of California, BerkeleyResearch Assistant2008 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  6. University of California, San FranciscoUndergraduate Research Assistant2007San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Molecular CloningWestern BlottingProtein ExpressionTissue CultureFluorescence MicroscopyProtein PurificationGenome SequencingRecombineeringMetabolomicsMass SpectrometryDirected EvolutionConjugation
+2 moreProtein LabelingMatlab

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Lexi Rovner?
Lexi Rovner holds a PhD from Yale University and completed postdoctoral research in George Church's laboratory at Harvard Medical School. She is the CEO and co-founder of 64x Bio, a company that emerged from Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute.
Where does Lexi Rovner work?
Lexi Rovner is Co-founder & CEO of 64x Bio.
What companies did Lexi Rovner found?
Lexi Rovner founded 64x Bio.
Where did Lexi Rovner go to school?
Lexi Rovner studied at Yale University (Ph.D., Molecular); University of California, Berkeley (B.Sc., Molecular Environmental Biology); Y Combinator (S18).

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