Janice Chen
{{short description|US biotech entrepreneur}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Janice Chen
| birth_place = {{Birth based on age as of date|27|2018|11|15}}
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
- Johns Hopkins University {{Small|(BS)}}
- University of California, Berkeley {{Small|(PhD)}}
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| occupation = Chief technology officer
| employer = Mammoth Biosciences
| relatives = Nathan Chen (brother)
}}
Janice Chen is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Mammoth Biosciences, a Brisbane, California-based company, founded in 2018, that is developing diagnostic tests using CRISPR.{{Cite web|title=30 Under 30 Spotlight: Unsung Heroes in Healthcare Janice Chen {{!}} Forbes Healthcare Summit 2019|url=https://www.forbes.com/video/6115686517001/#5c6af269563e|last=|first=|date=December 16, 2019|website=Forbes|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 12, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Mammoth's CRISPR Assay for Asymptomatic COVID-19 Carriers Gains Peer-Reviewed Validation|url=https://www.biospace.com/article/mammoth-s-crispr-assay-for-asymptomatic-covid-19-carriers-gains-peer-reviewed-validation-/|last=Dutton|first=Gail|date=April 24, 2020|website=BioSpace|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 12, 2020}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Janice Chen |url=https://tedxcern.web.cern.ch/speakers/janice-chen |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=May 12, 2020 |website=TEDx CERN}} She received her B.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology. from the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked in the lab of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna.
Awards and honors
Along with two of her co-founders at Mammoth Biosciences, Chen was named to the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare list{{Cite web|title=Mammoth Biosciences Co-Founders Trevor Martin, Janice Chen and Lucas Harrington Named to 2018 Forbes' 30 Under 30|url=https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=231406|last=|first=|date=November 15, 2018|website=WebWire|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 25, 2020}} and 2020 Business Insider's 30 Under 40 in Healthcare.{{Cite web|last1=Ramsey Pflanzer|first1=Lydia|last2=Leonard|first2=Kimberly|last3=Hernbroth|first3=Megan|last4=Dunn|first4=Andrew|last5=Dodge|first5=Blake|date=12 October 2020|title=Meet the 30 young leaders who are forging a new future for the $3.6 trillion healthcare industry|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/30-leaders-under-40-changing-healthcare-2020-9|access-date=20 February 2022|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}} She was also selected to the 2020 Endpoints Top 20 Women in Biopharma,{{Cite web|last=Gelman|first=Max|date=10 December 2020|title=Special report: Twenty extraordinary women blazing trails in biopharma R&D — Covid-19 and beyond|url=https://endpts.com/special-report-twenty-extraordinary-women-blazing-trails-in-biopharma-rd-covid-19-and-beyond/|access-date=20 February 2022|website=Endpoints News|language=en}} and 35 Innovators Under 35 in MIT Technology Review in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Regalado|first=Antonio|date=30 June 2021|title=35 Innovators Under 35|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/innovator/janice-chen/|access-date=20 February 2021|website=MIT Technology Review|language=en}}
Personal life
Chen grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is one of five siblings.{{Cite web |last=Fannin |first=Rebecca |title=The 30-year-old female founder at the forefront of a billion-dollar bet on CRISPR gene editing |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/12/30-year-old-female-founders-billion-dollar-bet-on-crispr-gene-editing.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=CNBC |language=en}} Her youngest brother is Olympic figure skater Nathan Chen.{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nathan-chen-baby-5-kids-025115487.html|title=Nathan Chen Is the 'Baby' of 5 Kids—Meet the Olympian's Parents & Siblings|work=Yahoo Sports!|date=February 4, 2022|first=Jason|last=Pham}} Their parents had immigrated to the United States from China in 1988. Chen competed in chess tournaments, where she was often the youngest and the only female. She discovered her love of science at her father's biotech business in Utah.
In 2017, Chen and fellow Berkeley classmate and researcher Lucas Harrington, along with their doctoral advisor, Nobel laureate and Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna, founded Mammoth Biosciences, a biotech company in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood. In September 2021, Mammoth—now in a state-of-the-art facility in Brisbane, California—completed its seventh round of funding, raising US$195 million at a valuation of over US$1 billion.
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