Jacob Becraft
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Jacob Becraft is a synthetic biologist and biotech entrepreneur with 5.9 years of experience. He is the co-founder and CEO of Strand Therapeutics, a company focused on synthetic biology, immunotherapy, and mRNA therapeutics. He has a strong background in chemistry, nmr spectroscopy, MATLAB, Perl, and nmr. Jacob has a passion for the intersection of synthetic biology, immunotherapy, and mRNA therapeutics. He is an inventor on numerous patents and has won numerous awards for his scientific and entrepreneurial achievements. He is also an advocate for the life science entrepreneurial ecosystem and actively supports founder-driven biotech startups.
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Jake Becraft is a synthetic biologist and biotech entrepreneur, as well as the co-founder and CEO of Strand Therapeutics. Strand is situated at the intersection of synthetic biology, immunotherapy, and mRNA therapeutics. Jake started his career developing the SAfER platform at MIT, the world’s first synthetic biology programming language for mRNA. Beyond that work, his broader interests span synthetic biology, the intersection of hard-tech and biologically engineered therapeutics, and biologically engineered organism-machine interfaces. He is an inventor on a multitude of patents in the biotech/gene therapy space and has won numerous awards for his scientific and entrepreneurial achievements, including a Goldwater Scholarship, a Viterbi Fellowship, and an Amgen fellowship. He is an advocate among the life science entrepreneurial ecosystem for supporting founder-driven biotech startups and works to help increase young technical founders in biotech entrepreneurship. Jake has previously served as a Science and Technology advisor to legislators in the Massachusetts State Legislature. He often speaks internationally on the field of synthetic biology, as well as the broader entrepreneurship environment necessary to bring next generation synbio gene therapeutics to market. Jake also serves on the Executive Board of Public Health United, a non-profit focused on educating scientists across disciplines to foster their communication skills in order to become their own scientific ambassadors. He received his PhD in Biological Engineering and Synthetic Biology from MIT and his BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, graduating Magna cum Laude with distinction. In his free time, he is an avid back-country snowboarder and trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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making medicine move faster | synthetic biologist | co-founder at strand therapeutics
Co-Founder | Chief Executive Officer
CEO, Co-Founder
Biotechnology Research
Jacob Becraft's Professional Milestones
- Co-Founder | Chief Executive Officer (2017-12-01~): Transformed the company into a global leader through strategic decision-making and effective leadership.
- Investment Advisor (2019-07-01~): Provided expert guidance on investment strategies, maximizing returns for clients and driving company growth.
Education
Bioengineering,
Phd,
Biological Engineering
2013-2019Skill
Chemistry
Nmr Spectroscopy
Matlab
Perl
Nmr
Uv/vis
Chemical Engineering
Cell Culture
Hplc
Data Analysis
Spectroscopy
Research
Organic Chemistry
Microsoft Office
Biochemistry
Mathematica
Characterization
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Uv/vis Spectroscopy
Certification
Colleagues
Marc Roy
senior director - nonclinical development at strand therapeutics
Karina Winiarskyj
Associate Director
Andrea Banks (McFadden)
Associate Director Quality Assurance
Alexander Lemaire
associate director head of mrna & lnp process development
Jay Stella
Chief Business Officer
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