Lena Bengtsson

Scientist I

Hometown:

Oakland, CA

Education:

B.A. in film and digital media, UC Santa Cruz; associate degree in biotechnology, City College of San Francisco

Previous Experience:

I previously led in vitro characterization of synthetic ion channels and discovery pharmacology assay development on automated electrophysiology platforms for Coda Biotherapeutic’s novel chemogenetic gene therapy platform to treat intractable neurological diseases such as chronic neuropathic pain and focal epilepsy.

Responsibilities at insitro:

I focus on in vitro assay development for insitro’s neuroscience department.

Other insitrocytes Describe Me As:

Authentic, Creative, Tenacious