Hartland, WI
Max Salick
Associate Director, Science
Hometown:
Education:
B.S./M.S. in engineering mechanics and astronautics, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin
Previous Experience:
Prior to insitro, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, where I conducted CRISPR screens on Zika virus tropism, developed human cerebral organoid models of epilepsy, and built wet lab and computational scRNAseq pipelines.
Responsibilities at insitro:
I lead several spatialomics projects at insitro, including the Pooled Optical Screening in Human Cells (POSH) Platform, along with the target discovery strategy for several of insitro’s therapeutic areas.
Other insitrocytes Describe Me As:
A suspiciously cheerful engineer/scientist hybrid
