Massa Shoura

Co-founder, CEO and CSO at Phinomics

Speaker

Massa Shoura is the CEO and CSO of Phinomics, a company expanding the universe of measurable biology; a uncovering disease signals and and drug resistance mechanisms that had been invisible for decades. With dual Ph Ds in Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Massa brings over a decade of expertise in DNA topology, biophysics, and genomics. During her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University in Nobel Laureate Dr. Andrew Fire's lab, she developed groundbreaking tools for isolating and characterizing circular DNA, earning prestigious fellowships including the Arnold O. Beckman Fellowship and securing two granted patents. As a Forbeck Scholar, she advanced cancer genomics by uncovering the role of oncogenic circular DNA amplification. She also spearheaded the sequencing and publication of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine mRNAs, showcasing her commitment to global health.