Speaker
Charlotte D'Hulst
Portfolio Manager Life Sciences - imec
Biography
As a Portfolio Manager, Charlotte helps shape imec’s offering strategy for a portfolio of technologies focused on life sciences applications.
Charlotte is an experienced entrepreneur with strong background in genetic engineering & biomedical sciences, driven by translating deep tech & basic science from bench to bedside. Based on her own academic work, she co-founded and built a start-up on a mission to decode and digitize the enigmatic sense of smell. As CEO of Yesse Technologies, Inc., headquartered in the thriving New York City biotech ecosystem, she raised over $10M and developed partnerships with nanotechnology R&D hub, imec, and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research, amongst others. In 2021, she managed the winddown of the company.
Charlotte is trained in bioengineering at the KU Leuven (Belgium) and received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Antwerp (Belgium). She completed her post-doctoral training working on the molecular biology of olfaction at the City University of New York.
Talk(s)
Bytes of life. Deep tech for health.
Health innovation is entering a new era, driven by AI, neurotechnology, and deep-tech entrepreneurship. Join us for a session on Venturing in Health, where we explore how cutting-edge tools and startups are reshaping life sciences. At the forefront is imec’s mission to enable the AI-first era of biology by developing next-generation technologies that help decode the black box of biology.
From single-cell analysis to organ-on-chip platforms, imec is building tools that offer unprecedented insight into biological systems—powering breakthroughs in diagnostics, therapeutics, and personalized medicine. The session will also highlight imec’s pioneering work in neurotechnology, aimed at understanding and interfacing with the brain and nervous system.
With high-resolution neural interfaces and AI-powered data analysis, imec is driving advancements in mental health, neurodegenerative disease research, and brain-computer interfaces.
Whether you're an innovator, researcher, or investor, this session offers a glimpse into the future of health—where technology doesn't just support care, it transforms it.
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