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Colby Souders

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Chief Scientific Officer at Twist Bioscience
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Colby Souders is the Chief Scientific Officer at Twist Bioscience, specializing in antibody discovery and biologics development. He holds a Ph. D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Texas A&M and has held key scientific leadership roles at BrickBio, Abveris (acquired by Twist), and Kanyos Bio. He is recognized for developing innovative therapeutic platforms and advancing multiple candidates into clinical trials.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Chief Scientific Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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Priorities

Topics Colby cares about

Antibody Discovery
His entire career, from MassBiologics to Twist, has focused on advancing monoclonal antibodies and establishing best-in-class discovery workflows and platforms.
AI in Biopharma
He speaks on the necessity of wet lab validation to support AI/ML technologies and improve the quality of training data for designing and optimizing antibody variants.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Chief Scientific Officer
Twist Bioscience
7-2024 - 12-2025
Chief Scientific Officer, Biopharma
Twist Bioscience
7-2024
Advisor
BrickBio, Inc.
1-2023 - 7-2024
Chief Scientific Officer
BrickBio, Inc.
12-2021 - 1-2023
Senior Director of R&D
Twist Bioscience
In the press

Media appearances

Colby Souders PhD – Twist Bioscience (Speaker Profile). Featured in Informa Connect – Antibody Engineering & Therapeutics Asia Conference
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Accelerated Antibody Discovery Targeting the SARS‑CoV‑2 Spike Protein (COVID‑19) – Webinar. Featured in Twist Bioscience – Corporate Webinar
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Education
2009 - 2012
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
2009 - 2012
Ph.D
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
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