Senior Fellow named as one of 2021 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley

Update
Peyton Greenside, a Senior Fellow from our 2018 cohort and Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of BigHat Biosciences, has recently been named as one of the 2021 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley. The annual list is compiled by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Silicon Valley has been an incredible ecosystem both to carry out my Schmidt Science Fellowship and then dive into starting BigHat and to support our goal of developing new generations of safer and more effective treatments for patients suffering from today’s most challenging diseases.

Peyton is amongst a group of outstanding women in leadership positions chosen from a cross-section of entities, including public corporations, private companies, nonprofits, and local governments. The awardees are recognized for their accomplishments and impact on business and the community throughout the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area as well as the Monterey Bay region.
Peyton said: “Silicon Valley has been an incredible ecosystem both to carry out my Schmidt Science Fellowship and then dive into starting BigHat and to support our goal of developing new generations of safer and more effective treatments for patients suffering from today’s most challenging diseases.”

BigHat Biosciences’ mission is to improve human health by making it far easier to design advanced, next-generation antibody therapeutics by integrating a wet lab for high-speed characterization with machine learning technologies to guide the search for better antibodies.

Peyton added: “I’m honored to receive this award and join the company of many incredible women in Silicon Valley. I’m also delighted that our work at BigHat is recognized by Silicon Valley Business Journal as we continue to make progress in developing new generations of safer and more effective treatments for patients suffering from today’s most challenging diseases.”