Mona Oliveira
Dr. Mona Oliveira is CEO and founder of BioLinker, a synthetic biology startup that masters genetic engineering technologies to create bacteria that overproduce proteins, with technologies that accelerate and reduce failure risk. Invested by Google for Startups in 2025. Finalist at Harvard and MIT at Brazil Conference in 2024, as top 5 best Brazilian high-tech startups. Top 3 best Biotech by Open 100 Startup, Best pitch at Scibizz 2023, Top 7 Biotech startup in Brazil in 2022. Top 500 best biotech startup worldwide in 2026 Hello Tomorrow. Finalist by Finep in 2021 in the Innovative Women program and winner of the USP Highlight Award.
Lab to Table: The Pathways of the New Food Industry
Precision fermentation, cultivated meat, alternative proteins and new functional ingredients are moving out of laboratories and entering global food chains. Climate pressures, demand for food security and changes in consumer profile are accelerating investments in foodtechs and biotechnology applied to nutrition. This panel discusses the real stage of these innovations, what is being developed in Brazil, the regulatory and industrial scale challenges, and how to transform cutting-edge science into viable, competitive products accepted by the market.