Biography
Dominic earned his Ph.D. from the University of Basel with research in cellular dynamics, followed by a postdoc in the Netherlands focused on peroxisome biogenesis. He joined Novartis Biomedical Research in 2005 and has worked on target identification through high-throughput genetics. His work has included yeast, haploid mouse embryonic stem cells, and CRISPR applications in primary cells and organoids. Dominic currently leads the functional genomics platform in Discovery Sciences Basel and serves as co-chair of the external innovation committee. He also teaches genetics and drug discovery at the University of Basel and the biotech school in Strasbourg.
He joined Biotechnet's Advisory Board in 2025.