Michelle Mattson-Hoss, PhD, is Infixion Bioscience’s Principal Scientist, leading all aspects of lab research, including tool and assay development, drug screening and hit evaluation. Over her career, Dr. Mattson has led the development and optimization of drug screening platforms at multiple San Diego biotech institutions, leading to many successful grant applications and company growth.  Dr. Mattson earned her BS from Santa Clara University in Biomolecular Engineering, PhD from UCI in Cell and Molecular Biology, and completed postdoctoral studies at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in Human Genetics and Development.  Dr. Mattson developed the Infixion lab from nothing into a fully-functioning lab during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, and continues to deliver tremendous results given only a limited start-up company budget to work with.  Michelle also has two beautiful daughters that occupy the other half of her life.