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Anirban is the head of discovery biology at Verseon International Corporation. He has over 20 years’ experience in biomedical research and pharmaceutical drug discovery. He is the driving force behind Verseon's automated processes for biological characterization of compounds, teasing out their unique properties, and structuring drug candidate development pathways. He has led multiple drug discovery programs in diverse disease areas, including cardiometabolic disorders, ophthalmology, and oncology. Datta was previously a scientist and Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Fellow at UCSF and the recipient of lung and breast cancer concept awards from the U.S. Department of Defense. His early research was spun out into a cancer diagnostics company. He received his B.S. in physics and biology from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Pennsylvania.