About Ornithocene

Ornithocene is a biotechnology company focused on building foundational infrastructure for programmable avian genetics.

Justin Quinn

Founder & CEO

Justin Quinn is the founder and CEO of Ornithocene. He brings deep expertise in genome engineering, platform biology, and scalable biotechnology development. His work focuses on building the foundational infrastructure required to make avian germline editing a reliable, deployable platform across conservation, agriculture, and biosecurity applications.

George Church

Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor

George Church is Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and a founding figure in synthetic biology and genome engineering. His laboratory pioneered CRISPR-based technologies, multiplex genome editing, and genomic sequencing methods that underpin modern biotechnology. At Ornithocene, Dr. Church provides scientific leadership on germline engineering strategy, platform development, and the translation of foundational genomic tools into scalable biological systems.

Ornithocene operates at the intersection of genome engineering, platform biology, and scalable population-level deployment.

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