Hosted by Columbia University Systems Biology Initiative · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 27 episodes
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Welcome to BioWorks - a podcast focused on life science business, entrepreneurship, policy, and investment. Listen in to hear conversations with a diverse array of guests making "bio work" in the real world!If you're interested in other ways in which biology is impacting the world, check out our sister podcast "Bio Bytes" (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/biobytes) for great discussions with prominent scientists working at the intersection of biology, engineering, medicine, computer science, and mathematics. For any inquiries, please contact ao2764@columbia.edu
Columbia University Systems Biology Initiative hosts Columbia University BioWorks, a science show with 27 episodes published.
Join us for a deep dive with Ritish Patnaik, CEO of Curve Biosciences, on building “whole-body intelligence” for chronic disease. Ritish shares how Curve’s whole-body atlas, built from hundreds of thousands of curated ti
In which Arvind Thiagarajan, Co-founder and CTO of Tessel Biosciences, shares how he is combining organoid models with active learning algorithms to generate clinically-relevant data with greater experimental efficiency
In which Dr. Timothy Lu, co-founder and CEO of Senti Bio, shares how his team is engineering logic gates into immune cells to create smarter, more effective cancer treatments. He also reflects on leading the Synthetic Bi
Ever wondered how AI can transform the way we diagnose and predict underlying conditions? Join us for an insightful conversation with Mohamed Sadeq Ali, Co-Founder and COO of AccurKardia, a startup innovating in AI-drive
Join us for an insightful episode as we sit down with Mark Tomishima, Senior Vice President at BlueRock Therapeutics, to explore the latest advancements in regenerative medicine. Mark shares his experiences leading genom
Dr. Andrea Califano, founder of Columbia University’s Systems Biology Department and President of the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub New York, talks about his research on identifying checkpoints within cancer cells. Through algo
In which Dr. Jimmy Sastra, co-founder and CEO of Monomer Bio, discusses how automation can drive greater scalability, standardization, and data accessibility in complex cell culture workflows. We also chat about the impo
In which Nicholas Larus-Stone, co-founder of Sphinx Bio, discusses the future of “software-defined biology” and how his startup is accelerating scientists’ research by streamlining the process of experimental design, dat
In which Dr. Peter Tollman, former Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), shares his journey from engineering to consulting and his pivotal role in BCG's growth. Drawing from his experienc
In which Dr. James Banal, co-founder of Cache DNA, shares how his startup is building efficient storage solutions for nucleic acids. Dr. Banal shares how the bit density and longevity of DNA compare to those of hard driv
In this episode, Cristina Larkin, former COO of Spero Therapeutics and Executive-in-Residence at Columbia Technology Ventures, shares her journey from pharmaceutical sales at J&J to life sciences executive at Spero. She
In which Nephrogen founder Demetri Maxim discusses his work developing curative gene therapy for kidney diseases. He shares the company’s origin as a diagnostic device startup and shift to gene therapy, how he balanced s
In which Chirag Sachar (PhD), Director of Portfolio Innovation at Novartis, discusses his experience in business development, from building partnerships at Immunai to now devising strategy for global clinical trials at N
In which Kamal Obbad, co-founder and CEO of Nebula Genomics, shares his journey founding one of the largest consumer whole genome sequencing services. He also discusses trends in the consumer genomics landscape, the futu
In which Craig Shimasaki (PhD), CEO of Moleculera Labs, discusses his experience as a founder of startups, professor, student, and thinker. He gives advice to those looking to get involved in the industry and explains ho
In which Vasilis Stenos, Columbia alumni and Founder and CEO of Solmeyea, discusses his company’s innovations in producing carbon-negative biological products (such as pigments and proteins) through fermentation and hybr
In which Kou Qin (PhD), Investment Director at Eisai Innovation, discusses his experiences as a life science researcher, product manager, entrepreneur, and investor. He also shares his insights on how corporate VC foster
In which Elena Itskovich, PhD, co-founder and president of Nest Catalyst, discusses her experiences helping Israeli science founders translate their research into biotech startups and explains the unique challenges of en
In which Jeffrey Kim, co-founder and CEO of Slingshot Biosciences, discusses how synthetic cell mimics are revolutionizing the way cell-based assays and therapies are performed. He also explains the metagenomics data pla
In which Alex Zhavoronkov, founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine, discusses how AI can accelerate drug R&D, from target identification to clinical trials. He also shares his own path from computer science to biotech, expl
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