97. Ron Alfa, CEO of NOETIK, on Biology as a Search Problem
Ron is Co-Founder and CEO of NOETIK, a next generation precision oncology company using multimodal foundation models pre-trained on large-sc...
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20 of 102 episodes96. Chris Anderson, Advisor to Pillar VC and former Wired Editor, on How Adjacent Technologies Will Transform Lab Automation
Chris Anderson currently serves as an advisor at Pillar VC and Renaissance Philanthropy. He was editor of WIRED and spent seven years at The...
95. Stacie Calad-Thomson, Head of BioPharma Labs and Manufacturing BD at NVIDIA, on AI as an endless collaborator
Stacie Calad-Thomason is Head of BioPharma Labs and Manufacturing Business Development at NVIDIA. She has a PhD in Chemistry from UC Irvine...
94. Ira Hoffman, CEO of HighRes on robots, digital twins and how we will speed up science
Ira Hoffman is the CEO of HighRes. He has a M.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Physics/Mathematics from the University of Vermont. OUTLI...
93. Jason Kelly, CEO and co-founder of Ginkgo Bioworks, on the future of autonomous laboratories
Episode 93. Jason Kelly is the co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks. He has a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering and a B.S. in Chemical Engine...
92. Ashlee Vance, tech reporter and filmmaker, on storytelling, science funding, and interviewing billionaires
Episode 92. Ashlee Vance is a renowned tech and science reporter, filmmaker, and founder of Core Memory, a podcast and blog that chronicles...
91. Michael Koeris, Director of DARPA BTO, on autonomous science to accelerate discovery
Episode 91. Michael Koeris is the Director of the Biotechnologies Office at DARPA. Michael completed his PhD at Boston University and did po...
90. Barry Bunin, CEO at Collaborative Drug Discovery, on tapping into the collective consciousness of science.
Episode 90. Barry Bunin is the CEO and President at Collaborative Drug Discovery, which he founded 20 years ago. Prior to that, Barry was an...
89. Seemay Chou, CEO of Arcadia Science, on metascience and rethinking the structure of science
Seemay Chou is co-founder and CEO at Arcadia Science, Board Member at Astera Institute, and Board Chairperson at The Navigation Fund. Seemay...
88. Gene Yeo, professor at UC San Diego, on team science and building a training playground
Episode 88. Eugene Yeo is a Professor at UC San Diego and is building a scientific ecosystem in San Diego. He runs the Innovation Center at...
87. Jesse Gray and Sud Pinglay, at SeaHub, on recording cellular activity and making big bets
Episode 87. Sudarshan Pinglay is a researcher at the University of Washington and faculty at the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology (SeaHub)....
86. Prachee Avasthi, CSO at Arcadia Science, on exercising agency and doing science differently
Episode 86. Prachee Avasthi is co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Arcadia Science and Head of Open Science at the Astera Institute....
85. Fay Lin, science journalist and editor, on seeking out diverse voices and learning from experts
Episode 85. Fay Lin is a Senior Editor at GEN Biotechnology. She completed her PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular, and Structural Biology at UCL...
84. Maryann Martone, professor at UC San Diego, on neuroinformatics, reproducibility, and open science
Episode 84. Maryann Martone is an emeritus professor of neuroscience at UC San Diego. She received her BA from Wellesley College in Biologic...
83. Anand Muthusamy, Convergent Research fellow, on going after ambitious scientific moonshots
Anand Muthusamy is a Fellow at Convergent Research, where he's l aying the groundwork for a focused research organization (FRO) to moni...
82. Alexander Titus, professor and entrepreneur, on why scientists make great entrepreneurs
Episode 82. Alexander Titus is a professor at USC, doing research at the intersection of biology and AI. He completed his PhD in Quantitativ...
81. Ashley Ruba, academic expat and career coach, on being nimble and making pivots
Episode 81. Ashley Ruba is the founder of After Academia and a Human Factors Engineer at Arthrex. Ashley did her PhD in developmental psycho...
80. Amy Kruse, neurotech investor, on forging new paths
Episode 80. Amy Kruse is Chief Investment Officer at Satori Capital and a Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab. Amy completed her PhD in Neur...
79. Sammi Sison, co-president of Nucleate, on grassroots efforts to impact science education and commercialization
Episode 79. Sammi Sison is co-president of Nucleate, an international student-led organization designed to help scientists kick off careers...
78. Kim Edwards, my much better half, on what I'm doing starting a business
Episode 78. Kim Edwards, my partner, is the guest interviewer. We talk about motivations for starting a company. Check out the journey in re...