Biofounders

"Talk to as many people as you can and don't be afraid to reach out. Naturally they'll become your mentors because they'll see you grow"--Subaita Rahman, cofounder of Nucleate Dojo and the Dojo House (the global community for biotech undergrads and the first-ever co-living house for young scientists).

In this episode:

• Reverse-engineer your path to be a biotech founder


• The biotech environment in Toronto


• Why Subaita founded BioDojo (now Nuclete Dojo) with her friends

Find me on Twitter @SofiasBio for more updates on what I'm building, creating, and learning.

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"You can work on incredibly interesting and difficult challenges, make money, and have a fulfilling career while improving people's lives and the planet's life. So what's stopping you from joining this movement?"--Cai Linton, CEO and cofounder of Multus Media, UK-based startup accelerated by IndieBio NY in 2020.

In this OBio episode:

• Insights from Cai's previous work experience in academia research and at an IP law firm


• How Multus Media uses Machine Learning to optimize the development of their growth media


• Advice for aspiring biotech founders

Find me on Twitter @SofiasBio for more biotech content.

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Yadira es una científica Mexicana que estudió su doctorado en inocuidad alimenticia en Canadá. Hace unos años, se adentró a la industria de agricultura celular y fundó Cell Ag Canada. Ahora es la directora de colaboraciones en New Harvest, una organización de agricultura celular, sin fines de lucro, reconocida internacionalmente.

En este episodio:

• Breve introducción a la agricultura celular


• La historia de Yadira


• Retos en la industria


• Ideas locas

Links mencionados en el episodio:

• Bistro In Vitro - menú de alimentos hechos a través de agricultura celular


• Self Made - queso hecho con bacterias del microbioma humano


• Bite Labs - carne de celebridades, hecha a través de agricultura celular

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"Be more conscientious of how our buying choices could make people's lives better and impact the world"—Alan Perlstein, CEO and founder @CaCultured, @indbio SF21.

In this OBio episode:

• Alan as a founder


• Lessons of a biotech CEO


• Patenting


• Ethics of cellAg

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"Stay humble, biodesigners"—Jake Wintermute

Jake is a synthetic biology teacher and researcher currently based at the CRI in Paris, France. Outside of studying antibiotics and the human microbiome, his interests range from wood as the perfect biomaterial, to making biotech more accessible.

As I’m interested in scicomms, Jake’s charismatic tweets and synbio jokes really caught my attention. Plus, I couldn’t help my curiosity about his recent role as a synbio evangelist at Ginkgo ;)

In this episode:

• elegance in science


• what the first-ever synbio evangelist does at Ginkgo Bioworks


• bringing biotech to the mainstream


• what makes a good scientist and a great biotech entrepreneur

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Zimri is the CEO and founder of Bucha Bio, a biotech startup growing biomaterials using bacterial nanocellulose and plant-derived proteins. They were part of Indiebio, have raised over 250k, and are working on expanding their library of biopolymers.

In this episode:

• Zimri’s story as a founder


• All about BuchaBio


• Scaling up a biomaterials startup

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IndieBio is the place where entrepreneurship meets science, founders from diverse backgrounds connect, and solutions to the world’s biggest problems come to life. Arvind Gupta is the founder of Indiebio and Po Branson is the managing director. They both wrote the most creative book I’ve ever read: Decoding the world, on the science of our future.

In this episode:

• Why microbes are so cool


• The scientific method applied in daily life


• Other main takeaways from the book

Follow Amy on Twitter @Amyli0

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"Take responsibility and do biohacking"—Dariia Dantseva

Dariia is a biohacker and founder of the Yanelab—the first and only DIY bio lab in Ukraine. She has been part of the CDC biohacker group, a trio of biohackers who, among other things, created a DIY corona vaccine for themselves (and it worked!).

Her experience includes building a microinjection machine, genetically modifying bacteria in all sorts of ways, culturing human cells, and even creating a battle between bacteria and human immune cells ;))

In this episode:

• Her story as a biohacker


• A summer @TheOdin


• The spiritual side of science

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"So many things to be solved, so many things to be done, LET'S GO MAKE SOME MOONSHOTS"—Rahul Rana

Raul is a GenZ VC, author of "Making Moonshots". During 2020, he worked at Lux capital, a fund investing in highly disruptive science and technology ventures, namely, moonshots. His mission is to incubate as many moonshot startups as possible as an investor and builder.

Rahul is also interested in improving the academia system, bridging science fiction and science fact, as well as working in policies that will solve big problems in the world.

In this episode:

· Rahul's story pre and post Making Moonshots

· Playing the great online game

· Knowing enough about a subject without being an expert

· Rethinking the scientific journal industry

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"Si queremos llegar a los objetivos de la agenda 2030 y tener algo sustentable, la biotecnología es la respuesta"

Ana Paula es cofundadora de RebX, una startup que busca crear el futuro de los endulzantes de Stevia aprovechando residuos agroindustriales. Ella ha sido parte de comunidades como iGEM, Allbiotech, y ha fundado su propio congreso de biotecnología, llamado Biogénesis. Junto con Andrés Moreno y Rodrigo Ferrer, el equipo está participando en la aceleradora de empresas de iGEM: EPiC!

En este episodio:

· La historia de Paula como bioemprendedora

· Inspirarte de las patentes de otros y usarlo a tu favor

· La importancia de hacer comunidad

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