Larry Gold is the founder and former CEO of SomaLogic, a company which aims to revolutionize healthcare by measuring protein biomarkers, allowing for breakthroughs in personalized medicine and the early detection of diseases and risk factors.

He first moved to Boulder to be a professor of molecular biology at the University of Colorado in 1971. Larry founded his first company, Synergen, in 1981. Then, in 1989, he and his PhD student, Craig Tuerk, created SELEX, which launched Larry into the biotech world, founding NeXstar in 1992 and SomaLogic in 2000. In 2010, he created the Gold Lab Symposium, an annual event that tackles big questions on healthcare in a human way.

Larry is also Emily’s father! We talk about his life as a scientist and entrepreneur, the future of personalized medicine, and what books he’s reading right now. Larry also discusses alcohol intake, moderation, and how to stay fit while traveling for work. 

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