J Innovation Podcast

Joe Payne is the founder, CEO, and chairman of Arcturus Therapeutics. His story is one of resilience, perseverance, and good science. Joe has an exceptional track record of ushering novel therapeutics to the clinic, including targeted RNA medicines using nanoparticle delivery technologies. Joe's background includes over 20 years of drug discovery at Merck, DuPont, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Kalypsys, and Nitto. His academic training includes having gone to BYU, the University of Calgary, and the MIT Sloan School of Management.  This interview was recorded in March 2019.

For Peter Shen, delivering innovation that truly makes a difference in the lives of patients around the world is not just his job, but also a personal mission. Shen, the Global Head of Research & Development for Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies, joins the J&J Innovation podcast to discuss his career and his outlook for the medical device industry. 

On this episode, we talk with Cris De Luca, a digital health leader at Johnson & Johnson, about how things like wearables, artificial intelligence and voice-technology will eventually become "invisible" to us, but play a vital part in preventing, intercepting and curing disease.

In this episode, we hear from different leaders at J&J about the moments that changed their lives, both personally and professionally.

In this episode, we chat with Sajeev Kohli, the grand prize winner of the 2018 International BioGENEius Challenge, and his research on recruiting endogenous proteins for site-specific transport as a novel gene carrier design. 

In this episode, we chat with Sharon Chan, Head of JLABS @ Shanghai, about her unique career path, and the rising opportunities she sees for early stage start ups in Shanghai and the Asia Pacific region in general. 

To celebrate the JLABS San Diego alumni homecoming event this week we're bringing you some stories from past JLABS alumni and residents. In this episode you will hear from Tim Mullen of Intheon, Alberto Osio of Yolia, Stephane Richard of Cure match, and Helge Zieler of Primordial Genetics. Who all are sharing their inspiration and what we are calling serendipity in science

On this episode, we talk with Levit Nudi, who was named one of the five winners of the inaugural Champions of Science — Africa Storytelling Challenge. Nudi, a self-taught software developer and tech enthusiast, developed the mobile app Tambua to help prevent the spread of counterfeit and substandard prescription medications throughout Africa.

On this episode, we talk with Maame Ekua Manful, who was named one of the five winners of the inaugural Champions of Science — Africa Storytelling Challenge. As an academic research student in Ghana, Manful heads a start-up that's developed a new yogurt to fight vitamin A deficiency in developing countries.