In this episode, we speak with André Choulika about his exciting journey from a bench scientist to a biotech entrepreneur taking genomic engineering to the clinic

• André shares his fascination about the logic of biological systems and his admiration for experimentalists
• “You can always do something else if it fails” insists André
• André stresses that the boss has to take responsibilities for decisions
• “You don’t hire people to tell them what to do, but they should tell you what needs to be done”
• “Cash is more important than your mother”(we hope Andre’s mother isn’t listening)
• “Success has thousands of fathers but failure is lonely” (lonelier than a pipette!)
• André is modest about success; “None of us are VIPs” and he insists that the people who wash the dishes are as important as the CEO of the company
• He describes the collective contributions and the shared success that characterize the biotech industry 
• For André “Leadership is more important than management”
• He insists that a successful meeting is one than lasts less time than allocated

He mentioned these labs, scientists, institutions and companies

• Richard Mulligan : https://genetics.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/richard-charles-mulligan
• Institut Pasteur : https://www.pasteur.fr/en
• Maxime Schwartz : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Schwartz
• Margaret Buckingham : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Buckingham
• HEC Business School : https://www.hec.edu/en
• New England Biolabs (NEB) : https://international.neb.com/
• Steve Jobs : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
• Bernard Dujon : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Dujon

To find out more about André visit his website and his companies :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Choulika
https://www.linkedin.com/in/choulika/
Cellectis : https://cellectis.com/en
Calyxt : https://calyxt.com/

To find out more about Renaud :

• Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpre
• LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/

To find out more about Jonathan :

• Twitter : https://twitter.com/Epigenetique
• LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20

To learn more about the soundtrack :
Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler

To find out more about Renaud and Jonathan :

• Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpre
• LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/
• Twitter : https://twitter.com/Epigenetique
• LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20

More about the soundtrack :
Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/