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  • Rewriting the Rules of Medicine: Nir Barzilai on Targeting the Biology of Aging

    Rewriting the Rules of Medicine: Nir Barzilai on Targeting the Biology of Aging
    Apr 7 2026
    In this episode, I talked to Dr. Nir Barzilai, the founding director of the Institute for Aging Research, on longevity, GLP-1 potentially treating aging, genetics of longevity, Trump's new food pyramid, and staying socially active to be "younger".









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    43 mins
  • Pharma Superintelligence: Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov’s Vision for Small Molecules

    Pharma Superintelligence: Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov’s Vision for Small Molecules
    Jan 6 2026
    In this episode, I talked to Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO of Insilico Medicine, about using AI to generate small molecules for future drugs/therapies, pharma superintelligence, automation of drug discovery, China potentially beating US in biotech innovation, aging, and other funny things, like his head transplant video.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • CRISPR T-Cells: Programming the Future of Medicine with Dr. Alexander Marson

    CRISPR T-Cells: Programming the Future of Medicine with Dr. Alexander Marson
    Oct 7 2025
    In this episode, I talked to Dr. Alexander Marson, cofounder of Arsenal Biosciences and director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology. He is one of the pioneers of non-viral T-cell editing and is a serial biotech entrepreneur. We talked about Car T-cell Therapy, using CRISPR to edit T-cells, biotech, and his collaboration with Sean Parker, cofounder of Napster.
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    47 mins
  • Building Matter from the Bottom Up: Dr. Samuel Stupp on Supramolecular Self-Assembly"

    Building Matter from the Bottom Up: Dr. Samuel Stupp on Supramolecular Self-Assembly"
    Sep 2 2025
    In this episode, I talked to Dr. Samuel Stupp, Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine at Northwestern University. He is one of the pioneers of supramolecular self-assembling materials and is a cofounder of multiple biotech startups, like Amphix Bio, that is working on regenerating spinal cords and tissues using biomaterials.
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  • A Deep Dive into the Intersection of Cardiac Research and Entrepreneurship

    A Deep Dive into the Intersection of Cardiac Research and Entrepreneurship
    May 6 2025
    In this episode, I talked to Dr. Leslie Leinwand, Chief Scientific Officer of the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder and serial entrepreneur. In addition to her lab, she is the founder of Myogen, acquired by Gilead Sciences, Myokardia, acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb, and her new startup, Kardigan. We talked about the behind the scenes stories of her different companies and the journey from incorporation to IPO. She also talked about her research in cardiac hypertrophy with pythons and how the NIH budget cuts will affect universities nationwide in America. She also mentioned her new startup, Kardigan, that just came out of stealth mode.
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    43 mins
  • The Future of Drug Development: 3D Vascularized Tissue Models in Clinical Trials

    The Future of Drug Development: 3D Vascularized Tissue Models in Clinical Trials
    Apr 1 2025
    In this episode, I talked to Dr. Karolina Valente, CEO of Voxcell BioInnovation. Dr. Valente talks about how her company, Voxcell, is trying to revolutionize the drug development process by developing customizable 3D tissue models to test different therapeutics and drugs. We also talked about how AI will affect future drug trials, Vancouver's potential as a biotech hub, improvements needed to strengthen Canada's biotech industry, Voxcell's new and old products, and the difficulty of raising money to go to different rounds.
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  • Dissecting the Gene Therapy Landscape: A Conversation with Dr. David Schaffer

    Dissecting the Gene Therapy Landscape: A Conversation with Dr. David Schaffer
    Feb 4 2025
    In this episode, I talked to Dr. David Schaffer, director of the Bakar Labs at UC Berkeley and cofounder of publicly-trade biotech caleld 4D Molecular Therapeutics. We talked about different topics from the ethics of gene therapy to stem cell tourism, biotech business, and how Bakar Labs provides an incubator spot for other startups.
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    55 mins
  • The Everly Health Shark Tank Story: A Chat with Dr. Liz Kwo

    The Everly Health Shark Tank Story: A Chat with Dr. Liz Kwo
    Jan 6 2025
    I got the opportunity to talk to Dr. Liz Kwo, Chief Commercial Officer at Everly Health, Board member of Walmart Mexico, and experienced venture capitalist and angel investor. We talked about running the first online medical group in the US, telehealth, her angel investments, being on the board of several NASDAQ listed companies, remote surgery, Da Vinci robot and minimally invasive surgery, experience working as the Chief Clinical Officer at Anthem Blue Cross, one of the largest healthcare providers in the US, and working as the Chief Commercial Officer at a Shark Tank company called Everly Health.

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    38 mins