The Bioinformatics CRO Podcast

Tom Weaver - CellCodex and building biotech companies

Tom Weaver, scientist, serial entrepreneur, and co-founder and chairman of CellCodex, discusses his career building biotechnology companies, the importance of translating scientific innovation into successful products, and the potential of AI-driven drug discovery to transform our ability to treat disease. Our host, Grant Belgard, is also a co-founder and the CTO of CellCodex. The Bioinformatics CRO serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers, nonprofits, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Cooper Stansbury - cellular reprogramming

Cooper Stansbury, Senior Director of Scientific Operations at iReprogram, discusses the science behind cellular reprogramming and iReprogram's goal to make cell state programmable. The Bioinformatics CRO serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers, nonprofits, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Michael Fanous - Scanimus

Michael Fanous, founder and CEO of FanousPhotonics, discusses imaging systems for pathology and Scanimus, a research-use only hybrid microscope scanner system. The Bioinformatics CRO serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers, nonprofits, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Trevor Nicks - biological compute

Trevor Nicks, founder and CEO of Caravel Bio, discusses biological compute, protein spores, and how to leverage intrinsic biological properties for protein engineering. The Bioinformatics CRO serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers, nonprofits, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Shannan Ho Sui - bioinformatics core facilities

Shannan Ho Sui, Principal Research Scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core, discusses what bioinformatics core facilities do and how new technologies let us answer new research questions. The Bioinformatics CRO serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers, nonprofits, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Zameel Cader - cell models for translational neuroscience

Professor Zameel Cader, a clinician scientist and Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at Oxford University, discusses his work at the intersection of headache and pain disorders, human genetics, induced pluripotent stem cell models, blood-brain barrier biology, and translational drug discovery. The Bioinformatics CRO serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers, nonprofits, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Adam Woolfe - antibody discovery technology

Dr. Adam Woolfe, computational biologist and bioinformatics R&D leader at Bio-Rad, discusses building bioinformatics tools for scientific instruments and new approaches to antibody discovery. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Beth Cimini - bioimage analysis

Beth Cimini, leader of the Cimini Lab within the Imaging Platform at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, discusses her work at the intersection of microscopy, computational biology, open source software, and scientific community building. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Ben Langmead - pangenomics

Dr. Ben Langmead, professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins, director of the Langmead Lab, and founder and principal of InOrder Labs, tells us about his work building tools and resources for life scientists and his current focus on pangenomics. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Elliott Margulies - clinical molecular diagnostics

Elliott Margulies, Director of Bioinformatics at BillionToOne, discusses the application of molecular diagnostics to clinical testing. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Deniz Kavi - software for molecular design

Deniz Kavi, CEO of Tamarind Bio, discusses building a company and how to make great software for life scientists. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Zahra Jawad - tumour antibody penetration

Dr. Zahra Jawad, founder and CEO of Creasallis, discusses antibody engineering and innovation to improve antibody penetration of solid tumours. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Jason Mellad - precision immunology

Jason Mellad, co-founder and CEO of OtoImmune, discusses his vision for leveraging personalised, precision immunology to better understand immune and autoimmune conditions. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Eric Green - genomic medicine

Dr. Eric Green, CMO at Illumina and former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, discusses the history of the Human Genome Project, his time at the NHGRI, and his new role at Illumina. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Jenny Yang - computable microbiomes

Jenny Yang, co-founder and CEO of Outpost Bio, discusses her work at the intersection of biology, machine learning, and precision medicine. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Manuel Corpas - ClawBio and AI in bioinformatics

Dr. Manuel Corpas, founder of Cambridge Precision Medicine and originator of ClawBio, discusses his experience as a genomicist, entrepreneur and educator working at the intersection of genomics, AI, and health data science. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

John Connolly - cancer immunotherapy

John Connolly, CSO at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, discusses immuno-oncology and PICI's approach to funding groundbreaking cancer immunotherapy research. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Diane Shao - neurology and neurogenetics

Dr. Diane Shao, an attending neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital and instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, discusses her work as a physician scientist focusing on genetic causes of childhood neurodevelopmental conditions. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

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Yang Li - gene regulation and RNA splicing

Yang Li, an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, discusses applying computational genomics to the intersection of genetics, gene regulation, and disease, as well as the impact of new AI tools. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Sun-Gou Ji - computational genomics for drug development

Dr. Sun-Gou Ji, statistical geneticist and VP of Computational Genomics at BridgeBio, discusses his career in genetics and genomics and BridgeBio's approach to target validation and novel target discovery. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/