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In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Jason Park, Co-Founder and CEO of Empress Therapeutics, about Finding Small Molecule Drugs Encoded in DNA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: Guest Bio: Jason Park, PhD, is CEO and co-founder of Empress Therapeutics. He is also an Operating…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Justin Olshavsky, General Partner of Pioneer Fund, about the Advantages of Founders Backing Founders in Biotech. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:05 - Introduction 00:00:38 - Background and Y Combinator Experience 00:02:00 - Starting Pioneer Bio + Health…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Dawn Mattoon, PhD, CEO of Mercy BioAnalytics, about Breakthroughs in Early-Stage Cancer Detection. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:06 - Introduction to Vibecast 00:00:43 - Background and Journey into Biotech 00:05:51 - Mercy BioAnalytics' Mission 00:06:51 - Transition…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Jon Chee, Co-Founder and CEO of Excedr, about Lab Equipment Financing Strategies for Biotechs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:06 - Introduction 00:01:39 - Inspiration from Teachers 00:04:27 - Frustrations in the Lab 00:07:00 - Founding Excedr 00:09:10…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Ashish Diwan, Founder and CEO of Cartago, about revolutionizing back pain treatment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:05 - Introduction to Vibecast and Guest Introduction 00:01:00 - Dr. Diwan's Background and Career 00:05:05 - The Importance of Cartilage…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Andy Hall, Founder and CSO of RareCan, about mRNA Cancer Research and Development. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:05 - Introduction 00:00:46 - Andy's Background 00:03:31 - Rare Can's Solution 00:06:05 - Current Membership 00:09:13 - Understanding Rare…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Christopher Reyes, PhD and Eyram Adjogatse, PhD from Bloom Science, about Harnessing the Gut-Brain axis to Treat Neurological Disorders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:05 - Introduction 00:00:56 - Background and Founding of Bloom Science 00:05:06 - Understanding…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Andrew Gray, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO at Karma Biotechnologies, about the power of immune cells to defeat cancer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:05 - Introduction, 00:00:21 - Karma Biotech's Mission, 00:02:11 - Challenges in Cell Engineering, 00:04:19…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Derek Brunelle, Founder and Managing Partner at Synthase Capital Partners, about Funding the Future: Biotechs Dance with Venture Debt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:06 - Introduction, 00:00:40 - Derek's Background, 00:03:00 - Venture Debt, 00:06:49 - Interest…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Richard Austin, PhD, MBA, CEO at Reglagene, about Tubulin Targeting & Advances in Brain Cancer Treatment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00:05 - Introduction, 00:03:09 - Motivation to Start Reglagene, 00:05:15 - Challenges in Brain Cancer Treatment, 00:06:26 - Market Landscape of Brain Cancer, 00:08:46…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Marie Lousie Fjallskog & Markku Jalkanen, PhD from Faron Pharmaceuticals about Cell Therapy Technologies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Bios: Dr. Fjällskog has over 30 years of experience in clinical oncology, translational research, and drug development. She joined Faron from Sensei Biotherapeutics (SNSE), a…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Lisa Stehno Bittel, PhD and Karthik Ramachandran from Likarda about Hydrogel Delivery of Cell and Biologic Therapies. Key Moments: 00:00:06 - Introduction to Likarda and its Co-founders, 00:03:05 - Motivation and Early Success of Likarda, 00:08:49 - Pivot Towards Cell Therapies,…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Dr Richard Johnson, Founder and CSO of Upperton Pharma Solutions, about drug delivery technologies and the challenges pharmaceutical companies face when integrating new drug delivery technologies into their pipeline. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:06 - Introduction, 00:00:42 -…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Ira Spector, PhD, the CEO of SFA Therapeutics, about Developing Drugs From the GI Microbiome. Guest Bio: Dr. Spector is the co-founder of SFA Therapeutics, a microbiome-derived biotech company focused on the treatment inflammatory diseases. Ira is an experienced drug developer,…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Alice Valder Curran, Partner at Hogan Lovells, about Novel Drug Pricing & How Consumers Impact Drug Pricing. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:00 - Introduction, 00:01:45 - No Patient Left Behind, 00:02:47 - Innovative Legal Practitioner, 00:06:19 - Challenges…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Laurens Kruidenier, PhD & Fabrice Chouraqui, PharmD from Cellarity about the fascinating realm of cellular-level drug discovery. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:00 - Introduction, 00:03:54 - Traditional Drug Discovery, 00:08:06 - Cellular Level Drug Discovery, 00:09:39 - Sickle…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Vadim Nazarov, Co Founder and CEO of ImmunoMind, about How AI Can Help the Drug Discovery Process. Guest Bio: Vadim Nazarov is a AI and Life Sciences researcher turned startup founder. 2x founder in AI and Biotech: ImmunoMind (AI for Drug…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Michelle C. Werner about how Alltrna is advancing to clinical trials a new tRNA medicine to universally treat Stop Codon Disease. Stop Codon Disease is a term that encompasses thousands of rare and common human diseases driven by the same underlying…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Stevie Cline about Biotech Startup Investments, Investing in Regulated Spaces, and how the current economic environment is affecting deal flow. Guest Bio: Stevie Cline, J.D., L.L.M., Ph.D, is the Managing Director of Vol. 1 Ventures, an early stage venture fund focused…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Ethan Perlstein, PhD about the Role of Families in Research Funding, 1-to-N Medicine, Clinical Trials, and the Challenges of Funding Rare Disease Research. Guest Bio: Ethan O. Perlstein received a PhD in 2006 from Harvard University (Department of Molecular and Cell…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Niki Markou, Director of Family Support, Marketing & Communications at Chelsea's Hope, and Jordi Duran, PhD, Principal Investigator at IQS Barcelona about Clinical Trials and the Challenges they face Funding Rare Disease Research. Watch Fighting the Rare: https://www.fightingtherare.com/ A documentary on…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Mo Jain, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO of Sapient, about small molecule biomarkers & innovations in metabolomics. Dr. Jain is a physician-scientist with more than 20 years of expertise in physiology, biomedicine, engineering, computational biology, and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. Prior to…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Mark Kotter, PhD, Founder and CEO of bit.bio, about the Cell Therapy Crisis and the state of the Cell Therapy Field. Mark is a stem cell biologist and neurosurgeon at the University of Cambridge. Aged nineteen, he decided to pursue a…

In this episode, VibeCast host Ray Dogum speaks with Court R. Turner, J.D., and Lev Becker, Ph.D., Co-Founders of Onchilles Pharma, about their novel immunotherapy, Lev's discovery of neutrophil's ELANE pathway in cancer, and biotech funding challenges/opportunities. Mr. Court Turner is cofounder and Executive Chair of Onchilles and a partner…