Dr. Michelle Ols is a Director and the Head of Cell Therapy at Obsidian Therapeutics . Obsidian Therapeutics is a private, Cambridge-based biotech company focused on the development of engineered cell and gene therapies for a range of indications. Obsidian has also pioneered their proprietary cytoDRiVE™ technology platform that leverages drug-responsive domains (DRDs) to control protein function using an FDA-approved small molecule. Prior to joining Obsidian, Michelle held several R&D positi...
Jan 24, 2022•46 min
Peter is a 5th-year PhD student from the Pathobiology program at Johns Hopkins School of medicine. As part of Dr. Laura D. Wood’s lab, his thesis is focused on to understanding new mechanisms of invasion of pancreatic cancer by using patient derived samples in organoid models. The decision to follow the Academic or Industry path has been always in his mind. During his undergrad Peter worked in industry as a chemist and during his PhD, he worked as pro bono consultant at the Johns Hopkins Graduat...
Jan 19, 2022•24 min
Marisa is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Laboratory of Dr. Drew Pardoll. After her undergrad, she worked as a technician in industry for almost 6 years before deciding to go back to Academia to Pursue a PhD. Her thesis involves studying the role of AMPA receptors in T cells in the context of autoimmune disease. She is as well the leader of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Immunology graduate program with the goals of increasing represe...
Dec 29, 2021•25 min
Dr. Greg Verdine is an eminent serial entrepreneur and investor in the life sciences industry. He has founded a number of companies and currently serves as President, CEO, and CSO of both Fog Pharma and LifeMine Therapeutics . Greg also worked in the venture capital industry as a Venture Partner with Apple Tree Partners, Third Rock Ventures, WuXi Healthcare Ventures, and Texas Pacific Group. Prior to his career in the biotech industry, Greg had an academic career that spanned 3 decades and he wa...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Beyond the Horizons is a mini podcast series about different career paths and relevant professional development topics to discover what lies beyond. Join Ken Igarza (MS Neuroscience), to learn more about his career journey as a NSF-GRFP Graduate Researcher. Hosted by Ona Ambrozaite, Chemistry Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University, Co-Chair for the Graduate Representative Organization (GRO) and Senior PHutures Fellow. Brought to you by PHutures, an innovative and empathy-driven career hub f...
Dec 02, 2021•23 min
Beyond the Horizons is a mini podcast series about different career paths and relevant professional development topics to discover what lies beyond. Join Dr. Abeer Saha (PhD History), Curator at the National Museum of American History, to learn more about careers in museums. Hosted by Dr. Christine Kelly, Associate Director of PHutures at Johns Hopkins University. Brought to you by PHutures, an innovative and empathy-driven career hub focused on creating equitable and accessible opportunities fo...
Dec 02, 2021•21 min
Beyond the Horizons is a mini podcast series about different career paths and relevant professional development topics to discover what lies beyond. Join Dr. Smiti Nathan (PhD Anthropology), Senior User Experience Researcher, to learn more about careers in UX Research. Hosted by Dr. Roshni Rao, Director of PHutures at Johns Hopkins University. Brought to you by PHutures, an innovative and empathy-driven career hub focused on creating equitable and accessible opportunities for doctoral students a...
Dec 02, 2021•26 min
Beyond the Horizons is a mini podcast series about different career paths and relevant professional development topics to discover what lies beyond. Join Dr. Samantha Black (PhD Nutrition Sciences), Editor-in-Chief at Science Board, to learn more about careers in writing and publishing. Hosted by Marta Sliwa, Chemistry Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University and Project Operations Associate at HireHopkins. Brought to you by PHutures, an innovative and empathy-driven career hub focused on cre...
Dec 02, 2021•20 min
Wei-Chiang Chen, PhD is an Associate Director of Bioprocess Analytics in the Genome Medicine Unit at Sanofi , developing cell and gene therapies for areas of high unmet need. Prior to joining Sanofi, Wei-Chiang held positions at several large and small biotech companies including Biogen , Solid Biosciences , and Flexion Therapeutics . Additionally, he earned his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins, developing and patenting a high throughput screening assay to study various features of cellular biology and ...
Nov 22, 2021•30 min
Dave is the CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of BioPhy, a healthcare fintech company committed to enhancing outcomes for patients and creating value for investors using their proprietary AI technology. Prior to starting BioPhy with his co-founders at the The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his MBA, Dave was a Senior Scientist in the Advanced Analytics and Technology group at Johnson and Johnson. Dave earned a PhD. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from N...
Nov 11, 2021•41 min
Soufiane Aboulhouda is the co-founder and co-president of Nucleate , a new, student-run, non-profit activator program for the next generation of biotech founders. The mission of Nucleate is to train graduate students (PhDs, MBAs, Post-Docs, JDs, MDs, and Master’s) in company creation through a world-class network of advisors plus access to education, networking, and mentorship. The idea for Nucleate began while Soufiane was the President of the Harvard Biotech Club, when the group was intended a...
Oct 25, 2021•37 min
Joe is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Laboratory of Dr. J.N. and R.F. Siliciano. If you are a Hopkins Biotech Podcast follower, you know Joe as the podcast co-director, producer and host. This time we have the pleasure to have him as a guest and to know more about his exciting career. His PhD thesis involves characterizing the reservoir of latently infected cells that render HIV infection a lifelong illness. In line with his Entrepreneurial ...
Oct 18, 2021•13 min
C.G. Moore, Ph.D., J.D., is a Partner at McBee Moore Woodward & Vanik IP, LLC., a boutique law firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, that specializes in intellectual property management in biotech, pharma, medical devices, and other life sciences-related industries. In this episode, C.G. describes his career path from experiencing the patenting process as a research assistant, to pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins, then earning a J.D. and eventually co-founding his own law firm....
Oct 11, 2021•54 min
Gian is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience. His thesis under the supervision of Dr. Dwight Bergles focuses on studying the dynamics and functional significance of cortical remyelination in diverse mouse models of multiple sclerosis. Gian is a Senior Fellow at PHutures, a career and professional development hub for doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. In July 2021, he received the 2021 Diversity...
Oct 04, 2021•19 min
Christy Wyskiel is the Senior Advisor to the President of Johns Hopkins University for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Executive Director of Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures. JHTV is the division of the university responsible for technology transfer, industry research partnerships, and startup acceleration under the brand ‘FastForward.’ Prior to her appointment at JHTV in 2013, Christy co-founded two startups and had an extensive career as an institutional investor in the life science...
Sep 27, 2021•47 min
Ben Portney, Ph.D. is a Senior Associate at Flagship Pioneering , a life sciences venture capital firm specializing in company creation for transformational technologies. Ben is an entrepreneur-scientist, having previously worked in several ventures during his time as a graduate student including NSF I-Corps , an equity research externship at T. Rowe Price, and co-founding the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network club at the University of Maryland. Ben received his PhD from the University of ...
Sep 13, 2021•38 min
Patricia Phelps, PhD is the Associate Director of Academic Career Services at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she oversees professional development training for graduate students and postdocs. Pat has had an extensive career in biomedical PhD career training, previously serving as the Associate Director for the Professional Development and Career Office (PDCO) at Hopkins, and establishing the Office for Science, Training and Diversity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...
Aug 30, 2021•35 min
Caroline Loew, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of Glympse Bio , an MIT spin out company trying to change the paradigm of in vivo diagnostic and prognostic monitoring for a wide range of disease indications. Prior to running Glympse Bio, Caroline held a number of high-level positions within some of the top global pharmaceutical companies including Merck and most recently Bristol Myers-Squibb. Her roles spanned a number of business units related to market access, commercialization, strategy, and pl...
Aug 16, 2021•41 min
Sam Semenkow, Ph.D. is a Director of Portfolio Intelligence at Bridge Bio, a unique biotechnology company that develops drugs in several modalities for a number of diverse disease areas. Prior to joining Bridge Bio, Sam was an Associate in the equity research group at Citi, a multinational bank. As an equity research associate, Sam covered a number of public biotech companies- applying valuations and building financial models for commercial and clinical stage drug candidates. Sam holds a Ph.D fr...
Aug 09, 2021•39 min
Carina Clingman, PhD is a Principal and Founder of Recruitomics Biotalent Consulting , a biotechnology hiring and recruitment agency based in Cambridge, MA. Carina originally trained as a biochemist, earning her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. At Recruitomics, she leverages her expertise to find the best candidates for biotech positions, with a special focus on staffing roles and working with hiring managers in biotech startups....
Jul 26, 2021•52 min
In this episode, members of the Johns Hopkins Alternative Protein Project - Norah Sadowski, Lauren Blake, Mackenzie Simon-Collins, Mc Millan Ching, Jacquelyn Bedsaul, and Christine Wang- discuss a nontraditional application of biotech: alternative proteins. We explore the motivations, basic principles, challenges, and risks behind alternative protein technologies such as plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultured animal products. The JHAPP is a new university group which launched in Februar...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Paul Yourik, Ph.D., is a Scientist at Moderna , a pioneering mRNA technology platform company specializing in vaccine and therapeutic development for a range of disease areas. Prior to Moderna, Paul received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, training as an RNA biochemist. He later completed an industry postdoc at New England Biolabs , where he characterized different CRISPR products with commercialization potential. In this episod...
Jun 28, 2021•36 min
Dr. Cristoph Lengauer Ph.D MBA is a Partner at Third Rock Ventures , an innovative venture capital firm focused on company creation, and supporting entrepreneurs from idea to discovery to the clinic. In this episode, Dr. Lengauer discusses Third Rock’s unique approach to venture funding, common sources of company ideation, and his path from the Carey School of Business to the boardroom. Hosted by Farai Sikipa....
Jun 13, 2021•59 min
John Valliere-Douglass is the Associate Director and Mass Spectrometry Core Group Leader at Seagen (formerly, Seattle Genetics). John works in the Analytical Sciences division within Seagen’s development arm, using proteomics techniques to scale and manufacture therapeutic modalities in significant quantities to support clinical trials. Seagen is most well-known for developing antibody-drug conjugates, a therapeutic modality gaining prominence especially for their use as targeted cancer therapie...
May 31, 2021•45 min
Helena Zec, PhD is an Engagement Manager at Clearview Healthcare Partners, a leader in the life science and healthcare consulting space. Helena has held consulting roles at other well-known firms and holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In this episode, Helena shares her experience working in life science consulting and navigating the process of applying and interviewing. She also discusses some of the ways you can optimize your ability to market you...
May 16, 2021•35 min
Cindy Hoots is the Chief Digital Officer and CIO at AstraZeneca , a world leader in biopharmaceutical drug development. Cindy shares her thoughts on how the digital revolution will impact every aspect of drug development from R&D to clinical testing to delivery to patients. Hosted by Farai Sikipa.
May 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Nick Edwards, PhD is currently the Chief of Staff to the CSO at Resilience , a privately-held manufacturing and technology company devoted to building a sustainable and accessible biopharmaceutical supply chain. When we interviewed Nick, he was working in the Global Sales Operations division of Illumina , an American public biotech company that manufactures a wide array of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies. He completed his PhD in neuroscience through a joint program at the NIH with ...
May 03, 2021•58 min
Michael Kauffman, MD/PhD is the Founder & CEO of Karyopharm , a pharmaceutical company that develops & commercializes various drugs directed against nuclear export and related targets for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, viral diseases, and other disorders of proliferation. Michael is a seasoned pharmaceutical executive , having also served as CEO, CMO, or VP at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Predix Pharmaceuticals, EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Proteolix Pharmaceuticals, and Onyx Pharmaceuti...
Apr 18, 2021•41 min
Peter Kolchinsky, PhD, is a Managing Partner at RA Capital Management , a multi-stage investment manager dedicated to evidence-based investing in public and private healthcare and life science companies developing drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics. He additionally serves on the board of several public and private life science companies. Additionally, Peter co-founded No Patient Left Behind a non-profit that is dedicated to making medications affordable for everyone in America. In this epis...
Apr 04, 2021•58 min
Vania Cao, Ph.D is the Founder of Free The PhD , an educational platform designed to help late-stage STEM PhDs successfully break into the job market. Vania shares how graduate students can best position themselves for management consulting or other business careers, strike a balance between career satisfaction & income level, and make career transitions as smooth as possible. Hosted by Ikbal Choudhury.
Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 5 min
