Joining Slice of Life Sciences Real Estate today is Roger Frechette who is a life sciences consultant/advisor, helping early-stage life science companies to succeed and to grow. His work with clients leverages an extensive global network and multi-disciplinary insights derived from over 20 years of experience in the business of life sciences, calibrated with an extensive science background. In this episode you'll learn about: Frechette’s background His experience with co-founding a company, and ...
Oct 05, 2022•38 min•Ep. 13
Hi everyone and welcome to episode #12 of Slice of Life Sciences. We have a great conversation lined up today as we are joined by Chris Bahl, Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of AI Proteins. I have gotten to know Chris this past year, which makes me especially excited to hear about his journey and how it led to this newly founded biotech company focused on the design and engineering of synthetic miniprotein therapeutics. In this episode you'll learn about: Bahl's background & what mad...
Sep 21, 2022•24 min•Ep. 12
Thanks everybody for joining us on episode #11 of Slice of Life Sciences. I’m very much looking forward to today’s episode as I am joined by Jake Lombardo, Co-Founder and CEO at Anodyne Nanotech, which is a venture-backed, preclinical-stage biotech company developing differentiated, transdermal forms of high-value drugs. In this episode you'll learn about: Lombardo's background Where he grew up, and how he gained interest in biotech His mentors that inspired him early on His time at Union Colleg...
Sep 07, 2022•33 min•Ep. 11
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to Slice Of Life Sciences. I’ve been super eager to get to today’s session given our guest and what his company has done and is continuing to do as they are pioneering Tissue Therapeutics. I typically like you give an overview of the person and company, but today I am going to keep it short and sweet so we can dive right in. We have Arnav Chhabra, Co-Founder of Satellite Bio with us today, who is working on the next frontier of regenerative medicine which...
Jul 14, 2022•38 min•Ep. 10
In this episode, Mimi Yen, CEO & Co-Founder at PhagePro joins host David Thomann for episode #9 of Slice of Life Sciences Real Estate podcast. Today makes for another great discussion as we have Mimi Yen, CEO and Co-Founder of PhagePro, which she co-founded in 2016 and is an early-stage biotechnology therapeutics company that develops bacteriophage-based products to help the world’s most vulnerable communities. Mimi has had an impressive journey to where she is and what she is doing today, s...
Jun 08, 2022•29 min•Ep. 9
In this episode, Bernardo Cervantes, Co-founder at Concerto Biosciences joins host David Thomann for episode #8 of the Slice of Life Sciences Real Estate podcast. Bernardo has a Ph.D. from MIT in Microbiology, Microbiome, and Synthetic Biology and then, I believe, jumped immediately into becoming a Co-Founder, unlike some of the other founders we have had on the show. Concerto Biosciences is less than two years old and is unlocking the potential for microbial consortia…we’ll dive into much more ...
Jun 01, 2022•29 min•Ep. 8
Introduction: Here we are today on episode #7 of Slice of Life Sciences. I am excited to have Kori Rahaim joining me today. Kori is the VP, Head of People at 5AM Ventures and 4:59 NewCo, a 5AM Venture Company. Outline: Have you always worked in biotech or what led you to get an opportunity in the field? At Novartis, you oversaw theHR function for two innovative research organizations, served on two leadership teams, providing coaching to executive leaders. What were some of the program initiativ...
Apr 28, 2022•22 min•Ep. 7
Introduction: Stephanie Sousa, Senior Vice President of Operations at a Stealth Company, who recently joined Transcend Therapeutics as Senior Vice President of Operations. Stephanie has worked in life sciences her whole career for various well known firms in Greater Boston like Novartis, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Odyssey Therapeutics, and now Transcend. Outline: How and what made you get into the life science industry? Did you know ‘Operations’ was what you wanted to do? You spent over 15 years at ...
Apr 20, 2022•18 min•Ep. 6
Introduction: Winston Yan, Co-Founder of Arbor Biotechnologies who took an idea and expanded it from him and his cofounder to about 80 over the past 5 years alone and is currently finishing up his last year of MD training at Harvard Medical School, which he had originally put on pause to found Arbor. Outline: How’d you find yourself in this role / sector? Has your background always been in operations? Are there any specific memories you have from conversations with your parents that started mold...
Apr 14, 2022•35 min•Ep. 5
Introduction: Emily Knight, VP of Operations, at The Engine . The Engine, built by MIT in 2017, is a venture firm that invests in early-stage companies solving the world’s biggest problems through the convergence of breakthrough science, engineering, and leadership. Their mission is to accelerate the path to market for Tough Tech companies by providing access to a unique combination of investment, infrastructure, and community. Outline: How’d you find yourself in this role / sector? Has your bac...
Apr 07, 2022•24 min•Ep. 4
Introduction: Welcome to the third episode of Slice of Life Sciences…This week we will take our conversation from the Life Science real estate industry and focus more so on the ins and outs of managing and running a biotech company. Without further ado, Mark Tebbe, Entrepreneur in Residence for Atlas Venture, whom has had an illustrious career as a serial entrepreneur focusing on drug discovery and management in biotech/pharmaceutical industry with a broad experience involving drug development, ...
Mar 30, 2022•49 min•Ep. 3
Introduction: Dan Guadagnoli, Director of the Fallon Company. The Fallon Company is a privately held commercial real estate owner and developer of transformative, urban mixed-use environments headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 1993, The Fallon Company has developed over $6 billion in real estate, representing more than six million square feet of property. TFC has grown across the US with offices in Boston, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Nashville. Background: Where are you from, where’d you ...
Feb 11, 2022•31 min•Ep. 2
Introduction: Camille White, Senior Associate on BioMed Realty’s leasing team, who is a Blackstone portfolio company and leading provider of real estate solutions for the life science industry with over 14M sf worldwide in major markets like Boston, Bay Area, San Diego, Seattle, NY, and UK. Where’d you go to school and what’d you study? How did you get in real estate? BioMed? Did you know you wanted to work in the LS industry in some capacity before joining BioMed? What’s your favorite part abou...
Dec 16, 2021•27 min•Ep. 1
