Episodes — Biotech2050 Podcast

Ep. 8 - Dr. Florian Wegener, Co-Founder and CEO of ZAGENO

Dr. Florian Wegener is the co-founder and CEO of ZAGENO, an award-winning online marketplace serving the needs of research scientists. He is also a board-certified physician.

In 2015, Florian co-founded ZAGENO Inc. in Boston, MA and Berlin, Germany and has since led its commercialization and go-to-market strategy. He relocated to the Greater Boston region in 2018 to continue ZAGENO’s development – principally its marketing, sales, vendor development, integration, investor’s relations and brand reputation.

Alok TayiJanuary 7, 2020Zageno, Boston, Biotech, Marketplace, Lifescience, Founder

Ep. 7 - Raman Sehgal, Founder and Global President of Ramarketing

Raman is the founder and global president of ramarketing - an international design, digital and PR agency that's in the business of helping ambitious contract service companies operating in the global biotech and pharmaceutical outsourcing sector get noticed.

Alok TayiDecember 17, 2019

Ep. 6 - Kevin J. Bittorf, PhD: Consultant and Founder, Simulation LLC

In this episode, guest Kevin Bittorf, founder of the Advancing Drug Development Forum and Dawn Dickerson sat down with host Alok Tayi to discuss trends in modern manufacturing and pharmaceutical environments.

Alok TayiDecember 10, 2019

Ep. 5 - Jon Hennek: Systems Innovation Team Co-Lead at Indigo Ag

Jon Hennek co-leads the Systems Innovation Team at Indigo Ag. He co-founded the team—whose mission is to create a vision for what agriculture could look like in the distant future and develop a strategy for the Indigo model to dramatically accelerate its adoption—in 2017 while at Flagship Pioneering.

Alok TayiDecember 3, 2019

Ep. 4 - Sven Karlsson: Co-founder, COO and CBO of Platelet BioGenesis

Sven Karlsson is the co-founder, chief operating officer and chief business officer of Platelet BioGenesis. He has more than a decade of experience in business development and financial analysis.

In this episode of Biotech2050, Sven talks about his background, how he came to founding Platelet BioGenesis and the problems he and his team are trying to solve with the world's only method of producing clinical-grade human platelets from induced pluripotent stem cells.

Alok TayiNovember 5, 2019Platelet BioGenesis, Manufacturing, Entrepreneur, Boston, Platelets

Ep. 3 - Jo Viney: Co-founder, President and CSO of Pandion Therapeutics

Dr. Jo Viney is an entrepreneurial scientist and experienced biotech executive. A self-described “drug-hunter”, she has successfully advanced a number of programs into the clinic.

She is the is Co-Founder, President and CSO of Pandion Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on developing new therapies for treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Alok TayiOctober 29, 2019Biotech, Jo Viney, Pandion Therapeutics, Woman in Biotech, Leadership, Boston

Ep. 2 - John Keilty: Chief Data Science Officer at Decibel Therapeutics

John Keilty is the Chief Data Sciences Officer at Decibel Therapeutics and a Strategic advisor at Third Rock Ventures. He is a biologist and bioinformatics guy by training and has been active in the biotech space for over two decades. In his career, John has been responsible for building out genomix, and genetics capabilities for early stage biotech companies.

Alok TayiOctober 23, 2019Science, Biotech, Data, John Keilty, Decibel Therapeutics, Third Rock Ventures

Ep. 1 - Lee Cooper: Patient advocate and Founder of Enlight Bio

In this inaugural episode of Biotech2050, hosts Alok Tayi and Rahul Chatuverdi sits down with Lee Cooper, a seasoned biotech entrepreneur, patient advocate, and Founder of Enlight Bio to talk about the importance of patient centricity in today’s modern biotech.

Rahul ChaturvediOctober 15, 2019Guests, Podcast Episode, Biotech

Podcast Trailer: Welcome to Biotech 2050

This episode is the trailer launching our highly anticipated podcast, Biotech 2050. A Think Tank chronicling the disruptions changing the biotech industry over the next 50 years.

Rahul ChaturvediOctober 1, 2019Podcast Episode