The Bioinformatics CRO Podcast

In our first panel discussion, three COVID experts share their thoughts on emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 and the growing selective pressures for immune escape. 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/

Delian Asparouhov, co-founder of Varda Space Industries and principal at Founders Fund, talks about space manufacturing, economic bubbles, and tech investing.   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/

We chat with Vay Cao, founder of Free the PhD, about her journey from neuroscience to an MSL-like role and how PhDs can leverage their experiences to get that first job outside academia. 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.bioinf...

We talk with Mark DePristo, founder and CEO of BigHat Biosciences, about building better antibody therapeutics using machine learning, overcoming the fear of failure, and the pros and cons of working in academia, for large companies like Google, and at a biotech start up.  The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academi...

We talk with Shaan Gandhi, Director at Northpond Ventures, about the intersections of science, medicine, and business and how his training as an internist has colored his experience in venture capital. (Recorded on January 18, 2021)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology compani...

We talk with Peter Joyce, co-founder and CEO of Grey Wolf Therapeutics, about novel cancer therapies, running a virtual biotech company, and encouraging a new generation of well-rounded scientists. (Recorded on December 16, 2020)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies,...

We talk with Adam Marblestone about his work with moonshot science and technology projects, exciting advances in nanotechnology and AI, and his PhD work using expansion microscopy to map neural connections. (Recorded on December 18, 2020)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology c...

We speak with C. Anthony Altar, PhD, president and COO of Splice Therapeutics, about his successful career in neuropharmacology and his role in pioneering the sport of skateboarding in the 1960's. (Recorded on November 19, 2020)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies,...

We chat with Quin Wills, co-founder of Ochre Bio, about growing a biotech startup internationally, how genomics can increase the success of liver transplants, and his treehouse community in Costa Rica. (Recorded on November 10, 2020)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology compan...

In our latest podcast, Grant talks with Jason Stein, assistant professor of genetics at UNC, about the latest omics techniques used to study schizophrenia, the role of academia and industry in drug discovery, and Jason's unusual path to bioinformatics. (Recorded on November 5, 2020)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology need...

In this episode, Grant sits down with Ben Logsdon, director of computational biology at Cajal Neuroscience , to discuss new perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease research, incentives in academia, teamwork, and societal resiliency. (Recorded on Oct 1, 2020)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and...

In this episode, Grant sits down with Chris Ponting, chair of medical bioinformatics at the University of Edinburgh. They talk about myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and potential parallels to COVID-19 "long-haulers", CRISPR, and ecological disaster. (Recorded on Sept 25, 2020)   The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of ac...

In the first episode of The Bioinformatics CRO Podcast, our founder and CEO Grant Belgard sits down with Razib Khan, geneticist, science communicator and director of science at the Insitome Institute, to discuss consumer genomics, SARS-CoV-2, and academia. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and...