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Jay Keasling is a professor in the College of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, where he runs the Keasling lab. He’s also the CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, and has been involved in several startups. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers growing up on the family farm in Nebraska, how Genentech led him into biotech, and the future of biofuels. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ingmar Hoerr is a co-founder and former CEO of CureVac. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers his initial discovery with RNA while in his PhD program, the struggle to find venture financing for CureVac, and how a brain aneurysm changed his view on life.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lita Nelsen is the former long-time director of the Technology Licensing Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her talk with Nature Biotechnology covers her father’s life designing television antennas, what drove her to the chemical engineering program at MIT, and the ingredients required to create an entrepreneurial environment on campus (and beyond).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stan Crooke is born ⬩ A tenuous existence ⬩ Life with his mother ⬩ The Tech Corner ⬩ Arsenal Tech High School ⬩ Nancy ⬩ Hoodlum ways ⬩ Off to Purdue   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anthony Atala is the director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University. He is also a co-founder of Precise Bio. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers implanting the first tissue-engineered bladder into a patient, Wake Forest’s plans for fostering entrepreneurship, and how he was coerced into a research career by a mentor.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nancy Simonian is president and CEO of Syros Pharmaceuticals. Her conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers going against the advice of her mentor to take a job at Biogen; the long, winding path to approval for the multiple myeloma drug Velcade; and assisting her father in the operating room as a girl.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carl June is a co-founder of Tmunity Therapeutics, and a professor in immunotherapy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also runs the June Lab. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology includes how a boyhood fractured arm led him to his first scientific experiment, his years of service with the Navy, and his groundbreaking work with CAR T-cells.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Craig Mello is co-founder of Atalanta Therapeutics and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he runs the Mello Lab. He is also a Nobel Laureate. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers the lure of conspiracy theorists, the state of RNA therapeutics, and getting that call from the Nobel committee.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Grace Colón is president and CEO of InCarda Therapeutics. Her conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers growing up in San Juan, Puerto Rico; her love of musical theater; and how grad school at MIT guided her toward a career in entrepreneurship.     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tillman Gerngross is the CEO and co-founder of Adimab, and a professor of bioengineering at Dartmouth College. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers his years at GlycoFi, the nature of problem solving in entrepreneurship, and Adimab’s paper last year challenging the work of MIT researcher Ram Sasisekharan.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Noubar Afeyan is the founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers his family fleeing the Lebanese Civil War when he was a boy, how a chance encounter at a scientific meeting opened his mind to entrepreneurism, and why immigrants (and entrepreneurs) benefit from having a “paranoid optimist” mindset.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ted Love is the president and CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics. In his conversation with Nature Biotechnology, he discusses why his time at Haverford College was transformative, why he views Global Blood Therapeutics as a social justice company, and what might be gained from the “racial catharsis” happening in America after the police killing of George Floyd.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alexis Borisy is CEO and Chairman of EQRx, and a long-time biotech builder with Third Rock Ventures. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers growing up as a “faculty brat” in Wisconsin, dropping out of his PhD program at Harvard and why, even as an investor, biotech cannot be all about the money.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bassil Dahiyat is co-founder, president and CEO of Xencor. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers his parents emigrating from Jordan, how Xencor has survived (and changed) over the past 22 years, and when it’s necessary for a CEO to speak out. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Senior Editor Irene Jarchum talks to Stefan Schneeberger about the significance of a recent Nature Biotechnology paper describing a sophisticated perfusion machine to keep human livers alive for a week. The work was carried out by Pierre-Alain Clavien and colleagues from ETH Zurich. Read the paper here. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Greg Verdine is a professor at Harvard University, and CEO and president of FogPharma and LifeMine Therapeutics. He is co-founder of more than 10 companies. His talk with Nature Biotechnology covers growing up in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, the importance of excelling in the lab versus the classroom, and drugging the undruggable.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Samantha Du is founder, CEO and chairman of Zai Lab. In her conversation with Nature Biotechnology she discusses her thoughts on the US-China trade war, what makes Zai Lab a success, and her family's experience during the Cultural Revolution in China.

Pardis Sabeti is a co-founder of Sherlock Biosciences, the head of the Sabeti Lab, and a co-author of Outbreak Culture. Her conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers her family fleeing the Iranian revolution, the Sabeti Lab's role in the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016, and the ATV accident that nearly killed her.

Nina Tandon is co-founder and CEO of EpiBone. Her First Rounders conversation covers growing up on Roosevelt Island in New York City, witnessing September 11, and tackling her company's first Phase 1 trial.

Cigall Kadoch is a co-founder of Foghorn Therapeutics and assistant professor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she runs the Kadoch lab. In her talk with Nature Biotechnology, she discusses launching Foghorn, how geography affects biotech success, and the link between interior design and scientific rigor.