For our 1st course (and inaugural episode!!), Dani and L.-C. serve up the true Pharm to Table experience by discussing the importance of academic-industrial collaborations through the lens of their comment piece published in Nature Chemistry titled “Harder, Better, Faster.” This article struck a cord with a lot of folks in the chemistry community (>22k views) and created a social media buzz where academics and industrial scientists debated the age old question “Why don’t you use my [insert science here]”? To learn more about the origin story our article (think Stu Cantrill + Vanilla Ice + Twitter), how to improve industrial-academic relations, and how to get started in building your network and start collaborating – then tune in! You can read the paper here: Harder, Better, Faster Follow the Pharm to Table podcast on Twitter - @PharmToTablePod