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The CPI Stem Cells PodcastNo Other Hospital In The World Is Doing This - Dr. Jocelynn Pearl on The CPI Stem Cells PodcastDr. Jocelynn Pearl is the Director of New Therapeutics at The TAM Center and CPI Stem Cells. On this episode of the CPI Stem Cells Podcast CPI Co-Founder Scotty Nelson sits down with Dr. Pearl to talk about all of the groundbreaking research and development taking place at CPI/TAM this year.The CPI Stem Cells Podcast is available on all podcast platforms. đ§đ Ready to see what stem cells can do for you? Visit: https://cellularperformanceinstitute.com𧏠CPI Is The Official Stem Cell Therapy Provider of The UFC#CPIStemCells #ScottPayne #StemCellTherapy #Regenerat...2025-07-0851 min
The Genetics PodcastEP 174: Decentralized science and reducing the cost of gene therapies with Jocelynn Pearl of the TAM CenterOn this weekâs episode of The Genetics Podcast, weâre joined by Jocelynn Pearl, Director of Cancer Cell Therapy at the TAM Center, host of the Lady Scientist Podcast and Co-Founder of LabDAO. Patrick and Jocelynn discuss her move to Mexico to help accelerate the development of new cancer therapies, harnessing the power and potential of decentralized science, and overcoming sky-high gene therapy costs to increase accessibility for patients.Show Notes: 0:00Intro to The Genetics Podcast01:00Welcome to Jocelynn02:03 Jocelynnâs past work at The Institute for Systems Biology 04:55...2025-02-1346 min
Lady Scientist PodcastSupercharging Scientific Publishing with Dr. Jessica Polka of ASAPBioâScience can only progress if others are able to read and build off of what has been learned in the past.â Jessica Polka shares this insight and many more in this conversation with LSP about the current state of scientific publishing. As the executive director of ASAPbio, an organization battling the slowing of the sharing of scientific knowledge, sheâs played a key role in catalyzing change when it comes to how and when scientific articles are shared. We dive into the White House memo calling for all scientific papers to be open access by 2025, what some of her key co...2023-12-311h 02
The DeSci PodcastThe Decentralized Biotech Movement with Dr. Jocelynn Pearl (LabDAO)Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. Today, we were joined by Dr. Jocelynn Pearl, a biotech scientist and the co-founder of LabDAO, an online life science research community whose mission is to accelerate progress in the life sciences by making scientific tools more accessible.
In this episode, Jocelynn shares insights on the factors and events that birthed the idea of Decentralized Biotech and the importance of incentivizing knowledge sharing so it becomes accessible to other researchers.
We also discuss the pros and cons of centralization within the Biotech sector, the...2023-09-2041 min
Grow Everything Biotech Podcast36. Pearl of Wisdom: Shaping Genomic Therapies & Community Research with Dr. Jocelynn PearlEpisode Description:
Jocelynn Pearl, a life scientist, podcast host, and advocate for decentralized science, joins Karl and Erum to discuss the future of biotech and the exciting developments happening in the field. Jocelynn shares her experiences in gene editing, specifically with zinc fingers and TALENs, and how the advent of CRISPR has revolutionized the field. She also highlights the significance of epigenome editing and its potential for treating diseases. Jocelynn discusses the concept of decentralized science and its impact on scientific publishing and collaboration. They conclude with a discussion on the future of biotech, where advancements in...2023-08-0455 minLady Scientist PodcastBuilding Software for Biologists with Dr. Vega Shah (Benchling)Dr. Vega Shah was was like a gold miner during her undergraduate and graduate school studies, except instead of panning for gold, she was searching the metagenomes of ocean samples for new life and new metabolic functions. What she found was a new species of ocean bacteria, but she also realized that the software tools she relied on and the databases she used to answer her research questions were anything but solid. After grad school, she shifted her career to building software for biologists at Dotmatics, integrating tools such as Prism into electronic lab notebooks. Today sheâs a program ma...2023-07-2057 minLady Scientist PodcastBiotech Platform and Product with Dr. Erandi De Silva, Co-Founder Forge BiologicsScientist & entrepreneur, Dr. Erandi De Silva, grew up in the small country of Botswana, where she lived through an HIV epidemic. Seeing scientists and epidemiologists having a direct translational impact on public health inspired her to pursue a career in science. She immigrated to the US to go to college, and went on to get her PhD and did an industry postdoc at Genentech before founding Forge Biologics. In this episode, we discuss what it's like running a company that has both a 'platform' in the sense that they are a CDMO - they make AAV products for other companies...2023-05-121h 07Lady Scientist PodcastDe-Extinction, Patient Advocacy, and Journey To The C Suite With Claire Aldridge and Emily McGinnisIn this episode of Lady Scientist Podcast, Dr. Jocelynn Pearl hosts Emily McGinnis, Chief of Patient Advocacy at Taysha Gene Therapies, and Claire Aldridge, Chief Strategy Officer at Form Bio (spun out of Colossal Biosciences - the company that wants to de-extinct the dodo bird!) Together, we discuss challenges and advancements in gene therapy for rare diseases, emphasizing patient advocacy in drug development, and the need for optimization and scaling. Emily and Claire share their career journeys to the C Suite. They also recommend resources and organizations for patients seeking information on potential therapies. This episode provides valuable insights...2023-03-2856 min
The Spoon PodcastHow the DeSci Movement Will Impact the World of FoodDo you know what DeSci is? If you don't, don't feel bad, especially if, like me, food is your primary focus. A16Z's publication Future describes DeSci as a movement in which "a growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are leveraging blockchain tools, including smart contracts and tokens, in an attempt to improve modern science. Collectively, their work has become known as the decentralized science movement, or DeSci." If you're like me and are just learning about DeSci, the reason for that is that while it's a trend that's caught the attention of t...2023-02-2426 minThe Spoon PodcastHow the DeSci Movement Will Impact the World of FoodDo you know what DeSci is? If you don't, don't feel bad, especially if, like me, food is your primary focus. A16Z's publication Future describes DeSci as a movement in which "a growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are leveraging blockchain tools, including smart contracts and tokens, in an attempt to improve modern science. Collectively, their work has become known as the decentralized science movement, or DeSci." If you're like me and are just learning about DeSci, the reason for that is that while it's a trend that's caught the attention of t...2023-02-2426 min
Boundaryless Conversations PodcastS04 Ep. 09 Jocelynn Pearl â The best use case of Web3 so far: DeSciJocelynn Pearl is a biotech scientist, podcaster, and company builder. She co-founded LabDAO, a web3 marketplace for life science research, and curates The DeSci Wiki, which tracks projects and DAOs in the web3 x science sector. She is also the host of the Lady Scientist Podcast and UltraRare The Podcast, a show featuring leaders in DeSci.
DeSci, or Decentralized Science (like the acronym DeFi for decentralized finance), expands some of the principles of blockchain technology and distributed ownership to science. The impact is potentially huge in many aspects: science communities' rules, funding and incentive structures, daily work...2023-02-0744 minLady Scientist PodcastDr. Madeleine Oudin - Cancer & Neuroscience Researcher, Rare Disease MomDr. Madeleine Oudin knew she was interested in medicine and biology from a young age. She took a science track of courses in high school in France and went on to do her undergraduate studies at McGill University. Despite a lack of advising, she found that she loved research and continued on to get a Masters and PhD in neuroscience. She shifted gears in her postdoc, studying cancer and tumor biology, and was surprised to learn of some of the overlaps with studying neuroscience. These two fields merged to form her research niche when she founded her own lab...2023-01-201h 02Lady Scientist PodcastCrash Course in Yeast Chromatin with Dr. Christine CucinottaToday weâre joined by another awesome scientist, Dr. Christine Cucinotta. Christine studies gene regulation in yeast in her postdoctoral studies in the Tsukiyama Lab at the Fred Hutch. She also organizes Fragile Nucleosome, a Discord community of scientists and researchers that puts on a seminar series (available to watch on YouTube). We chat about the importance of community in science and what she considers to be groundbreaking work in the field of gene regulation in the last decade. We also get into how she felt about the recent eLife decision to publish preprints (hint - sheâs a fan...2022-11-101h 16Lady Scientist PodcastSomalogic Scientist Spotlight!In todayâs episode of Lady Scientist Podcast, Jocelynn chats with Yolanda Hagar, Associate Director of Bioinformatics and Clare Paterson, Director of Clinical Research, both at SomaLogic. Somalogic was founded in 2000 with the goal of improving the well-being and quality of life of every individual by transforming how diseases were detected, diagnosed and managed. Built on decades of aptamer research, SomaLogic scientists developed a ground-breaking proteomics technology that overcomes the significant challenges of existing protein measurements. Clare and Yolanda share their career journeys and the unique working environment, a collaboration of minds and expertise!Learn more about So...2022-10-251h 02
DeSci CollectiveIntro to DeSci Collective & DeSci Movement - Ep. 1 - DeSci Collective PodcastDeSci Collective hosted by Luke Szkudlarek features Dr. Jocelynn Pearl, Brian Magierski, & Ariella Coler- Reilly as guests to discuss DeSci Collective & the DeSci Movement in the rapidly growing Web3 space.LinksDeSci Collective Website - https://mintable.app/DeSciCollectiveDiscord Server - https://discord.gg/KtjXYsjBB7Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeSciCollectiveCommunity Building and Marketing Services sponsored by the team at what. in Switzerland2022-08-211h 19
"Can't Be Done"DeSci Ep #3: Why Scientists Are the Unappreciated Creator Classâwith Jocelynn Pearl of LabDAOThe internet has given content creators of all kinds a way to monetize their talents. Writers have Medium. Teachers and vloggers have YouTube.  But scientists donât have a platform to earn money for their research.  Thatâs why Dr. Jocelynn Pearl calls scientists the âunappreciated creator class.â And thatâs why sheâs working to further the DeSci movement, leveraging Web3 technology to enable breakthrough research through better incentives. A molecular and cellular biologist by training, Jocelynn serves as cofounder of LabDAO, a design marketplace for life science rese...2022-08-1559 minLady Scientist PodcastCEO & Founder of Femasys, Kathy Lee-Sepsick, on Leading in Womenâs Health Tech for 18 Years Kathy Lee-Sepsick founded Femasys, a womenâs health technology company, 18 years ago. Since then, sheâs been the primary leader and inventor behind the companyâs expansive patent portfolio and is dedicated to minimally invasive technology that can improve options for infertility. From the Femasys website, more than 9 million women contend with infertility in the US, and innovation in this medical area has been relatively stagnant for 30 years. We dive into Kathyâs career path, leadership style, and observations in the womenâs health space over the course of her career. An inspiring conversation!Kathyâs LinkedIn: https://www...2022-05-1051 min
Question of the WeekHow can we identify a diseased gene?Malcolm wrote in to ask "How can we identify a disease? When looking at a sample of chromosomes, what are scientists looking for to spot a diseased gene?". Otis Kingsman spoke to Jocelynn Pearl from the Lady Scientist Podcast to solve this mutation mystery... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists2022-03-2806 min
Question of the Week, from the Naked ScientistsHow can we identify a diseased gene?Malcolm wrote in to ask "How can we identify a disease? When looking at a sample of chromosomes, what are scientists looking for to spot a diseased gene?". Otis Kingsman spoke to Jocelynn Pearl from the Lady Scientist Podcast to solve this mutation mystery... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists2022-03-2805 minLady Scientist PodcastLetâs Make the Change! Understanding Diabetes in Women with Dr. Stacey GorniakResearch suggests that diabetes affects men and women quite differently! But did you know that the current standard treatment for type 2 diabetes is exactly the same for both men and women? Well, todayâs guest Dr. Stacey Gorniak is on a mission to change that! Listen in as she dives into the key findings her research group has uncovered surrounding sex-based differences in diabetes. Plus, hear about her journey to becoming an associate professor and catch her best tips for early career researchers and postdocs who are considering a career in academia! You can connect with Stacey on...2022-03-0845 minLady Scientist PodcastBehind the Book, "Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19" with Co-author Dr. Alina ChanMeet Dr. Alina Chan, a molecular biologist and author of Viral, a book she co-wrote with renowned science writer Matt Ridley, where they go on the hunt for the origin of COVID-19. The book is educational and at times shocking, covering everything from pangolins and horseshoe bats to internet sleuths and misleading scientific papers.Alina is also a postdoc fellow at the Broad Institute, a biomedical and genomic research center that evolved from research collaborations among MIT and Harvard scientists.In this episode of the Lady Scientist Podcast, Alina shares her tumultuous journey as she...2022-01-0256 minLady Scientist PodcastThis Graduate Student Is Spilling the Sci-Tea! Today, weâre sitting down with Ryan Brown, a psychology Ph.D. student from Rice University. She studies how relationships help people navigate stress during and after pregnancy and has published a study entitled âAnything He Can Do, She Can Do Better: Children's Attitudes About Gender And Occupationsâ on gendered media messages and their implications. She also shares her love and passion for science communication on her Youtube channel, Ryanâs Science, where she posts educational videos, her Sci-Tea series with fellow women in science, and other great primers explaining research in psychology!In this episode of Lady Sci...2021-12-0759 minLady Scientist PodcastDr. Kiana Aran, CRISPR-Chip Inventor, Cardea CSO, Professor and Biomedical Device PioneerMeet Dr. Kiana Aran â recent winner of Nature's Award for Inspiring Women in Science and the brain behind The CRISPR-Chipâ˘, also known as the DNA Search Engine as it can search through whole genomes in minutes, with no cost of expensive lab reagents and no amplification errors. Kiana is also an Associate Professor at KGI where she runs her academic research lab www.aranlab.org. On this episode of Lady Scientist Podcast, Kiana uncovers her path to biomedical engineering, how the idea for The CRISPR-Chip⢠came to her and what her personal invention process typically looks like, and the behind...2021-11-1840 min
Lady Scientist PodcastThis Biotech CEO Wants Your Dog to Live Longer, an Interview with Celine HaliouaMeet Celine Halioua, founder and CEO of Loyal, a biotech startup developing drugs to extend dog lifespan. In this episode of Lady Scientist Podcast, Celine reveals how a single cold email landed her an internship and then later a full-time job with the Longevity Fund, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco. This was the career shift that launched her into the biotech space where she later founded Loyal, which has raised $27 million and has already completed its first clinical study! You can find Celine at https://www.loyalfordogs.com/. Support the podcast by subscribing to our channels...2021-11-0158 min
Lady Scientist PodcastFemale Founder Dr. Lindsay Pino on her Career Journey to Founding Talus BioFive years ago, Lindsay could not have predicted she would one day found a biotech. Fast forward to today where she's cofounded Talus Bio and is leading technology development as CTO. We get into the nitty gritty of cold-emailing investors, fundraising over zoom, and founder relationships in this interview. Links for Lindsay: https://www.talus.bio/ https://twitter.com/lkpino https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaykpino/ This episode is sponsored by Kendall Investor Relations. Check out their open positions here: https://www.kendallinvestorrelations.com/careers Support the podcast: https...2021-09-2648 min
Lady Scientist PodcastPsychedelic Scientist Spotlight with Dr. Allison Coker and Dr. Alia Lilienstein, MAPS PBCIn this special episode of LSP, we sit down with not one but two women from the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies - Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC), where they study the use of MDMA and psilocybin to treat mental health disorders. Allison Coker, PhD is trained in neuroscience and is the regulatory affairs manager. She shares the intricacies of their latest, groundbreaking results from a Phase 3 trial studying the use of MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, a study that resulted in 67% of participants no longer qualifying for a PTSD diagnosis. Alia Lilienstein, MD, is...2021-08-101h 37Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Kanaka Rajan, Computational Neuroscientist & Assistant Professor at Mt SinaiKanaka Rajan, Ph.D. is a Computational Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai in New York. Her research seeks to understand how the brain functions; how it learns or makes decisions. We dive into Dr. Rajan's approaches these brain 'themes' in this interview. She also walks us through the contrasts between the fields of neurobiology and artificial intelligence, and opens our minds to how our understanding of the brain has advanced over time. We learned so much and we hope you do too! Links for Kanaka: Wikipedia profile: https...2021-07-081h 29
Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Shon Green, Senior Director at Umoja Biopharma, Cancer ImmunotherapyShon joined the cancer therapy field a little later than most. She was older than her graduate school peers, where she studied the dynamics of cancer in mouse models with Dr. Martin McMahon. After getting her PhD, she felt an urgency to dive into industry and apply her knowledge to something that could have a real impact on the lives of cancer patients. But her first application to the company she wanted to work for was met with rejection. Shon didnât let that stop her - she got advice from friends on how to revise her CV. She at...2021-07-0157 min
Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Lexi Walls, Coronavirus Spike Protein Expert, Structural Biologist, Vaccine ScientistLexi Walls set out to investigate coronaviruses back in 2015 when little was known about these large viruses and the spike protein that they use to gain entry into host cells. She was among the first to solve the structure of the spike protein using a technique called cryo electron microscopy. She defended her thesis (in which she predicted that coronaviruses had the potential to cause a pandemic) on the eve of the outbreak in December of 2019. Then the world changed. She dove in to looking at the sequences of SARS-CoV2 and analyzing them. Then she pivoted to working on...2021-06-161h 02
Lady Scientist PodcastNikhita Singh, Robotics Engineer and Chief Product Officer at Artificial Inc.Nikhita Singh has had a fascinating career thus far. She once led product design at Palantir and demo'd robots as part of her research at MIT Media Lab, experience that led to her co-founding and leading product development at new startup Artificial Inc. In this episode we get into some of the interesting side projects she's worked on along the way (city boxes? and have you seen her notebooks?). We also go on a little bit of a reality show tangent (hint: she's actually not that into sci fi!) but trust us, its worth it to learn how Nikhita's...2021-05-2552 min
Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Christina Trojel-Hansen, Serial Biotech Entrepreneur and CEOChristina was named Endpoints 20 under 40 for 2021 (article link: https://endpts.com/the-201-under-40-i...â). She's a serial biotech entrepreneur who has been a driving force behind the creation of several new companies in the biotech space over the last few years. She studied at Copenhagen University and UC Berkeley before using her adept networking skills and 'Stay Hungry' attitude to break into the venture capital space. In this interview we talk about her process and what the basic building blocks of a biotechnology company are (hint: it costs money). Join us for an in depth interview with this lady bo...2021-04-2651 min
Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Caitlin Vander Weele, Neuroscientist & Founder of Stellate CommunicationsDr. Caitlin Vander Weele is a neuroscientist and the founder and CEO of Stellate Communications, a science-first public relations agency. Caitlin studied brain pathways involved in motivated behaviors at MIT. During her PhD, she founded Interstellate - a neuroscience and art magazine that leverages research images for science education. She is an active advocate for alternative careers for scientists. On this episode of Lady Scientist Podcast, we dive into her research on dopamine receptors, her path to PR, the importance of good mentors and how Twitter plays an important role in both her career and support system....2021-03-1855 min
Lady Scientist PodcastA few updates from host Jocelynn PearlI decided to update our listeners about how things are going and what to look forward to in the future on Lady Scientist Podcast. We've got a newsletter on our website, an upcoming interview with a neuroscientist, and swag (if you want it). Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far! Now back to building a biotech :)2021-03-0208 min
Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Casey Kraft from BenchlingCasey's 'mind was blown' (her words!) one day when she learned in her high school science class that a cellular function they were studying worked via an 'unknown mechanism.' She decided then and there that she wanted to study science. Casey went on to work in a lab washing glassware (how many of us got our start!) before studying signal transduction during her graduate school work. During her postdoc she recognized that academic research often confines you to one lane and she wanted to do more, to learn more. So she worked as a field application scientist for...2021-01-2954 min
Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Franziska Seeger, Protein Designer & Chess PlayerFranziska's mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was young. She wanted to understand more about her mother's disease, but what she found left her with more questions than answers. This led her to a career in scientific research and in particular, the study of proteins. During her graduate school research at Berkeley, she crystallized a protein dimer in groundbreaking work. After graduate school, she wanted to understand de novo designer proteins and did a postdoc in the Baker Lab at the University of Washington. She now works as a computational protein designer at Novo Nordisk in Seattle...2021-01-111h 02Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Amal Katrib, Data Scientist & FounderAmal Katrib studied biomedical physics and computational biology for her Ph.D. from UCLA. She went on to learn about women's health during her postdoc at the Institute for Systems Biology. Now she's blazing her own trail; she founded a telemedicine platform to virtually connect doctors to Syrian refugees and other marginalized communities (eSAHA) and she's writing a book about how to understand health risks in a world full of fake news. She's incredibly passionate about making the world a better place using her broad skill set. I can't wait for you to hear this episode and learn about...2020-12-171h 09Lady Scientist PodcastDr. Blythe Sather, CAR T Cell Engineer & Leader (Juno, Lyell)Blythe Sather is the Senior Director of T cell engineering at Lyell Immunopharma, an emerging company focused on developing new cell therapies to treat cancer! She's also an amazing lady scientist. We talk about what its like to create a ground-breaking, paradigm-shifting new medicine, the importance of mentorship, and her longterm goals of running her own company one day.2020-12-0149 minLady Scientist PodcastDr. Alison Paquette, Pregnancy Researcher, Seattle Children's Research InstituteAli is an assistant professor at the University of Washington and a principle investigator at Seattle Children's Research Institute. Her research looks at changes in the placenta during pregnancy. We talk about her career in science, what we know and don't know about pregnancy, and how certain substances like pthalates (in soft plastics) can have an impact on the developing fetus. I hope you learn something new about this under-studied area of molecular biology! Support this podcast: https://www.ladyscientistpodcast.com/...2020-11-1845 minLady Scientist PodcastDani Bergey, Biomedical Illustrator at Cognition Studios and Science StorytellerDani Bergey is a former research scientist and full time biological illustrator. We talk about animation, COVID, evolutionary biology and the scientists who inspire her! Join us for our first podcast episode, and forgive us as we learn to master our A/V skills. More episodes to come!Things we talk about:AlphaGo - The MovieCognition Studio IncDeepMind AI PodcastE. O. Wilson's The Meaning of Human ExistenceRaoul Marks (animator)The Mandalorian's "Volume" Production VideoSupport this podcast: https://www...2020-11-1856 min