Intermissions: Joni Ekstrum --Executive Director and Connector for SD Biotech

10/12/21 • 6 min

South Dakota has a thriving biotech network, thanks largely to Joni Ekstrum, Executive Director for South Dakota Biotech. Joni also helped make this podcast happen.
In this episode we get to know Joni better and learn what Joni likes best about the biotech world and her work with SD Bio. Enjoy!

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Quality Assurance is all about controlling variation in the midst of science and human behavior. We have outcomes we want, but sometimes take quirky paths to get there.
We explore this with help from Dr. Lamont Lindstrom's and "Cargo Cults," a name attributed to social movements from Melanesian Islanders, and scientists who embraced rituals to improve their research.
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Inside Out Quality - Intermissions: Joni Ekstrum --Executive Director and Connector for SD Biotech

Transcript

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Welcome to Inside Out quality intermissions, where we give you a closer look at the people who make this podcast possible and short features of local professionals in the biotech industry. Welcome to Inside Out quality intermissions with Joni Ekstrum. Joni is the executive director of South Dakota biotech and one of my go twos when it comes to crazy ideas that I have media connection or even a quick venting session. One such episode happened l