Ep#042: Applying Epigenetics to Personalized Skincare with Dr. Shakiba Kaveh and Dr. Cristiana Banila

05/18/22 • 32 min

In this next podcast episode we dive into a topic of personalized skincare. Our host Oleksandr is joined by the co-founders of Mitra Bio, Dr. Shakiba Kaveh and Dr. Cristiana Banila.
Pharmaceutical and personal care companies have been trying to unlock personalized skincare for decades. Shakiba and Cristiana bring a special key to the table, and it is epigenetics.
Tune in into our interview to learn more about:
◦ The founding story of Mitra Bio
◦ The role of genetic and epigenetic factors in skin health
◦ Cracking epigenetic code
◦ Role of reliable models in understanding skin diseases
◦ Skin aging and personalized approaches to reverse it
◦ The future of personalized skincare
◦ Advice to young biotech entrepreneurs from Shakiba and Cristiana

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Ep#041: Exploring Microgravity for Life Science with Daniela Bezdan

Welcome to the next episode of the Personalized Medicine Podcast. In this episode, we have talked about a variety of topics ranging from exploring space and microgravity for applications in biotechnology and physical science to developing pathogen detection systems.
Our guest today is Dr. Daniela Bezdan, the Chief Scientific Officer of Yuri Gravity and co-founder of Poppy. Daniela is also the co-chair at several space-associated organizations such as ISSOP (International Space Standards Operation Procedure) and NASA GeneLabs that foster international cooperation, and support educational citizen science projects.
Together with Daniela we discussed:
◦ Evolution of microgravity in biotech
◦ Yuri Gravity and its space mission
◦ Key factors in designing space biotech experiments
◦ Poppy and its pathogen detection system
◦ Challenges of starting a start-up
◦ Advice to budding biotech entrepreneurs
◦ The outlook on the next decade of personalized medicine
Get in touch with Daniela:
◦ LinkedIn: Daniela Bezdan
◦ Twitter: @Daniela_Bezdan, @yurigravity, @poppy_health
◦ Web: https://www.yurigravity.com/, https://poppy.com/

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Ep#043: Developing Precision Medicines Using Cryo-EM with Dr. Sriram Subramaniam

In this episode we dive deep into the world of structural biology. We discuss the role of cryogenic electron microscopy in the development of precision medicines with the founder and CEO of Gandeeva Therapeutics, Dr. Sriram Subramaniam. Cryo-EM opened a new way to study drug-target interactions and is changing the way we develop new therapies.
Tune into our interview with Sriram to learn more about:
◦ The founding story of Gandeeva Therapeutics
◦ The evolution of Cryo-EM technology
◦ Application of Cryo-EM in drug discovery
◦ Advantages of Cryo-EM over crystallography im mapping protein structures
◦ Making sense of experimental data with AI and machine learning
◦ The future of personalized medicine and role of structural biology in it
◦ Sriram’s advice for budding life science entrepreneurs