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From applying a transdisciplinary approach to synthetic biology education with CSBERG, to co-founding Indus, a start-up that 3-D prints hydroponics soil, Patrick Diep is deeply invested in the start-up world and life science education. He’s cur
From winning the first-place 1-million-dollar prize at a Health Canada competition to building a drug testing device to help combat the opioid epidemic. On this episode of Spindle, Ari Forman, co-founder of Scatr, talks about the company’s foun
“It basically completely changed the outcome for patients with that type of cancer. That just game changing innovation got me really excited, and I really started thinking that something to do with that is what I want to do.” Jordan Robinson is
From volunteering in an elephant sanctuary to working on the business side of continuing education programs for veterinary professionals, Helena has seen a wide array of opportunities within the realm of animal medicine. The University of Guelp
Glowing trees? Self-fertilizing plants? Maximillian Soltysiak is a PhD Candidate in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Department at Harvard Medical School. He’s a recent graduate of the Honours Biochemistry and Genetics program at Western.
Rishawn Dindial is a MD/MBA candidate at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is also the founder of Memoryz, a software company that aims to revolutionize dementia care. Rishawn earned a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and biology from the U
“There is a demand for professionals who can analyze data, solve problems, think on their feet, and successfully manage projects. As graduate students, the skills we learn in the lab setting are highly translatable, but we need to know how to a
Tom Haffie has taught tens of thousands of biology students over his teaching career at Western. On today's episode, he walks us through the ups and downs of his journey and speaks to the lessons he has learned along the way. Tom also shares so
Finding jobs and roles aligned with the problems that you want to work on as opposed to what best fits your resume. That's one of the points Lana and Gaurie emphasized in our conversation on this episode of Spindle. Lana and Gaurie pursued unde
In the near future, annual cell-free DNA sequencing could be used to detect cancer at incredibly early stages. Kate Gardiner, a genetic counsellor talks to us about this the inner workings of her job and more on today’s episode of Spindle. She
Seper Ekhtiari, an orthopaedic surgery resident at McMaster, is the first-author on the first paper to report a case of osteosarcoma in dinosaurs. Seper earned a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology at the University of Toronto before attending Mc
At 17-years-old, Nivatha isolated microbes from soil samples from across Montreal that had the potential to be useful in bioremediation...which basically means they could help clean up oil spills. This discovery kick-started Nivatha’s research
"I was almost 30 when I found cellular agriculture and really decided that that's what I wanted to do. So there's no rush to get into any particular field. Just try to be as open to different opportunities as you can be for as long as possible
Throughout our conversation, Bharat stressed the importance of curiosity and doing research for a larger goal in mind. Specifically, not just focusing on the publication but also on commercialization value for certain types of research. We spok
From the time he earned his PhD in microbiology and immunology, Bharat Srinivasa has worked in consulting and venture capital. He is currently co-founder and Principal at Amplitude Ventures, a 200-million-dollar venture fund focused on building
From the time he earned his PhD in microbiology and immunology, Bharat Srinivasa has worked in consulting and venture capital. He is currently co-founder and Principal at Amplitude Ventures, a 200-million-dollar venture fund focused on building
Before starting in the MD program at McMaster, Philipp earned an MBA and worked in a number of research, analytic, and marketing roles. On today’s episode, we speak to him about how he navigated medical school application setbacks, how he ascer
Before starting in the MD program at McMaster, Philipp earned an MBA and worked in a number of research, analytic, and marketing roles. On today’s episode, we speak to him about how he navigated medical school application setbacks, how he ascer
"It was a journey, not from A to B to C, but it was all over the place, jumping out of Masters, into business, back into medicine and doing all sorts of different co-ops throughout. It was a lot of fun to have that uncertainty. Just doing thing
"It was a journey, not from A to B to C, but it was all over the place, jumping out of Masters, into business, back into medicine and doing all sorts of different co-ops throughout. It was a lot of fun to have that uncertainty. Just doing thing
Moufeed has always taken an ambitious, out of the box approach to his career in biotech. On this episode of Spindle, he spoke about how he started his company despite not knowing enough science to build his product, thriving on chaos, and navig
Moufeed has been reinventing his role as CEO ever since he started a biotech company, then known as Ex-Vivo labs, when he was still in school. On this episode of Spindle, Moufeed walks us through how he chose biotech from among all of the other
Jessica reflects on 14-years of post-secondary education on today’s episode of Spindle by talking about navigating academia, finding balance in graduate school, and the importance of advocating for yourself. We also talk to her about the ups an
Jessica is working towards her PhD in physical and biological anthropology. On this episode we talk about her journey to pursuing a PhD in this field and what it takes to have a career in academia.----more----Producer: Mayuri. Music: https://ww
Impacting millions by cutting out the middleman through YouTube, the art of science communication, thinking big, and long-term happiness. That's what we cover on today's episode with Dr. Chris Raynor. ----more----Producer: Jay. Music: https://w
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