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Jan. 25, 2023

#52 - Designing a career - with Evan Bai from Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Evan Bai is computational genomic team leader at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. There he leads collaborations across Research, Clinical, and Commercial. By designing and analyzing genomic studies across the drug discovery pipeli...

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Nov. 17, 2022

#51 - Science is exciting no matter where you do it - with Yaniv Erli…

Dr. Yaniv Erlich is the co-founder and CEO of Eleven Therapeutics. Prior, he was the CSO of MyHeritage, a consumer genomics company (acquired by Francisco Partners), an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Univ...

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Oct. 11, 2022

#50 - Finding new paths paved with proteomics - with Gali Arad and Er…

Gali Arad and Eran Seger from Protai had talked to us about moving from their previous life in tech and academia into the fast pace of illuminating the druggable Proteome for better cures. Eran Seger is the Co-Founder and CEO...

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Sept. 1, 2022

#49 - North Star of innovation - with Dov Moran, Grove Ventures Manag…

Dov Moran, Managing Partner of Grove Ventures, is one of the most prominent Israeli hi-tech leaders in the world. Dov is an investor, inventor, and entrepreneur, who is best known as the inventor of the USB flash drive. He fo...

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Aug. 1, 2022

#48 - Life updates with Elena Itskovich and Ofer Yizhar Barnea

Over two years have past since we started this podcast. We learned a lot! We also applied some key take home messages to our own lives and careers. Today we share our progress with you! --- Send in a voice …

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June 8, 2022

#47 - Corrie Painter - When life gives you lemons you create a platfo…

Corrie Painter is the Deputy Director of Count Me In and is a research scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. A trained cancer researcher with a Ph.D. in biochemistry, she completed her postdoctoral work in can...

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May 12, 2022

#46 - Prof. Ronit Sachi-Fainaro is leading a multidisciplinary moonsh…

Running a team of diverse skills, and having them talk, learn, innovate and grow together while driving scientific breakthroughs? This is exactly what happens at the Satchi-Fainaro laboratory. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro is a full P...

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April 7, 2022

#45 - Transdisciplinary curiosity - with Joe Brew from Hyfe

Joe Brew is a data scientist with a background in public health. Joe has worked in infectious disease control surveillance, monitoring, and case-finding in places ranging from Nepal to Mozambique to Florida, USA (where he is ...

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March 15, 2022

#44 - Science founder - Gil Blander from InsideTracker

Dr. Gil Blander is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and translating research discoveries into new ways of detecting and preventing age-related conditions. He leads a team of biology, n...

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Feb. 23, 2022

#43 - Building cloud storage solutions - with Or Ordentlich and Omri …

Or Ordentlich, PhD is an associate professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also an Algorithms Architect at Weka.io. His research is mostly focused on informatio...

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Jan. 26, 2022

#42 - AI technology is changing pathology for precision oncology - wi…

Ori Zelichov M.D. is the VP Clinical Development of Nucleai, a startup company developing image analysis technologies for precision oncology. Dr. Zelichov leads the medical strategy and clinical development for the company. P...

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Dec. 10, 2021

#41 - Business development in health care - with Yuile Klerman

Yulie Klerman solves puzzles of the complex healthcare ecosystem, helping health tech companies crystalize product/market fit and develop a go-to-market strategy for their innovative solutions. Yulie is a VP of Business Devel...

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Nov. 2, 2021

#40 - Research in engineering and engineering a product - Gavi Feuer …

Gavi Feuer’s life pursuit is to incorporate new and developing technologies into medical devices. As Engineering Director and Co-founder of Rafael Medical Devices, he takes surgical procedures to the next level in order to im...

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Oct. 12, 2021

#39 Plant science in academia and industry - with Assaf Zemach

Dr. Assaf Zemach spent seven years as a professor at Tel Aviv university before he moved back to the US and joined Rinati skin as Head of Metabolic Engineering. We talked about Assaf's career as both a PI and scientist …

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Sept. 28, 2021

#38 A focus on IP - with Rachel Diamant from Emendo Bio

Rachel Diamant co-founded Emendo Biotherapeutics in 2016 with a group of friends. Emendo is a next generation gene editing company developing genetic medicines for severe genetic diseases. Rachel completed biotech engineering...

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Sept. 14, 2021

#37 - Prof. Karen Avraham on (tenure) track

Prof. Karen B. Avraham , professor at the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University in Israel. She and her team lead the effort ...

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Aug. 31, 2021

#36 - A scientist enabling impact and innovation - with Dov Shamir

Dov Shamir, Ph.D. fell in love with science but not the way it was done in an academic lab, he wanted to be closer to the point of impact, where basic science developments meet the real world needs. His multidisciplinary …

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Aug. 17, 2021

#35 Ohad Manor - Keeps growing

Ohad was trained as a computational scientist and is grateful to be able to apply these skills to improve patients' lives and outcomes. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two kids. Ohad is the Head of Computational Biology...

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Aug. 2, 2021

#34 Translating scientific thinking and biochem 101 with Daniel Fried

Dr. Fried has created a unique initiative to bring high-level science to kids, especially those in elementary school. The program, called Biochemistry Literacy for Kids, uses molecular modeling tools and a unique philosophy o...

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July 20, 2021

Rebroadcast #14 - Joanne Kamens

Summertime ... a short break this week, and we had decided to bring you a rebroadcast of one of our favorite episodes - Joanne Kamens, PhD, former CEO of Addgene, and an experienced researcher and leader in biotech and pharma...

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July 6, 2021

#33 - Mental performance with Gily Meir

Dr. Gily Meir is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and the Research Director for the Sport Psychology Department at JFK School of Psychology at Natio...

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June 22, 2021

#32 - Katie Langin is communicating Science Careers

Katie Langin, PhD, is the associate editor for the Careers section of Science. Her professional roots are in academia, as she holds a Ph.D. in ecology and spent years as a grad student and postdoc, studying the ecology and ev...

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June 8, 2021

#31 - Job positions in Biotech - an overview with Elina Lavit

Elina gives a panoramic view on career trajectories in the pharma and biotech industries. We focus on possible entry level positions and how to develop your career. Elina is an experienced biomed Leader with 17+ years of incr...

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May 25, 2021

#30 - The scientist-entrepreneur-investor - Omri Amirav-Drory is look…

Omri had a successful Ph.D. in biochemistry at Tel-Aviv University, followed by ... naturally ... a postdoc. During his postdoc in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Stanford University school of medicine, he realized, ACADE...

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