Lab to Startup

Lab to Startup

Hundreds of thousands of researchers around the world are working to improve life and address imminent threats to humanity. Often, the research ends up in the “Scientific valley of death” in the form of publications and patents that never see the light of the day.

Welcome to “Lab to Startup” a podcast aimed at showcasing the effort needed to translate lab research to startups. The show has two main goals: 1. Sharing the stories of those scientists and engineers who have successfully founded startups based on the research at university and national labs. 2. Highlighting the resources and tools needed to help those aspiring to launch startups in the deeptech space.

We also want this show to be a way to communicate those technology development stories to the general public (taxpayers funding the research) in the hope that they will continue to support such research and startups.

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Altitude Lab Fund- Supporting healthcare founders in challenging times
March 11, 2025

Altitude Lab Fund- Supporting healthcare founders in challenging times

Chandana Haque is the Executive Director of Altitude Lab, a healthcare startup accelerator building a community of diverse entrepreneurs in Utah. Altitude Lab was cofounded in 2020 by Chandana and Chris Gibson, the co-founder & CEO of Recursion in...
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Partnering to accelerate therapeutics: A primer on forming alliances and their management
Dec. 10, 2024

Partnering to accelerate therapeutics: A primer on forming alliances and their management

Monica Rosoff, the founder and CEO of LBBAL™ Alianza. Prior to launching Alianza, Monica was a partnering executive with roles of increasing seniority at Genentech, Gilead, Kite and Exelixis. Over the course of over two decades, she had the...
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From Pitches to Stories: Transforming Complex Ideas into Engaging Narratives
Sept. 10, 2024

From Pitches to Stories: Transforming Complex Ideas into Engaging Narratives

Zack Schildhorn is a venture Partner at venture firm Lux Capital. He played multiple key roles that helped the firm scale from less than $100M to more than $4B in assets under management. After witnessing thousands of pitches, he saw that even the...
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Turning great science into impactful medicine: Lessons from Corey Goodman, Pioneer in Science and Venture Capital
July 16, 2024

Turning great science into impactful medicine: Lessons from Corey Goodman, Pioneer in Science and Venture Capital

Corey Goodman, Ph.D., is the managing partner of VenBio, a venture capital firm he cofounded in 2011. VenBio already has 7 FDA approved drugs on the market, saving and improving lives. Corey spent 25 years as Professor of Biology at Stanford...
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Pushing Boundaries: Abhishek Tripathi’s Experience with NASA, SpaceX, UC Berkeley and Startups
June 25, 2024

Pushing Boundaries: Abhishek Tripathi’s Experience with NASA, SpaceX, UC Berkeley and Startups

Abhishek Tripathi, is the Director of Mission operations of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Abhi is also the Chair of the Air and Space track startups at Skydeck, which is UC Berkeley's startup accelerator...
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Lessons from Evolution of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at UC Berkeley
April 30, 2024

Lessons from Evolution of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at UC Berkeley

Richard Lyons, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, at the University of California, Berkeley. Rich is an economist and the former dean of the business school. Rich will become the next...
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