Andreas has been through the whole life cycle of biotech startups, and is now coming out of the other side. Here’s our conversation on venture, purpose and the industry-academia divide.
Tag: biotech
Nothing to hide: An interview with Hadyn Parry
Who knew a jingle played from a van would be the best way to let people know a GMO mosquito would be released in their area so that they’d go “cool, okay”?
Yes, Oxitec did that.
But how, exactly?
Life as a Rebel / Week 5
An accelerator is about finding if your idea has wings, and if it can take off. So if it crashes and burns right away that’s good – you won’t be working 2 or 3 years on something that’s never going to work
Life as a Rebel / Week 4
“You can program computers with code and bacteria with genes.” Bill reminded us that day. “You can also program humans with words.”
Allbiotech: América Latina, Líderes Biotec
It’s startling that there isn’t a biotech network for my region, started by Latin Americans and focused on Latin American issues. It seemed ridiculous enough to make us do something about it.
ChileGlobal Biotec: Country branding and scientific communication
Let’s face it: us scientists are absolutely terrible at talking. By “talking” here I also mean writing, and communicating in general.
Life as a Rebel / Week 3
This is vertiginously fast, and a lot is expected of us. But at the same time, you can see yourself moving forward and suddenly there’s a road laid in front of you and for a brief, beautiful moment, you know what to do.
Life as a Rebel / Week 2
“Your business works in language first,” he says, and my inner linguist sobs in a corner of my mind. “Even the impact you have happens in language first.”
Life as a Rebel / Week 1
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Southern Science
Every story the speakers told happened in Europe or the US, in the biotechnology clusters located there. China and India were mentioned for “exotic” effect; the rest of the world made no appearances.