Science to Business Network (S2BN) Podcast
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -The S2BN Podcast, hosted by the S2BN's Founder and CEO, Bruce Seet, features conversations with scientists, leaders and individuals who are working at the interface of science, innovation and business. We hear their career journeys, stories, insights and advice that have enabled them to change the world through science and business.
The Science to Business Network (S2BN) is a multi-chapter, non-profit organization that aims to promote innovative thinking, professional development, entrepreneurialism and networking among scientists, industry professionals and other stakeholders within the innovation ecosystem. For more information, visit our website at www.s2bn.org.
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Rob Henderson - Developing BioTalent
January 13, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBBiography: Rob Henderson (President/CEO, BioTalent Canada) Rob Henderson is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of private and public sector management experience. He has led the transformation of BioTalent Canada into an in-demand partner, policy influencer, and project leader that brings together the largest national bio-economy network in Canada. Under Rob’s leadership, BioTalent Canada’s national portfolio has expanded, with the mandate to increase student job-readines...
Leah Cowen - Targeting Antifungal Resistance
January 12, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBBiography: Leah Cowen, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Bright Angel Therapeutics Dr. Leah Cowen obtained her BSc in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia and pursued doctoral research with Jim Anderson and Linda Kohn at the University of Toronto focused on the genomic architecture of adaptation to antifungal drugs. As a postdoctoral fellow with Susan Lindquist at th...
Grant McFadden - A Pox on Your Cancer
May 08, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBBiography: Grant McFadden (Professor, Arizona State University) Dr. Grant McFadden is one of the top global leaders in oncolytic viruses with a specialization in pox viruses, including myxoma. Grant is a Founder, Research Advisor & Director of Oncomyx Therapeutics which is developing oncolytic immunotherapies based on the myxoma virus (MYXV) platform to orchestrate an immune response and treat cancer. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004, the Canadian...
Introducing- The S2BN Podcast
May 08, 2020 08:00 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MBBruce Seet, Founder and President of the Science to Business Network (S2BN), hosts the Science to Business Network Podcast to showcase the stories, advice and insights of individuals working at the interface of science, innovation and business.
1. Grant McFadden - A Pox on Your Cancer
May 08, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBIn this inaugural Science to Business Network (S2BN) podcast, Dr. Grant McFadden shares his scientific journey as well as his experience and lessons learned as an entrepreneur having formed two companies during his career. His latest company, Oncomyx, seeks to deploy an obscure poxvirus of rabbits to save human lives by using this virus to treat cancer. Grant also discusses the implications of the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox (which was announced by the WHO on May 8, 1980) ...
Marianne Stanford - From Cancer to COVID19
May 08, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBBiography - Marianne Stanford, PhD (Vice-President, Research and Development, IMV Inc.) Dr. Marianne Stanford oversees all preclinical research activities and clinical immunology assessment of cancer immunotherapies and infectious disease vaccines. She also serves as adjunct professor in Microbiology and Immunology at Dalhousie University, as a member of the Vaccine Discovery group of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, and as an Associate Member of the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Rese...
Introducing - The S2BN Podcast
May 08, 2020 08:00 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MBBruce Seet, Founder and CEO of the Science to Business Network (S2BN), hosts the Science to Business Network Podcast to showcase the stories, advice and insights of individuals working at the interface of science, innovation and business.
2. Marianne Stanford - From Cancer to COVID19
May 08, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBMarianne Stanford, PhD, shares her career path that led to joining IMV Inc, a Halifax-based biotech company, almost 10 years ago. She also describes IMV's efforts to leverage their cancer immunotherapy technology and expertise towards developing an effective COVID19 vaccine. Dr. Stanford is current Vice-President, Research and Development at IMV Inc, a Halifax based biotechnology company overseeing all preclinical research activities and clinical immunology assessment of cancer immunotherapi...