Part 2 of 4.

My guest for this week’s episode is Jacob Glanville. Jacob is the Founder, CEO, & President of Centivax and was formerly the Co-founder, CEO, and President of Distributed Bio.

Join us as we sit down with Jake, discussing his time at Rinat Labs, a Pfizer company, and how he found a way to leverage his skills and experience to create new bioinformatic processes.

Learn more about his initial idea for a universal vaccine and why he chose to pursue a PhD at Stanford. Hear Jake’s view on how to be excited about what you do, and leveraging that excitement to pursue your goals, entrepreneurial or otherwise.

Please enjoy my conversation with Jake Glanville.

Find Our Guest, Jacob Glanville, at these links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobglanville

https://twitter.com/CurlyJungleJake

https://www.centivax.com

https://twitter.com/centivax

Find Our Host, Jon Chee, at these links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonchee

https://www.excedr.com

Social & Website

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/excedr/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@excedr

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/excedr_inc

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExcedrInc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/excedr

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@excedr

Podcast Website: https://www.thebiotechstartupspodcast.com/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:49 Episode start

03:42 Finding how to make yourself most useful

05:22 Why Big Pharma buys small biotechs

07:00 A lack of bioinformatic tools and solving for that issue

09:29 Collecting data on experiments and conducting meta-analysis

11:08 Analyzing antibody libraries and mice immunizations

12:14 Synthesizing the data to better understand antibodies and vaccination

14:09 Leaving Rinat/Pfizer, the idea of a universal vaccine

16:06 Getting a PhD and launching a company simultaneously

21:03 Starting Distributed Bio and navigating time at Stanford

25:29 Find out what makes you excited and pursue it

27:43 Tech transfer and keeping DB and Stanford work separate

30:08 Outro

Enriched Notes:

Topics Mentioned:

Phage Display Wikipedia

Hidden Markov Model Wikipedia

Hybridoma Technology Wikipedia

Vector NTI Wikipedia

Epitope Wikipedia

Meta-Analysis Wikipedia

What is Technology Transfer?

People Mentioned:

Andrea Rossi, PhD

Wenwu Zhai

Javier Chapparo-Riggers

Sawsan Youssef

The Biotech Startups Podcast gives you a front-row seat to the business and science of building a biotech. Hosted by Jon Chee, CEO of Excedr, the show features honest conversations with founders, execs, and investors about their work, their companies, and how they got there. From scientific breakthroughs to startup lessons, each episode explores what it really takes to grow a life science company—from pre-seed to IPO.

Marlon Wayans