

The Bioinformatics CRO Podcast
The Bioinformatics CRO
On The Bioinformatics CRO Podcast, we sit down with scientists to discuss interesting topics across biomedical research and to explore what made them who they are today.
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Dec 16, 2025 • 44min
Phillip Meade - building high-performance culture
Dr. Phillip Meade, a leadership and culture advisor at Gallaher Edge, discusses his experience evaluating organizational culture and how to diagnose culture problems and build lasting habits for high-performance organizations. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Dec 9, 2025 • 31min
Nataraj Pagadala - molecular glues for targeted protein degradation
Nataraj Pagadala, founder, president, and CEO of LigronBio, discusses his company's goal of using molecular glues to target traditionally undruggable proteins as a route to new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Dec 2, 2025 • 42min
Sophia George - hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
Sophia George, professor in the Division of Gynecological Oncology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses her research at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center investigating the genetics and biology of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and working at the intersection of genomics, health equity, and cancer. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Nov 18, 2025 • 33min
Christiaan Engstrom - building life sciences partnering networks
Christiaan Engstrom, founder and CEO of BLPN, discusses his experience building a space for authentic, non-transactional business networking in the life sciences. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Nov 4, 2025 • 47min
Joanne Hackett - revolutionising the future of healthcare
Dr. Joanne Hackett, VP of Health Systems Services at IQVIA and Chair of the Board at eLife, discusses her hopes for the future of healthcare. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Oct 21, 2025 • 39min
David Scieszka - senolytic vaccines to extend healthspan
David Scieszka, founder and CEO of Vertical Longevity Pharmaceuticals, tells us about VeLo's pioneering senolytic vaccine approach to clearing senescent cells and his quest for longer, healthier lives for everyone. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Oct 7, 2025 • 44min
Caspar Barnes - blockchain infrastructure for biobanking
Caspar Barnes, founder and CEO of AminoChain, tell us about his mission to make biospecimen sourcing transparent, ethical, and efficient. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Sep 30, 2025 • 25min
Manos Metzakopian - CellCodex and AI-ready datasets
In this engaging discussion, Manos Metzakopian, Co-founder and CEO of CellCodex, delves into creating AI-ready biological datasets. He highlights the critical need for reproducible perturbation data to advance drug discovery and causal modeling in biology. Manos explains how AI will accelerate decision-making in target selection and disease modeling. He also addresses the importance of single-cell multi-omics and emphasizes the balance between biological plausibility and predictive accuracy in data generation. His insights into fostering collaborations and ensuring strict quality control throughout the process are invaluable.

Sep 23, 2025 • 44min
Eva-Maria Hempe - NVIDIA and bio AI
Dr. Eva-Maria Hempe, who leads NVIDIA's healthcare and life sciences business across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, joins us to discuss her work at NVIDIA, the gaps that AI can fill in healthcare research, and the future of drug discovery. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/

Sep 2, 2025 • 22min
Jeff Bizzaro - open source, open access bioinformatics
Jeff Bizzaro, founder and long-time president of bioinformatics.org, discusses the importance of open source tools and open access in the life sciences. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully distributed contract research company that serves the computational biology needs of academic researchers and biotechnology companies, with a focus on genomics. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/


