Transon Nguyen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Eigen Therapeutics, a biotech startup leveraging AI and lab automation to develop priming therapies that make cancer easier to find and eliminate.
Hosted by Nabil Laoudji. My guest co-host is Jimmy Sastra! This episode is sponsored by Monomer Bio. See below for episode links, chapters, and how to connect with us.
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- (00:00) - Teaser
- (00:36) - Introducing My Guest Co-Host: Jimmy Sastra of Monomer Bio
- (11:24) - Introducing Transon Nguyen, CEO of Eigen Therapeutics
- (12:54) - Transon's Path Into Biomedical Engineering
- (15:45) - Science In Industry vs Academia: Importance of Culture
- (18:27) - Co-Founding Eigen Tx: A Confluence of Factors
- (24:27) - How to Find New Ideas
- (25:15) - Cost of ADCs and Radioligand Therapies
- (27:00) - Testing The Effectiveness of Priming Therapies
- (31:23) - How Patients Take Priming Therapies
- (33:19) - Importance of Empathy In Multidisciplinary Teams
- (37:54) - Lab Tour: Intro, Flexible Design
- (39:33) - Different "Homes" / Areas of The Lab
- (43:32) - Custom Built LIMS
- (48:54) - Robot Test Suite Demo
- (51:41) - A Look At Custom-Built LIMS
- (55:56) - Favorite Instruments
- (57:44) - Business of BioTech: Making The Numbers Work
- (59:09) - Don't Over-Automate
- (01:01:13) - Keeping The Lab Clean
- (01:03:01) - Moving Beyond Just Solving Problems
- (01:05:05) - Reframing Personal Identity and Seeing the Whole System
- (01:08:31) - Relevance of AI Foundation Models, Virtual Cells to Eigen's Mission
- (01:12:50) - Contact Transon to Learn More About Priming Therapies
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