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🧬 Quin Wills - Ochre Bio - Part 2 | Pursuing Dual Masters at Oxford & Cambridge | Moving from Genomics to RNA Research | Balancing Academia & Entrepreneurship | The Challenges of Product-Market Fit in Biotech
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As a podcast listener, you can redeem exclusive discounts with a growing list of biotech vendors and get $500 off your first equipment lease by using promo code “TBSP” on https://www.excedr.com/rewards.
Part 2 of 4.
Part 2 of 4.
My guest for this week’s episode is Quin Wills, CSO and Co-Founder of Ochre Bio, a pioneering biotechnology company developing RNA therapies for chronic liver diseases. Using a combination of genomic deep phenotyping, precision RNA medicine, and testing in live human donor livers, Ochre is developing therapies for liver health challenges ranging from increasing donor liver supply to reducing cirrhosis complications.
In addition to his work at Ochre, Quin is also a highly accomplished academic with a medical degree from Witwatersrand University and doctoral degrees from Cambridge and Oxford in computational biology, mathematics, and statistical genomics.
Along with his academic accomplishments, Quin also co-founded SimuGen and has worked at the University College London, the Mayo Clinic, and Novo Nordisk before he went on to co-found Ochre Bio. Quin's diverse experiences offer a wealth of insights that everyone can draw inspiration from.
Join us this week and hear about Quin’s:
- Early interest for bioinformatics and genomics
- Pursuit of dual degrees in Computational Mathematics and Biology at Oxford University at Cambridge, respectively
- Exploration of single-cell genomics, RNA, and gene regulation
- Experience founding SimuGen during his graduate studies
Please enjoy my conversation with Quin Wills.
Find Our Guest, Quin Wills, at these links:
Find Our Guest, Quin Wills, at these links:
Find Our Host, Jon Chee, at these links:
Timestamps:
00:28 Intro
01:52 Pursuing dual masters at Oxford and Cambridge in computational biology and mathematics
05:16 Quin’s experience at Oxford studying genomics
06:22 Studying single-cell genomics and gene regulation
09:16 Academia’s early views on entrepreneurship and spinning out a startup
11:19 Founding SimuGen as a graduate student, balancing studies with entrepreneurship
13:04 SimuGen’s approach to drug development, the lessons learned from a lack of product-market fit
14:35 Common mistakes of a first-time scientific founder
16:21 Lessons learned from 1st wave of bioinformatics, the importance of having a clear vision
18:19 The value of understanding complex systems and learning by doing
19:05 Outro
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/
Enriched Notes:
Topics Mentioned:
Oxford University https://www.ox.ac.uk/
University of Cambridge https://www.cam.ac.uk/
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology https://www.excedr.com/blog/what-is-bioinformatics-and-computational-biology
Single-Cell Genomics https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-0960-x
Single-Cell Epigenomics https://www.excedr.com/blog/single-cell-epigenomics
Gene Regulation https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Gene-Regulation
Spinning Out of Academia https://www.excedr.com/resources/how-to-spin-out-of-academia-and-into-a-startup
Product-Market Fit in the Life Sciences https://www.universitylabpartners.org/blog/understanding-product-market-fit
Common Mistakes of First-Time Founders & Biotechs https://www.excedr.com/blog/common-business-mistakes
The Biotech Startups Podcast is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so
86 episodes
MP3•Episode home
Manage episode 422220080 series 3461709
Content provided by Jon Chee. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Jon Chee or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
As a podcast listener, you can redeem exclusive discounts with a growing list of biotech vendors and get $500 off your first equipment lease by using promo code “TBSP” on https://www.excedr.com/rewards.
Part 2 of 4.
Part 2 of 4.
My guest for this week’s episode is Quin Wills, CSO and Co-Founder of Ochre Bio, a pioneering biotechnology company developing RNA therapies for chronic liver diseases. Using a combination of genomic deep phenotyping, precision RNA medicine, and testing in live human donor livers, Ochre is developing therapies for liver health challenges ranging from increasing donor liver supply to reducing cirrhosis complications.
In addition to his work at Ochre, Quin is also a highly accomplished academic with a medical degree from Witwatersrand University and doctoral degrees from Cambridge and Oxford in computational biology, mathematics, and statistical genomics.
Along with his academic accomplishments, Quin also co-founded SimuGen and has worked at the University College London, the Mayo Clinic, and Novo Nordisk before he went on to co-found Ochre Bio. Quin's diverse experiences offer a wealth of insights that everyone can draw inspiration from.
Join us this week and hear about Quin’s:
- Early interest for bioinformatics and genomics
- Pursuit of dual degrees in Computational Mathematics and Biology at Oxford University at Cambridge, respectively
- Exploration of single-cell genomics, RNA, and gene regulation
- Experience founding SimuGen during his graduate studies
Please enjoy my conversation with Quin Wills.
Find Our Guest, Quin Wills, at these links:
Find Our Guest, Quin Wills, at these links:
Find Our Host, Jon Chee, at these links:
Timestamps:
00:28 Intro
01:52 Pursuing dual masters at Oxford and Cambridge in computational biology and mathematics
05:16 Quin’s experience at Oxford studying genomics
06:22 Studying single-cell genomics and gene regulation
09:16 Academia’s early views on entrepreneurship and spinning out a startup
11:19 Founding SimuGen as a graduate student, balancing studies with entrepreneurship
13:04 SimuGen’s approach to drug development, the lessons learned from a lack of product-market fit
14:35 Common mistakes of a first-time scientific founder
16:21 Lessons learned from 1st wave of bioinformatics, the importance of having a clear vision
18:19 The value of understanding complex systems and learning by doing
19:05 Outro
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/
Enriched Notes:
Topics Mentioned:
Oxford University https://www.ox.ac.uk/
University of Cambridge https://www.cam.ac.uk/
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology https://www.excedr.com/blog/what-is-bioinformatics-and-computational-biology
Single-Cell Genomics https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-0960-x
Single-Cell Epigenomics https://www.excedr.com/blog/single-cell-epigenomics
Gene Regulation https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Gene-Regulation
Spinning Out of Academia https://www.excedr.com/resources/how-to-spin-out-of-academia-and-into-a-startup
Product-Market Fit in the Life Sciences https://www.universitylabpartners.org/blog/understanding-product-market-fit
Common Mistakes of First-Time Founders & Biotechs https://www.excedr.com/blog/common-business-mistakes
The Biotech Startups Podcast is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so
86 episodes
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