The NGBIdeas Podcast
Who are today’s visionaries and tomorrow’s leaders in Canada’s Life Sciences sector? What are they doing and how did they get there? Listen as Jim Wilson sits down with notable leaders, innovators and disruptors who are working on the Next Great Big Ideas in Biotech, Genetics, Medtech and Life Sciences.
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Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
July 11, 2023 - Our guest today is Geoff Evans, who is President of Eurofins CDMO Alphora Inc. in Mississauga Ontario. Geoff started his career in the life sciences sector, but he moved to industrial products and then rebounded back to a small research lab that eventually grow into one of Canada's foremost contract development and manufacturing organizations.
Eurofins: eurofins.com
Lab Occupier: laboccupier.com
Summit: nextgreatbigideas.com
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
July, 4 2023 - Our guest today is Ryan Wiley, President of Shift Health in Toronto. Ryan grew up in Oshawa, Ontario and his original plan was to attend medical school, but like many of our guests, he pivoted in university and now runs one of Canada's premier life sciences consulting firms. His personal journey is one to which many people in Canada will relate, and I'm very thankful Ryan has kindly shared it with us today.
Shift Health: shifthealth.com
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Lab Occupier: laboccupier.com
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
June 27, 2023 - Our guest today is Mitch Sivilotti, CEO of OmniaBio Inc. Mitch grew up in London, Ontario, and his journey has taken him to Quebec City, Los Angeles, Asia, Kingston, Toronto, and finally to Hamilton where he and his team are building what will be one of the next generation of cell and gene therapy manufacturing facilities in Canada. OmniaBio is a subsidiary of CCRM and it’s a contract development in and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that is producing gene-modified cells and viral vectors that are compliant with current GMP standards. OmniaBio is in the midst of building a 400,000 square-foot facility, which will be the largest CDMO exclusively manufacturing for cell and gene therapies in Canada, Mitch and the team are creating jobs and supporting global therapeutics developers who are advancing pioneering medicine that has the potential to cure many forms of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, Parkinson’s, and diabetes.
OmniaBio: OmniaBio.com
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Lab Occupier: laboccupier.com
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
June 20, 2023 - Our guest today is Drew Marquardt, an Associate Professor in the department of chemistry and bio chemistry at the University Windsor. His team are developing applying neutron scattering strategies to study membrane structures, and processes. More than 3000 Canadians are diagnosed with brain cancers like glioblastoma multiforme or recurrent head and neck cancer, which is very difficult to treat. One of the most promising treatments for these cancers is boron neutron capture therapy.
Drew: dmarquardt.ca
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Lab Occupier: laboccupier.com
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
June 6, 2023 - On todays episode is Bruno Paquin from AtomVie Global Radio Pharma. Listen in as Bruno shares behind the scenes details of his professional and personal journey to becoming CEO of one of North America’s leading CDMOs in the radiopharmaceuticals sector.
AtomVie: atomvie.com
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Lab Occupier: laboccupier.com
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
April 25, 2023 - Our guest for our final show this season is John Lewis, who is the Bird Dogs Chair in Translational Oncology at the University of Alberta, and founder and CEO of Entos Pharma in Edmonton. We're delighted to have John on the show today because he fits into every one of our categories. He's an academic scientist who leads one of the top oncology research organizations in Canada. He's a serial entrepreneur who commercializes innovative research, and he and his team are doing a great job of chipping away at the Canadian Life Sciences status quo.
Entos - entospharma.com
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Lab Occupier: laboccupier.com
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
April 18, 2023 - This week we're reaching back into the archives to re-broadcast an expanded and re-edited interview with our first podcast guest, Aaron Styles CEO of Environmental Systems Corporation. Join us as we speak about his work journey back to his home town of Barrie Ontario. Aaron and I also discuss how the next great big idea in clean room environments is about data rather than construction.
ESC: www.e-s-c.com
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
April 11, 2023 - The Canadian Life Sciences community contains a broad spectrum of sectors and some of our listeners may be surprised to learn that spectrum includes agriculture and horticulture. The Vineland Research and Innovation Center in Vineland, Ontario is one of the leading organizations in this area and our guest today is Darby McGrath, who is Vice President Research and Development at the center.
Vineland Research & Innovation Centre: vinelandresearch.com
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Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
April 4, 2023 - Today we're joined by Dr. Lisa Porter from the University of Windsor, who shares her perspective on the growing life sciences sector in Windsor Essex. As Dr. Porter points out, if you're part of Canada's life sciences sector and you do not have Windsor on your radar, you should.
University of Windsor: www.uwindsor.ca
Porter Lab: porterlab.com
We Spark: www.wesparkhealth.com
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Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
March 28, 2023 - On the show today we're speaking with Glenn McCarthy, president and CEO of Labworks International Inc.
Lab Works: labworksinternational.com
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