Discovery Arc

Carson Bruns is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where his lab studies shape-shifting molecular machines. He is also the Co-Founder & President of HYPRSKN Inc, which has created Magic Ink - the world’s first rewritable tattoo ink. Expect to learn what happens to the immune system when you get a tattoo, how smart tattoos can help with diabetes and sunburn, and the medical benefits of reprogrammable ...

Royan Kamyar is the Founder and CEO of Owaves, a leading wellness app that helps users optimize their daily routines based on their own unique biology. He is a medical doctor turned entrepreneur, who merged his expertise in digital technologies with his passion for preventative health. Expect to learn why your calendar sucks and what you should do instead, how prioritizing your body clock could solve ADHD and depression, and the da...

Martina Maritan is a Science Designer at Biorender. She developed landmark tools for helping us understand what cells really look like, and now uses those skills to help other researchers visualize their work. Expect to learn how to use mixed reality headsets to learn about science, how to find jobs on social media, and the idea of structural biology books for kids.

Martina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martina-maritan/

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Abel Gutierrez is the Director of Sales at Complete Genomics, as well as a master strategist when it comes to biotech professional development. Expect to learn how to win people over as an introvert, how AI is changing sales and marketing, and the mistakes you’re likely making at networking events.

Abel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abel-gutierrez-b0b81b1/

Complete Genomics: https://www.completegenomics.com/

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Mackenzie Wildman is the Chief of Staff at Sage Bionetworks. She is a former research mathematician, who then turned to digital health, and ended up managing cross-functional teams to advance the sharing and reuse of medical data. Expect to learn what it takes to leave academia, what it’s like to work in a crypto start-up, and the keys to being an effective manager.

Mackenzie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenziewildman/

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Piper Fromy is an Associate Program Director at the Digital Medicine Society (DiME). With a career spanning psychology and clinical consulting, she now leads a project determined to find the most accurate and reliable metrics of good sleep. Expect to learn about the importance of sleep regularity, whether you’re victim to sleep revenge procrastination, and what it means to lucid dream.

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Dane Gobel is Co-founder of the Methuselah Foundation, which funds some of the most audacious projects in human longevity research. Expect to learn about the best biomarkers of aging, drug development in outer space, and why organs on a microchip might be vital to modeling human disease.

Methuselah Foundation: https://www.mfoundation.org/

Sponsors: Sage Bionetworks - driving a new age of discovery through open science and radical ...

Cameron Turtle is the CEO of Spyre Therapeutics. His team is developing a new class of therapies for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease that are more effective and convenient for patients. Expect to learn what life is like at a hyper-competitive consulting company, the skills needed to work at a start-up, and the steepest parts of the learning curve for a new CEO.

Cameron: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-turtle-701b3533/

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Lisa Cuevas Shaw is the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of the Center for Open Science. She leads initiatives that are focused on making science a public good. Expect to learn why intellectual property can still benefit from being open, how to stop publishing bias in studies, and the difficulties of running a winery.

Center for Open Science: https://www.cos.io/

Sponsors: Sage Bionetworks - driving a new age of discov...

Haresh Sangani is Founder & CEO of Hitech Advisors, a business and technology consulting company that has worked with leading, global brands. Expect to learn whether AI will give you a meaningful life, how to recognize if you want to be an entrepreneur, and the quality of pirated Bollywood movies.

Haresh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hareshsangani/

Hitech Advisors: https://hitechadvisors.com/

Sponsors: Sage Bionetworks - drivi...

Trish Zintel is a biomedical data manager at Sage Bionetworks. She curates datasets so that they can be reused by researchers to make life-changing discoveries about neurodegenerative diseases. Expect to learn how someone goes from illustrator to scientist, the value of healthy selective ignorance, and the links between art curation and Nicolas Cage.

Trish

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

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