Show Notes
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to Slice Of Life Sciences.
I’ve been super eager to get to today’s session given our guest and what his company has done and is continuing to do as they are pioneering Tissue Therapeutics. I typically like you give an overview of the person and company, but today I am going to keep it short and sweet so we can dive right in. We have Arnav Chhabra, Co-Founder of Satellite Bio with us today, who is working on the next frontier of regenerative medicine which has enormous potential to solve some of the most elusive diseases in the world.
Arnav, thanks very, very much for being with us today and allowing the Slice Of listeners to hear about you, your background, and all things Satellite Bio.
What you'll learn about Chhabra:
- Chhabra's background
- How Chhabra became interested in biotech and who inspired him
- Chhabra's experience at UT and what his focus of study was
- How Chhabra's projects were able to become funded by the National Science Foundation and how he also became a member of the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
- Mentors at the university that helped Chhabra discover what he wanted to do after he graduated
- How Chhabra found himself at MIT and Harvard Medical School pursuing his Postdoc?
What you'll learn about Satellite Bio:
- How co-founding Satellite Bio came about, and who was the team that Chhabra had with him
- Satellite’s mission
- What impacts can Satellite Bio have on people all over the world and, more specifically, describe to us what the impact is that Tissue Therapeutics can have
- Their recent funding - and what this money will be used toward
- Their focus right now, and the reach this regenerative medicine can have
- Chhabra's primary role in the company & it's growth
- How the marketplace for Satellite Bio's therapies changed since it started
- What excited them the most about the potential of regenerative medicine and what can come from this
- The biggest challenges for Satellite Bio, and how important good hiring has been
- Company values that are key components of who Satellite Bio’s team is, & what they're most looking forward to in these next few years
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