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Episode 52: Entrepreneurship in Immunotherapy: Capstan’s Adrian Bot on Teambuilding
Episode 52: Entrepreneurship in Immunotherapy: Capstan’s Adrian Bot on Teambuilding
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode of The Chain, Brandon Dekosky, Associate Professor at MIT, speaks with Adrian Bot, Founding Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of R&D at Capstan Therapeutics, about his experiences in leadership roles, his scientific journey, and how he started work on immunotherapy for cancer. Bot also shares what it's like to be a “serial scientific entrepreneur” and the importance of networking to assemble a team that shares mutual interests, as well as how to motivate young scientists and researchers coming into the biotech industry. Finally, he discusses why he finds flat organizational structures with smaller teams more effective and what he does to maintain innovation.
Released:
Aug 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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