Standards for Science: Ruth Cheng ’01 is CEO of ATCC, which creates the standards and reference materials that make biological discoveries reproducible

Standards for Science: Ruth Cheng ’01 is CEO of ATCC, which creates the standards and reference materials that make biological discoveries reproducible

Standards for Science: Ruth Cheng ’01 is CEO of ATCC, which creates the standards and reference materials that make biological discoveries reproducible. We chatted about: - ATCC's essential role in supplying reference materials for reproducible experiments - how her undergrad research at Cornell shaped her career path into science and leadership - her transition from bench research to the business side of science (0:00) what is ATCC? why is it important for research? (5:06) workflow around ATCC reference materials (7:41) depositing reference materials to ATCC (12:09) over 100k items in catalog (14:49) research experience at Cornell (18:40) scientifically interesting research directions (22:31) getting a PhD (24:58) moving to the business side of science (28:53) importance of making the standards (30:33) 3d model of organ on a chip (34:49) nonprofit governance structure (38:00) AI increases pace of biological data (40:07) closing question

Reweaving the Clothing Industry: Beth Esponnette ’10 is founder of unspun, a Series B startup that's transforming how we make clothing more sustainably

Reweaving the Clothing Industry: Beth Esponnette ’10 is founder of unspun, a Series B startup that's transforming how we make clothing more sustainably - what unspun does, and why it's important for sustainable apparel - why she chose Cornell's fiber science and apparel major - the journey of building a Series B startup (0:00) what is unspun? why is clothing important? (6:00) limits of robotics in clothing manufacturing (11:14) how weaving changes (13:33) onshore manufacturing (15:35) business model (17:27) reduce lead times (19:38) sustainability (23:00) custom fit for expression (26:25) recycling apparel (27:44) wardrobe changes (31:39) creating holistic systems (32:13) startup journey (36:49) growing the startup (41:22) closing question

AI and Health at Weill Cornell: Professor Fei Wang is Associate Dean for AI and Data Science at Weill Cornell

AI and Health at Weill Cornell: Professor Fei Wang is Associate Dean for AI and Data Science at Weill Cornell, we chatted about: - why Cornell is the best university for AI health research - examples of how AI is used throughout Weill Cornell - Cornell's amazing culture of collaboration and innovation (0:00) AI at Weill Cornell (2:21) specific examples of AI (4:55) clinical care improves with AI (6:14) how collaboration happens at Cornell (9:52) why Cornell is the best for AI health research (11:39) integrating AI with clinical workflow (13:40) creating a culture of AI and health (16:13) funding grants, and cross-campus collaboration (19:10) funding sources for AI (24:56) research group organization (28:00) starting as an assistant professor (30:22) balance of industry and academia (34:59) how industry can work with Weill Cornell (37:26) Fei Wang's path to AI and Health (40:23) closing question

Building the Data Layer for AI Agents: Chris Pisarski ’11 is Founder of Crustdata, an AI Startup that provides B2B data for AI Agents

Building the Data Layer for AI Agents: Chris Pisarski ’11 is Founder of Crustdata, an AI startup that provides B2B data for AI agents!! we chatted about: - importance of B2B data in AI workflows, helping AI agents access data - how to think bigger and move faster, to build momentum in the startup - the future of AI agents buying from AI agents (0:00) what is B2B data (3:35) example recruiting website (5:05) more specialized data than foundation models (9:24) listen to customers when market changes rapidly (12:04) marketing to AI agents (18:46) how YC is helpful (22:39) fundraising from position of strength (16:29) co-founder matching (24:19) building momentum (28:04) starting multiple startups (31:01) entrepreneurship learnings at Cornell (32:54) finding the first startup job coming out of Cornell (36:32) where to build an AI startup (38:14) final question

Commercializing Cornell's Breakthroughs: Loren Busby is Director of Weill Cornell's BioVenture eLab

Commercializing Cornell's Breakthroughs: Loren Busby is Director of Weill Cornell's BioVenture eLab!! we chatted about: - innovation at Weill Cornell, how the BioVenture eLab help researchers and clinicians - how to commercialize research, through licensing, startups, and more - how academic successes translates to commercialization successes come to the Weill Cornell BioInnovate Conference on 4/23!! (registration info in comments)!! the most amazing research and commercialization!! (0:00) what is the bioventure elab (4:18) regulatory pathways and go to market (8:22) founder-market fit in healthcare (11:07) specific example of starting startups (13:07) designing a new product (14:00) specific example #2 (15:33) balancing research and startups (18:35) pathway to commercialization depends on where the money comes from (21:25) understanding the biotech market (23:03) understanding the marketplace (27:05) building up a reputation in academia and commercialization (30:22) research and patents (33:40) come to the BioInnovate Conference on 4/23 starts at 3pm (36:02) successes from past BioInnovate Conferences (38:38) creating a culture of innovation (41:35) closing question