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The Columbia Invents podcast by Columbia Technology Ventures is a series of interviews with faculty researchers at Columbia University. Hosted by Orin Herskowitz, Executive Director of Columbia Technology Ventures, the series explores breakthrough innovations being developed in Columbia’s scientific laboratories, the process of spinning these technologies out of the lab and into the market via industry or startups, and the challenges early stage technologies must overcome in order to realize their full potential.
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Dr. Henry Colecraft is the John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at Columbia and the inventor of engineered deubiquitinases, a breakthrough innovation that rescues proteins marked for destruction by many genetic diseases including cystic fibrosis, Long QT syndrome, and potentially many others. He shares what it’s like to launch his new startup with a huge Series A investment from prominent venture capitalists; the critical role that graduate students and postdocs play in university innovation; and how Sherlock Holmes inspired him to become a scientist.
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