Builders #29 w/ Seemay Chou - Co-Founder & CEO @ Arcadia Science | BIOS

Guest: Seemay Chou - President & CEO @ Arcadia Science

Dr. Seemay Chou, Ph.D. is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Board Member of Arcadia Science, a research and development company focusing on under researched areas in biology, with a specific focus on novel model organisms that haven't been traditionally studied in the lab.

The goals of Arcadia Science are to unlock the knowledge and ingenuity contained within a wide range of diverse species, uncover how evolution has solved limitless problems, and through revealing this untapped biological innovation, generate new technologies and products.

Dr. Chou is also the co-founder of Trove Biolabs, a startup focused on harnessing novel molecules found in tick saliva for skin therapies.

Dr. Chou joined Arcadia from UCSF where she was an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Dr. Chou received a Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology from UC Berkeley, and her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology from University of Texas at Austin.

Special Guest Host: Becky Pferdehirt - Investment Partner @ a16z

Becky Pferdehirt, PhD, is an investing partner on the Bio + Health team. She focuses on early stage companies building technology platforms for therapeutic discovery and development. She is involved in companies like: Cartography Bio, Vicinitas Therapeutics, Scribe Therapeutics, BioAge Labs, Genesis Therapeutics, Inceptive, GC Therapeutics, Trotana, Patch Bio, Stipple Bio, and Siduma Therapeutics.

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Becky worked at Amgen, where she most recently led business development efforts for therapeutic platform partnerships. Before moving to BD, Becky was a research scientist in Amgen R&D, focused on cell and gene therapy technology innovation.

Becky completed her postdoctoral education at Genentech, studying cancer cell biology and proteomics. She holds a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UC Berkeley and a BS in Biology from MIT. She grew up in the midwest across Chicago and Madison, and in her free time enjoys spending time with her two daughters, skiing and kiteboarding.

Host: Chris Ghadban

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