Ep#041: Exploring Microgravity for Life Science with Daniela Bezdan

Welcome to the next episode of the Personalized Medicine Podcast. In this episode, we have talked about a variety of topics ranging from exploring space and microgravity for applications in biotechnology and physical science to developing pathogen detection systems.

Our guest today is Dr. Daniela Bezdan, the Chief Scientific Officer of Yuri Gravity and co-founder of Poppy. Daniela is also the co-chair at several space-associated organizations such as ISSOP (International Space Standards Operation Procedure) and NASA GeneLabs that foster international cooperation, and support educational citizen science projects.

Together with Daniela we discussed:
◦ Evolution of microgravity in biotech
◦ Yuri Gravity and its space mission
◦ Key factors in designing space biotech experiments
◦ Poppy and its pathogen detection system
◦ Challenges of starting a start-up
◦ Advice to budding biotech entrepreneurs
◦ The outlook on the next decade of personalized medicine

Get in touch with Daniela:
◦ LinkedIn: Daniela Bezdan
◦ Twitter: @Daniela_Bezdan, @yurigravity, @poppy_health
◦ Web: https://www.yurigravity.com/, https://poppy.com/