Translating Science into Medicine—Moving from Bench to Startup as a First-Time Founder

Dr. Leo Qian
Nov 29, 2022
Time: Tuesday 3-4pm
Location:
130 Chemical Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry
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Featured speaker:
Ziqing “Leo” Qian, Ph.D., Co-founder and VP of Discovery Research at Entrada Therapeutics
Registration closed: Nov 29, 2022
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Dr. Leo Qian will be at Ohio State on November 29 to discuss his journey from the labs at Ohio State to co-founding a startup company.
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Registration closed: Nov 29, 2022

Ziqing “Leo” Qian, Ph.D. is co-founder and Vice President, Discovery Research at Entrada Therapeutics, a Boston-based biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the treatment of devastating diseases using intracellular therapeutics. Dr. Qian co-invented Entrada’s Endosomal Escape Vehicle (EEV™) platform, which is applied to the design and development of intracellular delivery of otherwise impermeable biological cargos, including oligonucleotides, proteins, and peptides. Leo obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from The Ohio State University and worked with his  advisor Dehua Pei, PhD.

Hosted by the Ohio Postgraduate Entrepreneurial Network (OPEN) at the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship. OPEN is a new integrated resource at the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship dedicated to increasing the entrepreneurial capacity of graduate students and postdocs. Opportunities include speaker series, entrepreneurial skills building workshops, mentorship and networking.