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Show Notes
Part 1 of 4: Jon Chee hosts our latest guest, eMalick Njie, CEO of Ecotone AI, a company that is looking to use AI to find cures for rare inherited diseases. eMalick is an experienced scientist and entrepreneur who has focused on blending his expertise in neuroscience with his knowledge of AI.
In addition to founding two AI companies, Ecotone and Genetic Intelligence, eMalick received his PhD in Neurobiology and Neuroscience from the University of Florida. His extensive and diverse experience from being a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia university to being the CEO of the AI thinktank NeuroStorm makes our conversation with him one you won’t want to miss.
Join us this week to hear about:
- Growing up with hippie parents in the Gambia
- Being in the first neuroscience class in the country at Northeastern University
- Lessons learned in one on one conversations with a CEO
- Experience working with Dr. Alice Ting while at MIT
- Sticking to his principles and leaving MIT
Please enjoy Jon’s conversation with Dr. eMalick Njie!
Resources & Articles
Ecotone AI: https://ecotone.ai/
Genetic Leap: https://www.genetic-leap.com/
Northeastern University: https://cos.northeastern.edu/behavioral-neuroscience/
Millennium Pharmaceuticals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeda_Oncology
Eli Lilly Joins Forces with AI Startup Genetic Leap in $409M Deal https://www.geneonline.com/eli-lilly-joins-forces-with-ai-startup-genetic-leap-in-409m-deal-centered-around-rna-targeted-drug-discovery/
Biotech Startup Support: https://www.excedr.com/resources-category/biotech-startup-support
Organizations & People
Dr. Alice Y. Ting: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-ting-a7689835/
Dr. Wendy Smith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-smith-80663714/
Mark Howort https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-howarth-763112b1/
Dr. Eric Kandel: https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/profile/eric-kandel-md
Dr. David Bruchelt https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-borchelt-42474623/
Dr. Wolfgang Streit: https://neuroscience.ufl.edu/profile/streit-wolfgang/