Making labs smarter for scientific breakthroughs

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of lab management with Ryan Cawood, focusing on integrated digital solutions for scientific breakthroughs.

Today, we dive into the future of lab management with Ryan Cawood, CEO and co-founder of Lab Thread. Ryan's journey spans groundbreaking work in virotherapy and gene delivery during his D.Phil at Oxford, to founding OXGENE, a cell and gene therapy innovator acquired by WuXi Advanced Therapies in 2021. We'll explore the frustrations of fragmented lab tools that inspired Lab Thread's integrated digital solution—combining ELN, LIMS, molecular biology, and collaboration in one seamless platform. ...

People in this episode

Guest: Ryan Cawood

Topics covered

• lab management
• virotherapy
• gene delivery
• digital solutions
• scientific breakthroughs

Keywords

• lab management
• virotherapy
• gene therapy
• digital solutions
• scientific breakthroughs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lab Thread, OXGENE, WuXi Advanced Therapies, Oxford

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