Drs. Sheila Singh and Jason Moffat—Century Therapeutics| Inspiration from the Two Christophers [Ep.15]

In episode 15 of ReBootHealth, I speak with Drs. Singh and Moffat. They co-founded Empirica Therapeutics in 2018 to address glioblastoma and were recently acquired by Century Therapeutics in 2020 to form Century Therapeutics Canada. Sheila and Jason discuss their chance meeting to collaborate, Canadian stem cell research, the challenges they faced as an early-stage biotech venture, and where they feel Canada can do better. We also touched on the great things we’re doing in the biotech space despite all the challenges and finally, for all you aspiring graduate students, you’ll hear how to get invention out of academia and turn it into innovation. As always, I hope you find the episode valuable. Please write a review on Apple Podcast. For other episodes or to learn more you can visit us at ReBootHealth or follow us on Twitter: @Reboothealth1 Episode recorded on January 28, 2022. 09:30—The two Christophers. 14:30—Serendipity and the power of collaboration. 19:55—Canada and stem cell research. 26:08—Starting Empirica Therapeutics. 34:27—Transitioning scientists to entrepreneurs. 43:56—Moving research from the ivory tower. 51:44—Fostering the Canadian biotechnology ecosystem.