Manufacturing

  1. Automating Processes To Scale CGT Manufacturing With PA Consulting's Paolo Siciliano 3/2/2023

    When it comes to manufacturing, many cell and gene therapy companies struggle to automate the diverse processes needed to scale manufacturing. London-based PA Consulting's Associate Partner, Paolo Siciliano, talks to Cell & Gene: The Podcast's Erin Harris about how lean, small biotechs with limited resources and limited funds can strive for automation success. They also discuss what cell and gene therapy companies should do today to address tomorrow’s scalability challenges and what the long-term effects on the business may be from such upfront work.

  2. The Future Of iPSCs With BlueRock Therapeutics' CEO Seth Ettenberg 12/8/2022

    BlueRock Therapeutics' President and CEO Seth Ettenberg, Ph.D. talks to Cell & Gene: The Podcast listeners about the company's Phase 1 Clinical Trial for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease. Ettenberg also covers the most promising therapeutic applications for iPSCs currently in development as well as the major regulatory challenges that the field faces for their clinical use. We also cover how far iPSCs have come and what future progress may entail.

  3. TJU's Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing's Impact on CGT with Parviz Shamlou 5/10/2023

    Parviz Shamlou, Vice President and Executive Director at Thomas Jefferson University joins Cell & Gene: The Podcast to talk to Host Erin Harris about Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing (JIB), the full-service development and training organization specializing in biopharmaceuticals and biologics. Shamlou explains how JIB will move forward cell and gene therapies as well as JIB’s partnership with NIBRT (National Institute for Bioprocessing Research & Training), and much more.

  4. The Future Of CAR-T With Bristol Myers Squibb's Lynelle Hoch 8/25/2023

    Check out a discussion on the near-term future of CAR-T, along with a deep dive into various innovations and patient access progress being made in both solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.

  5. Dr. Bruce Levine on ISCT and the Future of CAR-T 5/23/2024

    In anticipation of ISCT 2024 in Vancouver, Canada, Dr. Bruce Levine is back on Cell & Gene: The Podcast to share information about the event as well as his expertise on the future of CAR-T therapy for solid tumors, autoimmune disease, and more.

  6. The Promise Of Genome Editing With Caribou Biosciences' Rachel Haurwitz, Ph.D. 8/15/2023

    On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Rachel Haurwitz, Ph.D., CEO at Caribou Biosciences joins Host Erin Harris to discuss the evolution of genome editing, its present state, as well as its undeniable potential. Listen now to learn more about Caribou's chRDNA genome editing technology and how it differs from CRISPR-Cas9.

  7. An Interview With Dr. Carl June 8/9/2022

    Dr. Carl June, an HIV gene therapy pioneer and the father of CAR-T cell therapy, joins Cell & Gene: The Podcast to discuss the current state of CAR-T therapy, what's on the short-term horizon for immunotherapy, ongoing manufacturing capacity issues, an update on Emily Whitehead, the first child to receive CAR-T cell therapy on an experimental basis, and more.

  8. Building Integrated cGMP Systems for Autologous Cell Therapies with MassGen's Tatyana Matveeva, Ph.D. 5/6/2026

    In episode 128, Host Erin Harris talks to Tatyana Matveeva, Ph.D., Director of cGMP Operations at George A. "Doc" Lopez, MD Laboratory for Regenerative Cell Therapy, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, about leading cGMP operations within an integrated ecosystem at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where manufacturing, research, and neurosurgery coexist.

  9. Harnessing AI and Synthetic Biology for Cell Therapies with Generate:Biomedicines' Dr. Alex Snyder 5/20/2025

    Host Erin Harris talks to Generate:Biomedicines' EVP of R&D, Dr. Alex Snyder on Cell & Gene: The Podcast about the convergence of AI, machine learning (ML), and synthetic biology in the development of next-generation therapies. They cover how AI is transforming drug discovery by enabling the rapid design and optimization of therapeutic candidates, particularly in complex fields like immuno-oncology and cell therapy.

  10. Manufacturing at the Point of Care with Orgenesis' CEO Vered Caplan 11/28/2022

    Orgenesis' CEO, Vered Caplan explains the business model behind providing cell and gene therapies that may be manufactured at the point of care. She details how working with hospitals and healthcare providers to enable them to participate in CGT development on their sites and providing these therapies in-house by adapting them to closed system manufacturing rather than relying on the typical biotech model is an important step forward in CGT manufacturing.