Episodes: 15
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Listener location: USA
Publicly listed emails
info@portal.bio
arielle@pinwheelpods.com
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Armon Sharei - Founder and CEO of Portal Biotechnologies and previously founder and CEO of SQZ Biotech. He holds a PhD and has led the development and commercialization of cell-engineering technologies, raised mo...
Mike Huckman - Communicating Complex Science, Executive Communications, Biotech Storytelling, Crisis Preparation, Investor And Patient Communications, And Making Life Sciences Narratives More Accessible.
Jonathan Gilbert - Building SQZ Biotech From An Early Lab Concept To Major Partnerships, Biotech Fundraising, Roche Collaboration, Company-building Decisions, Business Development, And Research Partnerships.
Federico Parietti - Robotic Biomanufacturing, Automation And AI In Advanced-therapy Production, Cell And Gene Therapy Manufacturing, Fundraising, Customer Validation, And Founder Resilience.
James Taylor - Building A Life Sciences Platform Company, Non-dilutive Funding, Commercial Scaling, Business Models, Technical Sales, Board And Management Dynamics, And The Path To A Strategic Acquisition.
Jason Kelly - Building And Financing A Synthetic Biology Company, Platform Business Models, IPO Strategy, Autonomous Laboratories, Biotech Infrastructure, And Emerging Opportunities In Longevity And Wellness.
From the Newsroom to the C-Suite: Coaching Biotech's Best Storytellers
September 24, 2026
Guest: Mike Huckman, Principal, Huckman Group In this episode of Boba & Biotech, Armon sits down with longtime biotech communications advisor and former CNBC reporter, Mike Huckman, to talk about one of life sciences’ biggest challenges: communicating complex science in a way that people actually understand. Mike shares his unconventional path from local TV news to covering pharma, biotech, and medtech at CNBC, and eventually helping biotech leaders tell their stories. The conversation dives...
SQZ Series Part I - with Jon Gilbert Building SQZ From a Lab Bench to a Roche Deal
August 27, 2026
Backed by popular demand, we're kicking off a SQZ series on Boba & Biotech. For part I, Armon sits down with Jon Gilbert, his longtime friend and SQZ’s third employee, now leading the TuneLab effort at Eli Lilly. Taking turns as hosts, they revisit the scrappy, unpredictable early days of SQZ and unpack what it really took to turn a weird but promising idea (literally squeezing cells) into a company pursuing transformative applications in drug delivery and cell therapy. The conversation is p...
Robots, Cells, and the Future of Individualized Medicine
July 30, 2026
Guest: Fred Parietti In this episode of Boba & Biotech, Armon sits down with Federico ("Fred") Parietti, Co-Founder and CEO of Multiply Labs, for a conversation about bringing robotics and AI into one of biotech's biggest bottlenecks: manufacturing. Fred shares how meeting his future co-founder at MIT opened his eyes to just how manual biopharmaceutical manufacturing still was, inspiring the creation of Multiply Labs to automate the production of advanced therapies. Nearly a decade later, th...
Raising Biotech · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Boba & Biotech is hosted by Armon Sharei. Its publicly listed emails are info@portal.bio and arielle@pinwheelpods.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed emails for Boba & Biotech: info@portal.bio and arielle@pinwheelpods.com.
Podseeker estimates Boba & Biotech reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Boba & Biotech typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Biotech or life sciences founders, CEOs, senior pharmaceutical or platform-company executives, experienced drug-development and manufacturing leaders, investors, or established scientific and communications experts with firsthand experience building companies, advancing therapies, commercializing technology, or explaining complex science. Common among recent guests: Founded or scaled a biotechnology or life sciences company; Secured major financing, partnerships, or strategic acquisitions; Advanced clinical programs or commercialized drug-development platforms. Recent guests include Mike Huckman, Jonathan Gilbert, and Federico Parietti.
High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.
Recent episodes cover Science, Biotechnology, Drug Development, Cell Therapy, and Biotech Entrepreneurship. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
Publicly listed emails
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arielle@pinwheelpods.com
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