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Rabia Khan - Serna Bio: Unraveling the Genetics of AI-Driven Drug Discovery (Part 1/4)

🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr—helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science. As a TBSP listener, you can get exclusive perks through Excedr’s partner network—special savings, promotions, and more. Explore these offers today: https://www.excedr.com/partners. "I was born and raised in a developing country. I was born and raised in Pakistan. And it's very interesting when you're born in a developing country. That's your world. Right? That's all you know." In part one of this four-part series on The Biotech Startups Podcast, Rabia Khan shares her journey from growing up in Pakistan to founding Serna Bio, an AI-driven drug discovery company. She reflects on how her aunt’s battle with schizophrenia and the sequencing of the human genome sparked her passion for genetics and healthcare. Rabia also recounts her move to McGill University, adjusting to life as an international student, and landing her first research role—washing dishes and pipetting water in a schizophrenia lab. Key topics covered: ● Formative Influences: Shaped by Pakistan upbringing, aunt's schizophrenia, and genome sequencing ● Educational Journey: Balancing biology and economics at McGill ● First Research Experiences: From lab basics to discovering a disease-causing gene ● Decision-Making Frameworks: Applying economics principles to business decisions ● Family Influence: Mother's practicality and father's entrepreneurial drive guided her path If you enjoy The Biotech Startups Podcast, please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing it with your friends. Thanks for listening. Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PSL162... Youtube:    / @thebiotechstartupspodcast   Website: https://www.thebiotechstartupspodcast... Find our guest, Rabia Khan, at these links: LinkedIn:   / rabiatkhan   Website: https://www.serna.bio/ Find our host, Jon Chee, at these links: LinkedIn:   / jonchee   Learn more about Excedr: LinkedIn:   / excedr   Website: https://www.excedr.com Intro & Outro Songs Created by OkKyojin, Owned by Excedr: Website: https://flow.page/kyojin Resources & Articles: ● The Human Genome Project: https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-p... ● Schizophrenia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizop... ● Opportunity Cost: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/... ● Marginal Utility: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/... ● The Prisoner's Dilemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisone... ● Ray Dalio's Decision Making Frameworks: https://www.principles.com/principles... ● Nassim Taleb's Antifragility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifra...) ● Black Swan by Nassim Taleb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bla... ● McGill University's Human Genetics Program: https://www.mcgill.ca/humangenetics/o... ● Hydatidiform Moles Research: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... Companies, Universities, & People mentioned: ● Benevolent AI: https://www.benevolent.com/ ● Meta: https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/23/cha... ● Bayer: https://www.bayer.com/ ● BMS (Bristol Myers Squibb): https://www.bms.com/ ● Roche: https://www.roche.com/ ● Alexion: https://www.alexion.com/ ● Gustavo Turecki https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/gu... ● Rima Slim https://scholar.google.ca/citations?u... ● Danielle Malo   / danielle-malo-a204a174   ● Ray Dalio   / raydalio   ● Nassim Taleb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:29 Upbringing in Pakistan and Early Influences 06:59 Formative Experiences: Human Genome Sequencing and Aunt's Schizophrenia 14:54 Educational Experience: British System and Academic Rigor 19:25 Economics and Biology: Dual Interests and Decision Making Frameworks 26:34 Decision Making: Opportunity Cost and Probabilistic Thinking 33:03 International Education: Choosing McGill University 39:31 First Lab Experience: Working in a Schizophrenia Research Lab 47:09 Undergraduate Research: Discovering the Gene for Hydatidiform Moles 52:48 Father's Influence on PhD Decision 54:11 Outro #biotech #startups #podcast #biotechpodcast #lifesciencespodcast #sciencepodcast #womeninstem #genetics #drugdiscovery #entrepreneurshipjourney #mcgilluniversity