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How Arizona Built a Bioscience Economy at State Scale: A Conversation with Mary O'Reilly
When people talk about Arizona's emergence as a bioscience leader, the conversation often focuses on Phoenix. But the state's success story is much larger than any single city.In this episode of The Commons, host Thomas Osha wel...
Innovating by Design: Matt Ellsworth on Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
What does it take to build a world-class bioscience ecosystem?While many regions aspire to become centers of innovation, few have sustained a coordinated strategy long enough to produce transformative results. Arizona is one of the excep...
How Breakthroughs Get Built: A Conversation with Steve Potts
In this episode of The Commons, host Thomas Osha sits down with Steve Potts, CEO of Breakthru Medicine, to explore what it actually takes to turn scientific insight into life-changing therapies. With multiple FDA-approved drugs in his ...
A Platform For Discovery and Impact: A Conversation with John Swartley
What does it take to move ideas out of the laboratory and into the world, at meaningful scale, with purpose, and without losing the soul of academic discovery?In this episode of The Commons, host Thomas Osha sits down with John ...
Creating Impact from Innovation - The Evolving Role of the University City Science Center: A Conversation with CEO, Tiffany Wilson
In this episode, University City Science Center CEO, Tiffany Wilson joins host Thomas Osha, to explore the changing role of intermediary organizations; the importance of translational science in a moment of accelerating discovery; the challenge...