Dr. Mead has decades of experience working on biotechnology, patenting a method called TA Cloning which has sold over a billion dollars! And now, he's working on another company that could help discover drugs from nature 10x more quickly.  

To learn more about Varigen, visit http://varigenbiosciences.com/ 

P.S. Dr. Mead used a LOT of technical terms. I defined them all here: https://cutt.ly/VWMHMJ2 

Timeline
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Dr. Mead's career path
06:31 Mini-science brief
08:32 Upside of academic setting
09:32 Following your interest
10:56 Challenges in academia + biotech
12:17 How to find biotech problems
13:23 Upside of industrial setting
14:24 Lessons learned the hard way
18:21 Dr. Mead's latest work
22:15 What's next for Dr. Mead