Building Backwards to Biotech with Stephanie Wisner

Building backwards to biotech: the power of entrepreneurship to drive cutting-edge science to market.

Ever wondered how research makes it out of the lab and to patients? Start-ups, entrepreneurship, and biotechnology are proven tracks for bringing novel science from the bench and to the market, where it has the potential to impact people's health and lives for the better. Join alumna Stephanie Wisner A&S '16 Chemistry, who will share her findings from industry experts that she recently published in her new book, Building Backwards to Biotech: The Power of Entrepreneurship to Drive Cutting Edge Science to Market. Wisner will discuss her career path from scientist to biotech cofounder, as well as the methods you need to understand in order to start your own start-up or understand the exciting emerging industry of biotech. Alumna Ilana Kotliar A&S '18 Chemistry, PhD candidate at The Rockefeller University, will discuss the "cutting-edge" scientific technologies we are seeing in the lab and why they have the potential to transform patient lives through entrepreneurship and biotech. Bring your questions, and get a chance to win a free book, signed by the author. 

Stephanie A. Wisner co-founded the biotech start-up, Centivax, where she is now Chief Business Officer. She has also advised multiple biotech start-ups on business and commercialization strategy through her consulting business, BioVenture Advising LLC. In 2022, she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Healthcare. She completed her MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with concentrations in finance, accounting, and entrepreneurship. She received her Bachelor's Degree in chemistry and chemical biology from Cornell University and was awarded the Einhorn Discovery Research Grant for her independent research on cancer. Building Backwards to Biotech was an Amazon #1 New Release in the Category of Biotechnology. The book is currently taught as part of bioentrepreneurial programming at multiple top institutions, including Dartmouth College, Cornell University, and others. While she no longer gets as much time in the lab, she enjoys the travel and continuous learning this career involves. You can reach Stephanie at bioventureadvising.com.