Inside Biotech is an exciting podcast from BCLA, which focuses on the science behind SoCal’s most innovative new biotech companies. This semi-monthly podcast, hosted by Gabriella Rubert, Ph.D. Candidate at UCLA and Podcast Lead at BCLA, is the perfect way for anyone interested in LA’s biotech community to stay informed about current progress and developments. Episodes feature conversations with scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and more about the cutting-edge science that goes on inside their companies to offer listeners diverse perspectives from experts across niches and levels in the biotech space. On Inside Biotech, science story-telling meets big business, touching on a range of themes from across the world of southern California’s biotechnology industry.
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Inside Biotech is an exciting podcast from BCLA, which focuses on the science behind SoCal’s most innovative new biotech companies. This semi-monthly podcast, hosted by Gabriella Rubert, Ph.D. Candidate at UCLA and Podcast Lead at BCLA, is the perfect way for anyone interested in LA’s biotech community to stay informed about current progress and developments. Episodes feature conversations with scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and more about the cutting-edge science that goes on inside their companies to offer listeners diverse perspectives from experts across niches and levels in the biotech space. On Inside Biotech, science story-telling meets big business, touching on a range of themes from across the world of southern California’s biotechnology industry.
From Neuroscience to OmBiome: Dr. Julia Perederiy on Building a Science-Backed Wellness Brand
Inside Biotech
52 minutes 6 seconds
7 months ago
From Neuroscience to OmBiome: Dr. Julia Perederiy on Building a Science-Backed Wellness Brand
In this episode of Inside Biotech, we sit down with Dr. Julia Perederiy, neuroscientist and Founder of OmBiome, a regenerative health company revolutionizing personal care through microalgae. Julia shares her journey from academia to entrepreneurship, the science behind her mission, and how wellness trends are evolving in today’s market. Tune in for insights on building a biotech-driven wellness brand and how algae could shape the future of holistic health.
(0:00) Intro to this months episode with Dr. Julia Perederiy from OmBiome!
(1:35) City of Hope Ad
(2:13) Greeting Dr. Julia Perederiy from OmBiome
(2:57) OmBiome is a regenerative health company using algae for oral health
(4:08) What inspired Julia to start a company in the wellness space
(5:50) What is the line between a therapeutic and a wellness supplement?
(7:13) Strict language to as wellness products cannot “treat” disease, but can support them.
(8:40) How to define OmBiome’s success?
(10:30) Julia hopes that this “wellness” focus will shift to a Biotech company
(11:59) What is the marketing strategy for OmBiome?
(15:02) What is Julia’s background in science?
(17:50) How did Julia get from neuroscience to OmBiome’s focus on nutrition and the microenvironment
(23:10) How effective vs. mechanism for how OmBiome improves the mouth.
(24:00) Nobody cares about science of how things work, but they care about how to meet unmet need.
(28:25) Importance of having whole foods rather than additive Vitamins.
(30:05) Basis for gum disease
(31:28) What is the first step towards starting OmBiome?
(35:38) Statistics in dental health are really powerful indicators that most adults have gum disease and many children have cavities.
(37:22) Spirulina in the supplement industry.
(38:50) Julia came to the United States from Russia at the age of 12.
(42:10) Esoteric terms in a different fields like science, business, wellness, etc.
(43:40) Where is the wellness industry going in the next 10 years?
(49:02) We do not need every minute detail of science answered to help humanity.
(50:35) Wrap up of episode with Dr. Julia Perederiy
Inside Biotech
Inside Biotech is an exciting podcast from BCLA, which focuses on the science behind SoCal’s most innovative new biotech companies. This semi-monthly podcast, hosted by Gabriella Rubert, Ph.D. Candidate at UCLA and Podcast Lead at BCLA, is the perfect way for anyone interested in LA’s biotech community to stay informed about current progress and developments. Episodes feature conversations with scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and more about the cutting-edge science that goes on inside their companies to offer listeners diverse perspectives from experts across niches and levels in the biotech space. On Inside Biotech, science story-telling meets big business, touching on a range of themes from across the world of southern California’s biotechnology industry.
