Steven Banerjee, Co-founder & CEO at Mekonos, on jumping from academia to medicine and enabling the next wave of genomic medicine Diaspora.nz

We caught up with Steven Banerjee, founder and CEO of Mekonos. After studying towards a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in Canterbury, NZ, Steven translated his research and passion to Mekonos—working on the edge of medicine, developing nano-needle arrays that allow the manipulation of cells at scale, helping reduce cost and time to develop cures. 



In this episode David and Steven discuss moving into highly specialized fields without prior deep background (in Steven's case going from mechanical engineering to medicine), how Steven has built relationships + secured investment from leaders at the top of the industry, and finally how he'd love to see other scientists and academics following his footsteps and building startups. 



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