Lab Rats to Unicorns
Hosted by John Flavin · John Flavin
5.0from 28 ratings
- 97
- Episodes
- 47
- Transcribed
- 28
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 7K
- YouTube views
About Lab Rats to Unicorns
Lab Rats to Unicorns is a podcast that aims to demystify the process of creating a great company in life sciences. Under the guidance of our host, John Flavin, you will hear personal stories of creation, be able to understand how great companies are created, and get insights into the many ways that you as an individual can engage in the creation of tomorrow’s life science companies. From the lab rat, signifying the process of invention and discovery, to the unicorn, signifying market success, there are a thousand players and ways in which people can contribute to the creation of great companies.
- Publisher
- John Flavin
- Category
- business · business · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Nov 2021
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
47 of 97 episodes have a transcript.
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Disarming Staph with Dominique Missiakas & Vilasack Thammavongsa_e.093
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Putting Your Neck on the Line with Jeremy Levin_e.092
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rewriting the Code of Disease with Kiran Musunuru_e.091
Inside a recent episode
Disarming Staph with Dominique Missiakas & Vilasack Thammavongsa_e.093
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's kind of how I started veering towards my interest. Because Staph aureus, since it's a colonizer of humans, it has really evolved into a way that it can stay around with humans. but then it can also cause serious disease. And that interplay between the mechanisms of Staph aureus and the interplay between how it evolves with the human host system is really what is the most interesting to me. And that's what brought all of my interest in learning more about Staph aureus. So you can look at the the host side and how it's manipulating the bacteria and how the bacteria is actually manipulating the host. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Lab Rats to Unicorns
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- Vilasack Thammavongsa
- Dominique Missiakas
- Jeremy Levin
- Kiran Musunuru
- Manish Singh
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 6,852
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 16 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 12 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 57
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 65
- Engagement
- 77
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John Flavin host the show. Published by John Flavin.
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