What do you do when entrepreneurship calls and your partner lives overseas?

How much can you really delegate as a CEO?

Why does a 50-year-old gene expression problem still exist – and what happens if we solve it?

I’m joined by Kart Tomberg, CEO of ExpressionEdits based in Cambridge, UK. ExpressionEdits is a seed-stage company taking on the challenging bottlenecks going from DNA to protein and convincing cells to make proteins for us.

About LifeScience ORG

It’s no secret that Europe is a global leader in generating translational science. We’re grateful at LifeScience ORG to have a community of over 400 life science CEOs – leaders driving change in biotech, medtech, techBio and healthcare.

The conversations inside our community – stories of conviction, navigating challenges, and making bold decisions – inspire us every week. To hear the stories, lessons, and experiences of our life science leaders, listen to A Call to Lead @ LifeScience ORG, available on all good podcasting platforms.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction & Background

2:52 - From Academia to Entrepreneurship

7:18 - Early Leadership Lessons

10:30 - The Two-Body Problem

13:39 - Challenges Facing Life Science CEOs

19:25 - Cambridge Ecosystem & European Life Science

22:59 - The Science: Protein Expression Challenge

30:45 - Leadership Philosophy & Delegation