Startup podcast guide
Lab to Startup
Hundreds of thousands of researchers around the world are working to improve life and address imminent threats to humanity. Often, the research ends up in the "Scientific valley of death" in the form of publications and patents that never see the light of the day. Welcome to "Lab…
Overview
Lab to Startup podcast overview
About Lab to Startup
Hundreds of thousands of researchers around the world are working to improve life and address imminent threats to humanity. Often, the research ends up in the "Scientific valley of death" in the form of publications and patents that never see the light of the day. Welcome to "Lab to Startup" a podcast aimed at showcasing the effort needed to translate lab research to startups. The show has two main goals: 1. Sharing the stories of those scientists and engineers who have successfully founded startups based on the research at university and national labs. 2. Highlighting the resources and tools needed to help those aspiring to launch startups in the deeptech space. We also want this show to be a way to communicate those technology development stories to the general public (taxpayers funding the research) in the hope that they will continue to support such research and startups. About the host Naresh Sunkara, Ph.D. is a chemical biologist, entrepreneur and the founder and Executive Director of the Berkeley Postdoc Entrepreneurship Program at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been running this program for the past ten years that has helped graduate students and postdocs at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and at several other universities in the US. He was previously a postdoc at UC Berkeley developing lipid nanoparticles for delivery of mRNA based drugs targeting viruses and cancers.
Why Upseed includes it
The podcast focuses on translating lab research into startups, which is highly relevant to the startup ecosystem.
Who may find it useful
Founders, Investors, General Tech may find this series useful. Its recurring topics include Deep Tech, Startup Building, University Spinouts, Technology Transfer.
Operational profile
Series profile
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- Series type
- Episodic
- Content type
- Audio
- Published by
- Naresh Sunkara PhD
- Language
- English
- Geographic focus
- Global
- Last reviewed
- March 12, 2026
- Published episodes
- 64
- publisher-supplied series count
- Recent episodes linked
- 12
- admitted official episode destinations
- Series first published
- September 7, 2021
- publisher-supplied publication metadata
- Latest episode
- July 14, 2026
- latest official destination found
Publication metadata and latest official episode destinations · Independent Upseed startup-relevance assessment · March 12, 2026
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Source basis
Public podcast distribution metadata, publisher-supplied destinations, and structured Upseed relevance research.
Last reviewed
March 12, 2026
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