SKC Science & Technology Webinar: Startup Experience in Life Sciences and Diagnostics

Date/Time: Friday, April 30, 2021, 5:00pm IST (Indian Standard Time)

Speaker: Kalyan Handique, Vice President, Advanced Technologies at BioRad, USA

Recording available at: https://youtu.be/vxUG_QsXkQg

Abstract: In this seminar, the speaker will go through his journey in commercializing cutting edge products for life sciences and diagnostics through two of his start-ups HandyLab and Celsee, providing insights into the technology involved in genomic or single cell analysis.

Bio: Kalyan Handique is currently the Vice President, Advanced Technologies at BioRad, a billion-dollar company and a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of innovative products for the life sciences and clinical diagnostics markets. Kalyan joined BioRad through the acquisition of Celsee, an innovative start-up he co-founded in 2011 in single cell analysis and rare cell diagnostics. Celsee was based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and acquired by BioRad in April 2020. Prior to Celsee, Kalyan served as the VP of R&D Systems Development for BD Diagnostics from 2009-2011. Kalyan ended up working for BD because of the acquisition of HandyLab in 2009. Kalyan co-founded HandyLab out of his Ph.D. work at University of Michigan in 2000. HandyLab developed integrated microfluidic platforms for “sample-to-real time PCR results” for a dozen of FDA approved infectious diseases for the hospitals and clinical labs. Kalyan received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2000 and received a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from IIT Bombay in 1995. Kalyan is active in the entrepreneurial community and serves as an adviser and board member to many startups and technological organizations in the Michigan biotech region.

Target Audience: This is for a wider audience. In particular, higher secondary and college students and teachers are welcome.

The webinar is done in a fireside chat format.

This webinar will be conducted over Zoom. The Zoom link will be available to registrants (sent to their email addresses) shortly before the webinar starts.

Registration is free. Attendees who complete feedbacks (after the webinar) will receive e-certificates.

This webinar is part of SKC Science and Technology Webinar Series.