By

Luke Timmerman

31
Mar
2026

Inspired by Mother Nature, Discovering New Drugs: Viswa Colluru on The Long Run

Viswa Colluru is today’s guest on The Long Run. Viswa is the founder and CEO of Boulder, Colo.-based Enveda. The startup company, founded in 2019, is focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs with novel mechanisms of action. It relies on a chemistry-based approach to drug discovery, drawing inspiration from products found in nature. The privately held company has...
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17
Mar
2026

Europe’s Biotech Investment Crisis: Otello Stampacchia on The Long Run

Otello Stampacchia is today’s guest on The Long Run. Otello is the founder and managing director of Omega Funds. It’s a transatlantic biotech venture firm with offices in Boston and Geneva, Switzerland. He’s a native of Italy and you might say a true international businessman, deeply rooted in the issues startups face in various geographies around the world. This conversation...
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11
Mar
2026

What the Timmerman Traverse Is All About

The Timmerman Traverse has become a phenomenon in the biotech industry.  Numbers tell part of the story. More than 200 biotech industry leaders have participated since 2019. More than $15 million has been raised to support high-risk/high-reward cancer research, poverty alleviation, and newborn screening for sickle cell disease. Nonprofit organizations have seen awareness of their work, and their donor networks,...
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17
Feb
2026

Discovering Drugs for Cancer and Autoimmunity: Ansu Satpathy

Ansu Satpathy is today’s guest on The Long Run. Ansu is a physician-scientist and an associate professor of pathology and immunology at Stanford University. He’s co-director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Center at Stanford Medicine, and the co-founder of several startup companies. These include Cartography Biosciences (a cancer drug developer), Santa Ana Bio (a developer of precision autoimmune...
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9
Feb
2026

Hike the High Sierras for Damon Runyon Cancer Research

Please join me for a spectacular outdoor experience. It’s the next Timmerman Traverse for Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. This year it will be in the Evolution Range of California’s High Sierras.  We will do an extraordinary pair of back-to-back day hikes. We will test our endurance on high-altitude trails, reaching peaks above 13,000 feet. We’ll marvel at breathtaking views...
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