Jan. 13, 2023

Gil Blander - Chief Scientific Officer - InsideTracker

In this episode of Life Science Success My Guest Is Dr. Gil Blander.  Dr. Blander is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and translating research discoveries into new ways of detecting and preventing...

In this episode of Life Science Success My Guest Is Dr. Gil Blander.  Dr. Blander is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and translating research discoveries into new ways of detecting and preventing age-related conditions.

Introduction

 

01:46 Tell listeners a little bit of a background of yourself, and what is it that you do?

04:01 Being an entrepreneur, what most interested you in starting a company over being an educator? What was the primary thought there?

07:01 In terms of wanting to study aging, what made you want to focus there?

08:07 So in terms of Inside Tracker, what is it that you do at Inside Tracker? What's the focus of the company? 

15:00 In terms of the products that you guys offer at Inside Tracker, what does that look like? If I went to your website today, what are the products you offer, and what sort of things do you offer today? 

20:35 After the blood is analyzed by your team, is there a visit and a discussion with a live human being then? Or do you just send the results or, how does that part? 

23:58 In terms of the numbers of people that are doing this now, I mean, are you seeing a good number of people that are wanting to get this kind of information?

25:54  I wanted to talk to you a little bit about another organization that you're involved with I believe it's called Science Abroad. You're the co-founder of Science Abroad. 

28:12 There are three questions that I like to ask every guest.

          -What Inspires you?

30:27 -What concerns you? 

32:11 -What excites you?

 

 

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Gil Blander

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Dr. Gil Blander is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and translating research discoveries into new ways of detecting and preventing age-related conditions. He leads a team of biology, nutrition & exercise physiology experts, and data scientists at InsideTracker, and has been featured in CNN Money, The New York Times, Forbes, Financial Times, The Boston Globe to name a few.

Dr. Gil Blander received a Ph.D. in biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science and completed his Post Doctoral fellowship at MIT, before going on to found InsideTracker. InsideTracker was founded in 2009 by top scientists from acclaimed universities in the fields of aging, genetics, and biology, InsideTracker is a truly personalized nutrition and performance system. Our mission is to help people add years to their lives and life to their years by optimizing their bodies from the inside out. By analyzing your body’s data, we can give you a crystal clear picture of what's going on inside you along with a science-backed action plan for improving your health and becoming your best self.