From the moment he walked out of a cinema showing Jurassic Park aged 10, Samir Ounzain knew he wanted to work with DNA. That early obsession turned into a career dedicated to understanding the 98% of our genome that doesn’t code for proteins - what’s often referred to as the “dark genome.”
In this episode, Samir shares the personal and scientific journey that led to founding HAYA Therapeutics, a Biotech trailblazing an entirely new approach to treating common and chronic diseases. He explains how HAYA builds backwards from unmet patient needs, and forwards with a first-principles view of biology - putting the cell, not the target, at the centre of drug discovery.
This is a story about biology, yes - but it’s also about clarity, courage, and commitment to a new model of Biotech.
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