The CEPA Podcast

Dr. Kiana Aran on AI & The Future of Biotech

Center for European Policy Analysis

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The CEPA Podcast is a series of dynamic interviews, bringing together leaders and experts from both sides of the Atlantic to explore the most important challenges shaping our world today. 

In this episode, Dr. Kiana Aran, inventor, entrepreneur, and bioengineer at UC San Diego, unpacks how AI is reshaping the future of biotechnology. Dr. Alina Polyakova and Aran dive into how AI, semiconductors, and advanced biomanufacturing are transforming biotechnology, from data-driven “real-time biology” and harnessing other species’ biological “superpowers” to the geopolitical stakes of supply chains, innovation, and talent.

Speakers: 

·       Dr. Kiana Aran, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering; Co-Director, Center for Technologies for Healthy Aging


Moderated by:

·       Dr. Alina Polyakova, President & CEO, Center for European Policy Analysis