Podcast with Ethan Perlstein of Perlara
How Perlara and Ethan Perlstein Are Pioneering the Future of Rare Disease Cures In a recent podcast discussion with Maria Nimfuehr, Ethan Perlstein, the founder and CEO of Perlara, shared his journey from academia to becoming a pioneering biotech founder focused on finding treatments for rare diseases. Perlstein’s background in science and sociology influenced his […]
Why We Fund Research in Rare Genetic Diseases to Save Lives
Maria and Marcell, co-founders of Marabou, discuss their upcoming fundraising campaign to support a medical project called Perlara, which focuses on finding affordable cures for rare genetic diseases. Inspired by the success of Ethan Perlstein’s innovative method of using yeast to test drug compounds, which led to a significant improvement in a young girl named […]
Bigger Than Us. Starting a purpose-driven venture. Meet two co-founders of Marabou.
See and listen two of Marabou’s founders asking themselves the question of the big “WHY”. What motivates us to build a purpose-driven funding venture. Read the full transcript: Hello, Cookie! Hello, wife. Okay. Since we are today interviewing each other, first we will introduce ourselves. Yeah, I’m Maria. He’s Marcel, we are co -founders of […]
Perlara in the News
There has already been a lot of media attention about Ethan Perlstein’s search for cures for rare genetic diseases, as well as Maggie’s Pearl, the project around the patient no. 1, Maggie Carmichael. 2024 2023 2022 2021 Before 2021
Perlara: Curing one disease. Saving thousands of children.
A Sherlock-like mind of a Bay-Area-based molecular biologist finds cures for rare genetic diseases. What started with a girl named Maggie shall now become a drive to eradicate many rare diseases. “Not a snowball’s chance in hell.” That was the verdict of what doctors told Maggie Carmichael’s parents about potential treatment for her then 3-year-old […]
RENEGADE SCIENCE PODCAST EP01: EPIGENETICS WITH OLENA HUSAK
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the “Renegade Science” podcast! Hosted by Maria Nimfuehr, this podcast aims to delve into the fascinating world of scientific innovation through conversations with leading researchers. In this first episode, we have the pleasure of introducing Dr Olena Husak, a molecular biologist whose work focuses on the molecular biology of […]
Why the Marabou Savings Plan
The Story – Three Humans We want to talk about three humans. The first is one of 117 million Fridays for Future strikers. She belongs to a generation that is between their late teens and their early 30s. Her worries that she will inherit an inhospitable planet are so strong that she takes to the […]
Investing in Climate Innovation is Future Proof
Earth needs 5 times more investment into climate change than the status quo to alleviate the worst effects (in USD): : Neither governments nor venture capital (annually total investment of $250-500b) is not enough. We need more money and it is a good investment as we can see in the following chart. The cost of […]