Entrepreneur's Forum: Entrepreneurs Workshop

Taylor Cottle

CSO and Co-founder

Aptabridge Therapeutics

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wtaylorcottle/

Taylor Cottle is a biotechnology entrepreneur with a passion for translating innovative technologies into sustainable and impactful businesses. Taylor completed his B.A. at the University of San Diego with dual degrees in Biochemistry and Music, receiving national awards like the Goldwater Fellowship and Beckman Scholarship for his research in ion transport during tumorigenesis. He completed his PhD at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute in the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology program. Under the mentorship of the eminent single molecule biophysicist Taekjip Ha in the Biophysics and Biophysical chemistry department, Taylor’s work, funded by nationally the recognized NSF GRFP fellowship, was published in top-tier journals like Molecular Cell and Nature Communications. During grad school, Taylor found his passion for biotechnology. He undertook leadership roles, notable as President of the Hopkins Biotech Network and cofounder of the Baltimore Nucleate Accelerator chapter, leading workshops for thousands of trainees on non-academic careers and entrepreneurship. His passion for tangible business solutions helped him win 8 national and international business consulting competitions including Yale, Kellogg, GAP Summit, and Carey competitions, and let him to consult professionally for companies like Beckman Coulter and Elavity. In the final year of his PhD training, Taylor was chosen as an inaugural recipient of the President’s Venture Fellowship, funding his own biotechnology venture called Aptabridge Therapeutics, where he works to develop the next generation of immunotherapies for precision oncology. He believes that life changing innovations are made by collaborating with unique, exemplary individuals and strives to bring teams together around disruptive technologies that can reshape humanity for the better.