ABOUT THE
BIOTECH BEACON
The Biotech Beacon is a curated platform highlighting the people, companies, and ideas shaping the biotechnology ecosystems of the Midwest.
The Beacon explores how scientific innovation becomes real-world impact by studying companies from early-stage startups and venture funding to the technologies powering modern biology.
Through ecosystem maps, industry insights, and conversations with founders, investors, and scientists, The Biotech Beacon aims to illuminate the pathways that turn discovery into companies, therapies, and new tools for research.
With a particular focus on genomics and the growth of regional biotech hubs, The Beacon serves as a resource for anyone curious about where biotechnology is headed and how innovation takes shape beyond the traditional coastal centers.
The platform also highlights the infrastructure that makes biotech ecosystems work from research institutions and incubators to funding networks and emerging companies.
Because breakthroughs don’t happen in isolation. They happen in ecosystems.
The Biotech Beacon exists to illuminate them.
About The Founder
Sirena Meade is a molecular biologist with extensive experience in genomics and next-generation sequencing. She previously managed a genomics core facility and later worked in the NGS industry supporting researchers in designing sequencing strategies and navigating sequencing technologies.
Through The Biotech Beacon, she explores the intersection of science, startups, and funding by highlighting the ecosystems that allow biotechnology innovation to grow.
WANT TO CONNECT?
Contact us at: thebiotechbeacon@gmail.com
