Columbia University Bio Bytes
Episodes
Bio Bytes 44: AI to Bridge Biology and Medicine with Dr. Nima Aghaeepour
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nima Aghaeepour, Professor at Stanford University, discusses the nuances of working with clinical data, ways predictive models can add value to ph...
Bio Bytes 43 [BenchtoBedside Series]: Pediatric Cardiology and AI with Dr. Son Duong
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of BenchtoBedside, Dr. Son Duong, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Mount Sinai Kravis ...
Bio BITES 42: Bites, Blood Meals, and Behavioral Switches: Decoding Mosquito Behavior with Dr. Duvall
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even if mosquitoes make your skin crawl—or you think of them as nothing more than the flying, biting pests we all can’t stand—you'll be surp...
Bio Bytes 41: From Bedside to Breakthrough: Dr. Rosenblatt on Innovation and Impact in Anesthesiology
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Bio Bytes and our ongoing Bench to Bedside series, we learn about Dr. Meg Rosenblatt, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at ...
Bio Bytes 40: Engineering Novel Immune Circuits with Dr. Livnat Jerby
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Livnat Jerby, an Assistant Professor of Genetics at Stanford University, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Invest...
Bio Bytes 39 [BenchtoBedside Series]: Biomedical Informatics in Neurocritical Care with Dr. Soojin Park
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an illuminating discussion with Dr. Soojin Park, an Associate Professor of Neurology (in Biomedical informatics) and an Associate Attendin...
Bio Bytes 38 [BenchtoBedside Series]: Biomedical Informatics with Dr. George Hripcsak
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an enlightening conversation with Dr. George Hripcsak, the Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia Universit...
Bio Bytes 37: Academia, Scientific Publishing, and Translational Research in Targeted Protein Degradation with Michele Pagano
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michele Pagano, Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at NYU School of Medicine, takes us through his groundbreaking r...
Bio Bytes 36 [BenchtoBedside Series]: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging with Dr. Akiva Mintz
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an inspiring discussion with Dr. Akiva Mintz, a physician-scientist whose translational research focuses on developing and personalizing c...
Bio Bytes 35: Olfactory Transduction with Stuart Firestein and More on Public Engagement with Science
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Firestein, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University, walks us through his study of the vertebrate olfactory system. Professor ...
Bio Bytes 34: Decoding the Regulation of Gene Expression with Professor James Manley
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an inspiring episode as Professor James Manley, the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Life Sciences at Columbia University, takes us on a ...
Bio Bytes 33: Space bioinformatics and healthcare with Eliah Overbey
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Eliah Overbey, PhD, chief scientific officer at BioAstra, and research associate at the Mason lab discusses the innovations and insights from...
Bio Bytes 32: Applications of GFP and touch receptor neuron (TRN) development and function with Martin Chalfie
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Martin Chalfie, a professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University and Nobel laureate recognized for his contribution to the developme...
Bio Bytes 31: The structure and functions of p53 with Carol Prives
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Description: In which Sophia speaks with Carol Prives, the Da Costa Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at Columbia University and a member of bot...
Bio Bytes 30: Neurotransmitters as Post-translational Modifications with Ian Maze
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Ian Maze, professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacological science in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and an investigator of the How...
Bio Bytes 29: Kinase Proteomics and Oncology with Neil Vasan
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Neil Vasan, assistant professor of medicine and medical oncologist at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Vaibhav discuss the ...
Bio Bytes 28: Systems Approaches to Studying Neural Circuitry with Darcy Kelley
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Darcy Kelley, Harold Weintraub Professor of Biological Sciences, and James discuss Xenopus as a model organism for understanding the biology ...
[Bioworks 3]: Biotech Incubators and the Fourth Purpose Task Force with Sam Sia
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is cross-posted from our new show, Bioworks, which focuses on topics in life science policy, business, entrepreneurship, and investment. ...
Bio Bytes 27: Microbial Systems and Synthetic Biology with Harris Wang
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Harris Wang, associate professor of Systems Biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Vaibhav discuss the application of ...
Bio Bytes 26: Precision Medicine with Adam Bass
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Adam Bass, oncologist and inaugural director of the Columbia Center for Precision Cancer Medicine, discusses the relevance of genomic science...
Bio Bytes 25: Engineering Chromatin, DNA Databases, and Neurodevelopmental Organoids with Albert Keung
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Albert Keung, Assistant Professor in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, shares many ...
Bio Bytes 24: Gut Microbiome Biotechnology with Zack Abbott
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Aaron speaks with Zach Abbott, PhD, about his company ZBiotics. ZBiotics is a biotechnology start-up that is focused on engineering microorga...
Bio Bytes 23: Machine Learning and Structural Biology with Mohammed AlQuraishi
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav speaks with Dr. Mohammed AlQuraishi, an Assistant Professor of Systems Biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, abou...
Bio Bytes 22: Aneuploidy and Cancer Biology with Alison Taylor
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav speaks with Dr. Alison Taylor, an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center,...
Bio Bytes 21: Antiviral Drug Development with Dr. Alex Chavez
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Aaron speaks with Alex Chavez, MD-PhD about antiviral drug development. They discuss chemical strategies for protease inhibitor development a...
Bio Bytes 20: Orthopedics and Regenerative Biology Research with Stavros Thomopoulos
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Josh speaks with Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD about biomechanical engineering at the tendon-bone interface. Dr. Thomopoulos is the director of th...
Bio Bytes 19: Molecular Cardiology with Andy Marks
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Josh explores the intersection of molecular biology, structural biology, and cardiology with Dr. Andrew Marks. Dr. Marks is the Chairman of t...
Bio Bytes 18: Genome Topology and Leukemia with Aaron Viny
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Aaron Viny (a clinician scientist and assistant professor at Columbia) discuss the role of Cohesin complexes in 3D genome org...
Bio Bytes 17: Epigenome Editing and the Neuroepigenome with Shawn Liu
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Shawn Liu (The Joan and Paul Marks, MD ’49 Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at CUIMC) speak about the ...
Bio Bytes 16: The Power of Single Cell Data Analysis with Dana Pe'er
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Dana speaks with Vaibhav and Jason about the principles of single cell analysis and informatics challenges associated with it. Among other th...
Bio Bytes 15: Small Molecule Perturbation, Ferroptosis, Computational Chemistry, and COVID-19 treatments with Dr. Brent Stockwell
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Stockwell talk about how using small molecule screening helped uncover pioneering details about Iron influenced cell death (F...
Bio Bytes 14: Quantifying and Representing Genetic Variation with Dr. Tuuli Lappalainen
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Dr. Lappalainen speaks to Vaibhav and Mona about a variety of topics including her latest paper in Science, the various considerations one ne...
Bio Bytes 13: CRISPR-Cas13 and Using Deep Learning to Model Gene Regulatory Networks with Dr. Xuebing Wu
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav, Jason, and Professor Xuebing Wu discuss the mechanism and applications of CRISPR-Cas13 and how deep learning might be used to model ...
Bio Bytes 12: All About Coronavirus with Dr. Vincent Racaniello (Part 2)
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Professor Racaniello continue to speak about the epidemic timeline, the use and biology of Anti-Malaria drugs against COVID-...
Bio Bytes 11: All About Coronavirus with Dr. Vincent Racaniello
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav speaks to Vincent Racaniello, professor of Virology at Columbia University, about the science behind the current Coronavirus (SARS-Co...
Bio Bytes 10: Dr. Elham Azizi Part 2
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Azizi continue their discussion on using machine learning to integrate various data modalities into sensible probabilistic an...
Bio Bytes 9: Dr. Elham Azizi Part 1
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Elham Azizi discuss the role of machine learning, AI, and data modeling in cancer biology.
Bio Bytes 8: Dr. It'sik Pe'er Part 2
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Jason talk to Dr. Pe'er about the central goals of Systems Biology, the projects that he's most excited about, and what sorts of ...
Bio Bytes 7: Dr. It'sik Pe'er Part 1
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Jason talk to Dr. It'sik Pe'er, Associate Professor of Computer Science with cross-affiliation in the Systems Biology department,...
Bio Bytes 6: Dr. Sam Sternberg - Part 2
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Jason talk to Dr. Sternberg about how computational power is advancing his work with CRISPR
Bio Bytes 5: Dr. Sam Sternberg - Part 1
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav and Jason speak with Dr. Sam Sternberg about his work at the forefront of CRISPR tools development
Bio Bytes 4: Chao Lu
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Vaibhav speaks to Dr. Chao Lu, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development at CUMC, about his work in the field of Epigenetics and ...
Bio Bytes 3: Raul Rabadan
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Miriam Interviews Dr. Raul Rabadan about the role of computing in Systems Biology, his journey as a theoretical physicist from CERN to the In...
Bio Bytes 2 with Nicholas Tatonetti
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Miriam speaks to Dr. Nicholas Tatonetti, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, about his research regarding EHR, his ...
Podcast 1: Understanding Systems Bio, Synthetic Bio, and Computational Bio, and Bioinformatics
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which Miriam, Allison, and Vaibhav go over similarities and differences between Systems Bio, Synthetic Bio, and Computational Bio, and Bioinformati...
Podcast 0
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which we introduce ourselves, give a brief overview of Systems Biology, and discuss the potential of the field.