Futures in Biotech (Video)
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
FiB 95: So Long and Thanks for All the FiBs
07 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We bring back all the co-hosts, panelists, and subject matter experts for a touchy feeling - warm and fuzzy feel good farewell. FiB is moving to: Mic...
FiB 94: Getting DNA Right-s
08 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We navigate the waters of Biotechnology. Gene patents, how do you get them and why are they there? And once you have them, how are you going to finan...
FiB 93: Snyder's Omics
06 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The technologies that our guest has developed are playing an important role in changing the world, not like the car, the microwave and the cell phone...
FiB 92: Foldit - Crowd Sourcing God's Work
09 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. David Baker explains how the game Foldit uses crowdsourcing to intelligently design artificial proteins never seen before in nature. Host: Marc ...
FiB 91: 6 PhDs Piled High and Deep
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Futures in Biotech, we talk about the Frontiers of Biotechnology - where the line between science and sci-fi are beginning to blur...
FiB 90: In-Silico Models of Organ Morphogenesis
02 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Futures in Biotech, Dr. Celeste Nelson, from Princeton University, explores the fundamental mechanisms of organ morphogenesis. Ho...
FiB 89: Towards Curing Malaria With Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler
19 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler describes her approaches to drug discovery in an effort to tackle Malaria. Host: Marc Pelletier Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Winzele...
FiB 88: Cogito, Ergo Sum... Multitasking?
04 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How understanding our mind will shape our futures with Dr. Adam Gazzaley. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D Guest: Adam Gazzaley ...
FiB 87: Anti-Matter Message in a Magnetic Bottle
30 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Jeffrey Hangst about the successful trapping of anti-hydrogen to hopefully answer some of our most important questions about the univers...
FiB 86: Biomasses for the Masses
09 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Changing an Amish farm in Ohio into an energy source solution for modern times. Host: Marc Pelletier Guests: Jon Griswold, Matthew J. Griswold, CFA...
FiB 85: Modeling Life With the World's Most Powerful Computer System
19 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Vijay Pande, Stanford's Director of Folding@Home, details how the world's most powerful system models Alzheimer's and other human diseases. Host...
FiB 84: Biotech - Hot in Cleveland
15 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Baiju Shah, President & CEO of BioEnterprise, explains how to transform a regional economy into a thriving biotechnological innovation center. H...
FiB 83: Bioinformatics: Essential Gene Names Skewed in a Network of Blame
08 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Gerstein from Yale University explains the essence of life through network theory. Here you can find an important podcast: Biological Netwo...
FiB 82: Bionic Brain Symbionts: The Next Phage of Human Slurry
24 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss everything from symbiotic devices to human proteome phage to the race between transcription and translation, genetics gone wild. Host: Ma...
FiB 81: Worm Research: The Buck Starts Here
17 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gordon Lithgow bridges the science of protein folding and life extension. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Simon Melov, PhD Guest: Gordon Lithgow...
FiB 80: Light Up the Brain
20 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Using optogenetics to study learning and cognition. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D Guest: Dr. Ann M. Graybiel Thanks to Phil P...
FiB 79: Oceans 20
13 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Test Run, the technology that will transition us into the next era of medicine. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Mark Gerstein Guest: Dr. Tommy N...
FiB 78: TWiV Infects FiB
18 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
It's a science mashup. FiB and TWiV together for one big show. Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D Guests: Dickson D. Despommier, Ph...
FiB 77: How The Environment and A Single Protein Influence Evolution
12 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How the environment and a single protein influence evolution. Host: Marc Pelletier Guests: Dr. Susan Lindquist and Daniel Jarosz, Ph.D. Thanks to ...
FiB 76: It's Time To Proteo Me
25 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How mass spectrometry has become one of the most important technologies in our move toward personalized medicine. Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent ...
FiB 75: It's Time To Start the Human Proteome
19 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The move to the Human Proteome is the next big transition in modern medicine. Host: Marc Pelletier Guests: Dr. John Bergeron and Dr. Tommy Nilsson ...
FiB 74: Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons with Dr. Judith Campisi
14 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Judith Campisi's scientific investigations are at the nexus between cancer and aging. She seeks to better understand how cellular senescence cont...
FiB 73: The New Science of Aging
17 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We will discuss the biotech of life extension with the scientist that discovered the Sirtuan family of genes. Host: Marc Pelletier Guest: Simon Mel...
FiB 72: A Four Billion Year Old Social Network
10 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How controlling bacterial behavior may lead to a new class of urgently needed antibiotics. Host: Marc Pelletier Guest: Dr. Bonnie Bassler Sponsore...
FiB 71: Genomics, Proteomics, Cellular Immunity, and Anti-Matter
19 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The '1000 Genome Project', 'Billion Dollar Human Proteome', viral killing proteins, and capturing anti-matter. Hosts: Marc Pelletier, Vincent Racani...
FiB 70: SBIR Funding: The Business of Science
06 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How to fund the development of your own technology through SBIR funding. Host: Marc Pelletier Guest: Lisa Kurek For a free audiobook, visit Audibl...
FiB 69: The Power of Yeast Genetics
15 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Looking at one of the most powerful genetic model systems, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with Malcolm Whiteway, Ph.D NRC-CNRC Group leader for Biotechnol...
FiB 68: Rats Will Inherit the Earth
01 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How studying mammalian biological history can help us better understand ourselves. Host: Marc Pelletier Guest: Darin Croft, Ph.D For a free audiob...
FiB 67: Triceratopping Egg Mountain
18 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaur hunting with the man who inspired Jurassic Park, Dr. Jack Horner, curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies and Montana State Uni...
FiB 66: The Homebrew Genomics Club
11 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A first hand account on the genesis of the Human Genome Project with our guest, Dr. David Botstein, Director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integr...
FiB 65: Tackling Genetic Disease
28 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Progress in molecular biology and the latest strategies for tackling genetic disease. Our guest is David Thomas, professor and chair, Department of ...
FiB 64: The Future Is Viral
24 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Five scientists, George Farr, Mark Griswold, Dave Brodbeck, Vincent Racaniello and David Thomas, discuss their hopes and aspirations for biotechnolog...
FiB 63: How to Use a Mouse
03 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Nobel Laureate Dr. Mario Capecchi teaches us how to use a mouse to dissect the human genome and understand disease. Our guest is Mario Capecchi, Ph....
FiB 61: One Heart Beat Away
15 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Tackling problems of the heart with biotechnology. Our guest is Julian Stelzer, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reser...
FiB 60: Do You Come to This Cave Often?
22 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Primate face recognition, new cure for HVC, genetic base change, neanderthals and humans, and more. Host: Marc Pelletier Guests: Dave Brodbeck, Ph....
FiB 58: Vertical Farms and Much, Much More With Dick Despommier
17 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Feeding the world with indoor vertical farming. Our guest is Dickson D. Despommier, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, College of Physicians and Surg...
FiB 57: Mechanisms of Non-Mendelian Inheritance in Evolution
02 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How prion proteins can act in non-mendelian inheritance, or evolution without DNA. Our guests are Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., professor of biology at MI...
FiB 56: New Antiviral Strategies with Karla Kirkegaard
19 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A look into RNA viruses and more with Dr. Karla Kirkegaard, professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Stanford Univ...
FiB 55: Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics, Part 2
26 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Rahul Sarpeshkar, Ph.D., associate professor, of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks ...