Bioengineering and Coffee: Recent Episodes
Maggie L
Bioengineering and Coffee consists of brief episodes that explain some of the topics of bioengineering related to genes and proteins for the general audience. In this podcast, the hostess Maggie Lau will interview some of the experts in the biomedical field over coffee. Tune in to learn more about genes, proteins, CRISPR, and their applications and ethical implications. With the ongoing pandemic, bioengineering is more important than ever. This podcast hosted by Maggie Lau, will teach you more about bioengineering and how it relates to you! Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to dive into genes and proteins!
Tune in to my new episode of Bioengineering and Coffee to learn about proteins and their applications.
You will hear from Dr. Chad Miller, a postdoctoral researcher at the Baker Lab located within the Institute of Protein Design (IPD) at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, and Ms. Erin Yang, who is a graduate student also at the IPD at UW.
Dr. Miller and Ms. Yang first explain what proteins are before they describe how proteins are designed. At the basic level, proteins are made up of amino acids. Proteins can be modeled based on their amino acid sequences, or be designed from scratch, which is what Dr. Miller and Ms. Yang work on. Afterwards, they delve into the challenges in designing the proteins and current solutions. The episode ends with a discussion of the potential applications of proteins in healthcare.
Thank you for tuning in!
Welcome back to Bioengineering and Coffee! Tune in to hear my interview with Ms. Mallory Evanoff, who is a 5th year pHD student at UCSD. She is part of the Komor Lab, which is a DNA damage repair and genome engineering lab.
In this episode, Ms. Evanoff teaches us about the basics of CRISPR and its origin from a bacteria immune system. She then addresses the advantages and disadvantages of CRISPR, and any concerns associated with CRISPR such as off-target effects. Afterwards, she dives into her work with base editors, which change one base in the genome (single nucleotide variants or SNVs).
Tune in to hear my interview with Dr. Ally Huang, the co-founder of BioBits®! These lab activities were designed to teach students about synthetic and molecular biology. In this episode, Dr. Huang discusses synthetic biology in general and her inspiration behind creating these BioBits® lab activities. She then introduces us to some of the different lab activities, such as expressing brightly colored fluorescent proteins to show how proteins are expressed from DNA or even early prototypes introducing what biosensors are and how they can be used.