Futures in Biotech (Audio): Recent Episodes

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Explore the world of cloning, protein folding, genome mapping, and more with the most important researchers in the field.

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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: Microbe TV

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: George Farr, Ph.D., Mark Griswold, Jasen Buch, Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D, Andre Nantel, Ph.D, David Thomas, Justin Sanchez, Ph.D, and Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D

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Also thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

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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 finance your company and move forward?

Eileen Smith Ewing is a shareholder of GreenbergTraurig, Boston, MA; Chair, Committee on Biotechnology; & Chair, Life Sciences Division, American Bar Association

Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Denise Howell

Guest: Eileen Smith Ewing

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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, but as in Drs. Flox, McCoy, and Crusher.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Andre Nantel, Ph.D

Guest: Dr. Michael Snyder

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Dr. David Baker explains how the game Foldit uses crowdsourcing to intelligently design artificial proteins never seen before in nature.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Markus Veolter

Guest: Dr. David Baker

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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.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: George Farr, Ph.D., Mark Gerstein, David Thomas, Justin Sanchez, Ph.D, and Simon Melov, PhD

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In this episode of Futures in Biotech, Dr. Celeste Nelson, from Princeton University, explores the fundamental mechanisms of organ morphogenesis.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Andre Nantel, Ph.D

Guest: Dr. Celeste Nelson, Ph.D.

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Sponsor:* Ford Technology

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Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler describes her approaches to drug discovery in an effort to tackle Malaria.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler, Ph.D.

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Sponsor:* Ford

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How understanding our mind will shape our futures with Dr. Adam Gazzaley.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D

Guest: Adam Gazzaley

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We talk with Jeffrey Hangst about the successful trapping of anti-hydrogen to hopefully answer some of our most important questions about the universe.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Jeffrey Hangst

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Changing an Amish farm in Ohio into an energy source solution for modern times.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Jon Griswold, Matthew J. Griswold, CFA, and Mark Griswold

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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: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Vijay S. Pande

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Baiju Shah, President & CEO of BioEnterprise, explains how to transform a regional economy into a thriving biotechnological innovation center.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Baiju Shah, J.D.

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Dr. Mark Gerstein from Yale University explains the essence of life through network theory.

Here you can find an important podcast: Biological Network Analysis

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Mark Gerstein

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We discuss everything from symbiotic devices to human proteome phage to the race between transcription and translation, genetics gone wild.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Andre Nantel, Ph.D and Justin Sanchez, Ph.D

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Dr. Gordon Lithgow bridges the science of protein folding and life extension.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Simon Melov, PhD

Guest: Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D.

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Using optogenetics to study learning and cognition.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D

Guest: Dr. Ann M. Graybiel

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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 Nilsson

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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.D., Alan Dove, Ph.D, and Richard Condit, Ph.D

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How the environment and a single protein influence evolution.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Dr. Susan Lindquist and Daniel Jarosz, Ph.D.

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How mass spectrometry has become one of the most important technologies in our move toward personalized medicine.

Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D

Guest: Ruedi Aebersold

Sponsored by: Synergy 1.

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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

Sponsored by: Synergy 1.

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Dr. Judith Campisi's scientific investigations are at the nexus between cancer and aging. She seeks to better understand how cellular senescence contributes to the pathophysiology of aging.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Simon Melov, PhD and Dr. Judith Campisi, Ph.D.

Sponsored by: Synergy 1.

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We will discuss the biotech of life extension with the scientist that discovered the Sirtuan family of genes.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Simon Melov, PhD

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How controlling bacterial behavior may lead to a new class of urgently needed antibiotics.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Bonnie Bassler

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Sponsored by: Synergy 1.

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The '1000 Genome Project', 'Billion Dollar Human Proteome', viral killing proteins, and capturing anti-matter.

Hosts: Marc Pelletier, Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D, and Andre Nantel, Ph.D

Co-Host: George Farr, Ph.D.

Guest: Mark Gerstein

We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.

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Sponsored by: Synergy 1.

Also thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.