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Futures in Biotech (MP3)

Leo Laporte

Explore the world of cloning, protein folding, genome mapping, and more with the most important researchers in the field. Although the show is no longer in production at TWiT, you can enjoy...

Episodes

20 of 94 episodes

FiB 95: So Long and Thanks for All the FiBs

We bring back all the co-hosts, panelists, and subject matter experts for a touchy feeling - warm and fuzzy feel good farewell. FiB is movin...

1:39:51Jul 7, 2012

FiB 94: Getting DNA Right-s

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...

1:07:20Jun 8, 2012

FiB 93: Snyder's Omics

The technologies that our guest has developed are playing an important role in changing the world, not like the car, the microwave and the c...

55:37Apr 6, 2012

FiB 92: Foldit - Crowd Sourcing God's Work

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

55:40Mar 9, 2012

FiB 91: 6 PhDs Piled High and Deep

In this episode of Futures in Biotech , we talk about the Frontiers of Biotechnology - where the line between science and sci-fi are beginni...

1:09:47Dec 16, 2011

FiB 90: In-Silico Models of Organ Morphogenesis

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

1:09:23Dec 2, 2011

FiB 89: Towards Curing Malaria With Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler

Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler describes her approaches to drug discovery in an effort to tackle Malaria. Host: Marc Pelletier Guest: Dr. Elizabeth...

1:07:16Nov 19, 2011

FiB 88: Cogito, Ergo Sum... Multitasking?

How understanding our mind will shape our futures with Dr. Adam Gazzaley. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D Guest: Adam Gazz...

1:12:39Nov 4, 2011

FiB 87: Anti-Matter Message in a Magnetic Bottle

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

1:24:15Sep 30, 2011

FiB 86: Biomasses for the Masses

Changing an Amish farm in Ohio into an energy source solution for modern times. Host: Marc Pelletier Guests: Jon Griswold , Matthew J. Grisw...

1:01:20Sep 9, 2011

FiB 85: Modeling Life With the World's Most Powerful Computer System

Dr. Vijay Pande, Stanford's Director of Folding@Home, details how the world's most powerful system models Alzheimer's and other human diseas...

1:17:44Aug 19, 2011

FiB 84: Biotech - Hot in Cleveland

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

1:14:22Jul 15, 2011

FiB 83: Bioinformatics: Essential Gene Names Skewed in a Network of Blame

Dr. Mark Gerstein from Yale University explains the essence of life through network theory. Here you can find an important podcast: Biologic...

1:44:44Jul 8, 2011

FiB 82: Bionic Brain Symbionts: The Next Phage of Human Slurry

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

1:23:06Jun 24, 2011

FiB 81: Worm Research: The Buck Starts Here

Dr. Gordon Lithgow bridges the science of protein folding and life extension. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Simon Melov, PhD Guest: Gordon L...

53:32Jun 17, 2011

FiB 80: Light Up the Brain

Using optogenetics to study learning and cognition. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D Guest: Dr. Ann M. Graybiel Thanks to P...

1:08:44May 20, 2011

FiB 79: Oceans 20

The Test Run, the technology that will transition us into the next era of medicine. Host: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Mark Gerstein Guest: Dr. T...

1:14:14May 13, 2011

FiB 78: TWiV Infects FiB

It's a science mashup. FiB and TWiV together for one big show. Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D Guests: Dickson D. Despomm...

1:20:45Mar 18, 2011

FiB 77: How The Environment and A Single Protein Influence Evolution

How the environment and a single protein influence evolution. Host: Marc Pelletier Guests: Dr. Susan Lindquist and Daniel Jarosz, Ph.D. Than...

54:59Mar 12, 2011

FiB 76: It's Time To Proteo Me

How mass spectrometry has become one of the most important technologies in our move toward personalized medicine. Hosts: Marc Pelletier and...

1:08:25Feb 25, 2011