Futures in Biotech (Audio)

Futures in Biotech (Audio)

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 from the TWiT Archives.

Episodes

July 6, 2012 • 99 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providi...

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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

Thanks to Phil ...

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April 6, 2012 • 55 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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March 9, 2012 • 55 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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December 16, 2011 • 69 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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December 2, 2011 • 69 mins

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.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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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.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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November 4, 2011 • 72 mins

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

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D

Guest: Adam Gazzaley

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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September 30, 2011 • 84 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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September 9, 2011 • 61 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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July 15, 2011 • 74 mins

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.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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June 17, 2011 • 53 mins

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.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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May 20, 2011 • 68 mins

Using optogenetics to study learning and cognition.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D

Guest: Dr. Ann M. Graybiel

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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May 13, 2011 • 74 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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March 18, 2011 • 80 mins

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

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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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.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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February 25, 2011 • 68 mins

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.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

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