Best Broad Institute of MIT Podcasts (2024)

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Shifting Basslines #3: Dance Floors as Portals | Camille Sapara Barton 57:16

1M ago57:16

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Shifting Basslines is a podcast series about sustainability and club culture. It is s dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving.In this episode facilitator, collective care practitioner, and music nerd Sarj Lynch finds old cassette tapes in the basement and wonders how …

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Shifting Basslines #2: Clouds Are More Than Water | Sarj 58:12

1M ago58:12

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Shifting Basslines is a podcast series about sustainability and club culture. It is s dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving.In this episode facilitator, collective care practitioner, and music nerd Sarj Lynch finds old cassette tapes in the basement and wonders how …

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Shifting Basslines #1: Grounded Travel On Space Ways | Nono Gigsta 43:48

1M ago43:48

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Shifting Basslines is a podcast series about sustainability and club culture. It is s dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving.In this episode musician and climate campaigner Nono Gigsta takes us on a grounded journey over land and sea to visit places and people that c…

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Shifting Basslines #Editor's Notes: We Cannot Do It Alone | Kerstin Meißner 34:24

1M ago34:24

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Shifting Basslines is dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving. The project centres on a three-part podcast series. In this additional recording, researcher and initiator of the project, Kerstin Meissner, shares some thoughts on the background of her research-based pod…

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WuPiG #6: Passt der Green Deal in die Blue Economy? Mit Felix Leinemann und Florian Lennert 42:35

1M ago42:35

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Der Begriff der „Blue Economy“ ist jetzt in Mode, aber welche Sektoren verbergen sich tatsächlich hinter dieser „blauen Wirtschaft“? Und welchen Einfluss hat die Energiewende auf Bereiche wie Meeresschutz, maritimen Transport oder Fischerei? Sind Elektro-Containerschiffe in naher Zukunft vorstellbar?Dies ist das Thema der sechsten Episode des Podca…

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WuPiG #5: Fußball: „Die nachhaltigste EM aller Zeiten“? Mit Michael Jopp und Jutta Katthage 36:19

2M ago36:19

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Ein Gespräch mit Michael Jopp, (Senatsverwaltung Berlin) und Jutta Katthage (Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft).Die UEFA und der DFB haben nichts weniger versprochen, als „dienachhaltigste Fußball-Europameisterschaft aller Zeiten“ zu organisieren. Aber welche konkreten Maßnahmen sind damit gemeint? Welche Sektoren kann das Organisationskomitee i…

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WuPiG #4: Wie wollen wir in Zukunft wohnen? Mit E. Kaiser (SPD) & E. Roswag-Klinge (TU Berlin) 42:23

2M ago42:23

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Ein Gespräch zum „Nachhaltigen Bauen“ mit Elisabeth Kaiser (SPD) und Eike Roswag-Klinge (TU Berlin) Wie kann das Gebäudesektor seine Klimaziele überhaupt erreichen? Ist das Ziel der Bundesregierung 400 000 neue Wohnungen pro Jahr zu bauen überhaupt sinnvoll und nachhaltig? Welche realistischen Baustoffalternativen gibt es für den Klimasünder Beton?…

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WuPiG #3: Gibt's KI auch in Grün? Mit Maximilian Funke-Kaiser (FDP) und Stefanie Kunkel (RIFS) 43:40

3M ago43:40

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Mit Maximilian Funke-Kaiser (FDP) und Stefanie Kunkel (RIFS) Die Benutzung der Künstlichen Intelligenz gehört in vielen Bereichen inzwischen zum Alltag, aber gibt es schon genug wissenschaftlichen Daten, um ihre Auswirkungen auf Nachhaltigkeit zu messen? Und wo sollte die Politik den Cursor platzieren, um die Entwicklungen der KI zu regulieren?Dies…

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WuPiG #2: Kiezblocks – Wem gehört die Stadt? Mit Almut Neumann und Dirk von Schneidemesser 36:15

3M ago36:15

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Barcelona, London und jetzt Berlin: die „Kiezblocks“ (Wohngebiete ohne Durchgangsverkehr) sind nicht mehr nur Experimente der Mobilitätspolitik, sie sind Realität geworden in mehreren europäischen Metropolen und ernten Lob und Kritik in der Bevölkerung. Welche Mobilitätswende ist in der Hauptstadt möglich?Dies ist das Thema der zweiten Episode des …

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WuPiG #1: Kann Demokratie Nachhaltigkeit? Mit Doris Fuchs und Andreas Jung 45:21

3M ago45:21

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Letzte Generation, Bauernproteste oder Einhaltung der Klimaziele: Es gibt viele Dossiers, um die nachhaltige Entwicklung auf die Agenda unserer politischen Vertreter und Verterinnen zu setzen. Aber ist der politische Rhythmus mit der Zeitskala kompatibel, in der die Herausforderungen unseres Planeten noch zu schaffen sind? Welche konkreten Vorschlä…

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WuPiG Trailer: Wissenschaft und Politik im Gespräch 4:26

4M ago4:26

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Willkommen bei "WuPig - Wissenschaft und Politik im Gespräch". Hier treffen sich Wissenschaftler:innen und Politiker:innen, um in gesellschaftlich relevante Themen einzutauchen.Hören Sie mit, wenn wir über die Kiezblöcke in Berlin plaudern oder uns den Herausforderungen einer nachhaltigen Digitalisierung stellen.Die Gespräche sollen den Forschenden…

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63. Immunotherapy Protein Engineering & Entrepreneurship w/ Dane Wittrup - Professor @ MIT 50:00

5M ago50:00

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Professor Dane Wittrup attended the University of New Mexico as an undergraduate, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering in June, 1984. Wittrup went on to attend the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where he worked with Prof. James Bailey on flow cytometry and segregated modeling of recombinant population…

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62. Future of Scientific Journalism w/ Holden Thorp - Editor-in-Chief @ Science Journals 50:00

6M ago50:00

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Holden Thorp became Editor-in-Chief of the Science family of journals on 28 October 2019. He came to Science from Washington University, where he was provost from 2013 to 2019 and professor from 2013 to 2023. He is currently a professor at George Washington University and on leave to serve as the Editor-in-Chief at Science. Thorp joined Washington …

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61. Frontier of Immunological Engineering w/ Darrell Irvine - Professor @ MIT 50:00

6M ago50:00

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Darrell Irvine obtained an Honors Bachelor’s degree in engineering physics from the University of Pittsburgh. As a National Science Foundation graduate fellow, he then studied Polymer Science at MIT. Following completion of his PhD, he was a Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell postdoctoral fellow in immunology at the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genet…

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RSV: The Quest for a New Vaccine 23:12

10M ago23:12

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What is ‘structure-based’ vaccine design? Before scientists used these techniques to design vaccines against Covid, they were testing them in the lab to combat RSV. Keren Landman joins the show to talk about how this respiratory virus endangers the lives of babies and the elderly. Then, we hear about an early RSV vaccine trial that cast a shadow ov…

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60. Diagnostic Entrepreneurship w/ Stan Lapidus - Serial Entrepreneur / Former Founder & CEO @ Exact Sciences 50:00

1y ago50:00

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Stan Lapidus is an inventor and entrepreneur who currently serves on a number of healthcare and medical technology boards. He’s been founding CEO of three medical diagnostics companies. Two of them have been among the most successful diagnostics startups of all time: Cytyc Corp., which he founded in 1987 and which revolutionized early detection of …

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Carbon Critique Episode #4: Usha Natarajan & Julia Dehm 41:16

1y ago41:16

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In the fourth and last episode of the first season of the Carbon Critique podcast series, we have two guests. Usha Natarajan is Edward W. Said Fellow at Columbia University and International Schulich Visiting Scholar at Dalhousie University. She employs postcolonial and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) in her interdisciplinary re…

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59. Future of ADCs w/ David Epstein - CEO @ Seagen 43:43

1y ago43:43

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David Epstein joined Seagen as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in 2022, bringing more than 30 years of drug development, deal making, commercialization and people leadership experience on a global scale. Prior to Seagen, he was executive partner at Flagship Pioneering. From 2010 to mid-2016 he served as Chief Executiv…

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58. Frontier of Immunology w/ Vijay Kuchroo - Professor @ Harvard 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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Vijay Kuchroo is the Samuel L. Wasserstrom Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Co-Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity, at the Brigham Research Institutes, Boston. He is also an associate member of the Broad Institute, and a participant in a Klarman Cell Observatory pr…

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57. Future of Microfluidics w/ David Weitz - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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David Weitz is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics & Applied Physics and professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University. Weitz is best known for his work in the areas of diffusing-wave spectroscopy, microrheology, microfluidics, rheology, fluid mechanics, interface and colloid science, colloid chemistry, biophysics, complex fluids, soft conde…

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56. Future of Gene Editing w/ David Liu - Professor @ Harvard / Vice Chairman @ Broad Institute 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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David Liu is the Richard Merkin Professor and director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, vice-chair of the faculty at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator. Liu’s research i…

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55. Future of Nanotechnology w/ Chad Mirkin - Professor @ Northwestern 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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Chad Mirkin is the Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the George B. Rathmann Prof. of Chemistry, Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Prof. of Biomedical Engineering, Prof. of Materials Science & Engineering, and Prof. of Medicine at Northwestern University. He is a chemist and a world-renowned nanoscience exper…

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54. Foundations of Biotech w/ Harvey Lodish - Professor @ MIT / Founding Member @ Whitehead Institute 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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Harvey Lodish is a Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a Professor of Biology and a Professor of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He serves as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and is an Associate (Foreign) Member of the European Molecular Biology Organizatio…

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53. Future of Immunology w/ Jeff Bluestone - Professor Emeritus @ UCSF / Co-Founder & CEO @ Sonoma Biotherapeutics 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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Jeff Bluestone is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sonoma Biotherapeutics and the A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Diabetes Center of The University of California, San Francisco. Bluestone is a highly accomplished scientific researcher and international leader in the field of immunotherapy and has p…

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52. AI & Patient Centricity in Pharma w/ Frank Nestle - Global Head of Research & CSO @ Sanofi 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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Frank Nestle is global head of research and chief scientific officer at Sanofi, with responsibility for its main therapeutic research areas of immunology and inflammation, oncology, neurology, rare diseases, hematology, and genomic medicine. Before joining Sanofi in 2016, Nestle was a professor and chair of cutaneous medicine and immunotherapy at K…

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Carbon Critique Podcast #3 FRENCH – Entretien avec le philosophe Maurizio Lazzarato 55:11

1+ y ago55:11

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Maurizio Lazzarato est sociologue et philosophe, chercheur au Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) et à l'Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Université Paris I). Il est également membre du Collège international de philosophie (CIPh). Lazzarato a mené une réflexion critique et écrit sur le capitalisme, la dette, le néolibéralisme, toujours…

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Carbon Critique Podcast #3 ENGLISH – A conversation with philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato 44:29

1+ y ago44:29

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Maurizio Lazzarato is a sociologist and a philosopher, and a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and at Pantheon-Sorbonne University (University Paris I). He is also a member of the Collège international de philosophie (CIPh). Lazzarato has been critically thinking and writing about capitalism, debt, neoliberalis…

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51. Future of SynBio w/ Jay Keasling - Professor @ Berkeley 43:43

1+ y ago43:43

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Jay Keasling is the Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy at the University of California, Berkeley in the Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). Dr. Keasling’s research focu…

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Haptic Hortus: Wasserpflanzen zum Klingen bringen 4:24

1+ y ago4:24

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Am ersten Abend der Berlin Science Week 2022 fand in der multisensorischen Installation "Haptic Hortus" von IASS Fellow und Anthropologin Susanne Schmitt ein Workshop mit Musikproduzent, Klangkünstler und Komponist Felix Classen statt. Das Berühren von Pflanzen wurde durch Hydrophone oder Lautsprecher akustisch hörbar. Klänge aus dem Botanischen Ga…

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50. Pioneering Bioorthogonal Chemistry w/ Carolyn Bertozzi - Professor @ Stanford & 2022 Nobel Laureate 43:43

2y ago43:43

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Carolyn Bertozzi is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Chemical & Systems Biology (by courtesy) at Stanford University, the Baker Family Director at Sarafan ChEM-H, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She completed her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Harvard University in 1988 and h…

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49. Engineering Precision Medicine w/ Joel Dudley - Partner @ Innovation Endeavors / Former CSO @ Tempus 43:43

2y ago43:43

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Joel Dudley is a Partner @ Innovation Endeavors and an experienced leader, medical professional, researcher, and entrepreneur. Joel previously served as the Chief Scientific Officer at Tempus, a company focused on bringing the power of data and artificial intelligence to healthcare. Before joining Tempus, Joel was an Associate Professor of Genetics…

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48. Future of Precision Health w/ Carlos Bustamante - Professor @ Stanford / Co-Founder & CEO @ Galatea 43:43

2y ago43:43

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Carlos Bustamante, over the past 15 years, has led a multidisciplinary team working on problems at the interface of computational and biological sciences. Much of his research has focused on genomics technology and its application in medicine, agriculture, and evolutionary biology. His first academic appointment was at Cornell University's College …

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Carbon Critique Podcast #2: Timothy Mitchell – Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil 41:26

2y ago41:26

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Timothy Mitchell is a political science Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. His areas of interest include colonialism, political economy, the politics of energy, and the making of expert knowledge. Much of his work blends the study of the built world, technical devices, ecological …

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47. Taking Agency of Your Care (& Your Company) w/ Lee Cooper - Senior Director of Venture Investments @ Leaps by Bayer 43:43

2y ago43:43

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Lee Cooper is Senior Director of Venture Investments @ Leaps by Bayer, where he aims to contribute to new biotechnologies that enable patients and communities to live healthier lives. Lee is on the faculty of Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering and teaches “The Ecosystem for Bio-Innovation.” Prior to joining Leaps, Lee was Entrepreneur-in-Resi…

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46. Building Innovation Institutes w/ Patrick Hsu - Co-Founder @ Arc Institute / Assistant Professor @ UC Berkeley 43:43

2y ago43:43

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Patrick Hsu is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a co-founder and core investigator at the Arc Institute. He is a pioneer of CRISPR technology. In his Lab at Berkeley, Patrick seeks to improve our understanding and ability to control genetic circuits for the advancement of human health. His a…

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45. Translational Medicine & Public Health w/ David Kaufman - Partner @ Third Rock Ventures 43:43

2y ago43:43

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David Kaufman is a Partner @ Third Rock Ventures. Before joining TRV, he was Chief Medical Officer and head of translational development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (MRI). He helped establish the Gates MRI as a "nonprofit biotech," developing novel drugs and vaccines for tuberculosis, malaria, enteric diseases, neonatal…

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44. Design Thinking in Biotech w/ Chris Garabedian - CEO @ Xontogeny / Former CEO @ Sarepta 43:43

2y ago43:43

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Chris Garabedian is the Chairman & CEO of Xontogeny where he supports companies with cutting-edge technologies from early development through clinical proof of concept. Chris has decades of leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. From 2011 to 2015, Chris led the turnaround of Sarepta Therapeutics as CEO. Prior to that, Chris served…

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Carbon Critique Podcast #1: Cara New Daggett – The Birth of Energy 30:02

2y ago30:02

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In the first episode of the Carbon Critique podcast series, we talked to Cara New Daggett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech, about her book “The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work.” 📲 https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-birth-of-energyIn this book, Cara traces back the genea…

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43. Future of Genetic Medicine w/ Scribe Therapeutics Founders - Ben Oakes & Dave Savage 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Ben Oakes is Co-founder, President, & CEO @ Scribe Therapeutics. He has contributed to over 25 publications and patent applications across synthetic biology, molecular engineering, CRISPR, and zinc finger-based genetic modification. A previous Innovative Genomics Institute Entrepreneurial Fellow, Ben has been named to the San Francisco Business Tim…

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42. Pharma BD to TechBio VC w/ Becky Pferdehirt - Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Bio + Health Fund) & Seth Lieblich - Principal @ 8VC (Bio Team) 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Becky Pferdehirt is a Partner on the a16z bio investing team. She focuses on early stage companies building technology platforms for therapeutic discovery and development. Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Becky worked at Amgen where she most recently led business development efforts for therapeutic platform partnerships. Before moving to BD Be…

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41. Cell Free Systems w/ Michael Jewett - Professor @ Northwestern / Director @ NU Center for Synthetic Biology 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Michael Jewett is the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, a Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, & Co-Director of the Center for Synthetic Biology @ Northwestern University. He is also an Institute Fellow at the Northwestern Argonne Institute for Science & Engineering. Jewett’s lab seeks to re-conceptualize the wa…

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40. TechBio Era w/ Vik Bajaj - Managing Director @ Foresite Capital 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Vik Bajaj is a Managing Director @ Foresite, evaluating and pursuing investments at the intersection of technology and life sciences, including in personalized and precision healthcare. Prior to joining Foresite Capital, Vik was the chief scientific officer of GRAIL, a life sciences company working to detect cancer early when it can be cured, and r…

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39. Future of Drug Delivery w/ Samir Mitragotri - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Samir Mitragotri is the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering. Samir is an elected member of the National Academies of Engineering and Medicine, and elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, th…

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38. Future of Organoids w/ Hans Clevers - Organoid Pioneer & Professor @ Hubrecht Institute 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Hans Clevers is Director & Professor of Molecular Genetics @ the Hubrecht Institute in the Netherlands. He is also University Professor at the University Utrecht and Oncode Investigator. Clevers is one of the world’s leading researchers on stem cells and their potential for regenerative therapy. Over the past decade, his lab has produced vital stud…

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37. Biophysics & Rejuvenation w/ Stephen Quake - Professor @ Stanford / Co-President @ Chan Zuckerberg Biohub 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Stephen Quake is the Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering & Professor of Applied Physics @ Stanford University & Co-President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. Quake has invented many measurement tools for biology, including new DNA sequencing technologies that have enabled rapid analysis of the human genome and microfluidic automation that allows…

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hör mal - lausitz #4: Kunst, Kultur & Wissenschaft: Wie passt das zusammen? 33:09

2+ y ago33:09

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Unsere letzte Etappe starten wir im Brandenburgischen Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst in Cottbus. Hier sprechen wir mit Direktorin Ulrike Kremeier und lassen uns von dem Fotografen und Künstler Sven Gatter die Ausstellung „EchoTektur“ näherbringen. Apropos (Archi)-tektur: Lars Scharnholz vom Institut für neue Industriekultur erzählt uns, warum alte …

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36. Building Biotech Ecosystems w/ John Flavin - Founder & CEO @ Portal Innovations 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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John Flavin is Founder & CEO @ Portal Innovations, a premier venture development engine that builds and invests in early stage life sciences ventures. Portal’s differentiated mix of crafted capital drives companies from scientific ideation to business creation, helping entrepreneurs translate cutting-edge technology into sustainable, global busines…

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35. Accelerating Diagnostic Innovation w/ David Walt - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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David Walt is the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering @ Harvard Medical School, Professor of Pathology @ Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Core Faculty Member of the Wyss Institute @ Harvard University, Associate Member @ the Broad Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, & is co-Director of the Mass…

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34. Biologically Inspired Engineering w/ Don Ingber - Founding Director @ Wyss Institute / Professor @ Harvard 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

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Don Ingber is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering @ Harvard University, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Appli…

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