Microbial Bioinformatics is a rapidly changing field marrying computer science and microbiology. Join us as we share some tips and tricks we’ve learnt over the years. If you’re student just getting to grips to the field, or someone who just wants to keep tabs on the latest and greatest - this podcast is for you. The hosts are Dr. Lee Katz from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US), Dr. Nabil-Fareed Alikhan and Dr. Andrew Page both from Quadram Institute Bioscience (UK) and brin ...
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In the digital age, businesses run on data. Especially at a time when workers are distributed across the globe, it's more important than ever that teams have access to the data they need, when they need it, wherever they are. In this show, we explore the world of decentralized data and the issues it raises for doing business in the 21st century. Host Molly Presley talks with a fascinating lineup of guests, including scientists, business leaders, and thinkers at the cutting edge of data scien ...
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The New England Biolabs podcast series, Lessons from Lab and Life, is dedicated to sharing helpful life lessons from successful scientists. From an overview of cutting edge research to finding sources of inspiration, our podcast is for science enthusiasts that like to ponder “what it all means”. Listen as leading researchers draw lessons from where scientific concepts (and misconceptions) have come from, where they are now, and where they are headed in the not-too-distant future. If you’ve g ...
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Welcome to Bio Bytes! Tune in for interviews with prominent scientists working at the intersection of Biology, Engineering, Medicine, Computer Science, and Mathematics. Check out our sister podcast "BioWorks" (https://anchor.fm/bioworks) for great discussions on life science-related business, investing, and policy. To support our podcast: https://securepay.cuit.columbia.edu/payment/pub/sponsor-sbi/https://securepay.cuit.columbia.edu/payment/pub/sponsor-sbi/ Please email sophiadeng0321@icloud ...
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Solving Media Production Challenges with AI Driven Workflows w/ Sam Bogoch
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On this episode of Data Unchained, we arew broadcasting from the 2024 NAB Trade Show. Our guest this time is CEO of Axle AI, Sam Bogoch. Sam talks about how his company is helping solve challenges in the media production space, the movement of AI processing from cloud based back to in house, and how mobile phones will remain drivers for future AI t…
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Kostas Konstantinidis returns to talk to us about ANI and metagenomics
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Kostas Konstantinidis returns to talk to us about ANI and metagenomics by Microbial BioinformaticsBy Microbial Bioinformatics
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Unlocking the Value & Capabilities of Data w/ Shiraz Ritwik
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On this podcast episode of Data Unchained, Shiraz Ritwik, Head of Growth at LatentView Analytics, joins us to discuss how he and his company are help get clean data for marketing campaigns, using data analytics to launch AI initiatives, and merging data sets to get insights on all platforms. www.latentview.com #data #podcast #ai #artificialintellig…
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Remote Data Workflows from the Edge to the Home Office w/ Stephen Moore
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Welcome back to another podcast episode of Data Unchained! This is the first episode of our in person recordings at the NAB 2024 trade show in Las Vegas. Kicking off this series is, Partner Solution Architect at HP, Stephen Moore. Stephen talks with us about how remote access solutions, working on data at the edge, and future trends he would like t…
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Kostas Konstantinidis talks to us about ANI and metagenomics
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We talk with Kostas! For more information please visit https://enve-omics.gatech.edu/By Microbial Bioinformatics
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Using AI to Dig for Data Gold in Massive Archives w/ Collin Graves
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Welcome to another episode of the Data Unchained podcast! On this episode, Collin Graves, Founder and CEO of North Labs, joins us to talk about his journey in the data industry, how he and his company are using AI to unlock valuable data that was previously stored away in massive amounts, and his perspective on the cloud. https://www.northlabs.io/ …
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Episode 60: Interview with Shelly Xie: The importance of art in healthcare
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2014 Passion in Science Award winner Shelly Xie joins us to share what she has learned about the benefits of art for healthcare providers and patients.By New England Biolabs
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Ensuring Data Security & Optimizing Data Distribution in Customer Communication w/ Peter Schroeder
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Peter Schroeder, Founder of Telzio, joins us on this latest podcast episode of Data Unchained to talk about the pain points in tech his company Telzio is trying to solve for, why security is the first thinks of whenever making changes to his platform, and the importance of meeting the customer wherever and whenever they are using AI. #data #decentr…
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Data Disaster & Recovery w/ Thierry Tremblay
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Thierry Tremblay, CEO at Kohezion, joins us on this episode to talk about the advantages of having multiple data sets, how people can collaborate on data sets in a secure and meaningful way, and how you can understand if you are ready for a data breach. Find the article referenced in the show here: https://www.kohezion.com/data-disaster #databreach…
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Accelerated Remote Data Access To Any Data Source w/ Harry Carr
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I am excited to welcome Harry Carr, CEO of Vicinity, to the podcast on this week's episode. Vicnity is a software company that is accelerating the time it takes to access remote data sources from anywhere. Harry talks about why hybrid cloud exists, examples of accelerated data access from the edge, and what the future of data architecturtes looks l…
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Overcoming Data Silos in Life Sciences w/ Adam Marko
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Welcome back to another podcast episode of Data Unchained! Adam Marko recently joined the Hammerspace team as the Field CTO of Life Sciences to talk about data storage and infrastructure in the biology and life sciences space as well as what he is hoping to accomplish in his new Hammerspace role. #data #podcast #ai #artificialintelligence #datascie…
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Infinidat + Hammerspace - Knocking Down the Top 3 C-Suite Priorities w/ Eric Herzog
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I am excited to share this latest episode of the Data Unchained podcast where I interviewed Eric Herzog. Eric is the Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat and joins us to talk about what the data workloads look like at fortune 1000 companies, his insights on the future of data storage, and why Infinidat partnered with Hammerspace #data #marketing #C…
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Bridging Data Gaps in Bioinformatics w/ Mark Izraelson
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Mark Izraelson, Head of Bioinformatics Support at MiLaboratories, joins us on the podcast today, to talk about how he analyzes, moves, and uses data analysis in Bioinformatics to better understand how the immune system adjusts to antigen. Mark is introducing a groundbreaking UI-first computational biology software called plaforma.bio that is bridgi…
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123 The Revolution of Hash Databases in cgMLST
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In this episode of the Micro Binfie Podcast, hosts Dr. Andrew Page and Dr. Lee Katz delve into the fascinating world of hash databases and their application in cgMLST (core genome Multilocus Sequence Typing) for microbial bioinformatics.The discussion begins with the challenges faced by bioinformaticians due to siloed MLST databases across the glob…
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Episode 59: Molecular Cloning Series: NEBuilder 101
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NEB Production Scientist Lindsey Spiegelman, joins us to explain the seamless DNA assembly method NEBuilder, which was developed at NEB. NEBuilder HiFi offers fast, accurate assembly of DNA fragments, including the ability to easily assemble DNA libraries, as well as the ability perform multisite mutagenesis in a single reaction.…
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122 GAMBIT: Genomic Approximation Method for Bacterial Identification and Tracking
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We discuss GAMBIT, software for accurately classifying bacteria and eukaryotes using a targeted k-mer based approach. GAMBIT software: https://github.com/gambit-suite/gambitGAMBIT suite: https://github.com/gambit-suiteGAMBIT (Genomic Approximation Method for Bacterial Identification and Tracking): A methodology to rapidly leverage whole genome sequ…
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Digging for Gold: Best Practices in Finding and Using Unstructured Data w/ Jacob Farmer
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On this #podcast #episode of Data Unchained, Jacob Farmer, Chief Product Evangelist at Starfish. Jacob talks about how Starfish helps organizations accessall their data, distinctions between unstructured data and how someone using AI may understand unsructured data, and how the industry can move forward with better data management. Cyberpunk by jig…
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Introducing Hyperscale NAS to Power AI Model Training w/ David Flynn
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It is our 50th episode! To celebrate 50 episodes of the Data Unchained podcast we are bringing back one of your favorite people, David Flynn! David, CEO of Hammerspace, is going to give us an inside look at the intersection of HPC and Enterprise to power AI model training. He will introduce the new Hyperscale NAS technology in production in massive…
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Bioinformatics, Genomics, & Data Science w/ Eleanor Howe
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On this #podcast #episode of Data Unchained, Eleanor Howe, #Founder and #CEO of Diamond Age Data Science, joins us to discuss how she is using #ComputationalBiology to broaden the understanding and structure of #datasets within genomics to inform #drugdiscovery in #oncology, #Cardiovasculardisease and other #Rarediseases. #storage #data #datascienc…
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Episode 58: Interview with Jo Handelsman: Microbial Communities and Expanding Diversity in Science
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Dr. Jo Handelsman, Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery shares her expertise in microbiome research and the importance of community.By New England Biolabs
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121 K-mers, Sourmash, and Open Source Software - More Conversations with Titus Brown
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In this episode, Andrew Page and Lee Katz continue their conversation with Titus Brown, diving deeper into his work on k-mers, Sourmash, and open source software development:Topics discussed:K-mers for analyzing sequencing data, and how Sourmash builds on MinHashHow Sourmash handles k-mers for metagenomic comparisons vs. MASHThe modhash and bottom …
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The Convergence of HPC & AI for Large Language Models w/ Eric Kavanagh
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Eric Kavanagh, AI Analyst and Syndicated Radio Host, joins us on this #podcast episode of Data Unchained, to talk about what skill sets for future AI jobs he believes companies should be looking for, HPC and enterprise technologies and a lot of these processes creating #datasets. #storage #data #datascience #datasources #datasource #HPC #LLM #large…
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120 Scaling Metagenomic Search with Sourmash - Conversations with Titus Brown
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In this final episode with Titus Brown, the conversation focuses on his work scaling metagenomic search with Sourmash:An overview of what Sourmash does - sketching and comparing large k-mer datasetsHow the sampling approach enables analyses like containment estimationExciting capabilities of the Branchwater tool for multi-threaded real-time SRA sea…
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Obtaining Unbiased Data Sets in Healthcare w/ Jennifer Stiso
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Jennifer Stiso, #DataScientist at Myriad Genetics, joins us on this latest #podcast #episode of Data Unchained, to talk about #DataBias. We discuss the #challenges and #solutions to obtaining #unbiased #datasets, future #trends of #generativeAI, and how the #AI and data sets are helping advance #healthcare. #data #datastorage #decentralizeddata #da…
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Episode 57: Interview with Genes in Space: 2023 Winner Isabel Jiang
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The Genes in Space team joins NEB to share the mission of their program, and 2023 Genes in Space Contest winner Isabel Jiang explains how her experience with the program has impacted her education, and the details of her experiment – which will be performed aboard the International Space Station.By New England Biolabs
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119 The Challenges of Microbial Taxonomy - Conversations with Titus Brown
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In this episode, Andrew Page and Lee Katz continue their chat with Titus Brown, focusing on taxonomy assignment in metagenomics:Topics discussed:Dealing with contamination and low quality genomes in reference databasesSourmash as a versatile search tool, not a curated databaseThe need for high confidence in taxonomic assignment in public healthMost…
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Maintaining Federal Governance Policies with Multiple Data Sources w/ Tim Tutt
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Welcome back to another podcast episode of Data Unchained! This time, I am pleased to welcome Tim Tutt, #CEO and #CoFounder Night Shift Development, Inc. Tim and his company work with clients on analyzing and generating data at exponential rates. In this episode, I talk with Tim about the security and technology that goes into the analytics for hum…
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118 Real bioinformaticians react to Jurassic Park
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Andrew, Nabil, and Lee react to the bioinformatics and the science overall in the 1993 film Jurassic Park.We looked at these YouTube clips:* https://youtu.be/mDTaykXudVI?si=I5aiUdBGStpIKHVC* https://youtu.be/RLz5Api676Y?si=D6nps33O42Fmk4Ac* https://youtu.be/0Nz8YrCC9X8?si=KNwkeFoS6Bu4LOpv* https://youtu.be/dxIPcbmo1_U?si=TOBw5AONYVCW0JzV* https://y…
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Data Governance in the Video Game Industry w/ Marie de Leseleuc
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How are video games collecting data from players? What kind of information is useful to the #videogame #company? How is the video game #data #governed? Find out the answer to all these questions and more as Marie Leseleuc, Analytics and Data Science Director at Eidos-Montreal, joins us to talk about moving data in the video game industry on this la…
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117 From Math to Metagenomics - Titus Brown on Career Journeys and Software Solutions
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In this episode of the Micro Binfie Podcast, Andrew Page and Lee Katz interview Titus Brown about his journey from studying math and physics as an undergrad to becoming a bioinformatician focusing on metagenomics and software development.Topics discussed:Titus' background in math, physics, digital evolution research, and developmental biologyHis tr…
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Deconstructing Data Management w/ Yuliia Tkachova
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What exactly is #DataManagement? How can it help us #monetize the data we have? And does this help with things like protecting #datasources? We discuss all these #questions and more on this latest #podcast episode of Data Unchained as #CEO and #CoFounder of Masthead Data, Yuliia Tkachova joins us to discus these topics and how her business is #disr…
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116 AI Authorship and Ethics in Academic Publishing for Genomics
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The podcast discusses an article co-authored by Andrew Page, examining the use of GPT-4 for research publication. The conversation focuses on the authorship of articles generated by GPT-4 and the implications for academic publishing.Authorship and Ethics:Andrew discusses the question of authorship when AI-generated content is involved in research a…
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The Seven Principles of the Data Pipeline w/ Ariel Pohoryles
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Welcome back to another podcast episode of Data Unchained! Our guest today is Ariel Pohoryles, Head of Product Marketing at #Rivery. In this episode, Ariel and I dived into the evolution of the #data #market, interacting with data in SQL and Python, and the importance of full visibility of the entire #datapipeline. #marketing #datascience #datatool…
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115 Write-the: speeding up software development for bioinformatics
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We continue our conversation with Wytamma Wirth about write-the and all things AI. It starts with discussing the usage of language models, specifically ChatGPT, in writing boilerplate code, and how it can assist in generating code snippets, unit tests, and even documentation strings. The participants also explore the potential of incorporating it i…
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Episode 56: Molecular Cloning Series: Restriction Enzymes 101
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NEB Emeritus Scientist Bill Jack explains how the discovery of new enzymes has helped advance the capabilities and possibilities of molecular cloningBy New England Biolabs
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114 Write-the: Automating Code Documentation ChatGPT
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In this episode, we dive deep into the world of automated code documentation and conversion using ChatGPT through the write-the software developed by Dr Wytamma Wirth from The University of Melbourne. Our guest, an experienced software engineer, takes us on a journey through the challenges and nuances of writing code documentation and the role AI c…
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Adopting AI Strategy in Data-Centric Organizations w/ Matt Fornito
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Curious about the world of #artificialintelligence (#AI)? How is it helping #evolve the #data #industry and #organizations in it? And what #career paths should people be considering when looking into the #technology industry? Find the answer to these questions and more as Matt Fornito '#TheAIGuy,' as dubbed by #NVIDIA #Executives, joins us on this …
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Bio Bytes 35: Olfactory Transduction with Stuart Firestein and More on Public Engagement with Science
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Stuart Firestein, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University, walks us through his study of the vertebrate olfactory system. Professor Firestein is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. With a unique career trajectory, Professor Firestein shares his thoughts on the current state of science education and…
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The Intersection where Business meets Data Science w/ Marcello Molinaro
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How do #DataScience Teams answer the questions of business teams? How do #DataScientists determine the right questions to solve for? How do you convince business people to be open to a broader answer than they specifically asked for? Marcello Molinaro helps answer these questions from his unique perspective as a #DataAnalyst for Mozart Data on this…
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Data Science Finding Opportunities in Decentralized Data w/ Kumarika Sau
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#DataAnalyst are very passionate about their jobs and are able to work in a variety of different industries but, just how is that possible? Are #Data Analysts solving for the same problems in every industry? Or, are Data #Analyst solving for different problems in different industries? Find out the answer to all these questions and more as Kumarika …
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Bio Bytes 34: Decoding the Regulation of Gene Expression with Professor James Manley
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Join us for an inspiring episode as Professor James Manley, the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Life Sciences at Columbia University, takes us on a journey into the intricate world of gene expression regulation in mammalian cells. Professor Manley discusses the pivotal roles of RNA-binding proteins and alternative mRNA splicing, shedding light on…
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Investing in Data Solutions that Power AI w/ Jonathan Tower
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Welcome back to another fascinating discussion on this latest episode of the Data Unchained #podcast! Our guest this time is Jonathan Tower, Managing Director of US Operations at the investment firm Prosperity7. Jonathan talks about what kind of companies they are looking for when investing, how the best thought leaders and company founders thrive …
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113 Global Microbial Identifier conference with Ruth Timme
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Lee and Andrew are at the Global Microbial Identifier conference (GMI13) in Vancouver Canada. On day 3 we catch up with Dr Ruth Timme.By Microbial Bioinformatics
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112 Global Microbial Identifier conference with Will Hsiao
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Andrew and Lee are at the Global Microbial Identifier conference (GMI13) in Vancouver Canada. We talk to Dr William Hsiao, one of the organisers of the conference.By Microbial Bioinformatics
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111 Global Microbial Identifier with Finlay Maguire and Emma Griffiths
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Andrew and Lee are at the Global Microbial Identifier conference 13 in Vancouver Canada. On the first day they talked to Dr Finlay Maguire and Dr Emma Griffiths about microbial genomics and Tim Hortons.By Microbial Bioinformatics
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Investor Strategies in the Next Data Cycle of AI and Data Technologies w/ David Flynn & Frank Timons
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Are you looking for investors? Maybe you are an investor yourself and interested in how to look for the right technology companies to invest in. No matter what part of your investment journey you're on, this podcast episode of Data Unchained is your best resource! Frank Timons, Founder of the Pier 88 Investment Group, joins us with CEO David Flynn …
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Episode 55: Molecular Cloning Series: Golden Gate Assembly 101
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Hear NEB Research Scientist Andy Sikkema, introduce Golden Gate Assembly and it’s uses, as well as tips for successful DNA assemblies.By New England Biolabs
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Preparing Data Governance for AI Models w/ Lauren Maffeo
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On this latest episode of the Data Unchained podcast, Lauren Maffeo joins us to talk about her book, 'Data Governance from the Ground up.' We also talk about controlling what's fed into AI engines and six steps of preparing for data governanace. #data #datascience #podcast #datagovernance #ai #artificialintelligence #author Cyberpunk by jiglr | htt…
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Moving Data of Microbial Pathogens to Cure Disease w/ Kevin Libuit
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How is data used at the edge by epidemiologists to find cures for disease? How do you track DNA coming from infectious disease? How does data get from the edge to public health laboratories? Kevin Libuit, CTO of Theiagen Genomics, joins us to answer these questions and more on this latest podcast episode of Data Unchained! #pathogens #disease #geno…
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Episode 54: Molecular Cloning Series: Mutagenesis 101
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Hear NEB Senior Tech Support Scientist Rachel Carver-Brown explain site-directed mutagenesis and multi-site mutagenesis techniques.By New England Biolabs
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