Exploring all things genetics. Dr Patrick Short, University of Cambridge alumnus and CEO of Sano Genetics, analyses the science, interviews the experts, and discusses the latest findings and breakthroughs in genetic research. To find out more about Sano Genetics and its mission to accelerate the future of precision medicine visit: www.sanogenetics.com
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A journal club to review recent journal articles in the field of retina. The target audience are retina specialists and other healthcare professionals who want to stay up-to-date with the latest publications in the field of retina.
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PROUDLY SPONSORED BY GERLINDE MOSER OF RE/MAX. Being Green – Your window on the environment broadcast every Friday morning at 9.30. Glynis Crook will focus on key issues affecting our lifestyles, science and research outcomes, the quest for sustainable living and a healthier planet.
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This podcast is all about Parks Associates’ data-driven market insights on emerging consumer technology products and services - featuring our talented analyst team and industry leaders bringing new and innovative products to market. In this podcast, you’ll get an inside look at the latest industry trends focused on the connected consumer, home automation and security, energy management, connected health and independent living, and digital content and video services.
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DocTalk is a podcast hosted by Graduate Student and Teaching Intern Eden Fritz Aguiar '24 where we dive deep into the process of creating a documentary that serves as both a historical archive and an educational pedagogy. Join us as we pull back the curtain on the behind-the-scenes efforts, from initial research to final production, revealing the passion, dedication, and creativity that fuel this ambitious project. Listeners will gain unique insights into the challenges and triumphs of bring ...
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The Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) was founded in Canton, Ohio in 1979 to foster the study of professional football as a significant and athletic institution; to establish an accurate historical account of professional football; and to disseminate research information. In each episode of The Official PFRA Podcast, co-hosts George Bozeka and Jon Bozeka will discuss the storied history of pro football, including interviews with prominent pro football historians and author ...
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Orion’s The Weighing Machine How does Orion help financial advisors guide investors toward their financial goals? We provide the services and solutions advisors need to help clients stay invested in balanced portfolios. On Orion’s “The Weighing Machine,” featuring Orion Chief Investment Officer Rusty Vanneman, CFA, CMT, BFA, we cut through the market clamor and focus on time-tested principles that help financial advisors and investors reach their long-term financial goals. Each podcast revie ...
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Golf Sustainability | Environmental Solutions to Keep the Game of Golf Sustainable for Future Golfers
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On a mission to drive positive change in the golf industry for a greener future! Host John Failla focuses on advancing the sustainability of both the environment and the game of golf for generations to come through valuable insights, meaningful connections, and inspiring stories. This passionate golfer, who has already played on 39 of the World’s Top 100 Golf Courses, brings together industry leaders and organizations: Greg Nathan, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Go ...
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Make the Future - Ottawa's Tech Podcast Join uOttawa’s Jacques Beauvais, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, as he connects with alumni, students, industry partners and researchers to explore the future of tech and innovation and how, through creativity and collaboration they can make the future. https://engineering.uottawa.ca/podcast
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Scott Davis and John Finneran of Capital Group - The Most Successful Active ETF Launch in History
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Being Green - 30 Aug 24 _ Arbor Week: Preserving Cape Town’s urban forests
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Sunday will see the start of the annual National Arbor Week, a time to celebrate trees. Over the seven-day period, people are encouraged to take part in "greening" events to make our communities healthier and more beautiful. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Clare Burgess, chair of Treekeepers Cape Town, about preserving…
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EP 149: Sequencing 33 million samples to support the UK’s COVID-19 response with Tony Cox, CEO of UK Biocentre
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Tony 02:00 What Tony was expecting going into the role of CEO at UK Biocentre, and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed his plans 03:38 Receiving a phone call from the UK government in March 2020 asking the UK Biocentre to stop all of its projects and focus on sequencing COVID-19 samples 05:12 The UK…
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Ben Cruikshank of Flourish Financial - Our Love Hate Relationships with Cash and Annuities
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Today, Rusty and Robyn are joined by Ben Cruikshank. Ben is President of Flourish, where he oversees all client-facing teams, including Sales, Relationship Management, Partnerships, and Support. Ben is a frequent commentator on issues related to investment advisors and has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Marketwatch, and numerous ind…
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Being Green - 23 Aug 24 _ Survival of the Cape’s own leopard
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As the Cape Leopard Trust marks its 20th year of working to ensure the survival of this apex predator, Glynis Crook speaks to its CEO, Helen Turnbull, about these highly elusive and resilient animals that survive in the fynbos biome of the Cape Fold Mountains. Find out more at: www.capeleopard.org.za.…
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EP 148: Advancing veteran health through the Million Veteran Program with Dr. Mike Gaziano, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School
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0:00 Intro 2:00 Mike’s career prior to the Million Veteran Program (MVP), how Mike got to work on MVP, and important milestones in the project's evolution 8:30 Future goals for the Million Veteran Program in expanding and diversifying the research cohort 11:00 The roles of various omics in advancing the project's development 14:30 The most meaningf…
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Adam Abbas of Harris Associates - It’s All About Fixed Income
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Today, Rusty and Robyn are joined by Adam Abbas, Head of Fixed Income and Portfolio Manager at Harris Associates. Adam Abbas has been a manager of the Oakmark Bond Fund and Oakmark Equity and Income Fund since 2020. He is also a vice president of the Oakmark Funds. He started at Harris Associates in 2018 after working as a lead portfolio manager at…
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Author & Head Archivist and Producer at NFL Films Chris Willis
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The Official PFRA Podcast is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. LINKS The Official PFRA Podcast Website The Professional Football Researchers Association Website EPISODE SUMMARY Jon & George chat with Chris Willis about his book The NFL's 60-Minute Men: All-Time Greats of the Two-Way Player Era, 1920-1945 T…
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Being Green - 16 Aug 24 _ Countries mark World Elephant Day
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Countries around the world marked World Elephant Day on Monday, which aims to bring attention to the plight of the animals in Africa and Asia. On both continents, they are facing increasing threats, including an escalation in poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict. The Worldwide Fund for Nature says there are only about 415,000 African…
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EP 147: From research to delivering precision medicine in the clinic with Scott Weiss, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Scott 01:55 Scott’s career highlights to date, ranging from epidemiology to the genetics of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 04:56 How and why Scott decided to transition into genetics 06:30 The advances in our understanding of the genetics of asthma and COPD over the past 2…
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David Ricci of William Blair - The Future of Growth Investing
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Today, Rusty and Robyn are joined by David Ricci, a Portfolio Manager at William Blair. David Ricci, CFA, partner, is a portfolio manager on William Blair’s Large Cap Growth strategy, which he joined in 2011. From 2005 to 2018, he was also a portfolio manager on the Mid Cap Growth strategy. Previously, he was the group head for the consumer sector,…
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Being Green - 09 Aug 24 _Marion Island: Escalation of house mice attacks on seabirds
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South Africa’s Marion Island is being overrun by more than a million house mice. And as the growing population runs out of their normal food, they’re increasingly turning to the island’s seabirds as an alternative source of nourishment. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Dr Anton Wolfaardt of Mouse-Free Marion about its p…
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EP 146: The biology of aging with Austin Argentieri, Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Affiliate Member of the Broad Institute, and Research Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Austin 01:42 What is aging and how should we think about it? 03:50 Discussion of Austin’s recent breakthrough paper on aging, including the questions he set out to answer, and the outcomes of the research 06:32 How Austin’s work focuses on using large-scale population proteomics data to create acc…
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Eric Crittenden of Standpoint Asset Management - What Does It Mean to Take an All Weather Approach to Investing?
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Today, Rusty and Robyn are joined by Eric Crittenden, Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Standpoint Asset Management. Standpoint is an investment firm focused on bringing all-weather portfolio solutions to US investors. Eric has over 20 years of experience researching, designing and managing alternative asset portfolios. Eric holds a BA in Fin…
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E80-Retinal Vasculitis After Intravitreal Pegcetacoplan- Dr. Andre Witkin from ASRS Research and Safety in Therapeutics (ReST) Committee
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Dr. Witkin from the American Society of Retina Specialists talks about our current knowledge of the incidence of retinal vasculitis following intravitreal injection of Pegcetacoplan for treatment of geographic atrophy. Discussed article: Witkin AJ, Jaffe GJ, Srivastava SK, Davis JL, Kim JE. Retinal Vasculitis After Intravitreal Pegcetacoplan: Repor…
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Being Green - 02 Aug 24 _First seal vaccinated for rabies in Cape Town
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Scientists and officials gathered in Cape Town last week to discuss what they know about the rabies outbreak in Cape Fur Seals and what to do about it. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to one of the delegates, Dr Tess Gridley, co-director of Sea Search, which is a collective of marine mammal scientists, who told her that s…
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EP 145: Navigating rare disease drug development regulations with Daniel O’Connor
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Daniel 02:04 Defining rare disease in the age of personalized medicine 04:57 Key touchpoints with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) when developing a new medicine 09:27 Improvements over the course of Daniel’s career when it comes to incentivizing and making the path t…
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Mike Singleton of Invictus Research - The Things That Matter and the Things That Don’t
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Today, Rusty and Robyn are joined by Mike Singleton, Senior Analyst and Principal at Invictus Research. Mike studied finance and theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated summa cum laude. After graduating, Mike had the opportunity to work for several years with Broad Run Investment Management, where he spent most of his time cond…
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E79- Interaction Between Optometry and The Specialty of Retina- Panel Discussion
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A panel of guests optometrists share their feedback about communication issues between optometry and the speciality of retina. Guests panelists: Dr. George Papadakis, Dr. Brian Feinstein, Dr. Lena Moiseiykina and Dr. Nagar Sohbati.
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Being Green - 26 July 24 _WWF: The world records we don’t want to break
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As the Olympic Games get underway in Paris on 26 July, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has launched a video campaign urging people to focus on the world records we don’t want to break. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to James Reeler, Senior Manager: Climate Action at the WWF South Africa about what it hopes to achieve with …
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EP 144: Research Roundup with Dr. Veera: breakthroughs in developmental disorders, Parkinson's, SLE, and Alzheimer's
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0:00 Introduction 1:40 A recurrent de novo mutation in a noncoding region of a small nucleolar RNA gene that has been identified as one of the most common causes of neurodevelopmental disorders This pathogenic variant escaped notice for years because it was not located in a protein coding region of the genome It now shows potential as a target for …
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James St. Aubin of Sierra Investment Management and Ocean Park Asset Management - What’s Ahead for the Markets and How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact the Investment Industry?
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Today, Rusty and Robyn are joined by James St. Aubin, Chief Investment Officer of Sierra Investment Management and Ocean Park Asset Management. James St. Aubin, CFA®, CAIA®, is Chief Investment Officer for Sierra Investment Management. He has oversight of all activities of the Investment Management department, in collaboration with Sierra co-founde…
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Being Green - 19 July 24 _Heat-mapping study finds Cape Town has district temperature differences
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Trees and plants make life better in a city, including improving air quality, providing homes to birds and insects, and cooling our streets. A recent heat-mapping campaign as part of the World Bank’s City Resilience Programme and the National Treasury’s Cities Support Programme found large temperature differences in parts of the city with densely-p…
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EP 143: Harnessing human data in drug development with Jakob Steinfeldt, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Pheiron
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Jakob and background on Pheiron 02:14 What made Jakob decide to start Pheiron, what the company does, and how his scientific background inspired him to found a start-up 5:24 Jakob’s excitement and inspiration around the power and potential of machine learning 07:07 Cardiology and heart failure as …
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Tyson Walker of Orion OCIO - The Ins and Outs of Portfolio Audits
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Today Rusty & Robyn are joined by Tyson Walker, Director of Portfolio Strategy at Orion OCIO, also known as Town Square Capital, in Salt Lake City. Tyson Walker serves as the Director of Portfolio Strategy at TownSquare Capital, where he leads a dedicated team of investment analysts. In this role, Tyson ensures that financial advisors receive exper…
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Being Green - 12 July 24 _Aghmad Gamieldien, founder of Mzanzi Organics
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An urban greening trend that is gaining momentum around the world for its environmental benefits is something called a Miyawaki pocket forest. The concept was developed in the 1970s by Japanese botanist, Dr Akira Miyawaki. Now Aghmad Gamieldien, founder of Mzanzi Organics, has created five of them in Cape Town. He joins Glynis Crook on this week’s …
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EP 142: From genome to bedside: How genetics is transforming modern medical practice with Dr. Andrea Gropman
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0:00 Introduction 1:40 Andrea’s background and how she got into the field of genetics, neuroimaging, and metabolic disorders 4:00 Insights into Andrea’s clinical practice, including the diverse families and patients she serves and her approach to clinical decision-making 6:30 How genetics and genomics have changed the diagnostic journey in the last…
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Kostya Etus of Dynamic Advisor Solutions - Investment Models and Why Advisors Should Use Them
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Today, Rusty and Robyn are joined by Kostya Etus, CIO of Dynamic Advisor Solutions. Konstantin “Kostya” Etus, CFA® is the Chief Investment Officer at Dynamic Advisor Solutions. He is responsible for leading Dynamic’s Investment Management team and overseeing all investment operations at Dynamic, including investment people, philosophy, process, por…
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Being Green - 05 July 24 _Prof Peter Ryan, emeritus professor at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Prof Peter Ryan, emeritus professor at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, who co-authored a study which found that colourful plastics degrade to form microplastics faster than those with plain colours.By Glynis Crook
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EP 141: Bringing genomics to the clinic with Lori Orlando, Associate Prof at Duke University
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Lori Orlando 03:00 Lori’s career: From mathematical modelling to genetics and family history 05:11 The study that revealed 20% of the general population is at a higher risk of disease than average and needs preventative care 07:36 The first five diseases that Lori started analysing through informa…
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Kevin Carter of EMQQ Global - The Compelling Case for Emerging Markets
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Today Rusty & Robyn are joined by Kevin Carter, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global. Kevin T. Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global, including EMQQ, FMQQ, and INQQ. While he considers himself an active “value” investor first and foremost, he has collaborated with Princeton economist and indexing legend, Dr.…
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Being Green - 28 June 24 _Keith Anderson, CEO of the e-Waste Association of South Africa (e-WASA)
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Electronic waste is the fastest-growing solid waste stream in the world. In 2022, a record 62 million tonnes were produced globally, up 82% from 2010. But less than one quarter of the year’s e-waste mass was documented as having been properly collected and recycled. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Keith Anderson, CEO o…
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EP 140: The future of Electronic Health Records and data analysis with Ben Goldacre
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 1:00 Welcome to Ben Goldacre 02:22 Ben’s open data projects at the Bennett Institute and the challenges they aim to tackle 04:03 Using Electronic Health Records (EHR) to help the National Health Service improve care 06:18 The importance of software development within healthcare data and how to manage salary scales…
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SHN Presents: This Day in Sports History - SHN Trailers
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW: THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports H…
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Gerard O’Reilly of Dimensional Fund Advisors - What Happens When a Rocket Scientist Becomes an Investment Manager?
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Today Rusty & Robyn are joined by Gerard O’Reilly from Dimensional Fund Advisors. Gerard O’Reilly serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and is a Dimensional Director. He was named Co-CEO in 2017 and has been with Dimensional since 2004. Along with Co-CEO Dave Butler, Gerard guides the f…
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Being Green - 21 June 24 _ WWF-SASSI: Giving consumers the chance to make informed choices
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In this week’s Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Pavs Pillay, behaviour change lead and WWF-SASSI manager, about the initiative’s new report, “The hidden costs of your seafood”, which focuses on the crucial role played by retailers and suppliers of seafood in ensuring responsible and sustainable fishing practices are implemented.…
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EP 139: Rare disease breakthroughs using tRNA with Michelle Werner, CEO of Alltrna and CEO-Partner of Flagship Pioneering
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast. 01:00 Welcome to Michelle. 02:00 Sstop codon diseases and how are they characterised 03:45 Diseases caused by premature stop codons in haploinsufficient genes. 04:35 The role of transfer RNA technology in finding solutions for premature stop codon diseases. 06:16 How Alltrna is engineering tRNAs which can bind to…
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Bill Wostoupal of Orion - Custom Indexing and the Future of Wealth Management
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This week, Rusty and Robyn are joined by Bill Wostoupal, EVP of OCIO at Orion. Bill is the EVP, of Orion OCIO. He is responsible for the coordination and execution of Orion's vision to offer custom indexing, and other outsourced services, to our prospective and existing investment advisory customer base. Key Takeaways [04:26] - Bill has been in the…
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E78- Effect of Scleral Buckle on Outflow Facility, Intraocular Pressure, and Ocular Biomechanics- Dr. Arthur Sit
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Dr. Arthur sit describes his surprising research results on the effect of scleral buckle on ocular fluid dynamics. The discussed article: Lyons LJ, Kazemi A, Bakri SJ, Barkmeier AJ, Iezzi R, Olsen TW, Hodge DO, Sit AJ. The Effect of Scleral Buckle Surgery on Tonographic Outflow Facility, Positional Intraocular Pressure, and Ocular Biomechanics. Oph…
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