Best VitaDAO Podcasts (2024)

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Industrial Research with Peter van Hardenberg [Idea Machines #50] 46:40

3M ago46:40

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Peter van Hardenberg talks about Industrialists vs. Academics, Ink&Switch's evolution over time, the Hollywood Model, internal lab infrastructure, and more! Peter is the lab director and CEO of Ink&Switch, a private, creator oriented, computing research lab. References Ink&Switch (and their many publications) The Hollywood Model in R&D Idea Machine…

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MACROSCIENCE with Tim Hwang [Idea Machines #49] 57:19

5M ago57:19

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A conversation with Tim Hwang about historical simulations, the interaction of policy and science, analogies between research ecosystems and the economy, and so much more. Topics Historical Simulations Macroscience Macro-metrics for science Long science The interaction between science and policy Creative destruction in research “Regulation” for sci…

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The Mouse Longevity Chronicles: Unraveling Aging with Dr. Richard Miller during The Aging Science podcast by VitaDAO 1:34:41

1y ago1:34:41

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In this podcast, I (@aging_scientist) spoke with Dr. Rich Miller about the ins and outs of mouse aging. The topics we discussed, roughly in this order, included the Interventions Testing Program, rapamycin, mecilizine, and other lifespan-extending drugs. We talked about the importance of genetically heterogenous mouse stocks and the issues with fas…

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Exploring the Frontiers of Science: Breakthroughs, Funding Challenges, and Replication Crisis with Alaattin Kaya during The Aging Science podcast by VitaDAO 1:16:52

1y ago1:16:52

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Slowing aging by a couple of percents would save more money than curing any single disease, be it cancer, heart disease, or diabetes. Aging is, in fact, the major risk factor that all these diseases have in common. For this reason, slowing aging becomes the most efficient path to a sustainable and healthy future for humanity. To get this message ou…

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Insights on Grant-making and Systemic Change: Lessons from Impetus and Beyond 49:37

1y ago49:37

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Insights on Grant-making and Systemic Change: Lessons from Impetus and Beyond with Martin Borch Jensen & Lada Nuzhna. Outline: 0:00 What is Impetus and how did it get started? 3:12 Takeaways from running and creating Impetus Grants 5:04 Playbook for starting a grant-making program. 12:29 Common misunderstandings between the private sector and acade…

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Studying the genetic make-up of long-lived individuals with Joris Deelen 31:21

1y ago31:21

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Dr Joris Deelen leader at the Max Planck for Biology of AGeing since 2020 and is passionate about research on human aging.

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DNA damage as a driver of cellular senescence and agingwith Prof. Matt Yousefzadeh 18:43

1y ago18:43

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Matt Yousefzadeh, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Laura Niedernhofer, Director of the Institute for the Biology of Aging and Metabolism at the University of Minnesota. He is interested in the mechanisms by which endogenous DNA damage and cellular senescence drive aging.

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as an Immediate Healthspan Intervention with Dr. Jacques Mathieu 30:39

1y ago30:39

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Dr. Mathieu is a co-founder and the acting Chief Executive Officer of Sentinel Environmental where they are building better microbiomes. Co-founder of Advanced Microbiotics, a startup focused on developing therapeutics to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Did his Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Rice University.…

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EP 52: Big Screen’s new headset, PSVR2 reviews, foveated rendering pipeline from meta, and BioDAO IP-NFTs 22:54

1y ago22:54

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Bigscreen Beyond: 127 Gram Visor, 2.6K Per Eye OLED VR Headset With SteamVR Tracking https://uploadvr.com/bigscreen-beyond-weight-specs/ Save GPU with Eye Tracked Foveated Rendering https://developer.oculus.com/blog/save-gpu-with-eye-tracked-foveated-rendering/ PSVR 2 review: love on a leash https://www.theverge.com/23601368/sony-playstation-ps-vr2…

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The Longevity Prize: Undervalued Domains & Mechanism Design with Allison Duettmann 32:17

1y ago32:17

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Allison Duettmann is the president of Foresight Institute, a non-profit to advance biotech, nanotech, computing for the long-term benefit of life.

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Energy replacement: Harnessing the energy of light into mitochondrial chemical energy increase lifespan with Dr. Shahaf Peleg 14:55

1y ago14:55

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Dr. Shahaf Peleg is an Independent group leader, Metabolism and epigenetics in aging, FBN (Rostock)

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Meet The Vitalians | Imagining the future of VitaDAO | With Tim Peterson 21:04

1y ago21:04

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Meet Tim Peterson - VitaDAO Longevity Steward, Faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and co-founder of Healthspan Technologies and BIOIO

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Bridging IP into Web3 with IP-NFTs 27:02

1y ago27:02

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Tyler Golato is a Biogerontologist, and creative thinker building a more collaborative and open future. He co-founded Molecule and serves as Chief Scientist. He also co-initiated VitaDAO and PsyDAO and is focused on trying to develop new and innovative ways to improve funding processes in drug discovery and development.…

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Longevity Medicine - Good to Go with Prof. Andrea B Maier 44:47

1y ago44:47

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Prof. Andrea B Maier - Longevity Medicine Physician, Oon Chiew Seng Professor in Medicine, Healthy Ageing and Dementia Research, Co-Director Centre for Healthy Longevity, @Age, National University of Singapore, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Consumer Longevity in the Decade of Healthy Ageing with Dr. Richard Siow 31:46

1y ago31:46

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Richard is a graduate of King’s (BSc, 1993 and PhD, 1996) and following postdoctoral research in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, he joined the School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences at King's as a Lecturer in Nov 2001. He was previously Faculty Vice-Dean (International) between Feb 2017 and Dec 2018 and is currently Facul…

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Strategies on drug development targeting on aging and Alzheimer with Prof. Evandro Fei Fang 29:45

1y ago29:45

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Evandro F. Fang is a molecular gerontologist, leading an international anti-aging laboratory at the University of Oslo; his team is composed of 15+ trainees from 7+ countries. He did his PhD with Chair Professor Tzi Bun Ng at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on anti-cancer drug development (Jan. 2009-Dec.)…

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AMA with Vitalik Buterin and Aubrey de Grey - Longevity Meets Blockchain 1:17:15

1y ago1:17:15

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Join Aubrey de Grey and Vitalik Buterin on our fireside chat where they discuss and answer questions at the intersection of longevity and web3. The AMA is hosted by VitaDAO - VitaDAO is the world’s first decentralized intellectual property collective. Its mission is to extend the human lifespan by collectively financing and commercialising longevit…

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Meet The Vitalians | Imagining the future of VitaDAO | With Laurence Ion 22:29

1y ago22:29

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Meet Laurence Ion - VitaDAO Dealflow Steward, Entrepreneur, longevity advocate and investor. Laurence Ion: https://twitter.com/longevion 0:00 Who are you? What do you do for VitaDAO? 1:02 What fascinates you besides the DAO culture specifically? 3:39 Why did you choose to become a member of a DAO? 5:24 How did you get into the Web3 space? 7:08 What…

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Decentralising Healthcare through Geroscience with Prof. Brian Kennedy 44:06

1y ago44:06

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Prof. Brian Kennedy is an internationally recognized researcher in the aging field and the Director at the Centre for Healthy Longevity at NUS Medicine. His current focus is on translating and testing rejuvenation interventions in humans - to compress morbidity and extend healthy lifespan.

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Crypto Meets Longevity with Qiao Wang 24:43

1y ago24:43

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Qiao Wang is a core contributor at AllianceDAO best place to start a Web3 company. He is a believer in decentralized technologies such as cryptocurrencies that shift the balance of power from the elite to the commoner - additionally he is also a big advocate of longevity research as he loves life.

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Introduction & Update on Human Cryopreservation with Dr.Emil Kendziorra 30:19

1y ago30:19

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Dr. Emil Kendziorra is a founder and CEO at Tomorrow Biostasis GmbH based in Berlin, Germany and President of the Board at European Biostasis Foundation, a non-profit research foundation in Switzerland. 00:00 Intro 03:50 What is “Cryopreservation”? 06:58 State of Technology 13:00 When and why opt for “Cryopreservation”? 17:12 Important consideratio…

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Creative Destruction of Venture Capital: DAOs, Longevity, A Role for Pharma? with Michael Baran From Pfizer Ventures 25:08

1y ago25:08

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Michael Baran, MBA, Ph.D. is Executive Director, WRDM, and Partner at Pfizer Ventures. Mike is responsible for identifying, evaluating, making, and managing equity investments aligned with the future directions of Pfizer. This talk is part of the 2nd VitaDAO Crypto meets Longevity Symposium! 00:00 Intro 01:47 Creative destruction of Venture Capital…

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EP 51: RIP LocalBitcoins, Silvergte getting shorted, and Meta Adds Direct Touch in v50 12:26

1y ago12:26

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Meta Adds Direct Touch Menu Panels To Quest In v50 PTC Update https://uploadvr.com/meta-direct-touch-menu-quest-ptc/ LocalBitcoins closes down P2P crypto exchange service https://cointelegraph.com/news/localbitcoins-closes-down-the-p2p-crypto-exchange-service Crypto bank Silvergate ranks as the second most-shorted stock on Wall Street https://coint…

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EP 50: Sales Force AI for Biology, VitaDAO and PrismVR Raises, and RIP Echo VR + HP Riverb 18:18

1y ago18:18

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Large language models generate functional protein sequences across diverse families https://twitter.com/jermdemo/status/1619214824185147392?s=46&t=BnRBgAZ-NwFelhA49dKknw Pfizer Invests $4.1 Million In Decentralized Science Organization VitaDAO Fundraising Round https://thedalesreport.com/trends/pfizer-invests-4-1-million-in-decentralized-science-or…

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EP 49: Quest Pro Price Drop, RIP Hololense, AltSpace, PSVR2 pre orders begin, and more 17:45

1y ago17:45

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https://uploadvr.com/microsoft-kills-altspace/ https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-has-laid-off-entire-teams-behind-virtual-mixed-reality-and-hololens https://www.roadtovr.com/report-apple-mixed-reality-headset-specs/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-vr2/ https://uploadvr.com/meta-quest-pro-price-drop/ https://jcheminf.biomedcent…

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EP 48: JPM Recap, no more mice trial requirements, generative ai proteins, GPCR, and more 29:14

1+ y ago29:14

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https://www.science.org/content/article/fda-no-longer-needs-require-animal-tests-human-drug-trials https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/01/12/generative-ai-proteins-evozyne/ https://twitter.com/PDBeurope/status/1613121823452839936 https://seekingalpha.com/news/3924363-structure-therapeutics-formerly-known-as-shoutti-files-for-100m-us-ipo Special than…

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EP 47: Vive XR Elite, more Sunglass form factor devices, Bio Manufacturing $200M raise, and a Celcius update 30:49

1+ y ago30:49

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HTC Unveils Vive XR Elite, a Quest Pro Competitor Priced at $1,100 https://www.roadtovr.com/htc-vive-xr-elite-price-release-quest-pro-competitor-1100/ Ultra-Compact Shiftall MeganeX PC VR Headset Ships This Year For $1700 https://uploadvr.com/shiftalls-meganex-price-shipping/ Windows MR Usage Grows On Steam Following Deep HP Reverb G2 Discounts htt…

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EP 46: Top Science Metaverse stories of 2022, Predictions for 2023 40:02

1+ y ago40:02

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In this episode, we recap the Top Science Metaverse stories of 2022, and make bold predictions for what's to come for the science Metaverse in 2023

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EP 45: Collaborative Drug Design in XR hosted by Nanome 45:10

1+ y ago45:10

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Tune in to see Application Scientists from Nanome discuss how drug design and discovery can be improved across teams using XR. From pocket characterization to docking, and more, teams from all over the world can still come together in the space through the power of XR tools Keita Funakawa COO Nanome Keita Funakawa is Nanome's COO. Keita’s passion l…

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EP 44: Using Chatbots for protein sequences, Meta's v47 update, and DeSci the Future of Crypto after the FTX Fiasco? 19:23

1+ y ago19:23

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How AI That Powers Chatbots and Search Queries Could Discover New Drugs https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-ai-that-powers-chatbots-and-search-queries-could-discover-new-drugs-11670428795 What to Know About Meta Quest’s v47 Software Update https://about.fb.com/news/2022/12/quest-v47-software-update/ Data Lake: DeSci the Future of Crypto after the FTX …

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EP 43: Chat GPT's take on the science metaverse, sony brings full body tracking, and Meta's avatars now have custom cloths 19:15

1+ y ago19:15

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Chat GPT https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/02/openais-chatgpt-shows-why-implementation-is-key-with-generative-ai/ The idea of a "metaverse" for science is an interesting one, but it's difficult to say exactly what it would be like without knowing more about the specific goals and objectives of such a project. In general, a metaverse for science could …

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EP 42: Computational Chemist Guest Host + Valve has a new patent 34:40

1+ y ago34:40

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Simon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonbennie https://twitter.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1594967469634256898

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EP 41: Niantech & Qualcomm's new reference design AR headset, Shopify's eye tracking heatmaps, and FTX/SBF troubles 19:32

1+ y ago19:32

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Building Real-World AR Software and Hardware with Qualcomm https://nianticlabs.com/news/snapdragon-spaces Shopify Eye Tracking heatmap https://twitter.com/StrangeNative/status/1592554373519142913?t=wJ-jSQr25hvjDzkH-m-2sg&s=31 SBF/FTX https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/business/ftx-crypto-contagion-sbf.html…

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EP 40: Exploring structural data landscapes for drug discovery with Dr. Seth Harris from Genentech 48:33

1+ y ago48:33

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In this webinar, Dr. Seth Harris, Director of Computational Structural Biology & Senior Principal Scientist at Genentech, talks about GYST, the XR-integrated system developed by Genentech to efficiently manage large structural datasets. At Genentech, the in-house GYST platform is used to explore annotated structural datasets and rapidly get insight…

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EP 39: Meta's Alphafold competitor, PSVR 2 release date & price 17:54

1+ y ago17:54

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AlphaFold’s new rival? Meta AI predicts shape of 600 million proteins https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03539-1 PlayStation VR2 Release Date and Price Revealed https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-vr2-release-date-and-price-revealedBy Nanome Inc.

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EP 38: Quest Pro Launch Week! 18:58

1+ y ago18:58

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This week we discuss our first impressions on actually using the Quest Pro! More information about Nanome v1.24 and Quest Pro Launch of Nanome https://nanome.ai/blog/meta-quest-pro-and-a-new-version-of-nanome-(v1.24)

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EP 37: Thermo's Decentralized Clinical Trial Network, Pico Neo 4 reviews 18:23

1+ y ago18:23

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https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221005005447/en/Thermo-Fisher-Scientific-Introduces-Decentralized-Clinical-Trials-Network https://uploadvr.com/pico-4-review-quest-2-comparison/By Nanome Inc.

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EP 36: Nanome launching with The new Meta Quest Pro and v1.24 49:08

1+ y ago49:08

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https://www.oculus.com/blog/meta-quest-pro-price-release-date/ https://nanome.ai/blog/meta-quest-pro-and-a-new-version-of-nanome-(v1.24)

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EP 35: New Enterprise Headsets from Lenovo, Airbridge for Quest 2, Varjo and Gamestop, and more legal clarity around crypto? 29:34

1+ y ago29:34

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New headset from Lenevo https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220928005325/en/?fbclid=IwAR2sCIwRiVSUFbT81s_kLKpo7DeQeiIT8nwHIIyVb8YqPnhBLrtLW43GBb0 Airbridge for Quest 2 https://uploadvr.com/vr-air-bridge-quest-2-announced/ For the second year in a row, a Scripps professor got the Nobel Prize! Go Scripps (no self-reference detected here :rolling…

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Idea Machines with Nadia Asparouhova [Idea Machines #48] 55:34

1+ y ago55:34

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Nadia Asparouhova talks about idea machines on idea machines! Idea machines, of course, being her framework around societal organisms that turn ideas into outcomes. We also talk about the relationship between philanthropy and status, public goods and more. Nadia is a hard-to-categorize doer of many things: In the past, she spent many years explorin…

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EP34: Human 5HT-2A SNPs & pharmacological signaling alterations of classic psychedelics 15:33

1+ y ago15:33

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We are joined again by Dr. Asher Brandt, Professor of Biochemistry at the Saint Joseph University, Connecticut, specializing in psychedelic pharmacology. We discuss a recently published paper about how Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, (SNPs, pronounced “snips”) might alter the pharmacological signaling of potentially therapeutic psychedelics. SNPs …

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EP33: Techtember hits XR, and what that means for Science 29:23

1+ y ago29:23

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Pico Neo 4: https://uploadvr.com/pico-4-release-october-18-price/ PSVR2 hands on + new trailer: https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/14/23351946/playstation-vr-psvr-2-hands-on-impressions-horizon-call-of-the-mountain-sony Varjo raises $40M: https://varjo.com/press-release/varjo-raises-40-million-series-d-funding-to-build-an-industrial-metaverse/?utm_cam…

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EP32: Mpro inhibitor designed using the MedChem Tool in Nanome at Oak Ridge National Labs 18:50

1+ y ago18:50

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we’re joined by Dr. Andrey Kovalevsky, Senior Scientist in Structural Biology & Biochemistry at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Andrey and his team used neutrons and x-rays to map part of the internal structure of the coronavirus to create an accurate 3-D model. Specifically, the scientists mapped the main protease (Mpro), an enzyme involved in the …

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EP31: Vive focus 3 getting add ons, Meta Connect on 10/11, NLP for Molecular Visualization, The Merge, and exascale compute 23:54

1+ y ago23:54

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VIVE Focus 3 gets Facial Tracker, and Eye Tracker https://blog.vive.com/us/vive-focus-3-gets-facial-tracker-and-eye-tracker/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=vive_focus_3_gets_facial_tracker_and_eye_tracker Meta Connect will be a virtual event starting on October 11, 2022 https://www.metaconnect.com/en-us Parsing natural speech …

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EP30: Meta Accounts are here, PSVR expected in 2023, and Pfizer interest in Vita DAO? 18:33

1+ y ago18:33

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Meta accounts - https://www.oculus.com/blog/getting-started-with-meta-accounts/ Sony says the PlayStation VR2 is coming in early 2023 - https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/22/23317342/sony-playstation-ps-vr2-release-date-early-2023 VDP-54.1 Expression of Interest: Pfizer Ventures https://gov.vitadao.com/t/vdp-54-1-expression-of-interest-pfizer-ventures…

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Institutional Experiments with Seemay Chou [Idea Machines #47] 1:13:50

1+ y ago1:13:50

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Seemay Chou talks about the process of building a new research organization, ticks, hiring and managing entrepreneurial scientists, non-model organisms, institutional experiments and a lot more! Seemay is the co-founder and CEO of Arcadia Science — a research and development company focusing on underesearched areas in biology and specifically new o…

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