Best VitaDAO Podcasts (2024)

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DeSci World with Joshua Bate 29:37

2M ago29:37

29:37

In this episode, Aldo interviews Joshua Bate, co-founder of DeSci World, exploring the intersection of decentralized science and blockchain technology. They discuss Joshua's journey into decentralized science, the evolution and challenges faced by the DeSci movement, and the importance of educating the community about these technologies. The conver…

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Planning your future with Genomes.io - a conversation with Egle Pauletto and Liam Sim 25:22

2M ago25:22

25:22

In this episode, Aldo talks to Egle Pauletto and Liam Sim, two Biochemistry students from the University of Aberdeen, who share their experiences interning at Genomes.io. They discuss their expectations, the importance of biochemistry, the relevance of data security in genomics, and the challenges of working in a startup environment. The conversati…

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The Billion Genomes Project: An Interview with Shyla Khan and Aaron Barefoot of Coldchain 41:18

3M ago41:18

41:18

In this conversation, Aldo de Pape discusses 'The Billion Genomes Project' with guests Shyla Khan and Aaron Barefoot from the Marketing Agency ColdChain. They explore the challenges of marketing in the Web3 space, the importance of data ownership, and the need for transparency and security in genomic data. The discussion highlights the skepticism s…

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Clinical Psychologist Emmanuel Stiels: "Take Care of Your Mental Health at Work!" 41:34

3M ago41:34

41:34

Aldo speaks to Emmanuel Stiels, a Clinical Psychologist, about the demands of his work and the stigma he encounters around taking care of your Mental Health. They also explore the potential of genetic testing in Mental Health Diagnostics and the importance of early intervention and prevention - specifically in the work place. Emmanuel explains his …

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Dr. Michael Vlerick: Are we humans genetically programmed to be unhappy? 48:43

3M ago48:43

48:43

In this episode, Aldo and Dr. Michael Vlerick explore the intricate relationship between genetics and happiness. They discuss the evolutionary roots of our negativity bias and hedonic adaptation, emphasizing how these traits impact our mental health in modern society. The conversation highlights the importance of developing a new relationship with …

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Dr. Carika Weldon 35:14

3M ago35:14

35:14

Dr. Carika Weldon, Founder and CEO of Carigenetics, shares her journey as a scientist and entrepreneur, and the mission of her company to create local capacity for genetic research in the Caribbean. She talks to Aldo about the challenges of being a minority in the field and the underrepresentation of Caribbean populations in genomics research. Dr. …

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The Power of Your Genome 22:33

4M ago22:33

22:33

The episode discusses the Power of the Human Genome combine with the mission of our Podcast and Company, Genomes.io. It explains what a Genome is and how it makes each individual unique. In this short Episode we also highlight the rapid advancements in genome sequencing and the decreasing cost of sequencing. Aldo takes the time to explain the devel…

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HappyDAO with Namkhai Ferdana and Andreas Melhede 32:23

4M ago32:23

32:23

Aldo interviews Andreas Melhede and Namkhai Ferdana of HappyDAO, a platform focused on mental health and improving patient outcomes. They discuss the need to align incentives among Clinicians, Researchers, and Patients in the Mental Health sector. HappyDAO aims to provide financial rewards to researchers and create a community where patients can su…

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ResearchHub with Riccardo Goldoni and Jeffrey Koury 40:05

4M ago40:05

40:05

A GitHub For Science ResearchHub's mission is to accelerate the pace of scientific research. Its goal is to make a modern mobile and web application where people can collaborate on scientific research in a more efficient way, similar to what GitHub has done for software engineering. Researchers should be able to publish articles (preprint or postpr…

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Max Unfried of VitaDAO 38:00

4M ago38:00

38:00

By Aldo de Pape

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AthenaDAO with Laura Minquini 33:41

4M ago33:41

33:41

By Aldo de Pape

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ONE BioHub with Lorna Duguid 39:18

5M ago39:18

39:18

By Aldo de Pape

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Speculative Technologies with Ben Reinhardt [Macroscience cross-post] 30:04

7M ago30:04

30:04

Tim Hwang turns the tables and interviews me (Ben) about Speculative Technologies and research management.

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

10M ago46:40

46:40

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

1y ago57:19

57:19

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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Introduction 1:55

1y ago1:55

1:55

Our genes are everywhere! It defines who we are and has the power to determine the outcome of many vital things in our lives. Everything that is alive has a genome; a unique piece of code of over 100,000 genes that unlocks the door to an incredible treasure of information. Whether it is a dog, a cat, a tree or a human being - we all possess this un…

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

1+ y ago1:34:41

1:34:41

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

2y ago1:16:52

1:16:52

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

2y ago49:37

49:37

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

2y ago31:21

31:21

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

2y ago18:43

18:43

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

2y ago30:39

30:39

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

2y ago22:54

22:54

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

2y ago32:17

32:17

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

2y ago14:55

14:55

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

2y ago21:04

21:04

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

2y ago27:02

27:02

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

2y ago44:47

44:47

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

2y ago31:46

31:46

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

2y ago29:45

29:45

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

2y ago1:17:15

1:17:15

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

2y ago22:29

22:29

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

2y ago44:06

44:06

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

2y ago24:43

24:43

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

2y ago30:19

30:19

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

2y ago25:08

25:08

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

2y ago12:26

12:26

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

2y ago18:18

18:18

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

2y ago17:45

17:45

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

2y ago29:14

29:14

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

2y ago30:49

30:49

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

2y ago40:02

40:02

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

2y ago45:10

45:10

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

2y ago19:23

19:23

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

2y ago19:15

19:15

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

2y ago34:40

34:40

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

2y ago19:32

19:32

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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