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Welcome to BioChat, a podcast by ABclonal Technology. With this show, we aim to familiarize you with not only ABclonal’s contributions to efforts in scientific discovery, but also to highlight the direction of ongoing bioscience research and to help scientists determine how best to leverage their skills to improve global human health and quality of life.
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BioChat #24: Genetics, Evolution, and Malaria
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BioChat welcomes Ellen Leffler, PhD, to discuss a very unique career path that just went with the flow! Ellen talks about her various interestes that eventually led to genetics research, balancing life and family while doing cutting edge computational biology, and her research focus on human genetics and primate evolution in the context of malaria …
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BioChat #23: Genetic and Multiomic Analysis On Your Benchtop
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BioChat invites Sam Bettis, Associate Director for Field Applications for Element Biosciences, to speak to us about his broad expertise through his winding career path, the impact and innovation possible through next-generation sequencing, and the advantages and benefits of the Element platform in facilitating rapid discovery. Element Biosciences d…
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Team ABclonal gets together to talk about our small mammalian (and reptilian, and other classes of animals even) friends who make our lives more full and fun! Join us as we describe the quirks of working remotely with our faithful animal companions by our side, and the silly things that they do to distract us periodically when things get a bit stre…
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We invited Trista Smith, an experienced robotics engineer now working with Argonne National Laboratory, to speak with us about her experiences getting into STEM fields as a woman of color, her efforts in generating interest in STEM education and training workers in our new technological society, and the programs she will spearhead with Argonne and …
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BioChat #20: A Faithful Path to True Health Care
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Hussein Musa, MD, channels his medical expertise, passion, and faith into a nonprofit venture that hopes to change the landscape of American health care. Dr. Musa and his colleagues and friends plan to transform the system into one that provides true health care to anyone who needs it, and avoid the pratfalls and challenges of the current medical i…
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BioChat #19: The Magic of Antibody Engineering
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The Chief Scientific Officer at Yurogen, Hao Cheng, PhD, joins BioChat to discuss the necessity of antibody engineering to produce safer and more effective research tools and therapeutics. Dr. Cheng gives insight into the many considerations and processes involved in taking an antibody from its raw form to an optimized reagent with altered binding …
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BioChat #18: Year One - By ABclonal Technology
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Kin and Hannah look back at the year that was in 2023! BioChat launched with discussions ranging from breakthroughs in human disease research to navigating the bioscience space as current and future scientists alike carve out their place in their chosen fields. We invite everyone to use this winter break to check out our archives, and consider join…
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BioChat #17: Natural Remedies To Fight Disease - By ABclonal Technology
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Kin invites friend and former laboratory mentor Max Chuu, PhD, to talk about his life's work with naturally occurring biochemicals and their effects in fighting cancer, diabetes, and other diseases including Alzheimer's. Learn more about how elements of honeycombs and green tea could have powerful antitumor effects, and how leveraging the efficacy …
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BioChat #16: In Tune With Nature - By ABclonal Technology
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This time on BioChat, we invited Lisa Comento of the American Public Gardens Association to discuss her unique career journey into working with environmental and conservation groups. We talk about sustainability measures for food sources and lifestyles. We also detail the good that the American Public Gardens Association does to raise awareness for…
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BioChat #15: Working Toward Improved Treatments For Alzheimer’s Disease
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Kin invites Dr. Lei Liu, MD, PhD, from Harvard University to learn more about Alzheimer's Disease and the ongoing work to develop more effective treatments towards improved standards of living for the afflicted and perhaps and eventual cure. We discuss the pathology of Alzheimer's Disease, novel biomarkers, and new directions in Alzheimer's researc…
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BioChat #14: Insights Into Publication and Peer Review - By ABclonal Technology
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Kin talks to former classmate and friend Tim Fessenden, PhD, now a scientific editor at the Journal of Cell Biology, about the process behind distributing great science stories and discoveries. Tim speaks on the career choices that led to his current position, the duties of a scientific editor to ensure the claims of the authors are justified, and …
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BioChat #13: Reviewing the 2023 Ig Nobel and Nobel Prizes - By ABclonal Technology
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Kin and Hannah hang out to talk about the scientific award season, highlighted by the ignominious achievements of this year's Ig Nobel winners as well as the discoveries that have provided the greatest benefit to humanity for the slightly more prestigious Nobel Prizes. From a smart toilet to quantum dots, scientific achievement takes many forms but…
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BioChat #12: A Native Protein Journey - By ABclonal Technology
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This time on BioChat, Kin sits with protein scientist and proprietor of ProNique Scientific, Josiah Carney, as we marvel at Josiah's fantastic adventure as a laboratory scientist and eventual path towards purifying and providing critical native proteins for research and development pipelines. Learn more about the continued utility of native protein…
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BioChat #11: The Advantages of ABclonal’s SMab™ Platform
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BioChat invites ABclonal's chief technology officer, Dr. Hai Wu, to discuss the antibody design and production process using a recombinant monoclonal platform known as SMab™ that has yielded thousands of successful projects and catalog products useful in many fields of bioscience research. Topics include: Dr. Wu's love of science and motivation for…
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BioChat #10: Love, Science, and a Side of Mayo -- From ABclonal Technology
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Kin talks to friends and professional married couple Linda Hasadsri and Vince Pureza, both MD/PhD researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, to catch up on old times and talk about their parallel career and life paths stemming from their meeting in the same lab once upon a time. Topics include: Linda getting an offer she couldn't refuse and Vince…
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BioChat #9: Quality Medical Care For All -- From ABclonal Technology
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Kin's friend and respected doctor, Kevin Smith, MD, joins BioChat to talk about his role as the chief medical officer at Loyola University Medical Center, his philosophies on patient care, accessibility to quality health care and services, and an expert opinion on the benefits of immunization to self and society. You can learn more about National I…
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BioChat #8: Immersing Into Bioscience Through Sales Relationships -- From ABclonal Technology
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Career paths are not linear, and we find out about another unique route from ABclonal's Andrina Seryani, our West Coast Account Manager for our custom services division. Andrina and Kin discuss growing up next to large bodies of water and going to school next to the beach, the wonders of marine biology and nudibranchs, and the lifelong love of lear…
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BioChat #7: Harnessing the Immune System to Fight Cancer -- From ABclonal Technology
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The immune system is now a key tool in developing personalized targeted therapies against many types of cancer. With an extensive background in immunology in the context of human disease, Philip Liu, Ph.D., joins BioChat to discuss a promising new drug against bladder cancer, and his unique career path towards this latest achievement. Phil and Kin …
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BioChat, by ABclonal Episode #6: Supporting Science From Outside the Lab
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The continued interest in many things science and science fiction is evident in many of the stories and movies that we enjoy, but for the vast majority of us, the laboratory is not a career path or lifestyle that is practical. Joining BioChat is Emma Bartle, a business development representative for ABclonal's custom reagent services, as we discuss…
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BioChat, by ABclonal Episode #5: Advocating for Diversity and Inclusion in the Research Community
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While many efforts and programs have improved the opportunities for ethnic minorities to earn advanced degrees and contribute to scientific research, the representation of these groups continues to lag behind those of their Caucasian colleagues. Joining BioChat for this episode is Brooke Sylvester, PhD, a cancer biologist with insights on the conti…
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BioChat, by ABclonal Episode #4: Antibody Production Strategies
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To familiarize you with some of the people who work at ABclonal and our myriad products and services, Dr. Rosa Zhu, our technical support scientist for the Custom Antibody Services, joins us to talk more about antibody design and production. Topics in this episode include Rosa's love of science and fascination with antibodies, the antigen design pr…
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BioChat, by ABclonal Episode #3: Science and the Law
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For this episode of BioChat, Kin Leung speaks with patent attorney Nate Luman, who also has a PhD in chemistry, to learn more about how an advanced science background can benefit someone in alternative careers to research science, including the law. Nate, a practicing attorney at the law firm of Knobbe Martens, shares his educational journey, as he…
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BioChat, by ABclonal Episode #2: The Crossroads of Experimental and Computational Biology
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As BioChat continues, ABclonal's Scientific Content Marketing Manager, Kin Leung, Ph.D., speaks with old friend and current head of AI (Artificial Intelligence as well as Analytics & Informatics) at Shape Therapeutics, Inc, Ron Hause, Ph.D. In our conversation, we discuss our educational paths, Ron's thesis project that intersected with Kin's in re…
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BioChat, By ABclonal Episode #1: Welcome to BioChat!
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Welcome to the inaugural episode of BioChat, a podcast presented by ABclonal Technology! Join ABclonal's Scientific Content Marketing Manager, Kin Leung, Ph.D., and Lead Marketing Coordinator, Hannah Flaherty, as we discuss our experiences with science and working for ABclonal to serve the scientific community. With our new BioChat podcast series, …
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