Finding Genius Podcast

Founding director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation and professor of pediatrics and computer science & engineering at UC San Diego, Rob Knight, discusses several aspects of his past and ongoin…

Oliver Ryder, Kleberg Endowed Director of Conservation Genetics at San Diego Zoo Global joins the podcast to discuss the Frozen Zoo, the world’s largest, most diverse, most characterized, and most ut…

Professor of neurology at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Ying-Hui Fu, joins the show to discuss human sleep behavior. On this episode, you’ll learn the following:

• How genetics could ho…

Sean Gibbons, PhD, is a distinguished investigator at the Washington Research Foundation and assistant professor at the Institute for Systems Biology. He joins the show today to discuss the work bei…

Dr. Vinicio de Jesus Perez is an associate professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Stanford University, and practicing cardiopulmonologist who specializes in research and the clinical c…

João Marques, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, provides an overview of his research, discussing viruses and explaining RNA interference mechanisms, arbo…

Curtis Suttle, Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, provides an overview of his work studying viruses that live in the oceans as he explains the eco…

Computational biologist Dr. Reyes discusses the basics of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) and bacteria interactions as well as current research. He covers

• How the majority of viruses …

The founder of The Quantum Computing Report, Doug Finke offers listeners a perfect distillation of the basics of quantum computing alongside the latest advances. He describes

• The two twentieth cen…

Michael Snyder, PhD, is a Stanford W. Ascherman Professor and Chair of the Department of Genetics at Stanford, and Director of the Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine.  By tuning…

Catherine Freije and Cameron Myhrvold are working on a test for the Covid-19 virus that will provide faster results than what's currently in use. They explain

• Why more prevalent and faster testing…

Dr. John Knight helped oversee a global competition to produce a more affordable dialysis system. He discusses

• challenges that face users of dialysis, including the exorbitant cost that makes member…

Debra and Miriam Aczel, wife and daughter of Amir D. Aczel, talk about goals of the foundation and what they've accomplished thus far.  They tell listeners about

• Aczel's inspirations, including his…

Shiraz Shah, a Senior Researcher at COPSAC, or Copenhagen's Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, uses microbiology to track and analyze the viruses and corresponding health conditions in the …

Assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen, Henrik Munch Roager, PhD, discusses a number of interesting topics in his area of expertise: the role of gut microbiota in nutrition and health. …

After turning from conventional medicine when it didn’t offer answers to her health struggles, Cheryl Meyer discovered life-changing information in the functional medicine world. She explains to lis…

Professor and N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health and Disability Law at Boston University discusses viruses and the role of bacteria in viral pandemics. By tuning in, you will discover:

• How bacteria dif…

CEO of KORE Power, Lindsay Gorril, discusses renewable and electrical energy storage systems and technology. On this episode, you will learn the following:

• Why the energy cost per kilowatt-hour pe…

This podcast explores how researchers are working on generating blood from a patient's skin cells for optimal stem cells therapy.  When you listen, you'll learn

• How blood stem cells are produced i…

Graduate student Dr. Ayanna Jones is studying the complex rhizosphere surrounding plant root structures.

In this podcast, you'll learn

• The nature of the rhizosphere, a coating-like zone in the soil …