Explore the world of cloning, protein folding, genome mapping, and more with the most important researchers in the field.
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The move to the Human Proteome is the next big transition in modern medicine.
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guests: Dr. John Bergeron and Dr. Tommy Nilsson
Sponsored by: Synergy 1.
Thanks to Phil Pelletie…
Dr. Judith Campisi's scientific investigations are at the nexus between cancer and aging. She seeks to better understand how cellular senescence contributes to the pathophysiology of aging.
Host: Ma…
We will discuss the biotech of life extension with the scientist that discovered the Sirtuan family of genes.
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Simon Melov, PhD
Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall fo…
How controlling bacterial behavior may lead to a new class of urgently needed antibiotics.
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Dr. Bonnie Bassler
Sponsored by: Synergy 1.
Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Wil…
The '1000 Genome Project', 'Billion Dollar Human Proteome', viral killing proteins, and capturing anti-matter.
Hosts: Marc Pelletier, Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D, and Andre Nantel, Ph.D
Co-Host: Georg…
How to fund the development of your own technology through SBIR funding.
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Lisa Kurek
For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.
Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will …
Looking at one of the most powerful genetic model systems, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with Malcolm Whiteway, Ph.D NRC-CNRC Group leader for Biotechnology Research institute, National Research Council …
How studying mammalian biological history can help us better understand ourselves.
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Darin Croft, Ph.D
For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.
Thanks to Phil Pe…
Dinosaur hunting with the man who inspired Jurassic Park, Dr. Jack Horner, curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies and Montana State University Regents' Professor of Paleontology.
Host:…
A first hand account on the genesis of the Human Genome Project with our guest, Dr. David Botstein, Director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University.
Hosts: Ma…
Progress in molecular biology and the latest strategies for tackling genetic disease.
Our guest is David Thomas, professor and chair, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University; Canada Research C…
Five scientists, George Farr, Mark Griswold, Dave Brodbeck, Vincent Racaniello and David Thomas, discuss their hopes and aspirations for biotechnology in a post-genomics era.
Host: Marc Pelletier
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Nobel Laureate Dr. Mario Capecchi teaches us how to use a mouse to dissect the human genome and understand disease.
Our guest is Mario Capecchi, Ph.D., distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and …
Dr. Alexander McPherson explains X-ray crystallography, a technique that will produce a true atomic anatomy of the human body.
Books referenced in this episode: Crystallization of Biological Macromo…
Tackling problems of the heart with biotechnology.
Our guest is Julian Stelzer, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Julian…
Primate face recognition, new cure for HVC, genetic base change, neanderthals and humans, and more.
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guests: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D, Andre Nantel, Ph.D, Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D, a…
A first hand account of the Apollo Missions from the floor of Mission Control from Michael Vucelic, former Apollo system manager for NASA and Rockwell.
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Michael Vucelic
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Feeding the world with indoor vertical farming.
Our guest is Dickson D. Despommier, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. Host of T…
How prion proteins can act in non-mendelian inheritance, or evolution without DNA.
Our guests are Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., professor of biology at MIT and investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical In…
A look into RNA viruses and more with Dr. Karla Kirkegaard, professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Hosts: Marc Pelletier …