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Futures in Biotech (Audio)

Explore the world of cloning, protein folding, genome mapping, and more with the most important researchers in the field.

Although the show is no longer in production at TWiT, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.

Medicine Science Science & Medicine Life Sciences
Update frequency
every 22 days
Average duration
64 minutes
Episodes
94
Years Active
2006 - 2012
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FiB 35: The Brain Machine Interface

FiB 35: The Brain Machine Interface

Dr. Justin Sanchez discusses technologies that enable direct brain to computer interfacing, just think...

Dr. Justin C. Sanchez is Director of the Neuroprosthetics Research Group, Assistant Professo…

00:50:11  |   Tue 28 Oct 2008
FiB 34: A Great Historical Document - The Human Genome

FiB 34: A Great Historical Document - The Human Genome

Mark Gerstein endeavors to make sense our genome on its past and present course.

Our guest is Mark Gerstein, the Albert L. Williams Professor of Biomedical Informatics, a professor of Molecular Biop…

00:55:35  |   Fri 12 Sep 2008
FiB 33: Dr. Milner's Explorations Into The Human Mind

FiB 33: Dr. Milner's Explorations Into The Human Mind

Dr. Brenda Milner describes the experiments that led to a revolution in modern neuroscience.

Our guest is Dr. Brenda Milner; Dorothy J. Killam Professor of Psychology, Montreal Neurological Institut…

01:12:37  |   Wed 23 Jul 2008
FiB 32: Controlling HIV Evolution

FiB 32: Controlling HIV Evolution

Dr. Ronald Collman, professor of medicine in microbiology, virus/cell/molecular core director, Penn Center for AIDS Research, University of Pennsylvania.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Ronald Coll…

00:49:46  |   Wed 04 Jun 2008
FiB 31: The Eensy-Weensy Teenie Weenie Big Bang

FiB 31: The Eensy-Weensy Teenie Weenie Big Bang

Dr. Michio Kaku, Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and co-founder of String Field Theory.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Michio…

00:54:23  |   Wed 23 Apr 2008
FiB 30: Aubrey de Grey on the Thousand Year Lifespan

FiB 30: Aubrey de Grey on the Thousand Year Lifespan

A discussion with Aubrey de Grey; Chairman and Chief Science Officer, the Methuselah Foundation.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Aubrey de Grey

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this …

01:04:05  |   Wed 26 Mar 2008
FiB 29: From Human Genome Project to Your Genome Project (Part II)

FiB 29: From Human Genome Project to Your Genome Project (Part II)

Dr. George Church is the Professor of Genetics and Director of the Center for Computational Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Founder & Principle Investigator of The Personal Genome Project.

Dr…

01:12:03  |   Wed 06 Feb 2008
FiB 28: One of the Greatest Quests in the World of Genetics

FiB 28: One of the Greatest Quests in the World of Genetics

Dr. Richard Lifton describes his scientific journey, which has changed how doctors treat hypertension: a condition that affects approximately one billion people worldwide...

Host: Marc Pelletier

Gu…

01:00:26  |   Sun 27 Jan 2008
FiB 27: Folding@Home at 1.3 Petaflops

FiB 27: Folding@Home at 1.3 Petaflops

Steve Gibson joins me in interviewing a true visionary of biotechnology: Dr. Vijay Pande. Dr. Pande is the creator and Director of Folding@Home, the world's largest distributed computing project (Sta…

00:56:01  |   Fri 28 Dec 2007
FiB 26: The Last Man to Walk on the Moon

FiB 26: The Last Man to Walk on the Moon

Former Senator from New Mexico, Dr. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, shares his experience of living and working on the moon, the future of space settlements, and solving the worlds energy needs.

Host: Marc…

00:51:46  |   Wed 21 Nov 2007
FiB 25: From the Human Genome Project to Space Exploration with Dr. George Church (Part I)

FiB 25: From the Human Genome Project to Space Exploration with Dr. George Church (Part I)

Our guest is Dr. George Church, Professor of Genetics and Director of the Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.

Dr. George Church explores the fantastic world of …

00:57:19  |   Thu 04 Oct 2007
FiB 24: The Phoenix Mars Mission with Dr. Deborah Bass

FiB 24: The Phoenix Mars Mission with Dr. Deborah Bass

Our guest is Dr. Deborah Bass, Deputy Project Scientist, Phoenix Mars Mission

Dr. Bass and her colleagues at NASA explore the Martian arctic for signs of life

This episode of Futures in Biotech was…

00:56:28  |   Thu 20 Sep 2007
FiB 23: From Gemini to Mars with Dr. Buzz Aldrin

FiB 23: From Gemini to Mars with Dr. Buzz Aldrin

Dr. Buzz Aldrin talks about Gemini 12, Apollo 11, and the future of space exploration.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Buzz Aldrin

This episode of Futures in Biotech was sponsored by Invitrogen. F…

00:53:23  |   Tue 11 Sep 2007
FiB 22: The Marathon Mouse

FiB 22: The Marathon Mouse

Our guest is Dr. Ron Evans, Professor and the March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology, Salk Institute.

Dr. Ron Evans discusses the genetic engineering of metabolism and the creat…

01:27:52  |   Sat 01 Sep 2007
FiB 21: Science Versus Cancer with Dr. Evangelos Michelakis

FiB 21: Science Versus Cancer with Dr. Evangelos Michelakis

Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, MD, FACC, FAHA explains how to target the metabolism of cancer cells...

Our book of the week, reviewed by Dr. Ginger Campbell from the Brain Science Podcast, is A Short His…

01:06:11  |   Wed 22 Aug 2007
FiB 20: Dr. Eric Kandel's Insights into the Science of Mind

FiB 20: Dr. Eric Kandel's Insights into the Science of Mind

Dr. Kandel is a Professor of Physiology and Psychiatry and the founding director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was awar…

00:58:51  |   Fri 03 Aug 2007
FiB 19: The Supra Human Organism

FiB 19: The Supra Human Organism

Dr. Jeffrey Gordon is a Professor of Gastroenterology, the Director of the Center for Genome Sciences, and the Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology at Washington University in…

00:56:32  |   Thu 19 Jul 2007
FiB 18: NanoBiotech

FiB 18: NanoBiotech

Peter Searson, Director of the Institute for NanoBiotechnology and Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, and Denis Wirtz, Associate Director of…

01:12:12  |   Wed 04 Jul 2007
FiB 17: Biotech Singularity

FiB 17: Biotech Singularity

Our panelists for this episode are Dr. John Bergeron, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University, Dr. Drew Endy, Cabot Assistant Professor of Biological En…

01:18:19  |   Sat 23 Jun 2007
FiB 16: 21st Century Biotech - Systems Biology

FiB 16: 21st Century Biotech - Systems Biology

Dr. Lee Hood, President of the Institute for Systems Biology, inventor of the DNA sequencer.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Lee Hood

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcas…

00:39:49  |   Sun 27 May 2007
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