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.
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 94
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2012
FiB 15: The SuperNet
Dr. Larry Smarr, the Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2), discusses the future of computing and the internet...
Host: Marc Pelletier
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FiB 14: Working Towards a Cure for Multiple Sclerosis
Scott Johnson is the President and Founder of the Myelin Repair Foundation, and Dr. Robert Miller is a principal investigator with the MRF, and Professor of Neurosciences at Case Western Reserve Univ…
FiB 12: The Era of Shock and Awe Proteomics
Dr. John J. Bergeron, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University, and former President of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), and founder of Caprion…
FiB 11: Ancient DNA - The Neanderthal Genome
Our guests are Dr. Svante Pääbo, Director of the Department of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Dr. Thomas Jarvie, Technical Application Manager at 454 Life Scie…
FiB 10: Carla Shatz on the Human Brain
Imagine if there was a computer with a multi-core CPU that could self-assemble? And rather than a 64 bit bandwidth, it was 10,000 bit and had access to several terabytes of ram? And more incredibly, …
FiB 9: Ed Delong on Metagenomics
Dr. Delong uses advanced genomic techniques to explore marine microbial communities in search of new genes...
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Edward Delong, Ph.D.
Thanks to CacheFly for providing the …
FiB 8: Drew Endy on Synthetic Biology
A look at the the emerging field of Synthetic Biology. According to Dr. Endy, "We're going from looking at the living world as only coming from nature, to a subset of the living world being produced …
FiB 7: Dr. Ronald Desrosiers
We talk with Dr. Ronald Desrosiers of the New England Primate Research Center
Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest: Ronald Desrosiers, Ph.D.
For more details, visit Marc Pelletier's blog at http://futuresin…
FiB 6: Dr. Linda Griffith on Tissue Engineering
Dr. Griffith is a leader in the field of tissue engineering: a field that seeks to develop replacement organs and tissues, and also provide an unlimited supply of living human organs for scientists t…
FiB 5: Andre Nantel on DNA Microarrays
In this episode, we talk about how microarrays are revolutionizing biomedical sciences. Just ten years ago, all genetic and biochemical experiments were performed on a scale of one to a few genes (DN…
FiB 4: Dr. Marc Vidal, Part 2
Dr. Vidal is working on the next stage in big biotech. Now that we've mapped the human genome it's time to map the interactome, the human protein-protein interaction network. In this episode we talk …
FiB 3: Dr. Marc Vidal, Part 1
Dr. Vidal is working on the next stage in big biotech. Now that we've mapped the human genome it's time to map the interactome, the human protein-protein interaction network. In this episode he gives…
FiB 2: Dr. Leonard P. Guarente on Aging
Why do living things age? What genes influence longevity? Is it possible to extend youthfulness by means of genetic manipulation? What does the aging of a yeast cell have in common with the aging of …
FiB 1: Dr. Susan Lindquist
Dr. Susan Lindquist is a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Sciences at MIT. Her discoveries in protein folding have lead to paradigm shifts in modern genetics and medicine, including h…