Ryan Cochrane is a PhD student at University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario Canada studying synthetic biology with a special emphasis on developing whole mitochondrial genome engineering in algae.

Ryan is passionate about biotech and applications of the technology towards solving real-world problems like the development of sustainable food sources.

Join us as we take a deep-dive into algae, approaches for genetic engineering fungi, diybio and much more!

CHAPTERS

0:00 Introduction

2:24 Ryan's Background

3:31 The PhD Process

5:03 Choosing Synthetic Biology

6:22 What is Genetic Engineering?

7:14 Applications of Synthetic Biology

11:07 The Biotech Community

15:03 diyBio

16:29 Psychedelics

18:08 Bringing Drugs to Market in Canada

18:53 Intro to Algae

21:58 Engineering Fungi

26:39 Domesticating Fungi

31:32 Challenges doing DIY Science

37:28 Unique Features of Algae

40:36 Current Algae Research

44:42 Algae as a Food Source

47:25 Silica-digesting Algae

48:16 Theoretical vs practical Biotech

52:29 Ryan's Research

53:15 Mitchondrial Genome Editing

1:05:02 Mars Perseverance & Alternate Life Forms

EPISODE LINKS

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PODCAST INFO

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