Futures in Biotech (Audio)

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Futures in Biotech (Audio) episodes

March 19, 2010 FiB 56: New Antiviral Strategies with Karla Kirkegaard
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 and Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D

Guest: Dr. Karla Kirkegaard

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
1 hr 5 min
February 26, 2010 FiB 55: Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics, Part 2
Dr. Rahul Sarpeshkar, Ph.D., associate professor, of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks about how to improve electronic systems using biologically inspired design.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Justin Sanchez, Ph.D and Rahul Sarpeshkar, Ph.D.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
1 hr 5 min
February 23, 2010 FiB 54: Personal Genome Project - Leo's Genome?
The Personal Genome Project: making personal genome sequencing more affordable, accessible, and useful.

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

Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Leo Laporte

Guest: Dr. George Church

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
1 hr 21 min
January 26, 2010 FiB 53: Project Genome 10K - Mapping Life's Greatest Journey
Project Genome 10k, and how sequencing ten thousand vertebrate genomes will tell us about our past, present, and future.

Our guest is Dr. David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, director of the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. David Haussler

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
53 min
December 25, 2009 FiB 52: Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics, Part 1
Bio-inspired and biomedical electronics, circuit modeling of biology, and more.

Our guest is Rahul Sarpeshkar, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics: Fundamentals, Biomedical Applications, and Bio-inspired Systems

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Justin Sanchez, Ph.D, Mark Griswold, and Rahul Sarpeshkar, Ph.D.

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
51 min
December 18, 2009 FiB 51: MRI Engineering Made Easy
How to build an MRI, and how it works.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Mark Griswold

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
1 hr 2 min
December 08, 2009 FiB 50: More Biotech Stories
Marc and some the FiB regulars cover important stories in the biotechnology realm.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: George Farr, Ph.D., Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D, Justin Sanchez, Ph.D, and Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
1 hr 5 min
November 17, 2009 FiB 49: Brain-Machine Interfaces
Dr. Justin Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, walks us through the technology of brain machine interfaces.

Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Dr. Kiki Sanford

Guest: Justin Sanchez, Ph.D

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
1 hr 6 min
November 02, 2009 FiB 48: Sequencing an Ocean's Genome
Dr. Delong discusses the use of metagenomics to understand microbial life in the Pacific Ocean.

Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Andre Nantel, Ph.D

Guest: Edward Delong, Ph.D.

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
52 min
September 28, 2009 FiB 47: Genetic Engineering in the 21st Century
Dr. Oliver Smithies discusses the present and future of genetic engineering

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Andre Nantel, Ph.D and Dr. Oliver Smithies

For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.

Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
56 min