Join Alex and Emma aboard their nerdy spaceship for the latest System76 hardware and software news. Meet RJ Nowling in an exclusive interview about bioinformatics and genomic data science processing with the ARM-powered Thelio Astra!

06:20 Tiny Hardware News about the Meerkat

08:55 Conference Appearances (SCALE, LFNW, GTC) and Garrett created a cool planetary COSMIC demo 

12:00 COSMIC News, Alpha 6 delayed

14:35 RJ Nowling Interview about genomic data science

17:00 Experiments to produce sterile genetically modified mosquitoes to eradicate diseases

18:00 How RJ got started with bioinformatics

19:10 RJ's Linux journey

21:20 Choosing hardware for bioinformatics

22:40 How to get into genomic data science

24:00 Find a cool Phd professor to work with

24:40 Future of genomic data science with "Enhancers" and cross-species comparisons

27:00 Excitement about advancements in biology

27:25 How to get in touch with RJ

27:45 Experience with Thelio Astra

28:15 Emma and Alex play a balloon game

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