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Lea Ping is a rising sophomore studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University. She is an international student from China who is passionate about STEM and has gained significant research experience at Johns Hopkins. She has been engaged in research since High school, which she also talks about in this episode. 

Quick summary:

- Day in the life in JHU
- Lab experiences
- Extracurriculars in High school 
- What is in Chemical and Biomolecular engineering
- How to approach research as a student 

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Our guest for today's episode is Seungwon Lee. He is based in South Korea. His work involves being a rheumatologist and the CEO of a Venture Capital firm investing in small Biotech startups. Being in his position, he fully understands how to excel as an entrepreneur in the biotech field and be a great doctor/ scientist. 

Key points summary

• working as a Venture Capital CEO and a rheumatologist 
• distinguishing unsuccessful/ successful biotech startups 
• How do YOU make a successful startup
• be a great scientist 
• Be careful of how AI can impact Biotech and every other field 
• some advice on how to define success
• Could computational biology be the new HIT?
• NVIDIA is going into computational biology 

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Our guest today is Raul Bortonlin, a PhD researcher from Brazil who works in academia for Harvard Medical School. Raul specializes in RNA-based gene therapy work in the lab and iPSC-related stem cell technology. He started his research career at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nort and moved to Harvard Medical School in 2022.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/raulbortolin/

Summary of the topics covered

• Honest point on the different working environments from his lab in Brazil to Harvard lab
• The challenges of his first PhD project   
• Details about his project on RNA-based therapy 
• What is iPSC? Explanation and how it is used in vitro stem cell therapy
• Translating the research in the lab to clinical applications 
•  Heartwarming advice for future researchers

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“Alzheimer’s and cutting brains are just a small part of what you can do in neuroscience."
“Just ask, can I join? Can I explore this? I’m curious.”

Isaac is a current neuroscience/ computer science/ pre-med student at Washington University in St. Louis who is deeply passionate about neuroscience research. He is also the founder of Blue Dendrite, an animation account presenting rare neuroscience knowledge.

website : https://www.blue-dendrite.com/
insta: https://www.instagram.com/blue.dendrite_neuro/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@blue_brain

Quick summary of the episode:

- upcoming passion/admiration in neuroscience
- developing an animation project such as shorts on Instagram
- personal research on emotions and memory recall
- research experience with mice brains
- advice for students, "reach out"!

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"Keep being curious, and keep questioning."

Our guest today is Camila Zanella, a Harvard Ph.D. student from Brazil. Camila is an expert researcher working on experiments related to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In this episode, Camila shared remarkable insights about her experience working in such a prestigious lab.

Summary of the topics covered

- The road to becoming a biology PhD 
- Research/ life harmony 
- The research environment at a laboratory in Harvard
- The research on fruitflies for neurodegenerative diseases
- The ups and downs of Collaboration in research 
- The field of biotech in the future 
- Advice for students 

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"We use the term Drug Discovery, and in no other industry do we use the word 'discovery' for a product, and in the future, it will change with the new AI technologies."

"Stand on the shoulder of giants. For you to see the future, you have to understand the people who are making the future right now."

My guest for this episode is Patrick Lee, an upcoming freshman studying Biotechnology at Carnegie Mellon University.  Patrick Lee has been a passionate student since high school and has demonstrated that through his passion for books and his internship at a CAR T-Cell research company. 

Summary of topics covered:

- Biology vs Christianity
- The potential of Artificial intelligence (AI)  in the realm of Biotechnology 
- using AI for Drug Discovery 
- Advise for future Biotech students
- Some insights from the Book "Singularity Is Near" by Ray Kurzweil

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Get a glimpse of the Biotech LifeStream podcast and Get to know your host Paeto! 
Biotech LifeStream will officially launch in April. Stick around!