Futures in Biotech

Explore the world of genetics, cloning, protein folding, genome mapping, and more with the most important researchers in biotech. Hosted by Marc Pelletier.

Records live some Fridays at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET.


Thanks to Cachefly for providing the bandwidth for this podcast.
Episodes (92)
April 6, 2012
#93: Snyder's Omics

The technologies that our guest has developed are playing an important role in changing the world, not like the car, the microwave and the cell phone, but as in Drs. Flox, McCoy, and Crusher.

March 9, 2012
#92: Foldit - Crowd Sourcing God's Work

Dr. David Baker explains how the game Foldit uses crowdsourcing to intelligently design artificial proteins never seen before in nature.

December 16, 2011
#91: 6 PhDs Piled High And Deep

In this episode of Futures in Biotech, we talk about the Frontiers of Biotechnology - where the line between science and sci-fi are beginning to blur.

December 5, 2011
#90: In-Silico Models of Organ Morphogenesis

In this episode of Futures in Biotech, Dr. Celeste Nelson, from Princeton University, explores the fundamental mechanisms of organ morphogenesis.

November 18, 2011
#89: Towards Curing Malaria With Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler

Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler describes her approaches to drug discovery in an effort to tackle Malaria.

November 4, 2011
#88: Cogito, Ergo Sum... Multitasking?

How understanding our mind will shape our futures with Dr. Adam Gazzaley.

October 3, 2011
#87: Anti-Matter Message In A Magnetic Bottle

We talk with Jeffrey Hangst about the successful trapping of anti-hydrogen to hopefully answer some of our most important questions about the universe.

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