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January 26th, 2010

Futures in Biotech 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.

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December 25th, 2009

Futures in Biotech 52: Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics, Part 1

Bio-inspired and biomedical electronics, circuit modeling of biology, and more.

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December 18th, 2009

Futures in Biotech 51: MRI Engineering Made Easy

How to build an MRI, and how it works.

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December 8th, 2009

Futures in Biotech 50: More Biotech Stories

Marc and some the FiB regulars cover important stories in the biotechnology realm.

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November 17th, 2009

Futures in Biotech 49: Brain-Machine Interfaces

Dr. Justin Sanchez walks us through the technology of brain machine interfaces.

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November 2nd, 2009

Futures in Biotech 48: Sequencing an Ocean's Genome

Dr. Delong discusses the use of metagenomics to understand microbial life in the Pacific Ocean.

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September 28th, 2009

Futures in Biotech 47: Genetic Engineering in the 21st Century

Dr. Oliver Smithies discusses the present and future of genetic engineering

Futures in Biotech

Running time: 58:50

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August 3rd, 2007

Futures in Biotech 20: Dr. Eric Kandel's Insights into the Science of Mind

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Eric Kandel

Dr. Kandel is a Professor of Physiology and Psychiatry and the founding director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also a Senior Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his work on the biological mechanisms for memory. In this episode, he explains how the mind learns and stores memory, and also shares some of his most recent findings.

Some interesting links:

Upcoming lecture in NYC with James Watson
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

Our book of the week is The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. For your free audio book visit Audible.com/Biotech.
Thanks to Cachefly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

Also thanks to Philippe Pelletier and Will Hall for the great opening and closing themes AND Matthew McInerney for the cool FiB Desktops.

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