Futures in Biotech (Audio)

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FiB 65: Tackling Genetic Disease Aug 27, 2010

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Progress in molecular biology and the latest strategies for tackling genetic disease.

Our guest is David Thomas, professor and chair, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University; Canada Research Chair in Molecular Genetics.

Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D

Guest: David Thomas

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.

FiB 64: The Future Is Viral Jul 23, 2010

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Five scientists, George Farr, Mark Griswold, Dave Brodbeck, Vincent Racaniello and David Thomas, discuss their hopes and aspirations for biotechnology in a post-genomics era.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: George Farr, Ph.D., Mark Griswold, Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D, Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D, and David Thomas

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.

FiB 63: How to Use a Mouse Jul 02, 2010

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Nobel Laureate Dr. Mario Capecchi teaches us how to use a mouse to dissect the human genome and understand disease.

Our guest is Mario Capecchi, Ph.D., distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Mario Capecchi, 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.

FiB 62: X-Ray Crystallography Jun 25, 2010

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Dr. Alexander McPherson explains X-ray crystallography, a technique that will produce a true atomic anatomy of the human body.

Books referenced in this episode: Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABS. Introduction to Macromolecular Crystallography, WILEY BLACKWELL.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: George Farr, Ph.D.

Guest: Dr. Alexander McPherson

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

Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

FiB 61: One Heart Beat Away Jun 15, 2010

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Tackling problems of the heart with biotechnology.

Our guest is Julian Stelzer, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Julian E. Stelzer, PhD

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.

FiB 60: Do You Come to This Cave Often? May 21, 2010

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Primate face recognition, new cure for HVC, genetic base change, neanderthals and humans, and more.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guests: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D, Andre Nantel, Ph.D, Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D, and George Farr, 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.

FiB 59: No Room for Failure May 10, 2010

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A first hand account of the Apollo Missions from the floor of Mission Control from Michael Vucelic, former Apollo system manager for NASA and Rockwell.

Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Michael Vucelic

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.

FiB 58: Vertical Farms and Much, Much More With Dick Despommier Apr 16, 2010

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Feeding the world with indoor vertical farming.

Our guest is Dickson D. Despommier, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. Host of This Week in Virology; Host of This Week in Parasitism.

Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D

Guest: Dickson D. Despommier, 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.

FiB 57: Mechanisms of Non-Mendelian Inheritance in Evolution Apr 02, 2010

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How prion proteins can act in non-mendelian inheritance, or evolution without DNA.

Our guests are Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., professor of biology at MIT and investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simon Alberti, group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, and Randal Halfmann, a grad student in Dr. Lindquist's lab at MIT

Host: Marc Pelletier

Co-Host: George Farr, Ph.D.

Guests: Dr. Susan Lindquist and Simon Alberti

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.

FiB 56: New Antiviral Strategies with Karla Kirkegaard Mar 19, 2010

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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.