Podcasts by Columbia University Bio Bytes
Welcome to Bio Bytes! Tune in for interviews with prominent scientists working at the intersection of Biology, Engineering, Medicine, Computer Science, and Mathematics. Check out our sister podcast "BioWorks" (https://anchor.fm/bioworks) for great discussions on life science-related business, investing, and policy.
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Bio Bytes 35: Olfactory Transduction with Stuart Firestein and More on Public Engagement with Science from 2023-10-24T12:00
Stuart Firestein, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University, walks us through his study of the vertebrate olfactory system. Professor Firestein is a member of the American Associ...
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Bio Bytes 34: Decoding the Regulation of Gene Expression with Professor James Manley from 2023-10-05T10:00
Join us for an inspiring episode as Professor James Manley, the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Life Sciences at Columbia University, takes us on a journey into the intricate world of gene exp...
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Bio Bytes 33: Space bioinformatics and healthcare with Eliah Overbey from 2023-06-01T22:34:26
In which Eliah Overbey, PhD, chief scientific officer at BioAstra, and research associate at the Mason lab discusses the innovations and insights from multi-omics sequencing, specifically with r...
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Bio Bytes 32: Applications of GFP and touch receptor neuron (TRN) development and function with Martin Chalfie from 2023-04-15T14:57:13
In which Martin Chalfie, a professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University and Nobel laureate recognized for his contribution to the development of green fluorescent protein (GFP), and S...
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Bio Bytes 31: The structure and functions of p53 with Carol Prives from 2023-03-19T14:43:10
Description: In which Sophia speaks with Carol Prives, the Da Costa Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at Columbia University and a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the A...
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Bio Bytes 30: Neurotransmitters as Post-translational Modifications with Ian Maze from 2022-11-10T18:36:51
In which Ian Maze, professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacological science in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Vaibhav di...
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Bio Bytes 29: Kinase Proteomics and Oncology with Neil Vasan from 2022-04-28T00:17:28
In which Neil Vasan, assistant professor of medicine and medical oncologist at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Vaibhav discuss the biochemistry and structural biology of kinas...
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Bio Bytes 28: Systems Approaches to Studying Neural Circuitry with Darcy Kelley from 2022-03-13T00:28:34
In which Darcy Kelley, Harold Weintraub Professor of Biological Sciences, and James discuss Xenopus as a model organism for understanding the biology of behavior and evolution of neural circuits...
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[Bioworks 3]: Biotech Incubators and the Fourth Purpose Task Force with Sam Sia from 2022-02-18T21:04:55
This episode is cross-posted from our new show, Bioworks, which focuses on topics in life science policy, business, entrepreneurship, and investment. Check out other episodes on Bioworks here: <...
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Bio Bytes 27: Microbial Systems and Synthetic Biology with Harris Wang from 2021-11-19T22:57:36
In which Harris Wang, associate professor of Systems Biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Vaibhav discuss the application of systems and synthetic biology to the study o...
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Bio Bytes 26: Precision Medicine with Adam Bass from 2021-11-07T15:42:41
In which Adam Bass, oncologist and inaugural director of the Columbia Center for Precision Cancer Medicine, discusses the relevance of genomic science and treatments informed by sequencing in mo...
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Bio Bytes 25: Engineering Chromatin, DNA Databases, and Neurodevelopmental Organoids with Albert Keung from 2021-09-17T21:07:01
In which Albert Keung, Assistant Professor in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, shares many insights on Synthetic Biology. He touches on...
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Bio Bytes 24: Zack Abbott from 2021-03-27T16:06:41
In which Aaron speaks with Zach Abbott, PhD, about his company ZBiotics. ZBiotics is a biotechnology start-up that is focused on engineering microorganisms for consumer benefit. Aaron and Zach t...
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Bio Bytes 24: Gut Microbiome Biotechnology with Zack Abbott from 2021-03-27T15:06:41
In which Aaron speaks with Zach Abbott, PhD, about his company ZBiotics. ZBiotics is a biotechnology start-up that is focused on engineering microorganisms for consumer benefit. Aaron and Zach t...
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Bio Bytes 23: Machine Learning and Structural Biology with Mohammed AlQuraishi from 2021-03-13T00:08:45
In which Vaibhav speaks with Dr. Mohammed AlQuraishi, an Assistant Professor of Systems Biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, about using machine learning to predict protein ...
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Bio Bytes 22: Aneuploidy and Cancer Biology with Alison Taylor from 2021-02-27T04:24:49
In which Vaibhav speaks with Dr. Alison Taylor, an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, about her research on the role of aneuploid...
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Bio Bytes 21: Antiviral Drug Development with Dr. Alex Chavez from 2021-02-20T23:37:23
In which Aaron speaks with Alex Chavez, MD-PhD about antiviral drug development. They discuss chemical strategies for protease inhibitor development and the details and rationale of a novel assa...
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Bio Bytes 20: Orthopedics and Regenerative Biology Research with Stavros Thomopoulos from 2021-02-12T18:35:46
In which Josh speaks with Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD about biomechanical engineering at the tendon-bone interface. Dr. Thomopoulos is the director of the Caroll Laboratories for Orthopedic Surgery...
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Bio Bytes 19: Molecular Cardiology with Andy Marks from 2021-02-03T00:47:12
In which Josh explores the intersection of molecular biology, structural biology, and cardiology with Dr. Andrew Marks. Dr. Marks is the Chairman of the Department of Physiology at Columbia Medi...
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Bio Bytes 18: Genome Topology and Leukemia with Aaron Viny from 2020-11-10T23:03:31
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Aaron Viny (a clinician scientist and assistant professor at Columbia) discuss the role of Cohesin complexes in 3D genome organization and how spatiotemporal irregularit...
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Bio Bytes 17: Epigenome Editing and the Neuroepigenome with Shawn Liu from 2020-09-01T19:51:53
In which Vaibhav and Shawn Liu (The Joan and Paul Marks, MD ’49 Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at CUIMC) speak about the specifics of epigenome editing, from selecting...
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Bio Bytes 16: The Power of Single Cell Data Analysis with Dana Pe'er from 2020-06-05T17:15:53
In which Dana speaks with Vaibhav and Jason about the principles of single cell analysis and informatics challenges associated with it. Among other things, they discuss manifolds and data topolo...
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Bio Bytes 15: Small Molecule Perturbation, Ferroptosis, Computational Chemistry, and COVID-19 treatments with Dr. Brent Stockwell from 2020-05-17T20:25:44
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Stockwell talk about how using small molecule screening helped uncover pioneering details about Iron influenced cell death (Ferroptosis), the therapeutic context for Fer...
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Bio Bytes 14: Quantifying and Representing Genetic Variation with Dr. Tuuli Lappalainen from 2020-05-08T15:46:16
In which Dr. Lappalainen speaks to Vaibhav and Mona about a variety of topics including her latest paper in Science, the various considerations one needs to make when interpreting statistical ge...
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Bio Bytes 13: CRISPR-Cas13 and Using Deep Learning to Model Gene Regulatory Networks with Dr. Xuebing Wu from 2020-04-12T17:36:57
In which Vaibhav, Jason, and Professor Xuebing Wu discuss the mechanism and applications of CRISPR-Cas13 and how deep learning might be used to model a unified gene regulatory network.
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Bio Bytes 12: All About Coronavirus with Dr. Vincent Racaniello (Part 2) from 2020-03-25T21:55:03
In which Vaibhav and Professor Racaniello continue to speak about the epidemic timeline, the use and biology of Anti-Malaria drugs against COVID-19, single cell and CRISPR based antiviral s...
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Bio Bytes 11: All About Coronavirus with Dr. Vincent Racaniello from 2020-03-25T21:43:03
In which Vaibhav speaks to Vincent Racaniello, professor of Virology at Columbia University, about the science behind the current Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Among other topics, they discuss the o...
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Bio Bytes 10: Dr. Elham Azizi Part 2 from 2020-01-31T19:12:21
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Azizi continue their discussion on using machine learning to integrate various data modalities into sensible probabilistic and statistical models to better understand ca...
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Bio Bytes 9: Dr. Elham Azizi Part 1 from 2020-01-31T19:03:16
In which Vaibhav and Dr. Elham Azizi discuss the role of machine learning, AI, and data modeling in cancer biology.
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Bio Bytes 8: Dr. It'sik Pe'er Part 2 from 2019-12-28T20:05:55
In which Vaibhav and Jason talk to Dr. Pe'er about the central goals of Systems Biology, the projects that he's most excited about, and what sorts of coursework students should complete to prepa...
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Bio Bytes 7: Dr. It'sik Pe'er Part 1 from 2019-12-28T20:02:12
In which Vaibhav and Jason talk to Dr. It'sik Pe'er, Associate Professor of Computer Science with cross-affiliation in the Systems Biology department, about his current projects and the emergenc...
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Bio Bytes 6: Dr. Sam Sternberg - Part 2 from 2019-12-22T15:00
In which Vaibhav and Jason talk to Dr. Sternberg about how computational power is advancing his work with CRISPR
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Bio Bytes 5: Dr. Sam Sternberg - Part 1 from 2019-12-22T15:00
In which Vaibhav and Jason speak with Dr. Sam Sternberg about his work at the forefront of CRISPR tools development
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Bio Bytes 4: Chao Lu from 2019-04-16T01:57:17
In which Vaibhav speaks to Dr. Chao Lu, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development at CUMC, about his work in the field of Epigenetics and how computation is accelerating progress in ...
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Bio Bytes 4 from 2019-04-16T01:57:17
In which Vaibhav speaks to Dr. Chao Lu, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development at CUMC, about his work in the field of Epigenetics and how computation is accelerating progress in ...
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Bio Bytes 3: Raul Rabadan from 2019-04-10T16:09:53
In which Miriam Interviews Dr. Raul Rabadan about the role of computing in Systems Biology, his journey as a theoretical physicist from CERN to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, &...
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Bio Bytes 3 from 2019-04-10T16:09:53
In which Miriam Interviews Dr. Raul Rabadan about the role of computing in Systems Biology, his journey as a theoretical physicist from CERN to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, &...
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Bio Bytes 2 with Nicholas Tatonetti from 2019-04-02T01:42:28
In which Miriam speaks to Dr. Nicholas Tatonetti, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, about his research regarding EHR, his children's book Toshi Builds Consensus Listen
Bio Bytes 2 from 2019-04-02T01:42:28
In which Miriam speaks to Dr. Nicholas Tatonetti, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, about his research regarding EHR, his children's book Toshi Builds Consensus Listen
Podcast 1: Understanding Systems Bio, Synthetic Bio, and Computational Bio, and Bioinformatics from 2019-03-21T00:00
In which Miriam, Allison, and Vaibhav go over similarities and differences between Systems Bio, Synthetic Bio, and Computational Bio, and Bioinformatics.
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