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Writing Science through History with Alan Lightman from 2021-02-11T14:00:18
GLiMPSE returns with an archived interview from 2019 with physicist and author Alan Lightman, the John E. Burchard professor in MIT’s department of Media Studies and Writing. Lightman held posts in...
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When cells lose their balance with Angelika Amon from 2020-03-09T21:07:51
This episode was recorded live in collaboration with Harvard University’s Science In The News for their Science by the Pint series. Together we hosted MIT professor Angelika Amon at Saloon Davis Sq...
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Living Droplets with Phil Sharp from 2019-11-20T19:33:37
In this episode Tim chats with Phil Sharp, Nobel laureate, Institute Investigator at MIT and member of the Biology Department as well as the Koch Institute. Phil confronted the question of how larg...
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Cells: A Genetic Blueprint or Molecular Machines? from 2019-11-07T01:55:28
Cells: A Genetic Blueprint or Molecular Machines? In this episode, Tim and Max interview two MIT professors for a live event with Taste of Science Boston. Taste of Science is a nationwide science c...
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Invent with Bob Langer from 2019-07-24T11:33:57
In the previous episode (“Better Questions”), we sat down with MIT Institute Professor Bob Langer and explored his story through the lens of revolutionary questions. But that’s just one side of th...
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Better Questions with Bob Langer from 2019-07-10T09:48:51
Bob Langer is one of ten Institute Professors at MIT. His numerous innovations in materials used in medicine have had a significant positive impact on the world. In the first of a two-part series...
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Turning Waste into Wealth with Rozzeta Dolah from 2019-06-18T13:52:04
This episode is with Dr Rozzeta Dolah, a postdoctoral fellow in Prof Rohit Karnik’s Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Research Laboratory at MIT. Her work revolves around process optimization in renew...
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Defining Neuroethics with Ed Boyden from 2019-06-05T12:03:08
In the previous episode (“Getting the Data”), we learned about the many neuroscience tools Prof. Ed Boyden (MIT Media Lab, McGovern Institute) and his team have invented and disseminated to control...
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Getting the Data with Ed Boyden from 2019-05-22T22:39:45
Ed Boyden is a professor in the MIT Media Lab (Synthetic Neurobiology) and McGovern Institute. He’s developed several revolutionary tools for researchers, including optogenetics — for controlling ...
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Postdoc Reunion Afterparty: Brent Grocholski from 2019-04-10T22:27:23
GLiMPSE joined forces with the MIT Postdoctoral Association for their Postdoc Homecoming on March 15, 2019. Our own founder Alex moderated a discussion with a distinguished panel of former MIT post...
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Attacking Tuberculosis with Prof. Bryan Bryson from 2019-02-19T18:52:11
We are excited to present our interview with Prof. Bryan Bryson, Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT. Prof. Bryson is challenging the dogma of active and latent tuberculosis. His w...
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Good Bugs with César de la Fuente-Nunez from 2019-01-30T18:30:31
This is the second in a two-part series (first episode: ‘Bad Bugs’). Dr. César de la Fuente-Nunez is a postdoc working in Tim Lu’s lab at MIT. In this episode, we discuss probiotics – bacteria th...
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Bad Bugs with César de la Fuente-Nunez from 2019-01-16T21:35
Dr. César de la Fuente-Nunez is a postdoc working in Tim Lu’s lab (Synthetic Biology Group; Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). César investigates humans’ complex...
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S2E10: Zoya Bylinskii–AI, Attention,&Creativity from 2018-08-22T15:11:14
Dr. Zoya Bylinskii is a recent PhD graduate from CSAIL at MIT under the supervision of Frédo Durand and Aude Oliva. Her work uses AI to decipher human attention and memory. Where are people looking...
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S2E9: Diana Orghian–The Optimism Bias from 2018-08-08T16:02:53
Diana Orghian is a social psychologist interested in how people perceive and extract meaning from the surrounding social world. She is a postdoctoral associate in the Collective Learning group (at ...
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S2E8: Mike Shah–Teaching Humans Computer Science is Fun from 2018-08-01T03:14:22
Dr. Mike Shah is a lecturer in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University. He studies how to improve the speed of computer software and make coding intuitive to the ...
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