Podcasts by The Bioinformatics CRO Podcast

Mo Jain - novel technologies for biomarker discovery from 2023-10-24T04:01

Mo Jain, Founder and CEO of Sapient, discusses the importance of small molecule biomarkers and his approach to biomarker discovery research. 

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Evan Floden - Nextflow and Reproducibility in Science from 2023-09-21T04:01

Evan Floden, CEO and Co-founder of Seqera Labs, discusses Nextflow, the push for reproducibility in scientific workflows, and his experience as a scientist with a start-up.

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Linnea Fletcher - Training Technicians for the Biotechnology Industry from 2023-06-15T19:02

Linnea Fletcher, Biotechnology Department chair at Austin Community College and Director of the InnovATEBIO National Biotechnology Education Center, discusses training technicians to tackle real...

Yuri Deigin - Partial Reprogramming Drug Development for Aging from 2023-03-03T22:45

Yuri Deigin, co-founder of YouthBio Therapeutics, discusses developing rejuvenation gene therapies based on partial reprogramming and his role reinvigorating investigations into the origins of S...

Adam Freund - targeting cells to treat disease from 2022-12-21T14:52

Adam Freund, founder and CEO of Arda Therapeutics, discusses how targeted killing of pathogenic cells could be used to treat chronic disease and aging. 

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Alfredo Andere - connecting biologists and bioinformaticians from 2022-10-21T03:16

Alfredo Andere, co-founder and CEO of Latch Bio, discusses the unique challenges facing young entrepreneurs and the future of cloud computing in biology. 

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Joshua Hare - cell-based therapies for aging from 2022-07-13T01:01:30

Joshua Hare, Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami and co-founder of Longeveron, discusses the regenerative and reparative potential of MSCs and how cell therapies will revolutionize ...

Alex Shalek - new technology for systems biology from 2022-03-13T07:27:08

Alex Shalek, Associate Professor of Chemistry at MIT, discusses new methods and technologies in systems biology that have enabled advances in the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases a...

Jamie Smyth - heart disease and viral infection from 2021-12-01T12:13:11

Jamie Smyth, Associate Professor at Virginia Tech, discusses intercellular communication in the heart and how viral infection of cardiac cells can result in heart disease. 

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Amar Gajjar - pediatric brain cancer from 2021-10-25T20:11:42

Amar Gajjar, world-renowned neuro-oncologist and chair of the Department of Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, discusses emerging treatments for pediatric brain tumors ...

Jill Reckless&Jon Heal - outsourcing drug development from 2021-09-29T04:00

Jill Reckless, CEO and co-founder of RxCelerate, and Jon Heal, Head of In Silico Designs at RxCelerate, discuss the virtual biotech industry, outsourcing drug development, and using bioinformati...

Adam Siepel - evolutionary genomics from 2021-09-21T12:16:09

Adam Siepel, Professor of quantitative biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, discusses the applications of evolutionary genomics in anthropology, infectious disease, and cancer. 

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Erich Jarvis - genomics of vocal learning from 2021-09-14T09:44:14

Erich Jarvis, Professor at The Rockefeller University and investigator at HHMI, explains how studying the neural and genetic mechanisms of vocal learning in songbirds gives insights into the dev...

Mauro Calabrese - long non-coding RNA from 2021-09-07T07:39:29

Mauro Calabrese, Associate Professor at UNC Chapel Hill and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Pharmacology, discusses the future of RNA-based therapeutics and the role of lncRNA ...

Damian Kao - cat genetics from 2021-08-31T09:19:04

Damian Kao, COO of Basepaws, discusses the challenges B2C science and the future of consumer genomics in cats, from microbiome to epigenetic testing.

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Nicholas Heaton - influenza&SARS-CoV-2 from 2021-08-24T15:41:26

Nicholas Heaton, Assistant Professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University School of Medicine, talks about influenza, SARS-CoV-2, and potential future pandemics.

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Becca Chodroff Foran - consumer genetics for dogs from 2021-08-17T10:43:40

Becca Chodroff Foran, Head of R&D at Wisdom Panel, describes the recent advances in pet genomics and how we can use genetic data from dogs to guide research on human health.

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Stacy Horner - flaviviruses and SARS-CoV-2 from 2021-08-10T10:12:16

Stacy Horner, associate professor of molecular genetic and microbiology at Duke University Medical School, compares hepatitis C and dengue virus to SARS-CoV-2 and suggests policy changes to make...

Jason Arnold - microbiome core facilities from 2021-08-03T16:00

Jason Arnold, Technical Director of the Microbiome Core Facility at UNC Chapel Hill, describes methods of improving the scientific rigor of microbiota research and his experiences as a snake bre...

Bettina Hein - managing chronic illness with AI from 2021-07-26T17:04:34

Bettina Hein, CEO and founder of juli, is a serial tech entrepreneur, using artificial intelligence to help people manage symptoms of chronic illness.

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Bharath Ramsundar - applications of AI from 2021-07-20T13:29:44

Bharath Ramsundar, founder and CEO of Deep Forest Sciences, described many applications of artificial intelligence in biotech, society, and the military.

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Saroja Voruganti - nutrition and genetics from 2021-07-13T13:17:15

Saroja Voruganti, Associate Professor at UNC Chapel Hill, shares her passion for nutrition as she discusses the fields of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics.

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Jon Chee - equipment leasing for life sciences from 2021-07-05T18:51:20

Jon Chee, co-founder and CEO of Excedr, shares his experience founding a life sciences equipment leasing company before the latest biotech boom.

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Ian Carroll - the intestinal microbiota from 2021-06-29T02:20

Ian Carroll, assistant professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, describes the relationship between the intestinal microbiota and eating disorders.

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Mark Kotter - stem cell programming from 2021-06-22T23:36:25

Mark Kotter, co-founder and CEO of Bit Bio, discusses the uses of reprogrammed human cells in research and drug development.

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Matthias Gromeier - viral cancer therapeutics from 2021-06-15T02:00:44

Matthias Gromeier, professor of neurosurgery at Duke University, describes how his breakthrough therapeutic combines poliovirus and rhinovirus to eliminate brain cancers.

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Carolyn Coyne - cellular barriers to pathogens from 2021-06-08T03:45:09

Carolyn Coyne, professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, discusses how pathogens can subvert cellular barriers in the placenta and gut to cause disease.

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Carolyn Coyne - immunity in the placenta from 2021-06-08T03:45:09

Carolyn Coyne, professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, discusses how pathogens can subvert cellular barriers in the placenta and gut to cause disease.

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Bryan Cullen - viral genetics from 2021-06-01T17:42:29

Bryan Cullen, director of Duke University’s Center for Virology, describes how viruses use microRNAs, epigenetics, and epitranscriptomics to regulate their biology.

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Micah Luftig - Epstein-Barr virus and cancer from 2021-05-25T15:23:52

Micah Luftig, associate professor and vice-chair of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, explains how Epstein-Barr virus can induce tumorigenesis and how is father inspired hi...

Jim Ray - treating Alzheimer's disease from 2021-05-18T17:13:24

Jim Ray, head of MD Anderson's Neurodegeneration Consortium, explains new perspectives in Alzheimer's disease research and shares his experience in biotech, pharma, and academia.

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Fernando Martinez - anti-aging drug development from 2021-05-11T17:12:25

Fernando Martinez, senior scientist at Fountain Therapeutics, uses AI and phenotypic screening to discover drugs that reduce the signs of aging.

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Jeremy Kamil - SARS-CoV-2 genetics with guest host Razib Khan from 2021-05-04T18:00:49

Jeremy Kamil, associate professor of microbiology at LSU Health Shreveport, discusses the genetics of SARS-CoV-2, variants, and vaccines with guest host Razib Khan.

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Brett Abrahams - drug development and neurogenomics from 2021-04-20T18:33:10

Brett Abrahams, Executive VP of R&D at Magnolia Neurosciences, discusses his work on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and other brain disorders.

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Noor Siddiqui - preimplantation screening with polygenic risk scores from 2021-04-13T22:33:27

We spoke with Noor Siddiqui about how Orchid is using polygenic risk scores for common diseases for preimplantation screening.

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Matthew Holt - astrocyte biologist from 2021-04-06T18:05:40

Matthew Holt, neuroscience professor at VIB-KU Leuven, explains the role of glial cells in neurodegenerative diseases and discusses boxing and motorbike racing.

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Lucia Huang & Jimmy Qian - Mental health tech from 2021-03-30T19:59:39

Lucia and Jimmy, co-founders of Osmind, discuss psychedelic therapies for mental illness, the future of the Bay Area, and public benefit corporations.

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Grant Belgard - Remote work in biotech from 2021-03-24T01:43:11

Our regular host, Grant Belgard, founder of The Bioinformatics CRO, talks about his career working remotely and how he expects technology to change the biotech industry.

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Ambika Bumb - From nanotech to government service from 2021-03-16T20:54:51

We talk with Ambika Bumb, science and technology advisor to the department of state’s crisis management and strategy team, about nanotechnology, the pandemic, and biotech start-ups.

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Lucas Steuber - mindreading with BCIs and AR from 2021-03-09T18:08:13

We talk with Lucas Steuber, clinical product and marketing director at Cognixion, about using a brain-computer interface and augmented reality to help people with speech disabilities communicate...

Dan Geschwind - precision medicine from 2021-02-25T20:39:31

Dan Geschwind, professor and associate vice chancellor at UCLA, shares his path to neuroscience, thoughts on precision medicine, and why one should use unbiased methods to prioritize hypotheses....

Deepti Gurdasani, Christina Pagel & Nisreen Alwan - why vaccines may not end the COVID pandemic from 2021-02-16T15:38:26

In our first panel discussion, three COVID experts share their thoughts on emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 and the growing selective pressures for immune escape.

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Delian Asparouhov - space manufacturing from 2021-02-12T15:36:22

Delian Asparouhov, co-founder of Varda Space Industries and principal at Founders Fund, talks about space manufacturing, economic bubbles, and tech investing.

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Vay Cao - Free the PhD, work beyond academia from 2021-02-08T14:50:13

We chat with Vay Cao, founder of Free the PhD, about her journey from neuroscience to an MSL-like role and how PhDs can leverage their experiences to get that first job outside academia.

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Mark DePristo - designing antibodies with machine learning from 2021-02-01T22:11:04

We talk with Mark DePristo, founder and CEO of BigHat Biosciences, about building better antibody therapeutics using machine learning, overcoming the fear of failure, and the pros and cons of wo...

Shaan Gandhi - biotech venture capital from 2021-01-26T00:15:36

We talk with Shaan Gandhi, Director at Northpond Ventures, about the intersections of science, medicine, and business and how his training as an internist has colored his experience in venture c...

Shaan Gandhi - biotech venture capital from 2021-01-26T00:15:36

We talk with Shaan Gandhi, Director at Northpond Ventures, about the intersections of science, medicine, and business and how his training as an internist has colored his experience in venture c...

Shaan Gandhi - biotech venture capital from 2021-01-26T00:15:36

We talk with Shaan Gandhi, Director at Northpond Ventures, about the intersections of science, medicine, and business and how his training as an internist has colored his experience in venture c...

Peter Joyce - founding a virtual biotech from 2021-01-08T22:22:46

We talk with Peter Joyce, co-founder and CEO of Grey Wolf Therapeutics, about novel cancer therapies, running a virtual biotech company, and encouraging a new generation of well-rounded scientis...

Adam Marblestone - scientific moonshots from 2020-12-31T18:19:18

We talk with Adam Marblestone about his work with moonshot science and technology projects, exciting advances in nanotechnology and AI, and his PhD work using expansion microscopy to map neural ...

Tony Altar - CNS drug development and skateboarding from 2020-12-09T17:02:02

We speak with C. Anthony Altar, PhD, president and COO of Splice Therapeutics, about his successful career in neuropharmacology and his role in pioneering the sport of skateboarding in the 1960'...

Quin Wills - recovering livers for transplant from 2020-12-01T05:11:15

We chat with Quin Wills, co-founder of Ochre Bio, about growing a biotech startup internationally, how genomics can increase the success of liver transplants, and his treehouse community in Cost...

Jason Stein - psychiatric genomics from 2020-11-17T16:50:25

In our latest podcast, Grant talks with Jason Stein, assistant professor of genetics at UNC, about the latest omics techniques used to study schizophrenia, the role of academia and industry in d...

Ben Logsdon - omics in neurodegeneration from 2020-10-29T19:02:11

In this episode, Grant sits down with Ben Logsdon, director of computational biology at Listen

Chris Ponting - ME genomics, COVID, CRISPR from 2020-10-16T18:47:59

In this episode, Grant sits down with Chris Ponting, chair of medical bioinformatics at the University of Edinburgh. They talk about myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and potential parallels to COV...

Razib Khan - consumer genomics, academia, COVID from 2020-10-15T00:05:11

In the first episode of The Bioinformatics CRO Podcast, our founder and CEO Grant Belgard sits down with Razib Khan, geneticist, science communicator and director of science at the Insitome Inst...