Podcast

There is so much to learn these days, how can you keep up? I decided to try listening to podcasts when I was doing something that kept my body busy but my brain on idle. So far, I have listened to three, and published InnovATE BIO blogs about each one that you might want to read, but there are plenty more out there that I plan on trying. It took a bit of getting used to as I tend to concentrate much more on what my eyes see than on what my ears hear (probably why I am so... Read more

On October 5th, 2022 Genome Startup Day brought together front-line phage researchers and startup founders to talk about the state of phage research and some of its commercial opportunities. Founder and CEO of Phase Genomics Ivan Liachko hosted Jonathan Eisen, UC Davis professor of genomics and microbiology as well as a panel discussion moderated by Julianna LeMieux of Genetic Engineering News , with startup founders Jessica Sacher of Phage Directory , Nathan Brown of Parallel Health and Minmin (Mimi) Yen, of PhagePro .

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STAT is a media company the delivers information you can trust about health, medicine, and and the life sciences. They investigate academic labs, visit biotech boardrooms, and even take a hard look at the politics that might go on in backrooms. And, like so many information sources, they make their information available through both digital methods and weekly biotech podcasts. I listened to one of their recent podcasts in the series The Readout Loud . This podcast covered anti-aging research boom, the Godfather of biotech (Stelios Papadopoulos) and the future of Biogen. There are... Read more

"It's not the demand we need to change, its the supply". Words spoken by Dr Bianca Le on the Future Food Podcast of July 16, 2021. Dr. Le was talking about meat, and how the environment can be supported, and animals' lives saved, if instead of investing in movements designed to stop people from eating meat, instead we invest in alternative sources of 'meat without the animal'. I had never thought about the issue in that way, but Dr. Le certainly has. She studied at the University of Monash, Australia and received her bachelor's and PhD there.... Read more

Not all of the episodes in the podcast series "How I Built This" are about biotech, but Episode 415 is, and it is fascinating! How to eat salmon, without catching fish? That is the question Wildtype cellular agriculture company founders Aryé Elfenbein and Justin Kolbeck are answering. When they first met in 2011 they had not planned on starting a company, Aryé was a cardiologist busy with medicine, and Justin was a diplomat who had lived all over the world. But something clicked, and soon the two were tackling the problems... Read more

Talking Biotech is a weekly podcast that uncovers the stories, ideas and research of people at the frontier of biology and engineering. Each episode explores how science and technology will transform agriculture, protect the environment, and feed 10 billion people by 2050. Interviews are led by Dr. Kevin Folta, professor of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida.

I was intrigued by the title of Episode 343: Breeding the Next Amazing Apple. This episode has Dr Folta interviewing Cornell researcher Dr. Awais Khan, an expert in apples. I love apples, and have picked... Read more

Well, I chose the Biotech and Breweries podcast series because I thought it would be about biotech in breweries...there are 6 InnovATEBIO member programs that have degrees or certificates in Brewing Science and Brewery Operations so I wanted to hear more about the role of biotech in beer. However, I found out that in fact this series is "Exploring San Diego's biotech landscape with a beer (or two) in hand". Not quite what I had in mind, but still great!

The first episode I listened to was "Viracta and Burgeon Brewing Company". Host Daniel Schroeder... Read more

According to Stephen Emerick, (Thermo) you cannot do anything without applying Good Manufacturing Practices. And while I am pretty sure he was talking about biomanufacturing, ensuring that a product is pure, safe, and effective sounds like a good plan for pretty much anything being produced. Stephen stated that GMP is built off of 'lots of mistakes', over hundreds of years--a perspective I had not really thought about until he said it. I listened to Stephen on the STL Biotechnology podcast series, hosted by the Center for Plant and Life Sciences at St Louis Community College-Florissant Valley. There... Read more

The Business of Biotech is an interesting series of podcasts aimed at providing a glimpse into the business aspects of building and running a biotech company. I am trained as a scientist, and have never worked on the business side of biotech, but Matt Pillar's interview of Dr. William Green, MD, at Foundation Therapeutics made sense to me, and was quite informative.

Fountain Therapeutics isn't a very old company-but it is using its AI driven platform to treat "the predominant challenge to health and quality of life"--aging. Dr Green was... Read more

I am pretty sure there are more podcasts out there than seconds in the day--I keep finding more that are terrific to listen to. The Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC) Talking Technician’s podcast is about connecting people, considering a career with micro and nano industries, with people who currently work in those industries. Their interviewees originate from many different walks of life, but all share a common experience of completing their certification through community college to achieve their career goal. These podcasts are windows into real experiences and could be useful for faculty to incorporate into their curriculum, perhaps... Read more