#SynBio Podcast
The Synbio Audio Storytelling Platform.
All episodes(10)
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E9| Bio. Economy. Innovation |Kathryn Hamilton.
Published Dec 23, 2021
Kathryn Hamilton is the Managing editor and senior staff writer at Bioeconomy.XYZ. As well as Senior Consultant, (Biomedical Positioning) at Booz Allen Hamilton. She believes that Biotechnology is humanity’s highest art form. In this episode, Shrestha sits down with Kathryn to discuss:-How Kathryn’s previous scientific training has helped her beyond the traditional realms of research and academia.-How the creation of local science ecosystems can help establish greater trust between science and s
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E8 | iGEM. Tackles. SDGs |Todd Kuiken
Published Oct 5, 2021
Todd KuikenTodd Is a senior research scholar and executive committee member at NC states genetic engineering and society center. His work explores the scientific and technological frontier, stimulating discovery and bringing new tools to bear on public policy challenges that emerge as science advances.He has been appointed to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) technical and policy task force on synthetic biology and gene drives, which culminated in the first comprehensive assessmen
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E7 | Life. Science. Venture |Miroslav Gasparek
Published Sep 21, 2021
Miroslav GasparekMiroslav Gasparek is a PhD candidate in engineering science at Oxford University. He’s also a venture fellow at Civilisation ventures, and part of the steering committee at the European Union SynBio society. Miro’s research lies at the intersection of SynBio, control theory and data-driven control methods like reinforcement learning. He’s interested in the practical applications of SynBio, its wider impact and providing solutions to real-life problems. As well as understanding how meaningful and
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E6 | Research. Future. Marketplace |Drew Endy
Published Aug 31, 2021
Drew EndyDrew has served on the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity and the Committee on Science, Technology, & Law; he currently serves on the World Health Organization’s Smallpox Advisory Committee. Esquire magazine recognized Drew as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century.Topics discussed in todays episode:-Does the most transformative SynBio research lie outside academia?-The cultural, political and economic systems that will enable SynBio development in the years ah
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E5 | Decoding. The. World |Arvind Gupta and Po Bronson.
Published Aug 16, 2021
Is climate change opening the floodgates of the germ zoo? Are Silicon Valley investors understanding and accepting climate change? In this episode, Zeeshan chats with Arvind Gupta and Po Bronson about their book, Decoding The World, where they try and decode the real cause of the pandemic, climate change, iGEM and SynBio & Silicon Valley!Arvind is the founder and a venture advisor at IndieBio, which is the world’s first and leading accelerator dedicated to startups in biology to solve the world’
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E4 | AlphaFold. 2. Explained. | Charlie Harris.
Published Aug 2, 2021
Deepmind’s work and success in protein structure prediction shows how exciting of a time it is to be part of biology and science in general. AlphaFold 2 is revolutionary, and to help me understand the science behind it, I'm joined by Charlie Harris. Charlie is currently finishing off his masters degree in Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology at Imperial College London, where he is working with Prof Michael Bronstein looking into generative models for structure based drug design. Charli
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E3 | Life. Science. Robots. |Douglas Densmore.
Published Jul 5, 2021
Doug is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University. His research focuses on the development of tools for the specification, design, assembly and test of synthetic biological systems. On this episode, we discuss the relationship between robots and synthetic biology. As well as if automation is going to end up making SynBio more centralised.
- StandardSummaries onlyTrailer: iGEM Podcasts
Published Jun 28, 2021
SynBio storytelling combines the creativity of writing and media with the intellectual fascination of the field. The goal of iGEM podcasts is to provide a platform through which the worldwide SynBio community can communicate, share ideas, debate and engage with central SynBio ideas and innovations.
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E2 | Epic. SynBio. PhD-MBA| Cheng Kai Lim.
Published Jun 14, 2021
CK is a PhD-MBA student from the National University of Singapore, where his research revolves around the field of DNA data storage, specifically looking at methods that can reduce associated costs. He is also the Chair of iGEM EPIC, an entrepreneurship programme under the non-profit iGEM Foundation, where he serves to catalyzethe formation of startups from the multitude of projects and people that have originated or come from the iGEM Competition. On this episode I talk to him about why he deci
- StandardSummaries onlyS1E1 | Ready. Set. Design |Karen Ingram.
Published May 15, 2021
Karen Ingram is a creative director and artist who has become one of the world’s leading SynBio designers -without a background in Synthetic Biology! On this episode, Zeeshan talks to Karen about her SynBio design journey, and the creative strategy behind some of her most exciting projects.