Episode 212: Agar Art and Biosensor Breakthroughs
07/24/24 • 36 min
Jonathan and Maria Eugenia Inda, Pew Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Synthetic Biology Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, discuss the latest developments in microbiome research and their potential applications in personalised health, as well as the fascinating world of agar art.
Timestamps:
(00:00)-Introduction
(02:57)-Agar art
(06:03)-Art influencing the scientific mind
(07:40)-Intestinal biosensors
(12:30)-Implications for healthcare professionals
(19:35)-Next steps for this technology
(23:25)-Synthetic biology
(26:23)-The importance of developing communication skills
(30:45)-Maria’s three wishes for healthcare
Jonathan and Maria Eugenia Inda, Pew Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Synthetic Biology Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, discuss the latest developments in microbiome research and their potential applications in personalised health, as well as the fascinating world of agar art.
Timestamps:
(00:00)-Introduction
(02:57)-Agar art
(06:03)-Art influencing the scientific mind
(07:40)-Intestinal biosensors
(12:30)-Implications for healthcare professionals
(19:35)-Next steps for this technology
(23:25)-Synthetic biology
(26:23)-The importance of developing communication skills
(30:45)-Maria’s three wishes for healthcare
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Episode 211: The Fate of the Cell
Jonathan Weitzman, professor of genetics at the Université Paris Cité in France, joins Jonathan Sackier to discuss the role of epigenetic events in cellular differentiation programmes, as well as his own podcast, ‘The Lonely Pipette’.
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(00:00)-Introduction
(02:49)-Specialising in epigenetics
(05:45)-Helping young scientists navigate their careers
(11:58)-Back to basics: epigenetics
(19:21)-The emergence of ‘form’
(22:02)-Cell reprogramming
(23:26)-The Centre for Epigenetics and Cell Fate
(24:28)-Genetics in 30 seconds
(29:30)-Intracellular hijackers
(35:45)-Who am I?
(41:20)-Jonathan’s three wishes
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Timestamps:
(00:00)-Introduction
(02:37)-Poetry
(08:50)-Raza’s journey into oncology
(14:41)-Myelodysplastic syndrome and Raza’s tissue bank
(21:16)-The First Cell
(28:18)-The cancer Questions Project
(38:20)-Goals for the future
(44:40)-The most pressing issues in cancer care
(48:14)-Financially incentivising early detection
(57:00)-3 Quarks Daily
(59:10)-Three wishes for healthcare
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