Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler, Ph.D.; Department Head, Department of Cellular Biology, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, CA' Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler shares her strategy to tackle malaria, a disease that affects 250-500 million people per year.

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How understanding our mind will shape our futures with Dr. Adam Gazzaley.

Hosts: Marc Pelletier, Ph.D. and Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D.
Guest: Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.

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We talk with Professor Jeffrey Hangst of the ALPHA Collaboration about the successful trapping of anti-hydrogen to hopefully answer some of our most important questions about the universe.

Guest: Prof. Jeffrey Hangst

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We talk with Professor Jeffrey Hangst of the ALPHA Collaboration about the successful trapping of anti-hydrogen to hopefully answer some of our most important questions about the universe.

Guest: Prof. Jeffrey Hangst 

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Changing an Amish farm in Ohio into an energy source solution for modern times. The story of the Griswold family and Altoterra Energy.

Guests: John Griswold , Matthew J. Griswold, CFA and Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D.

Dr. Vijay Pande, Stanford's Director of Folding@home, details how the world's most powerful system models Alzheimer's and other human diseases.

Guest: Dr. Vijay Pande

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Baiju Shah, President & CEO of BioEnterprise, explains how to transform a regional economy into a thriving biotechnological innovation center.

Guest: Baiju Shah, J.D.

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Guest: Mark Gerstein

Dr. Mark Gerstein from Yale University explains the essence of life through network theory.

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We discuss Justin's work on brain machine symbiotic devices, to identifying the key elements in autoimmune disease, to the race between transcription and translation; it's genetics gone wild.

Papers discussed:

1) First cystic fibrosis drug advances towards approval (2011). Nature Biotechnology 29:465-466

2) A symbiotic brain-machine interface through value-based decision making.

3) Autoantigen discovery with a synthetic human peptidome.

Larman HB, Zhao Z, Laserson U, Li MZ, Ciccia A, Gakidis MA, Church GM, Kesari S, Leproust EM, Solimini NL, Elledge SJ.

Guest: Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D., professor at the Buck Institute for Research in Aging

Dr. Gordon Lithgow bridges the science of protein folding and life extenstion. The paper that we discuss:

Amyloid-binding compounds maintain protein homeostasis during ageing and extend lifespan.

Alavez S, Vantipalli MC, Zucker DJ, Klang IM, Lithgow GJ.

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