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Oct 03 2024 31 ep. 35 mins 141
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Nature Biotechnology's Forum podcast explores biotech's latest scientific publications, found in Nature Biotechnology and elsewhere, through discussions with today's leading researchers.
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From Bench to Podcast: Ali Shaib

Oct 03 2024 28 mins  
In this episode, Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena sits down with Ali Shaib, the lead author of an exciting new study showcasing expansion microscopy and the visualization of individual protein shapes, using standard laboratory microscopes.Tune in as Ali and Cláudia explore the “accidental” origins of the study, the importance of mentorship and collaboration, and the democrati

From Bench to Podcast: Chloe Fishman

Sep 23 2024 33 mins  
On this episode, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Chloe Fishman, the first author of a great story on a new and versatile tool using recombitrons for bacteriophage gene editing. Join us as Cláudia and Chloe touch bases on the advantages of this tool over existing methods, discuss the relevance of phage therapy on the fight against antimicrobial resistance and share

From Bench to Podcast: Nicoletta Cieri

Aug 20 2024 25 mins  
On this episode, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Nicoletta Cieri, the first author of a great story on how a devised analytic framework can aid the prevention of post-transplant disease recurrence.Join us as Nicoletta and Cláudia explore the highlights of the story, discuss the future of individualized medicine and touch-bases on future career opportunities follow

Organoids Roundtable: Lancaster and Pasca

Jun 26 2024 41 mins  
In this episode of Forum, Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet speaks with Madeline Lancaster and Sergiu Pasca about organoids – cell cultures derived from stem cells and crafted to replicate a particular organ or certain cell types that make up an organ. These two experts in the field discuss neural organoids specifically, and how they are being used to study both basic biology of the b

From Bench to Podcast: Sean Johnson

Jun 14 2024 23 mins  
On this episode, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Sean Johnson, the first author of a timely and great story on how to experimentally evaluate the performance of AI-generated enzymes.Sean and Cláudia discussed the timely topic of AI for protein design and the implications for future research, and also touched base on how it was to transition from academia to indust

From Bench to Podcast: Roman Sarrazin-Gendron

Jun 06 2024 42 mins  
On this episode of From Bench to Podcast, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Roman Sarrazin-Gendron, first author of an absolutely incredible story about...videogames!During this informal chat, Roman and Cláudia talked about the behind the scenes of Boderlands Science. They explored the concepts of Citizen Science, Massively Multiplayer Online Video Games, and the im

Neurotech Roundtable: Anikeeva, Courtine, and Bloch

May 15 2024 39 mins  
On this episode, Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet speaks with Polina Anikeeva from MIT, Grégoire Courtine from EPFL, and Jocelyn Bloch, a neurosurgeon at Lausanne University Hospital. These three leaders in the field of neurotechnologies discuss new devices that help us learn how our brain works, implantable brain-computer interfaces that are helping patients with neurological disorde

From Bench to Podcast: He, Jin and Shi

May 01 2024 43 mins  
In this episode, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena talks with three authors of the method Starfysh, a computational toolbox combining spatial transcriptomics and histology data.During their chat, Siyu, Yinou and Lingling, all at different stages of their academic path, dig into the layers of Starfysh and its relevance for cancer research. They also share the struggles of peer r

From Bench to Podcast: Marcus Walker

Apr 16 2024 41 mins  
On our very first episode of the new podcast series from Nature Biotechnology, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Marcus Walker, first author of a fantastic story on engineered bacteria used to stain textiles.With an informal and honest touch, Marcus and Cláudia dive into the behind the scenes of the paper. From the inspiration to combine microbiology and fashion, pa

Protein Design Roundtable: Deane and Grigoryan

Feb 01 2024 34 mins  
For our special Focus Issue, Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet talks with Charlotte Deane and Gevorg Grigoryan about applying new machine learning methods to protein structure prediction and protein design. We discuss exciting new technologies and their current and future clinical applications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.