#6 - Dr Bruce Alberts: Scientific education, DNA replication and Watson and Crick
The Biotech Podcast
01/07/21
•71m
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Having worked with the likes of Freeman Dyson, we hear about the incredible achievements of Dr Bruce Alberts, winner of both the National medal of science in 2014 and the Lasker award in 2016.
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Full synopsis:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - The scientific process
09:51 - Scientific thinking and education
24:25 - Writing 'Molecular biology of the cell', its intentions and its impacts
41:32 - DNA replication - mechanisms, evolution and discovering the biochemistry
1:03:54 - Book recommendations and advice
1:08.09 - Freeman Dyson, Leroy Hood and the Human Genome project
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#5 Professor Alison Woollard - Mutants, Darwin and Genetic Engineering
December 27, 2020
•70m
This week we talk to Alison Woollard, a professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, about her life's work in Developmental Biology. She offers her thoughts on the new, mutated coronavirus strain, the history of evolution and what GM technology might offer in the future.
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Full synopsis below:
00:00 - Intro
1:25 - Nematode Worms
10:33 - Developmental biology
15:54 - Meiosis, Differentiation and Pluripotency
22:47 - Cancers and Transcription factors
34:10 - Mutations and Coronavirus
42:17 - Heredity and Evolution
50:20 - Deepmind and Alphafold
55:03 - Genetic engineering
1:05:39 - Book recommendations
1:09:37 - Extro
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#7 - Dr Josh Starmer: Bioinformatics, StatQuest, and Education
January 14, 2021
•61m
Josh Starmer is the founder and CEO of StatQuest, a channel which breaks down complex mathematics into easy, visual, bitesize content. Today we talk about his success with StatQuest, his career in music and tips on how to effectively explain complex topics.
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Full Synopsis:
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Beautiful statistics
05:51 - Bootstrapping
08:39 - Struggles of learning statistics
17:43 - Knowing your data
20:03 - Bioinformatics
21:41 - Machine learning as a microscope
24:25 - The exciting futures of statistics
29:38 - StatQuest and what makes a good explanation
39:22 - Music and Maths
48:06 - Education changing in the future
52:12 - Lies, damned lies and statistics
55:14 - What lies ahead
1:00:07 - Extro
Episode Links:
Neural Networks or Big Fancy Squiggle Fitting Machines (BFSFM) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqOfi41LfDw
StatQuest Website - https://statquest.org/about/
StatQuest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYLUTtgS3k1Fg4y5tAhLbw
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