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with Host    Dr. Moira Gunn              and BioIssueof the Week           Co-Host David Ewing Duncan         LIBRARY JOURNAL   "BEST SCIENCE    BOOKS of 2007"      Welcome to    BioTech Nation               by     Dr. Moira Gunn		!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                            Dr. Moira Gunn named ...              !!! EE Times Educator of the Year 2008 !!! The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and their innovations, will be recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala on April 15, 2008, as part of TechInsights' Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    And in other good news ...      LIBRARY JOURNAL cites:   "Best Science Books of 2007"      Welcome to BioTech Nation           by Dr. Moira Gunn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOWS CURRENTLY AIRING ... Show Originating on July 15, 2008 DR. MARCO IACABONI Professor, UCLA Author, Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others Moira speaks with UCLA’s DR. MARCO IACABONI about how we “Mirror” people – that’s how we empathize with others. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... PAUL GOLDSTEIN Lillick Professor of Law Stanford Law School Author, A Patent Lie Moira speaks with Stanford professor PAUL GOLDSTEIN fills us in on his latest legal thriller “A Patent Lie” ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. COLIN GARNER CEO, Xceleron ... on a new technology which could reduce the need for animal testing Return to top. Show Originating on July 8, 2008 WILLIAM GIBSON Award-winning science fiction author Author, Spook Country Moira speaks with Popular writer WILLIAM GIBSON, perhaps best known for coining the word “cyberspace.” He takes us on a GPS-based tour of cyber-art around the world ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. LEE GOLDSTEIN Boston University School of Medicine ... on an inadvertent discovery that just may lead to the world’s first Alzheimer diagnostic Return to top. Show Originating on July 1, 2008 CARL ZIMMER Author, Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life Moira speaks with award-winning science writer CARL ZIMMER. What’s the ‘E’ in E. coli? You’ll know soon. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: BIO president Jim Greenwood and BIO chair Josh Boger ... Our annual BIO conference wrap-up Dr. Paul Tan CEO, Living Cell Technologies ... on feral pigs left some 200 years ago by whalers on subantarctic islands ... and now useful in treating diabetes Return to top. Show Originating on June 24, 2008 SANDRA BLAKESLEE New York Times contributor Author, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own Moira speaks with SANDRA BLAKESLEE about how neuroscience is revealing how our brains map out everything from phantom limbs to anorexia to even virtual reality ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... HENRY PETROSKI Professor, Civil Engineering and History Duke University Author, The Toothpick Moira speaks with HENRY PETROSKI about that simple and almost invisible technology – the toothpick ... ... and on BioTech Nation: "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us news about fear and anxiety in our brains ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 17, 2008 MARYANNE WOLF Director, Reading and Language Research Center Tufts University Author, Proust and the Squid Moira speaks with MARYANNE WOLF on how human brains have adapted since we invented writing and along with it reading ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. NORMA NOWAK Director of Science and Technology The New York State Center of Excellence in BioInformatics and Life Sciences ... On some interesting new discoveries which could some day replace amniocentesis "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us what's in the news ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 10, 2008 LEONARD MALTIN Movie Critic and Historian Author, Leonard Maltin’s 2008 Movie Guide Moira speaks with movie critic and historian LEONARD MALTIN. They talk about technology, both in making movies and affecting the content therein ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANTHONY SMITHYMAN Managing Director, Special Phage Services ... On the resurgence of interest in “phages” Return to top. Show Originating on June 3, 2008 RICK SMOLAN Photographer and Editor Author, America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live Moira speaks with RICK SMOLAN. He'll tell us how hundreds of photographers spread out across America and recorded how we actually live. He’ll also give us the best tip ever about digital cameras ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Peter Lee University of Auckland ... On how computers and biology worked together to give King Kong a personality "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us all about Tells us about the neurotech industry … that’s right – technology for our brains ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 27, 2008 STUART KAUFFMAN MacArthur Fellow Author, Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion Moira speaks with MacArthur Fellow STUART KAUFFMAN. He takes a New View of Science, Reason, and Religion ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us all about the funding of the Food and Drug Administration. Do it need more funding? Or not? You make the call ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 20, 2008 GERD LEONHARD Music & Media Futurist Author, Music 2.0 Moira speaks with Music Futurist GERD LEONHARD. He shares a new view of what music is all about – that means changes for both the big music companies and the consumer ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CHARLES BARBER Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine Author, Comfortably Numb … How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation ... Moira speaks with CHARLES BARBER about the rise of prescription medication for depression … and the similar rise in television advertising. "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us all about GINA – not the girl, but rather the act of Congress. ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 13, 2008 STEVE CONE Silicon Valley entrepreneur Author, Powerlines … Words that sell brands, grip fans, and Sometimes Change History Moira speaks with Marketing exec STEVE CONE, who takes on everything from those Mac-PC commercials to today’s Presidential candidates ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ELAINE JOHNSON Director, Bio-Link ... Moira speaks with DR. ELAINE JOHNSON about the easiest way to a biotech career. Dr. Johnson talk about the National Science Foundation-funded Bio-Link and - whether you've got a PhD or are no degree at all - the educational resources available at your local community college. Return to top. Show Originating on May 6, 2008 TOM HAYES Silicon Valley entrepreneur Author, Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business Moira speaks with TOM HAYES. A Silicon Valley veteran, he takes us beyond Web 2.0 all the way to Web 3.0 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR IAN WILMUT Leader of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep ... David Ewing Duncan and Moira speak with IAN WILMUT. We’ll fondly recall Dolly the first cloned sheep as well as Frosty, the first calf born from a frozen embryo. And we’ll find out why it’s so darn hard to clone humans … even if we wanted to. Return to top. Show Originating on April 29, 2008 DR GREG STOCK President and CEO, Signum Biosciences DR JENNIE HUNTER-CEVERA President, UMBI, the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute DR. EMANUAL PETRICOIN Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Theranostics Health DR. LANCE LIOTTA Co-Founder and Vice President for R&D, Theranostics Health Moira and David Ewing Duncan host a panel of experts from the BIO IT 7th Annual Conference on the state of Healthcare and Medical Technology 2028. The subject? Changing Biotech. Not only how it is changing now, but also what would these experts do to change biotech today, to make the world a better place. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Return to top. Show Originating on April 22, 2008 Dr. Michio Kaku Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics City University of New York Author, Physics of the Impossible ... A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel Moira speaks with DR. MICHIO KAKU about the science behind everything you ever watched on Star Trek ... or lack thereof ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR LYN BEAZLEY Chief Scientist, Western Australia ... on how Australia is so very different from any other continent, and why biotech is interested "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David links the contributions of Arthur C. Clarke and biotech ... Return to top. Return to top. Show Originating on April 15, 2008 MARY ROACH Journalist and Author, Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex Moira speaks with MARY ROACH, who has followed her popular books "Stiff" and "Spook" with “Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex”.... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. HERB HAUPTMANN 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ... How a mathematician could win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry Return to top. Show Originating on April 8, 2008 WAGNER JAMES AU 3D Virtual Journalist and Author, The Making of Second Life Moira speaks with WAGNER JAMES AU, who embedded himself as a journalist on the virtual 3-D world, Second Life ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID SPENCER Senior Vice President for R&D, Biolex Therapeutics ... about a new approach to Hepatitis C "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David looks at the proposed Neurotechnology Initiative in Congress ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 1, 2008 STEVEN LEVY Technology Editor Newsweek Editor, The Best of Technology Writing 2007 Moira speaks with Newsweek Technology Editor STEVEN LEVY about the best technology writing of 2007, and how to submit your own for 2008 Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... SCOTT SIGLER Author, Infected Moira speaks with SCOTT SIGLER talks about his bioterror thriller "Infected". While it's based on the premise of a biological weapon on the loose, he's actually a modern day Charles Dickens . ... and on BioTech Nation: DR JIM HENGST President, ZeptoMetrix ... about how scientists get everything from anthrax to HIV to SARS for their research "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David looks at treatments grown from our own DNA ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 25, 2008 FRED KRUPP, President MIRIAM HORN, Senior Staff The Environmental Defense Fund Co-Authors, Earth: The Sequel ... The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming Moira speaks with EDF's FRED KRUPP and MIRIAM HORN. They’ve scoured the globe for new alternative energy technologies and the reality of their economics. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DEVRA DAVIS Director, Center for Environmental Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Prevent Cancer Now Author, The Secret History of the War on Cancer Moira speaks with DR. DEVRA DAVIS about the environment, cancer and a future plan for success Return to top. Show Originating on March 18, 2008 CLAY SHIRKY Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU Author, Here Comes Everybody ... The Power of Organizing Without Organizations Moira speaks with CLAY SHIRKY about the relationship between social networks and technical networks. Now with texting, and digital photos and cell phones, everything from politics to socializing will never be the same Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: KAREN BOEZI Co-Founder & Partner , Thomas, McNerny & Partners ...on Venture Capital and neurotech "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David talks about next-generation DNA technology ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 11, 2008 LONNY SHAVELSON Author, Under the Dragon: California's New Culture JAMES LEBRECHT President, Berkeley Sound Artists Moira speaks with LONNY SHAVELSON and JAMES LEBRECHT about California’s New Culture - the melding and emergence of the ethnic experience. It is both a book and a photo/sound exhibition at the Oakland Museum, in Oakland, California through April 6, 2008. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. LALIT CHORDIA Founder & President , Thar Technologies ... it's organiz biodiesel. We’ll make biodiesel and eat the byproducts ... or at least talk about doing it. "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David talks about celebrate the anniversary of PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction, the basis for our DNA technology ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 4, 2008 TERRY COLLINS Lord Professor of Green Oxidation Chemistry Carnegie-Mellon University Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon's TERRY COLLINS about an innovative technique for taking minute traces of material out of our drinking water - the reason? Removing those nasty endocrine disruptors Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... LUIS VON AHN Professor of Computer Science Carnegie-Mellon University Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon Computer Scientist LUIS VON AHN about Captcha's, those squiggly images you are presented with on the Internet and asked to decode the letters ... and on BioTech Nation: DAVE MARTIN {resident & CEO , AVID BIOTICS ... a new approach to fighting virulent staph infections Return to top. Show Originating on February 26, 2008 JIM FOWLER Co-Founder & CEO, Jigsaw Moira speaks with Jigsaw's JIM FOWLER. Their members have built an online global directory with millions of business contacts ... all on a volunteer basis Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DAN WELCH President & COO, Intermune ... from lung diseases to osteoporosis to Hepatitus C and beyond Intermune is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David reports on DNA and the Chickenasaurus ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 19, 2008 CHARLES HANDY Management Theory Pioneer Author, Myself and Other More Important Matters Moira speaks with CHARLES HANDY, long known for his management insights. They’ll talk about what motivates people in business in the modern tech world Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ROBERT BLUM President & COO, Cytokinetics ... about their eye on the patent clock and other biotech entrepeurial concerns Cytokinetics is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about a new effort to collect lots of human DNA ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 12, 2008 SIR EDMUND HILLARY Mountaineer With Tensing Norgay, first to climb Everest Moira speaks with SIR EDMUND HILLARY. Honoring his recent passing, this 1993 Tech Nation interview talks about his climb and the technology of mountaineering. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: KIM POPOVITS President & COO, Genomic Health ... about a DNA-based breast cancer diagnostic Genomic Health is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about mercury in fish ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 5, 2008 DR. NEIL SHUBIN Evolutionary Anatomist Author, Your Inner Fish ... A Journey into the 3.5 Billion Year History of the Human Body Moira speaks with DR NEIL SHUBIN about a strange critter that is 365 million years old ... give or take 10 million years Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MATT GARDNER President & CEO, BayBIO ... about the 2008 update to their Annual Biotech Report. Download a copy or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about neuroeconomics ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 29, 2008 DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Founder, Grameen Bank Author, Creating a World Without Poverty Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS. They talk about his vision for utilizing information technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: