Tech Nation: October - December 2006
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December 26, 2006
In our Winter Archive Series ...
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ROBERT "AL" BEARDSLEY
President & CEO, Kereos
ROBERT ?AL? BEARDSLEY, the President and CEO of Kereos, talks about their cancer research ? and how it fits in the field of nanotech.
... and on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
In the segment, David talks about a reasonable timeline to expect results from today's stem cell research.
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December 19, 2006
In our Winter Archive Series ...
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SARAH DUNANT
Historical Novelist
Author, ?In the Company of the Courtesan?
SARAH DUNANT takes us from Rome to Venice with her latest ?In the Company of the Courtesan.? We?ll find out about the technology of the times.
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. COREY GOODMAN
President and CEO
Renovis
Renovis' DR. COREY GOODMAN gives his perspective on regenerative medicine and the ethics of the scientific community.
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December 12, 2006
In our Winter Archive Series ...
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... and on BioTech Nation: ... a special in-depth look at NANOTECH ?
LYNN FOSTER
Emerging Technologies Director
Greenberg Traurig
LARRY BOCK
Founder and Executive Chairman
Nanosys
DR. SHYAM VENKATESH
Director of Technology Partnering
EDS liaison to NASA/Ames
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December 5, 2006
In our Winter Archive Series ...
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TIMOTHY ZAHN
Science Fiction Writer
Author, ?Star Wars - Outbound Flight?
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. RICKARD OSTE
Professor of Food Chemistry
Lund University
... on how to turn oats into oat milk. You just don?t add water ? that would be gruel. Nope, you?ve got to know your food chemistry.
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November 28, 2006
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ALLISON YOUNG
Life Science & Intellectual Property Attorney
Morgan-Lewis
... on individual State?s efforts to bring down the price of drugs
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the Global Climate Conference
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November 21, 2006
TRAVIS BRADFORD
President, The Prometheus Institute
Author, ?Solar Revolution?
Moira speaks with TRAVIS BRADFORD, the President of the Prometheus Institute. They?ll look at how solar power is making new inroads on the global energy scene.
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DR. AUKE IJSPEERT (pronounced ?Ow-kay Eye-speert?)
Professor, Biologically-inspired Robotics
EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
... on how he builds human and animal robots to emulate their biology.
The BioTechSpeak "Word of the Day":
"chimera"
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Frankenbunnies
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November 14, 2006
ERIK LARSON
Author, ?The Devil in the White City? and?Thunderstruck?
Moira speaks with ERIK LARSON who takes us back to when Marconi developed the technology of the wireless and how it played a role in the Transatlantic hunt for a murderer. It was the 1890?s and London was the most powerful city on earth.
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KEN SNOWDEN
Co-Director, Life Sciences Cluster
Scottish Enterprise
... on biotech in Scotland
The BioTechSpeak "Word of the Day":
"bioethics"
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... big news on the honey bee
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November 7, 2006
MARK THOMPSON
Visiting Scholar, Stanford Business School
Author, ?Success Built to Last?
Moira speaks with longtime entrepreneur MARK THOMPSON, currently at Stanford Business School. He?ll tell us about some 200 people he spoke to who have either built organizations or launched crusades ? personal success built for a lifetime.
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DR. JIM HUDSON
Director, Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology
Montgomery, Alabama
... on moving engineers into Biotech
The BioTechSpeak "Word of the Day":
"quantum dots"
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the backstory on Missouri stem cell research ? Michael J. Fox & more
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October 31, 2006
SEAN CARROLL
Professor of Genetics, University of Wisconsin
Author, ?The Making of the Fittest?
Moira speaks with Genetics professor Sean Carroll about out how close a human is to a baboon, and why we?re interested in Neanderthal DNA.
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DR. TONY GIORDANO
Director, Biotechnology Program
LSU Biosciences Center, Shreveport
... on their new PhD in Biotechnology
The BioTechSpeak "Word of the Day":
"bioplastic"
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... what comes after BioShield - the new federal agency BARDA
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October 24, 2006
SCIENCE LAUREATES TOWN HALL
The Science Laureates Program at Purdue brings together professional science journalists, writers and thought leaders from around the world to develop and discuss the role and responsibilities, issues and concerns of communicating science. It recognizes that science journalists play a linchpin role connecting scientists with the general public, the business community, governments, non-governmental organizations, public policy forums, grassroots organizations, and other social infrastructure vehicles ? both existing and emergent. Today we're airing the Science Laureates Town Hall meeting, one part of the Science Laureates 2006 event.
The JOURNALISTS are represented by:
CLIVE COOKSON, Science Editor, Financial Times of London
DAVID EWING DUNCAN, Chief Correspondent, BioTech Nation
SIMON GROSE, Science & Technology Editor, The Canberra Times
JOAN LEACH, Co-Editor, Oxford Companion to Science Studies
APOORVA MANDILLI, Senior News Editor, Nature Medicine
NUALA MORAN, Senior Editor, Science | Business
JASON PONTIN, Editor-in-Chief, Technology Review Magazine
JEFF YOUNG, Senior Editor, Chronicle of Higher Education
And representing the Purdue FACULTY are:
Prof. PATRICIA DAVIES, Mechanical Engineering
Prof. JOE FRANCISCO, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences & Chemistry
Prof. HERB MOSKOWITZ, Krannert School of Management
Prof. BILL MUIR, College of Agriculture
Dean JIM MULLINS, Dean of Libraries
Prof. HOWARD SYPHER, Chair, Communications Department
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October 17, 2006
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CRAWFORD BROWN
CEO, Eden BioDesign
... On how they help innovative ideas move out of the lab and into the biobusiness life cycle
The BioTechSpeak "Word of the Day":
"value-added chemicals"
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the National Academy of Sciences study on America's trust in the FDA ?
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October 10, 2006
DAVID QUAMMEN
Author, ?The Reluctant Mr. Darwin?
Moira speaks with DAVID QUAMMEN about why Charles Darwin kept his theory of evolution under wraps for twenty years, and how he came to publish it in such a hurry ...
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LARRY ELLINGSON
Recent former Chairman, American Diabetes Association
... On the role of pharmacy in diabetes and other chronic diseases
The BioTechSpeak "Word of the Day":
"cellulose"
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... on what list the United States ranks 24th in all the world ?
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October 3, 2006
DAVID SHENK
Author, ?Data Smog? & ?The Immortal Game?
Moira speaks with DAVID SHENK about how chess influenced the first computer scientists and how Garry Kasporov took being beaten by a computer ...
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DR. REN EE CHEE
Deputy Director, The Genome Institute of Singapore
... On their research into everything from Dengue Fever to bird flu.
The BioTechSpeak "Word of the Day":
"clinical trials"
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... what we've learned about which genes may lead to what cancers ?
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