Radical Science
189 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe science podcast that’s not about the science.
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Episode 44: Leading the Automation Revolution
October 10, 2017 13:24 - 39 minutes - 72.5 MBIn this episode we chatted to Kristin Ellis, the Scientific Development Lead at OpenTrons, about all things science. OpenTrons is a company that builds affordable open-source lab robots, that remove the need to perform tedious manual pipetting tasks, to free up valuable time for researchers. We touched on the importance of good science communication and the unfair stigma that often impacts researchers that are keen to involve and talk to the public, and the true value of encouraging that ...
Leading the Automation Revolution
October 10, 2017 13:24 - 39 minutes - 72.5 MBIn this episode we chatted to Kristin Ellis, the Scientific Development Lead at OpenTrons, about all things science. OpenTrons is a company that builds affordable open-source lab robots, that remove the need to perform tedious manual pipetting tasks, to free up valuable time for researchers. We touched on the importance of good science communication and the unfair stigma that often impacts researchers that are keen to involve and talk to the public, and the true value of encouraging that ...
Getting to Science 2.0
September 29, 2017 08:00 - 41 minutes - 76.4 MBThis episode Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media joins us in a far reaching conversation spanning the whole science ecosystem. From the communication of science, to liberating knowledge generated by research from the confines of the static PDF, to the mutual learning experience of colliding technologists and academics, Tim has been regarded as a thought leader in Silicon Valley over the past few decades, popularising the terms open source and web 2.0. So we were interested to s...
Episode 43: Getting to Science 2.0
September 29, 2017 08:00 - 41 minutes - 76.4 MBThis episode Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media joins us in a far reaching conversation spanning the whole science ecosystem. From the communication of science, to liberating knowledge generated by research from the confines of the static PDF, to the mutual learning experience of colliding technologists and academics, Tim has been regarded as a thought leader in Silicon Valley over the past few decades, popularising the terms open source and web 2.0. So we were interested to s...
Taxonomy 2.0
September 21, 2017 23:52 - 28 minutes - 52.2 MBThis episode we speak to Jose Carranza, a deep learning PhD researcher in Costa Rica who has taken his expertise to an unexpected field, that of the biological classification of plants. We've spoken to plenty of former researchers who have moved out of the academy and into new ventures. However Jose's career has taken a different path, going from engineering roles at Intel and HP, back into academia to tackle a PhD. We were intrigued by the tough challenge of bringing AI to the field of b...
Episode 42: Taxonomy 2.0
September 21, 2017 23:52 - 28 minutes - 52.2 MBThis episode we speak to Jose Carranza, a deep learning PhD researcher in Costa Rica who has taken his expertise to an unexpected field, that of the biological classification of plants. We've spoken to plenty of former researchers who have moved out of the academy and into new ventures. However Jose's career has taken a different path, going from engineering roles at Intel and HP, back into academia to tackle a PhD. We were intrigued by the tough challenge of bringing AI to the field of b...
Episode 41: Taking Action in Science
September 12, 2017 20:05 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MBThis episode we speak to Elizabeth Iorns who is the Founder and CEO of Science Exchange. We wanted to get Elizabeth's view on what it really takes change the status quo in science - both from a process perspective in the way we conduct ourselves in a lab with regards to suppliers, but also from an activation standpoint - instead of training people up on reproducibility, actually going out and making change using the resources she had access to. We are all about finding role models for change...
Taking Action in Science
September 12, 2017 20:05 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MB** Audio is a little down on this one, but we're excited to get this out to you all :) This episode we speak to Elizabeth Iorns who is the Founder and CEO of Science Exchange. We wanted to get Elizabeth's view on what it really takes change the status quo in science - both from a process perspective in the way we conduct ourselves in a lab with regards to suppliers, but also from an activation standpoint - instead of training people up on reproducibility, actually going out and making chan...
Episode 40: Quantum Computing in Startup Land
September 04, 2017 04:00 - 42 minutes - 40.7 MBWe speak to Chad Rigetti, CEO of quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing. We dive deep into the challenges that face deep tech startups, the core debates within quantum computing, and what it's like to compete with the likes of Google in this brave new world of the future computer. We wanted to get an insight into what's actually going on behind the scenes in the burgeoning quantum computing industry. We were also intrigued as to how a startup is able to play competitively in a space t...
Quantum Computing in Startup Land
September 04, 2017 04:00 - 42 minutes - 40.7 MBWe speak to Chad Rigetti, CEO of quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing. We dive deep into the challenges that face deep tech startups, the core debates within quantum computing, and what it's like to compete with the likes of Google in this brave new world of the future computer. We wanted to get an insight into what's actually going on behind the scenes in the burgeoning quantum computing industry. We were also intrigued as to how a startup is able to play competitively in a space t...
Episode 39: Building Trust in the Digital Age
August 04, 2017 15:22 - 38 minutes - 69.7 MBThis episode we spoke to Imogen Bunyard, CoFounder of Qadre a startup focussed on building blockchain solutions that tackle trust issues within enterprises. This could include tackling the counterfeit drug market. Imogen has a particular knack for breaking down a complex topic (in this case the blockchain), grounding it reality, and imagining use cases that can really make a difference. There's a lot of hype and plenty of misinformation around blockchain, it's either the domain of drug sm...
Building Trust in the Digital Age
August 04, 2017 15:22 - 38 minutes - 69.7 MBThis episode we spoke to Imogen Bunyard, CoFounder of Qadre a startup focussed on building blockchain solutions that tackle trust issues within enterprises. This could include tackling the counterfeit drug market. Imogen has a particular knack for breaking down a complex topic (in this case the blockchain), grounding it reality, and imagining use cases that can really make a difference.
Open Minds, Open Hardware
July 28, 2017 13:42 - 38 minutes - 70.9 MBThis episode was recorded in the bowels of Sussex University when we met up with Tom Baden a Neuroscientist interested in how the visual system processes information. Our motivation for chatting to Tom was a brilliant project called the FlyPi that he developed, along with Andre Chagas another Neuroscientist who joined us via the magic of Skype. FlyPi is a great representation of a seemingly growing phenomena of DIY tools within the labs - you can read the paper for the specs, but in short ...
Episode 38: Open Minds, Open Hardware
July 28, 2017 13:42 - 38 minutes - 70.9 MBThis episode was recorded in the bowels of Sussex University when we met up with Tom Baden a Neuroscientist interested in how the visual system processes information. Our motivation for chatting to Tom was a brilliant project called the FlyPi that he developed, along with Andre Chagas another Neuroscientist who joined us via the magic of Skype. FlyPi is a great representation of a seemingly growing phenomena of DIY tools within the labs - you can read the paper for the specs, but in short...
Science in Seattle
July 24, 2017 11:53 - 35 minutes - 64.2 MBThis episode we speak to Zach Mueller, an Amazon Data Scientist and co-Founder of Sound.Bio, Seattle's first DIY Biohackspace. We wanted to hear about how they aim to build a community around biology, the challenges of setting up the lab, and the efforts they go to to educate Seattleites in modern biotech. Zach comes to biology with little experience, in fact he was drawn to the field after listening to a podcast that spoke about IGEM, the synthetic biology competition for undergraduate te...
Episode 37: Science in Seattle
July 24, 2017 11:53 - 35 minutes - 64.2 MBThis episode we speak to Zach Mueller, an Amazon Data Scientist and co-Founder of Sound.Bio, Seattle's first DIY Biohackspace. We wanted to hear about how they aim to build a community around biology, the challenges of setting up the lab, and the efforts they go to to educate Seattleites in modern biotech. Zach comes to biology with little experience, in fact he was drawn to the field after listening to a podcast that spoke about IGEM, the synthetic biology competition for undergraduate te...
Unearthing Tomorrow's Medicine
July 12, 2017 23:00 - 29 minutes - 53.8 MBIn this episode we spoke to Jackie Hunter, CEO of Benevolent Bio, a company that utilises machine learning and AI to find previously overlooked drug candidates within the research literature. Jackie was previously Chief Executive of the BBSRC and comes into the AI space with a wealth of experience in industrial drug discovery.
Episode 36: Unearthing Tomorrow's Medicine
July 12, 2017 23:00 - 29 minutes - 53.8 MBIn this episode we spoke to Jackie Hunter, CEO of Benevolent Bio, a company that utilises machine learning and AI to find previously overlooked drug candidates within the research literature. Jackie was previously Chief Executive of the BBSRC and comes into the AI space with a wealth of experience in industrial drug discovery.
Episode 35: Reading and Writing in a Universal Language
July 06, 2017 11:19 - 36 minutes - 65.9 MBIn this episode we spoke to Emily Leproust, CEO of Twist Bioscience. Twist has revolutionised the process of synthesising DNA which is used in applications spanning drug discovery to optimising crop production and beyond.
Reading and Writing in a Universal Language
July 06, 2017 11:19 - 36 minutes - 65.9 MBIn this episode we spoke to Emily Leproust, CEO of Twist Bioscience. Twist has revolutionised the process of synthesising DNA which is used in applications spanning drug discovery to optimising crop production and beyond.
Being Agile at 130
June 30, 2017 13:04 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week we spoke to Josh Ghaim, CTO of Johnson & Johnson. We were interested in how at around 130 years old, one of the largest organisations on the planet can stay nimble, forward facing, and seek out innovation in new places. We met Josh at the Hello Tomorrow conference last year, and were interested in how important that kind of face time is with budding healthcare innovators. We were keen to break down the role of J&J Innovation, an arm of the company that seeks to develop healthcare t...
Episode 34: Being Agile at 130
June 30, 2017 13:04 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week we spoke to Josh Ghaim, CTO of Johnson & Johnson. We were interested in how at around 130 years old, one of the largest organisations on the planet can stay nimble, forward facing, and seek out innovation in new places. We met Josh at the Hello Tomorrow conference last year, and were interested in how important that kind of face time is with budding healthcare innovators. We were keen to break down the role of J&J Innovation, an arm of the company that seeks to develop healthcare t...
From Lab Bench To Marketplace
June 23, 2017 18:18 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week we spoke to Katie Rae, the CEO of The Engine, a Cambridge (Mass.) based deep tech accelerator that provides the physical workspace to develop the companies, the Cambridge brain trust to guide the founders, and the financial backing to make each transformative idea a reality. The companies range from robotics, energy, medical devices, and biotech. Prior to The Engine, Katie was the served as Chairman and Managing Director of Boston TechStars. The Engine, solves an enormous problem...
Episode 33: From Lab Bench To Marketplace
June 23, 2017 18:18 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week we spoke to Katie Rae, the CEO of The Engine, a Cambridge (Mass.) based deep tech accelerator that provides the physical workspace to develop the companies, the Cambridge brain trust to guide the founders, and the financial backing to make each transformative idea a reality. The companies range from robotics, energy, medical devices, and biotech. Prior to The Engine, Katie was the served as Chairman and Managing Director of Boston TechStars. The Engine, solves an enormous problem...
Episode 32: Truth, Beauty, Science
June 15, 2017 22:26 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBOur latest episode is with Tom Zeller Jr the Editor in Chief of Undark (formerly at the New York Times). Undark was set up as way of applying hard hitting investigative journalism to the intersection of science and society. Supported by the Knight Foundation, Undark is unbeholden to advertisers which allows them to tackle the cases they want to. We think their description blows anything we could say out of the water... "" The name Undark arises from a murky, century-old mingling of scie...
Truth, Beauty, Science
June 15, 2017 22:26 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBOur latest episode is with Tom Zeller Jr the Editor in Chief of Undark (formerly at the New York Times). Undark was set up as way of applying hard hitting investigative journalism to the intersection of science and society. Supported by the Knight Foundation, Undark is unbeholden to advertisers which allows them to tackle the cases they want to. We think their description blows anything we could say out of the water... "" The name Undark arises from a murky, century-old mingling of scie...
Curating Creativity
June 01, 2017 21:20 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThis episode we chatted to Hugh Forrest, the newly minted Chief Programming Officer of South by South West (SXSW). This role puts Hugh in charge of one of the most dynamic and diverse conferences around, covering around 1300 panels & talks, approximately 2000 bands, and roughly 300 films (many making their premieres at SXSW). Hugh's been at SXSW since the "stone ages" of the conference (way back in 1989...) - in fact he was the first paid employee! We were keen to see how SXSW has evolve...
Episode 31: Curating Creativity
June 01, 2017 21:20 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThis episode we chatted to Hugh Forrest, the newly minted Chief Programming Officer of South by South West (SXSW). This role puts Hugh in charge of one of the most dynamic and diverse conferences around, covering around 1300 panels & talks, approximately 2000 bands, and roughly 300 films (many making their premieres at SXSW). Hugh's been at SXSW since the "stone ages" of the conference (way back in 1989...) - in fact he was the first paid employee! We were keen to see how SXSW has evolve...
The Reinvention of Research
May 18, 2017 22:09 - 49 minutes - 45 MBThis week we chatted to Chris Hartgerink a PhD metascientist (the science of science) and open access advocate, whose core focus is on data fraud. Chris was recently featured in this Guardian piece - he ruffled plenty of feathers when he modified and implemented Statcheck, a tool developed by fellow metascientist Michèle Nuijten that scans tens of thousands of research papers and analyses the credibility of the findings. We talk data fabrication, the unfortunate resistance to skepticism in s...
Episode 30: The Reinvention of Research
May 18, 2017 22:09 - 49 minutes - 45 MBThis week we chatted to Chris Hartgerink a PhD metascientist (the science of science) and open access advocate, whose core focus is on data fraud. Chris was recently featured in this Guardian piece - he ruffled plenty of feathers when he modified and implemented Statcheck, a tool developed by fellow metascientist Michèle Nuijten that scans tens of thousands of research papers and analyses the credibility of the findings. We talk data fabrication, the unfortunate resistance to skepticism in ...
Episode 29: Bringing Science to the Senate
May 11, 2017 23:10 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThis episode we chatted to Michael Eisen (@mbeisen), a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Michael is a core advocate of the Open Science movement Co-Founding the Public Library of Science (PLOS). He is also, as of this April, an aspiring Senator (you can follow his alter-ego at @SenatorPhD). We spoke about bringing science down from its ivory tower, the merits of being a politically engaged scientist, and how the issue of diversity in scien...
Bringing Science to the Senate
May 11, 2017 23:10 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThis episode we chatted to Michael Eisen (@mbeisen), a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Michael is a core advocate of the Open Science movement Co-Founding the Public Library of Science (PLOS). He is also, as of this April, an aspiring Senator (you can follow his alter-ego at @SenatorPhD). We spoke about bringing science down from its ivory tower, the merits of being a politically engaged scientist, and how the issue of diversity in scien...
Science's Mission Control
May 04, 2017 22:42 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBWe were joined by Alok Tayi, CEO and Co-Founder of TetraScience, a Y Combinator alumni company that utilises IoT to transform how research is done. We talk about the current state of 'disconnected' research, being open to innovation within science, and how tech can give researchers their weekend back.
Episode 28: Science's Mission Control
May 04, 2017 22:42 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBWe were joined by Alok Tayi, CEO and Co-Founder of TetraScience, a Y Combinator alumni company that utilises IoT to transform how research is done. We talk about the current state of 'disconnected' research, being open to innovation within science, and how tech can give researchers their weekend back.
The Perfection Paradox
April 26, 2017 22:09 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBWe spoke to Dr Roby Polakiewicz, Chief Scientific Officer of Cell Signaling Technology about their role in ensuring life science research is as reproducible as possible, through antibody production & validation. We chatted about the long road to reproducibility, the need for upskilling researchers, and why we should accept science as imperfect (yet still drive for perfection).
Episode 27: The Perfection Paradox
April 26, 2017 22:09 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBWe spoke to Dr Roby Polakiewicz, Chief Scientific Officer of Cell Signaling Technology about their role in ensuring life science research is as reproducible as possible, through antibody production & validation. We chatted about the long road to reproducibility, the need for upskilling researchers, and why we should accept science as imperfect (yet still drive for perfection).
Silicon Valley Science
April 20, 2017 00:04 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBWe spoke to Ryan Bethencourt, the Program Director and Venture Partner at IndieBio - the world's largest seed biotech accelerator - about building the science startups of tomorrow, the importance of the hustler, and why more risk should be taken in the medical research process..!
Episode 26: Silicon Valley Science
April 20, 2017 00:04 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBWe spoke to Ryan Bethencourt, the Program Director and Venture Partner at IndieBio - the world's largest seed biotech accelerator - about building the science startups of tomorrow, the importance of the hustler, and why more risk should be taken in the medical research process..!
Episode 25: We've Turned One!
April 12, 2017 22:18 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBWoohoo! Science: Disrupt is now a year old. We reflect back on the past year and talk about what's next for the show. Thanks so much for listening and stay tuned - we have big plans for 2017!
We've Turned One!
April 12, 2017 22:18 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBWoohoo! Science: Disrupt is now a year old. We reflect back on the past year and talk about what's next for the show. Thanks so much for listening and stay tuned - we have big plans for 2017!
Everyone Needs a PostDoc Steve
April 06, 2017 22:32 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThis episode we spend time with the brilliant Vivian Chan, Co-Founder of Sparrho, a platform that allows researchers to stay up to date with cutting edge research curated by AI & the Sparrho community. We chatted about support networks inside and outside of research, Vivian's journey to Founder & her thoughts on how AI will disrupt research.
Episode 24: Everyone Needs a PostDoc Steve
April 06, 2017 22:32 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThis episode we spend time with the brilliant Vivian Chan, Co-Founder of Sparrho, a platform that allows researchers to stay up to date with cutting edge research curated by AI & the Sparrho community. We chatted about support networks inside and outside of research, Vivian's journey to Founder & her thoughts on how AI will disrupt research.
Episode 23: Find me an Expert
March 24, 2017 01:40 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBWe spoke to Joris van Rossum founder of Peerwith, a platform that makes it easy to find the right experts to help with your research publication. Think of it like a Fiverr for science. We chatted about the sharing economy, the power of remote collaboration, and why efficiency in science should be prized.
Find me an Expert
March 24, 2017 01:40 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBWe spoke to Joris van Rossum founder of Peerwith, a platform that makes it easy to find the right experts to help with your research publication. Think of it like a Fiverr for science. We chatted about the sharing economy, the power of remote collaboration, and why efficiency in science should be prized.
Episode 22: Science's Digital Toolbox
March 08, 2017 23:32 - 36 minutes - 33 MBWe spoke to Alon Vitenshtein Co-Founder of LabWorm, a newly launched, crowd-sourced platform for scientists in the digital age. LabWorm wants to make research more efficient by taking the stress and randomness out of the search for useful research tools. Whether you're seeking image analysis software, resources for cutting edge proteomics, or even a great podcast that reaches out to the brilliant scientific innovators (...yes we're featured on the site) - LabWorm have got you covered!
Science's Digital Toolbox
March 08, 2017 23:32 - 36 minutes - 33 MBWe spoke to Alon Vitenshtein Co-Founder of LabWorm, a newly launched, crowd-sourced platform for scientists in the digital age. LabWorm wants to make research more efficient by taking the stress and randomness out of the search for useful research tools. Whether you're seeking image analysis software, resources for cutting edge proteomics, or even a great podcast that reaches out to the brilliant scientific innovators (...yes we're featured on the site) - LabWorm have got you covered!
The Science Diplomats
February 24, 2017 01:32 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBRecorded a week after Trump's Inauguration, this week's episode is with Richard Burge, Chief Executive of Wilton Park - an executive agency of the Foreign Office who helps coordinate Global political discussions - about the diplomacy of science. We chat chemical weapons, bioterrorism and nuclear treaties; we discuss why there are historians and classicists in policy but so few scientists; and how we ensure those who are making International decisions are clued up on the latest discoveries an...
Episode 21: The Science Diplomats
February 24, 2017 01:32 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBRecorded a week after Trump's Inauguration, this week's episode is with Richard Burge, Chief Executive of Wilton Park - an executive agency of the Foreign Office who helps coordinate Global political discussions - about the diplomacy of science. We chat chemical weapons, bioterrorism and nuclear treaties; we discuss why there are historians and classicists in policy but so few scientists; and how we ensure those who are making International decisions are clued up on the latest discoveries an...
The Robotic Researchers
February 08, 2017 19:34 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThis episode we spoke to Max Hodak Founder and CEO of Transcriptic, a Menlo Park based biotech company offering a robotic solution to research in the life sciences! We spoke about reproducibility in research, how Max went from undergrad to founding a Biotech startup, and why robotic research is the future of science.
Episode 20: The Robotic Researchers
February 08, 2017 19:34 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThis episode we spoke to Max Hodak Founder and CEO of Transcriptic, a Menlo Park based biotech company offering a robotic solution to research in the life sciences! We spoke about reproducibility in research, how Max went from undergrad to founding a Biotech startup, and why robotic research is the future of science.