Chi Podcasts

CHI talks to Syapse Founder and President, Jonathan Hirsch, about their software platform, how cloud-based technologies have evolved, and current challenges and opportunities. Jonathan also discusses how the Syapse platform is being used clinically and how he sees the role of clinicians evolving as technology becomes more accessible. Jonathan Hirsch will be speaking at the Genomics in Medicine Symposium this February 13-14 in San Francisco as part of the Molecular Medicine Tri-Con.

: An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Heidi Carmen Howard of Radboud University Medical Centre and INSERM on 16 October 2013. Dr. Howard will be speaking during the Genome Informatics conference at the Clinical Genomics & Informatics Europe Conference & Expo on 4-6 December, in Lisbon, Portugal. Topics include: • The Translation of Genetic Data into the Clinic • The Necessity of Ethical, Social and Legal Considerations in Genomics • Genetics for Consumers, Patients and Public Health

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Curtis Knox of Lucigen on October 14, 2013. Mr. Knox will be a speaker during the Engineering Genes, Vectors, Constructs and Clones conference at PepTalk 2014, January 13-17 in Palm Springs, CA. Topics include the challenges and advantages of endotoxin reduction in recombinant protein expression processes for drug discovery R&D, high-throughput cloning and expression of target proteins, large insert metagenomic libraries from soil microbes and more.

Kip Harry interviews Dr. David Smith from the Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Melanie Lehman from Queensland University of Technology for the upcoming RNA-Seq and Transcriptome Analysis meeting, 5-6 December in Lisbon, Portugal. Discussion points during the interview include: • The advantages of using RNA-Seq for expression analysis over microarrays • The impact of RNA-Seq on research and recent advances in the applications of this technology • Ways in which RNA-Seq is being utilized clinically • Current challenges/limitations with RNA-Seq

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Niklas Blomberg of ELIXIR on 7 October 2013. Dr. Blomberg will be a keynote speaker during the High-Scale Computing conference at the Clinical Genomics & Informatics Europe Conference & Expo on 4-6 December, in Lisbon, Portugal. Topics include: • Bioinformatics for Managing Large Data Volumes • Sustainable IT Infrastructures for Life Science Research and Clinical Practice • Advances in IT Infrastructures for Genomic Data Management and Analysis • ELIXIR’s Mission, Considerations and Challenges

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Wolfgang Gentzsch of The UberCloud HPC Experiment on 4 October 2013. Dr. Gentzsch will be speaking during the High-Scale Computing conference at the Clinical Genomics & Informatics Europe Conference & Expo on 4-6 December, in Lisbon, Portugal. Topics include: • Cloud Computing Services for R&D Scientists and Engineers via UberCloud • Progress in Cloud Computing and Storage for Genomic Research and Clinical Practice • Challenges: Security, Data Management, Software License Restrictions • EUDAT’s Collaborative Data Infrastructure

Terry Robins, Consultant, Former, Global Director, Scientific Affairs, Quest Diagnostics will be speaking at the Sample and Biospecimen Management in Clinical Trials Conference at the SCOPE Event in Miami Feb. 4-5, 2014. In this podcast he highlights some of the key points of his talk and gives an overview of the field.

Carl Wittwer discusses how PCR technologies have changed since the early 90s, how PCR stacks up against competing technologies like NGS, and gives a sneak peek into how PCR amplification can now be done in under 60 seconds - a technology he will discuss at the upcoming PCR for Molecular Medicine conference

Kip Harry interviews Gholson Lyon of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on September 13, 2013. Dr. Lyon will be speaking during the Clinical Exome Sequencing conference at the Clinical Genomics & Informatics Europe Conference & Expo on December 4-6, in Lisbon, Portugal. Topics include: • Biology and Targeting of Cancer through Exome Sequencing • Technical Steps for Exome Sequencing • Analyzing Exome Data • Implementing Exome Sequencing in a Clinical Lab • Comparing and Contrasting Exome vs. Whole Genome Sequencing • Exome Sequencing Survey of Cancers • Standardizing Library Prep and Intra-Patient Genomic Heterogeneity • Exome Sequencing for Candidate Gene Discovery with Clinical Samples

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Sherilyn Sawyer of BWH/Harvard Cohorts Biorepository, Brigham and Women’s Hospital on September 10, 2013. Dr. Sawyer will be speaking during the Biospecimens and Translational Science session at the Leaders in Biobanking Congress, November 4-5, in Indianapolis, IN. Topics include the evolution of biospecimen collection and usage, biouser needs, future challenges and opportunities.

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Brian Chadwick of LookLeft Group LLC on September 10, 2013. Mr. Chadwick will be speaking during the Business of Running a Biobank session at the Leaders in Biobanking Congress, November 4-5, in Indianapolis, IN. Topics include regulatory compliance challenges of biospecimen management, software solutions, commercial vs. nonprofit biobanks, patient rights and more.

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Allison Hubel of the Biopreservation Core Resource at the University of Minnesota on September 5, 2013. Dr. Hubel will be speaking during the Science of Supplying High-Quality Specimens session at the Leaders in Biobanking Congress, November 4-5, in Indianapolis, IN. Topics cover biobanking’s rising prominence, biospecimen collection and storage challenges, microfluidics applications for biopreservation and more.

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Karen J.L. Burg of Clemson University on September 5, 2013. Dr. Burg will be a keynote speaker during the Engineering Functional 3-D Tissue Models meeting at the FAST Congress, October 28-30, in Cambridge, MA. Topics include the future evolution of 3-D tissue engineering, its multidisciplinary aspects, cell adhesion and interactions with biomaterials and clinical needs.

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews Jonathan Garlick of Tufts University on September 4, 2013. Dr. Garlick will be speaking during the Engineering Functional 3-D Tissue Models meeting at the FAST Congress, October 28-30, in Cambridge, MA. Topics cover a historical overview of engineering 3-D tissue models, their broad applicability, experimental methods for developing them and ensuring their utility, technological challenges and more.

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews John March of Cornell University on September 4, 2013. Dr. March will be speaking during the Engineering Functional 3-D Tissue Models meeting at the FAST Congress, October 28-30, in Cambridge, MA. Topics include using a 3-D cell culture system to study microorganisms of the gastrointestinal tract, using 3-D models to investigate signaling interactions, challenges in the lab and more.