SKRAPS of Science & Innovation
SKRAPS of Science & Innovation
JoJo and Arun
A podcast capturing the stories of scientific brilliance.
Call Me By My Name - Anil Achyuta
Arun and JoJo have a candid chat with Anil Achyuta - a founding member of TDK Ventures and recently ranked as #2 of the Global Corporate Venturing's Rising Stars of 2021- and yes, you'll get to hear how he feels about that.
Feb 2, 2021
1 hr 14 min
How to Pivot - Getting Your Foot In the Digital Health Door with Carolyn Casterton
How exactly do you get your foot in the door in digital health? I had a hunch you'd be asking that. And so did Carolyn Casterton, engineer, business person, and founder of Healthtech Hunches - a resource dedicated to learning and sharing about life in...
Jan 26, 2021
42 min
Human Composting - What Will Your Posthumous Carbon Footprint Be?
Join us as we talk to Professor Lynne Carpenter-Boggs about the new trends in final remains disposal - human composting (or more tactfully called Natural Organic Reduction). If you've tried to live a life of sustainability, why stop there? Why not let...
Jan 18, 2021
1 hr 7 min
E19: What if you were a Psychopath? - w/ Dr. James Fallon
Have you ever wondered or seen someone and thought they could be a psychopath or have psychopathic tendencies? What if you found out if you really had the all the attributes of being a psychopath? Does it make you question everything you have...
Dec 22, 2020
1 hr 11 min
E18: Cochlear Implants, Tinnitus, Ultrasound, Immune modulation and DougaWockeeZ with Hubert Lim
Join Dr. Hubert Lim for a fantastic virtual  fire-side chat where he talks about how his love for biomedical engineering starts off with wanting to understand music preferences a.la Napster, then branching to auditory implants, invasive and non-invasive...
Dec 15, 2020
1 hr 23 min
E17: Alissa Eckert's SARS-CoV-2 Illustration: You can run but you cannot hide
It's true. You can run but you cannot hide. Such is the power behind Alissa's SARS-CoV-2 illustration. As a wannabe vet and an artist who took up medical illustrations as a career, Alissa's career has surely been an unusual one. She has mastered the art...
Dec 8, 2020
28 min
E16: Bioethics and Bioelectronic Medicines - An Emerging Area of Intertwined Significance
Have you ever realized that a neuro-surgeon could be faced with an interesting conundrum? The very patient that gave him consent might ask him to stop doing what he is doing when he is inserting an electrode to treat depression. Does the surgeon do what...
Dec 1, 2020
1 hr 5 min
E15: Scoring three-pointers with Graphene w/ Kostas Kostarelos and Carolina Aguilar
Kostas Kostarelos and Carolina Aguilar join us in this fantastic hour where they narrate to us, their personal experiences with Graphene and why it provides a novel way to interface with the brain and other parts of the nervous system. It is an...
Nov 24, 2020
1 hr 4 min
E14: "Meandering" Journey in Innovation with Kate Rosenbluth, Founder of Cala Health
This is one fantastic conversation that we are proud to state that no one has brought this story out to the listeners. Join us to listen to one of the best storytellers whose career has experienced the amazing innovation that straddles engineering and...
Nov 10, 2020
1 hr 2 min
E13: Konstantinos Alataris : Nevro and now Vorso (nēsos) creation
Join us to listen to Dr. Konstantinos Alataris' wondrous story of how he created Nevro. The company that challenged established players and in 5 years sneaked into the $2 billion dollar spinal cord market and became the "Big 4" in...
Nov 3, 2020
48 min
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