Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Harvard Professor Donald Ingber. Founder of the Wyss Institute. You can learn more about him here: https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/core-faculty/donald-ingber/ and check out our website! https://xapiens.mit.edu/

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 11: Join Xapiens Co-Director Bobby Johnston in a discussion with Fei Chen. Fei is a core institute member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and an assistant professor in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University. During the course of his doctoral research, Chen co-invented Expansion Microscopy. He completed his undergraduate degree at CalTech in EE before coming to MIT for his Ph.D. in biological engineering. Fei can sometimes be found playing basketball around MIT, which is how Bobby first met him, and eventually convinced him to talk on the podcast. Check out the Xapiens podcast on our website! https://xapiens-at-mit.captivate.fm/ Or listen to us on google podcast, spotify, amazon, apple podcasts or wherever you listen! RSS feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/xapiens-at-mit/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/12FjwjYf6NahxAuRwg7JUT Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Xapiens-at-MIT/dp/B08JJS62YW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=xapiens+at+mitandqid=1647018254andsr=8-1 google podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly94YXBpZW5zLWF0LW1pdC5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vcnNzZmVlZA?sa=Xandved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwiY8KaYrND2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ Other Xapiens Info: XPC Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCp2QLDdzA3nuhdkRkJwXQ Xapiens Home: https://xapiens.mit.edu/ RELEVANT LINKS: Fei Chen Lab: https://www.broadinstitute.org/bios/fei-chen DNA Dark Matter Detectors: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.6809.pdf Ticker Tape Paper: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1306/1306.5709.pdf Bionumbers: https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/search.aspx?trm=ribosome+coli Inflation Calculator: https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ OUTLINE: 0:00 - Expansion Microscopy in 120 seconds 2:12 - Introduction 3:12 - From EE to Biology 6:37 - Transition to Graduate School 9:53 - The Chen Lab 11:17 - What Do You Look for In Undergrads? 13:53 - Working as a Mentor 16:15 - Overview of Expansion Microscopy 26:02 - Does the Exact Expansion Factor Matter? 28:05 - ExMic + Electron Microscopy? 31:11 - Feeling of Discovery as a Grad Student 34:08 - Difficulties Along the Way 35:46 - From Grad School to Chen Lab 39:19 - How are Abundances of Genes Measured? 45:27 - The Cell as a State Machine 53:40 - Where is the ROM? 58:35 - Temporal Genomics and Dynamic Videos 1:07:19 - Overview of Slide Seq 1:19:31 - Are There Enough Tools in This Field? 1:24:00 - Sources of Inspiration 1:26:53 - OpenWetWare 1:33:00 - Advice to Young People

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 10: Join Xapiens Co-Director Bobby Johnston in a discussion with Mark Phillips, VP of Business Development at Helium. We discuss the hardware and software behind the project, as well as the technical challenges and overall goals. We look forward to a future where information flows effortlessly across the globe, and it seems Helium and the decentralized wireless network building blueprint they have developed will be integral to realizing that future. Check out the Xapiens podcast on our website! https://xapiens-at-mit.captivate.fm/ Or listen to us on google podcast, spotify, amazon, apple podcasts or wherever you listen! RSS feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/xapiens-at... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/12FjwjY... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B... google podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Other Xapiens Info: XPC Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCp... Xapiens Home: https://xapiens.mit.edu/ RELEVANT LINKS: Helium website: https://www.helium.com/ Helium Github: https://github.com/helium Helium Discord: https://discord.com/invite/helium Helium on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HeliumNetwork/ Helium on Twitter: https://twitter.com/helium Mark Phillips on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pharkmillups - HoneyBadgerBFT paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/199.pdf Motivation for honeybadgerBFT naming: https://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg filecoin: https://filecoin.io rndr: https://www.rendertoken.com/

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 8: Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with MIT professor Hugh Herr. After his own double amputation, Herr was driven to make some of the most advanced bionics in the world. He currently is one of the leads of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics. You can learn more about him here: https://www.media.mit.edu/people/hherr/overview/

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 8: Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with MIT professor Ed Boyden. Founder of the MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group, The K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics, and inventor of optogenetics. You can learn more about him here: https://mcgovern.mit.edu/profile/ed-boyden/

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 7: After fleeing the Nazis with his family as a child, Rai Weiss went on to fix radios outside of Harlem. He went to MIT, later flunking out after a rough love story, before returning, completing his PhD, and becoming a full professor and Winning a Nobel Prize. Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Nobel Prize Winner Rai Weiss, the man who discovered gravitational waves using LIGO. More info on him here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_descriptionandredir_token=QUFFLUhqbXRWVzZIUzlyR0FTRFJVc05WQmtSWVNBZGxsQXxBQ3Jtc0trWms0dFFCTDl3ZjlOclp5cDdDMHNvR0RuU1NNUTFuYmt5SGtPdFZZZ00xZUMyZV85Tjh5SGhrNHhLNnhqWUladENmNXl3VjV4N2oxTXNKMlRsUi0tYmI3RjZLSm1wRlRhakY5bVVNTWdZYmJ0eVpFRQandq=https%3A%2F%2Fphysics.mit.edu%2Ffaculty%2Frainer-weiss%2F (https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/raine...) Check out the Xapiens podcast on our website! https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_descriptionandredir_token=QUFFLUhqa1JDQzd5TzBiVmxvSjFNZUNIMnBqV1Qwb2xCd3xBQ3Jtc0tudDAxWW9UT3k1LTFJZS1IQ1FNTzFGb3F0eUZ3b2tETlBUbENKWW1rcHZiMWpZVG5uQnVVNTFnNklFQmpHdW9IYzFMcDAyN0ZoM3pBZ2NUOTktODFJd2xOajE1N2R1VEYzc1QyMk8xdGtUTUdXMEYtVQandq=https%3A%2F%2Fxapiens-at-mit.captivate.fm%2F (https://xapiens-at-mit.captivate.fm/) Or listen to us on google podcast, spotify, amazon, apple podcasts or wherever you listen! RSS feed: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_descriptionandredir_token=QUFFLUhqbTltS2xqNGE0T1VfOTk5Wk83T3pOVm5PNV9jUXxBQ3Jtc0tuRmJBNXowenUweVprOVIyaXpfUGtTOHNtdXdMaUZOX1paRmFpM0swWlNXT21iNC1UQjlZNC1OTzNkbDRfQk1DbWVPdUVzX0lxbW1tQUloMC1iR2M2c3E5NVE1bUw3c0ZQWS1XVW9sZ000OE0zellWbwandq=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.captivate.fm%2Fxapiens-at-mit%2F (https://feeds.captivate.fm/xapiens-at...) Spotify: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_descriptionandredir_token=QUFFLUhqbC0zWkJwd2Z1dl8xRm95VE1oTjM2UGhoWFdiQXxBQ3Jtc0trQVJnNkZPMjlpYWFvb19yOV9hTGxTWEtlM2JFNXhUSTRwUmNGeDJpRm5RdDd0Mk41YjVycmFJZXNHYVJlT2kwUVJuUnlMdTJXMGxMemI0dDQ4OGJKaEJReUxZVHlaTnNBX0NiOHdQdDQxTjFzNUFNawandq=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fshow%2F12FjwjYf6NahxAuRwg7JUT (https://open.spotify.com/show/12FjwjY...) Amazon: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_descriptionandredir_token=QUFFLUhqbWUya3BraUwyY2o1UkJVM3pSeHhGMXBQYVVIUXxBQ3Jtc0ttcnRKM3JUamZkZVcwSWtjbGpXbjhvZW1mZFR4ZVNEcHM1UlkzZGZPN0pTUnhzdmFWYmlLR0tXR2c5OHNPT0xsdDdJOVFuNkFYb3l1RXhISmM3T2E5SUY4NFpiUUZrQWhWZmZnTVJiSzBZSWp2UnJqbwandq=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fitem_name%2Fdp%2FB08JJS62YW%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fcrid%3D1XHBRXE1PBVFX%26dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dxapiens%2Bat%2Bmit%2Bpodcast%26qid%3D1635954528%26qsid%3D133-3533827-8746125%26sprefix%3Dxapiens%2Bat%2Bmit%2Bpodcast%252Caps%252C90%26sr%3D8-1%26sres%3DB08JJS62YW%252CB07NHZP4FW%252CB09BFPNW2J%252CB08LB4656J%252CB004MQSV04%252CB06XCKGLTP%252CB0006H92QK%252CB08G7RG9ML%252CB07GQT8879%252CB08XXM6DRS%252CB07GY4WWP3%252CB089JLLDQB%252CB091CHFJYN%252CB095YTSZ8Y%252CB08N66WGMP%252CB06XKNZT1P (https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B...) google podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_descriptionandredir_token=QUFFLUhqbDZnejN6RzgwRkV0eXZJYWNNeGhtTVp0SkI3QXxBQ3Jtc0tuV1ZrZ3c0WGhxTE5RczRpM1l0Zk5TcU92OV9Ga1ljcDNGZVdfaGw0LUtMMkNqbTlxTGFTbTBHNEp2MmwzcmloZXVWTFJkdk9DeVNnNVJVRVZKMzY3cC1mRHplVTI4T0pSSzdkalNZYVZuSzFUbVRIdwandq=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.google.com%2Ffeed%2FaHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0veGFwaWVucy1hdC1taXQv%3Fsa%3DX%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjD8u6Ayf3zAhWkM1kFHXobDHgQ9sEGegQIARAC (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...) Other Xapiens Info: XPC Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCp2QLDdzA3nuhdkRkJwXQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCp...) Xapiens Home:...

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 6: Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Adam Marblestone and Anastasia Gammick. You can learn more about convergent research and their other efforts here: https://convergentresearch.org/ Check out Xapiens on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/c/XapiensatMIT/videos Check out the Xapiens podcast on our website! https://xapiens-at-mit.captivate.fm/ Or listen to us on google podcast, spotify, amazon, apple podcasts or wherever you listen! RSS feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/xapiens-at-mit/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/12FjwjYf6NahxAuRwg7JUT Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJS62YW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XHBRXE1PBVFXanddchild=1andkeywords=xapiens+at+mit+podcastandqid=1635954528andqsid=133-3533827-8746125andsprefix=xapiens+at+mit+podcast%2Caps%2C90andsr=8-1andsres=B08JJS62YW%2CB07NHZP4FW%2CB09BFPNW2J%2CB08LB4656J%2CB004MQSV04%2CB06XCKGLTP%2CB0006H92QK%2CB08G7RG9ML%2CB07GQT8879%2CB08XXM6DRS%2CB07GY4WWP3%2CB089JLLDQB%2CB091CHFJYN%2CB095YTSZ8Y%2CB08N66WGMP%2CB06XKNZT1P google podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0veGFwaWVucy1hdC1taXQv?sa=Xandved=2ahUKEwjD8u6Ayf3zAhWkM1kFHXobDHgQ9sEGegQIARAC Other Xapiens Info: XPC Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCp2QLDdzA3nuhdkRkJwXQ Xapiens Home: https://xapiens.mit.edu/ OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:47 - Research Overview (Neuralink, Deepmind, Kernal, COVID) 6:54 - What makes an FRO different from DARPA 8:07 - How to start a Focused Research Organization 12:12 - Lessons learned for FROs 13:42 - FRO interaction 19:18 - Current FROs 25:07 - What is the Rejuvenome? 30:02 - Any Time for Research? 31:38 - Stand Out Stories and Working with Covid Testing 36:48 - Kernal and Brain Machine Interfaces 40:25 - Biologically Inspired Machine Learning and Cooperation 44:43 - Existential Risk 51:00 - Personal Lives 53:20 - Are you a Transhumanist? 56:27 - The Path to Consciousness 1:04:49 - How would FROs change with Limitless Funding 1:10:18 - Advice to Students 1:12:15 - Closing Other Xapiens Info: XPC Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCp... Xapiens Home: https://xapiens.mit.edu/

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 3: Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek about his wide ranging work in particle physics and technology. Frank is a MIT professor of physics, Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center. You can find more information about his lab and current work here: https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/frank...

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 1: Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Deblina Sarkar about low temperature electronics as tools for human enhancement. Deblina is an MIT Media Arts an Sciences Professor and the Founder and Director of Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek research lab. You can find more information about her lab and current work here: https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 2: Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Joe Paradiso about his research in responsive environments and his life's journey. Joe is an Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor at the MIT Media lab, where he takes modern technology to change human perception. You can find more information about his lab and current work here: https://www.media.mit.edu/people/joep/overview/