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Discovery Matters

Discovery Matters

A collection of stories and insights on matters of discovery that advance life sciences. Brought to you by the curious people at Cytiva.

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00:00:30

Discovery Matters ... because it does!

Discovery Matters ·

2020/09/02

Life sciences has a new podcast! A collection of stories and insights on matters of discovery that advance life sciences. Hosts are Dodi Axelson and Conor McKechnie, friends for gloriously long years and colleagues at Cytiva. Enjoy!

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00:20:21

22. The Molecular Clamp - Perspectives from one...

Discovery Matters ·

2020/08/21

While it may not be here tomorrow, scientists around the world are racing to develop viable COVID-19 vaccine candidates. In this episode, Dodi and Conor share the perspectives of two researchers on the vaccine development team for the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology - Professors Trent Munro and Keith Chappell. Learn how Trent and Keith's team identified their lead vaccine candidate from an initial field of 200 in just over 5 weeks! Transcript Keywords:vaccine, pandemic,

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00:19:08

July bonus - Fun scientific facts

Discovery Matters ·

2020/07/24

Dodi and Conor welcome colleague Kaycee Palumbo for the Discovery Matters special of "Did you know?" Sources: Drugged-out hallucinating zombie cicadas Zombie ants 30 000-year-old fruit in Siberian permafrost 50 interesting facts about Biotechnology The human genome - about 99.9% of human DNA is the same. It is the other 0.1% that codes for all of the differences that make each person unique. The length of the human DNA compared to the world - each cell contains about 2m worth of DNA, if you

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00:24:07

21. The brewer, the baker and the biotech maker

Discovery Matters ·

2020/07/01

Without baking and brewing, there'd be no biotech. Join Dodi and Conor through the discovery of fermentation, bags of wheat at the Stockholm Brewing company, and too much pizza dough on Sundays at The Bakery. Guest on this episode are:Anna Roswall, Head Baker at The Bakery; Michel Ahlin-Wigardt, Head Brewer at The Stockholm Brewery; Nigel Darby, Senior Advisor at Cytiva and Paul Goodwin, Science Director at Cytiva. Transcript Keywords: biotech, fermentation, gene editing, gut microbiome, 3D

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00:18:40

20. Seeing things small: what does biology and...

Discovery Matters ·

2020/06/11

Excited about the combination of biology, engineering and computing being the 21st century's big leap forward? Do you see biological computing actually becoming a thing? Join Dodi and Conor to discuss how all the lines are blurring: where there used to be separate industries we can all learn from each other. Guests on this episode are Prachi Bogetto of Cytiva, and Cristian Norlin from Ericsson. Transcript Keywords: biology, computation, telecom, computational biology, future, engineering.

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00:14:50

19. The discovery of Protein A

Discovery Matters ·

2020/05/29

The Scandinavians have done it again. In this episode Conor and Dodi are (not really) surprised to find out that, just like chromatography, protein A has also been discovered in the North of Europe. What makes protein A special, though? What about protein G or protein L? Surely protein A is not the most popular because of alphabetical order? This episode's hosts are joined by Josefin Bolik, protein A subject matter expert at Cytiva, Glen Bolton, Director of Bioprocess Development at Amgen, and

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00:18:48

18. Quantum biology: going subatomic

Discovery Matters ·

2020/05/11

How do birds know where to go in the winter? And why are plants so efficient at making food? Conor and Dodi chat with researchers studying whether quantum biology might offer answers. Transcript Keywords: quantum mechanics, quantum biology, photosynthesis, magnetoreception.

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00:25:38

17. How does your brain discover what it wants?

Discovery Matters ·

2020/04/23

In this episode, Dodi and Conor take 2 minutes to celebrate the birth of Cytiva, company formerly part of GE Healthcare Life Sciences. Yes, only 2 minutes because they're immediately more interested in the science behind choices our brains make. They are joined by Uma Karmarkar, Assistant Professor in Marketing at UCSD focusing on Decision Neuroscience, and Tim Arthur, currently a radio presenter for the BBC and an expert in helping organisations through change. Transcript Keywords: brain, brand,

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00:22:54

16. The artistry of vaccine development

Discovery Matters ·

2020/03/27

"Vaccines are a way to educate our immune system to recognize foreign and dangerous stuff," says Daria Donati, Director of Business Development and Innovation at Cytiva. Dodi and Conor embark on a journey in this episode of Discovery Matters: the journey of a vaccine. They are joined by Adrian Hill, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford and Consultant Physician, and Rebecca Chandler, Senior Contributor at WHO's Uppsala Monitoring Center. Transcript Keywords: vaccine, immunization,

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00:25:04

15. How to: Small biotechs into big companies

Discovery Matters ·

2020/03/12

How do big companies stay at the forefront of the industry? How do small companies "make it big"? In this episode of Discovery Matters, Conor and Dodi chat with 3 guests to find some answers. Please welcome Kath Mackay, managing director at Alderley Park, Steve Bates, CEO of the BioIndustry Asociation (BIA) and Oliver Hardick, board member of the BIA and business leader at Cytiva. Transcript Keywords: bioscience, biotech, biomanufacturing, accelerator, innovation.

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00:21:04

14. The story of oligonucleotides and spinal muscular...

Discovery Matters ·

2020/02/27

In this episode, Conor tells Dodi the story of Roy Muhrbeck. It all started 4 years ago when new parents, Hugo Muhrbeck and Maja Ödmann brought home their first child. They were excited and nervous as so many first time parents are. But after a short while, they started to think that maybe everything wasn’t exactly how it should be. Soon after, their son Roy was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Stay tuned to find out how oligonucleotides (oligos) help Roy and where he is

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00:18:28

13. Scratched knees, smelly yogurt, and speedy wound...

Discovery Matters ·

2020/01/30

So, what does yogurt have to do with wound healing? In this episode, Evelina Vågesjö from Ilya Pharma helps Conor and Dodi see the connection. It’s all about getting help from our small bacterial friends, lactic acid, and chemokines. Tune in to learn how it all connects. Transcript Keywords: wound healing, how to heal wounds faster, heal wounds fast, Ilya pharma, yoghurt.

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00:19:24

12. School’s never out: Educating the next gen...

Discovery Matters ·

2020/01/10

Education matters for sure. But what is special about biopharmaceutical education? And what does the future hold? Dodi and Conor are about to find out. Their guides in this episode are Killian O’Driscoll at NIBRT, Ireland, and Ron Kander at Thomas Jefferson University, US. Transcript Keywords: education, Thomas Jefferson University, NIBRT, biopharmaceutical education.

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00:24:20

11. Fighting fake news in biotechnology: Sense about...

Discovery Matters ·

2019/12/20

Can you trust the scientific claims on products you buy? Conor's curiosity led him down a three-pronged investigation about what you can and should believe, when it comes to statistics and statements about science. Transcript Keywords: sense about science ask for evidence, sense about science.

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00:22:18

10. Perspectives for health - learning about blockchain

Discovery Matters ·

2019/12/13

Blockchain is everywhere. Is it the technology we've all been waiting for? Sometimes, and sometimes not. Dodi and Conor talk with Dr. Catherine Mulligan about what blockchain is, and how it's most useful for us. Transcript Keywords: blockchain in healthcare, blockchain, blockchain technology, Imperial College London, Dr Cathy Mulligan.

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00:19:40

9. Innovation inside-the-box, cyborgs and jugaad (जुगाड)

Discovery Matters ·

2019/11/29

Follow Dodi as she dives into the world of innovation. More specifically, the difference between talking innovation and being innovative. Meet Tobias the cyborg that likes thinking inside the box and learn what Gaud has to say about the concept of jugaad in India. Transcript Keywords: innovation, cyborg, jugaad, jugaad innovation.

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00:18:08

8. Microbiome transplant: cooties can cure you

Discovery Matters ·

2019/11/18

Conor has, what he calls "microbiomania". Whatever the topic, he is able to bring it back to microbiomes in about 3 sentences. So imagine how excited he was to interview Colleen Cutcliffe, CEO of Pendulum whose mission is to make millions healthier through microbiome-targeted medical solutions. Another guest on this episode is Jacques Ravel, professor extraordinaire of The Human Microbiome and Women's Health at the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland. Enjoy! (We sure

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00:14:26

7. Fitness trackers in the 1940s: The Framingham...

Discovery Matters ·

2019/11/01

During a lively lunch chat about the popularity of wearable fitness trackers, the curious question came up: with all this data we are generating, what if we were able to do it 50-70 years ago - where would medicine and healthcare be now? Hearing the question Dodi immediately remembered The Framingham Heart Study. Its objective was to identify the common factors or characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) by following its development over a long period of time in a large group

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00:21:53

6. CAR-T cell therapy: the story of 2 brave young...

Discovery Matters ·

2019/10/18

This episode is a more immediately serious story than previous topics we've covered. This story is about a discovery where a number of people had to go through unimaginable pain so that it can become useful for others. This is the story of Emily Whitehead, the first pediatric patient enrolled in a clinical trial investigating CAR T-cell therapy CTL019, now known as tisagenlecleucel, at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Emily is now a happy, healthy 14-year-old in remission for the past 7

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00:21:04

5. A map of humankind from the inside out

Discovery Matters ·

2019/08/21

We humans have been mapping things since the beginning of time. In our endless quest to figure ourselves and our world out, there are projects galore. Does the 150-year-old periodic table ring any bells? In this episode, Dodi takes Conor on an explorer’s journey, destination: Human Protein Atlas project. Strap on your seatbelt, it’s a bumpy ride connecting the dots between explorers, chemists, geneticists…and even sociologists! Transcript Keyword: atlas, periodic table, proteins, maps, protein,

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