Finding Genius Podcast
Latest Episodes
Microbe Mechanics – Fedor Galkin, Insilico Medicine, Inc. – The Remarkable Microbiome
In this podcast, Fedor Galkin, the Project Manager at Insilico Medicine, Inc., talks in detail about his studies in aging/longevity, human genotypes, and the microbiome. Galkin attended Moscow State University and earned a degree in Bioengineering...
Cancer & the Human Microbiome – Gregory Kuehn
In this podcast, Gregory Kuehn, President and COO of Prescient Metabiomics, talks about his company’s innovative work in colorectal , as well as their development of a stool test for cancer. Kuehn earned his MBA from the University of Colorado, and...
Testing for Cancer – Gregory Kuehn, MBA, President and COO of Prescient Metabiomics – Colon Cancer, the Microbiome, Testing
Gregory Kuehn, MBA, President and COO of Prescient Metabiomics, formerly Metabiomics, discusses their innovative work in colorectal cancer treatment and the development of an advanced stool test for cancer.Kuehn holds an MBA from the University of Colorad
A Talk with the Woman who Walks on Air—Dustin Lindblad—Yoga Slacklining
“My yoga practice was wonderful and I really enjoyed it, but slacklining really took it to a whole other level, because my yoga mat…all the sudden became one inch wide,” says Dustin Lindblad, who was featured in The Wall Street Journal earlier...
Sitting, Kneeling, and Backbending the Line—Dustin Lindblad—Yoga Slacklining
You might be familiar with slacklining as the art of balancing and walking on what looks like a thin string between two anchor points, but it can actually involve much more than that, such as sitting, kneeling, laying down, backbending, side planking, squ
Vaccine Development in the Non-Profit Sector for Diseases of Extreme Poverty—Peter Jay Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.—National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
“Globally, there are 750 million people who live below the World Bank poverty figure of $1.90 a day, and basically every one of them has at least one neglected tropical disease…now we know there are about 5.3 million Americans living in that same...
“The Most Important Diseases You’ve Never Heard Of”—Peter Jay Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.—National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
“We call them neglected tropical diseases…but the truth is, they’re really diseases of extreme poverty; you ordinarily do not get a neglected tropical disease unless you live in extremely impoverished conditions where there’s environmental degradation, po
Developing a Deeper Understanding of Host-Microbiome Interactions—Dr. Jonathan Clayton—Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska
In recent years, understanding the role of the in health and disease states and how it changes over time has become an area of increasing interest in biomedical research. Dr. Jonathan Clayton, better known as “The Monkey Doc,” has...
A Conversation with The Monkey Doc on Host-Microbiome Interactions—Dr. Jonathan Clayton—Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska
“I certainly believe that without our microbes, our immune systems wouldn’t be primed, we wouldn’t be able to digest many of the foods that we consume…and we wouldn’t be able to protect from pathogens, so they basically do it all,” says Dr. Jonathan Clayt
Picking Your Second Brain, then Personalizing Recommendations for Improving Your Health—Guru Banavar—Viome
“The gut microbiome…is known as the second brain. It is the most important organ that drives many of the chronic illnesses that we have been seeing, especially in the developed world in the last few decades,” says Guru Banavar, Chief Technology...