TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SHARON VOSMEK, the CEO of Astia, providing capital, connections, and guidance highly-innovative, women-led ventures around the globe. Then on BioTech Nation, the first of a two-part series on Women in biotech venture capital: DR. MARIANNE DE BACKER , the Vice President for Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Janssen Business Development.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professor HANK GREELY about “The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction”. Then on BioTech Nation, the winner of BIO’s Future Maker 2016 Award - Dr. HOWARD JACOBS from the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks DR SANDRA AAMODT, the author of “Why Diets Make Us Fat … The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss.” Then on BioTech Nation, looking for new drugs … in the ocean. DR. EDUARDO ESQUENAZI, the Founder and CEO of Sirenas Marine Discovery, talks about bioprospecting.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. SHAI GOZANI, President & CEO of Neurometrix. It’s about treating chronic pain with a small device strapped to your calf. Apparently … it’s all in your brain. Then on BioTech Nation, DR. THEODORA ROSS, the Director of Cancer Genetics Program at Southwestern Medical Center talks about cancer susceptibility genes. Her book is “A Cancer in the Family … Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance”
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Tech Nation broadcasts from the International Biotechnology Conference, BIO 2016 in San Francisco. This week’s guests are JIM GREENWOOD, President and CEO of BIO, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, MIKE MAY, Editorial Director, Scientific American WorldView 2016, and YALI FRIEDMAN, its head of Data Analytics, ROGER CRYSTAL, the CEO of Opiant Pharmaceuticals, and GARETH WILLIAMS with Marks & Clerk International Intellectual Property Firm....
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SC MOATTI about her background with Facebook, Trulia and Nokia, and her book, “Mobilized …. An insider’s guide to the business and future of connected technology”. Then on BioTech Nation, how much do we know about the clinical trials behind drugs approved by the FDA? JENNIFER MILLER, the Founder and President of Bioethics, International and a professor at NYU Medical School, talks about the Good Pharma Scorecard.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist BRIAN CHRISTIAN & UC Berkeley Professor TOM GRIFFITHS, the Director of the Computational Cognitive Science Lab about their book, “Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions”. Then on Biotech Nation, it’s all about Youth Rally, an annual camp for kids and teens with conditions of the bowel and bladder. We’ll hear from its chair, PAUL HASTINGS, who is also the President and CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, as well as Y...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the founding executive editor at Wired magazine, KEVIN KELLY, about “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future.” Then on Biotech Nation, looking for cancer cells in the blood. DR. PAUL DEMPSEY, Chief Scientific Officer of Cynvenio Biosystems talks about their technology and an ongoing clinical study of women with breast cancer.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Johns Hopkins professor DR. DAVID LINDEN about “Touch … The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind.” Then on BioTech Nation, ANTHONY RAESIDE, the Head of Research at The Evaluate Group in London. He’ll preview the global pharmaceutical industry and give us a look ahead to 2020, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it’s President Obama’s announcement about a precision medicine initiative.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT professor DAVID MINDELL about “Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy.” He’s out to dispel the “persistent misconceptions about robots.” Then on BioTech Nation, what biotech is doing for rare diseases in boys – progress in hemophilia and Duchene Muscular Dystrophy?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with A BioTech Nation Special! DR CHARLOTTE JACOBS, the author of “Jonas Salk: A Life”. They re-visit 1950’s America under the threat of Polio – what did science know and what had it gotten wrong? Then on BioTech Nation, JAY LICHTER, Co-founder of Otonomy, tells us about his diagnosis of Menieres disease, and how, as a venture capitalist, he decided to start a company to find better treatment options on the spot.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with A BioTech Nation Special! DANIEL LEVITIN, Dean, Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI talks about his latest neuroscience research on empathy and pain. And on BioTech Nation, on BioIssue Issue of the Week with DAVID EWING DUNCAN, a potential new and different approach to treating Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with A BioTech Nation Special! DR. MARSHALL SUMMAR from Children’s National Medical Center and JIM POWERS, CEO of Hemoshear Therapeutics. They talk about their breakthrough collaboration helping a young girl and her rare disease. Then Darren Cunningham, the CEO of Inflection Biosciences in Dublin, Ireland. This start-up did things differently – they didn’t start with new science; they started with a checklist.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times journalist JOHN MARKOFF about “Machines of Loving Grace.” Then on BioTech Nation, STAN ERCK, the President & CEO of NovaVax joins us to talk about their “RSV” vaccine for the elderly, as well as for pregnant mothers to reach their newborns.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with BOB CHAPMAN, Chairman & CEO of a long-time company of many companies - Barry-Wehmiller. They’ve acquired 75 companies in trouble while preserving employee trust. Then on BioTech Nation, DR. TONY SHUH, the CEO of Trovagene, talks about precision cancer monitoring, and DR. YUVAL COHEN, the CEO of Corbus Pharmaceuticals tells us about a new approach for cystic fibrosis and their efforts surrounding auto-immune diseases.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a group of distinguished professors from Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCSF and the University of San Francisco. They explain each of the 2015 Nobel Prizes, and why each prize was so deserving. Convener, Dr. Ludwig Chincarini, University of San Francisco PEACE PRIZE, Dr. Rebecca Gordon, University of San Francisco LITERATURE. Dr. Susanna Elm, University of California Berkeley PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE Dr. Darvin Scott Smith, Kaiser Permanente ECONOM...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DAVID PETERSON, a creator of alien languages, including Dothraki for HBO’s Game of Thrones. He’s here with The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building. Then on BioTech Nation, Merck’s DR ROY BAYNES takes us through their wide ranging cancer program based on their therapeutic: Keytruda, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, IT meets biotech.
On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s the second of a two-part series on Digital Health. On this show, Moira speaks with DR. RAJAIE BATNIJI, the Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer of Collective Health. It all started with a nightmare in filing health claims. Then on BioTech Nation, Rif Pamukcu, the CEO of RxMP Therapeutics. It’s about the technology of stopping blood loss.
On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s the first of a two-part series on Digital Health. On this show, Moira speaks with RAY BRADFORD, the Founder of Spruce Health, with their smartphone app which enabling you to be treated by a dermatologist. It’s working in 15 states and expanding rapidly. Then on BioTech Nation, SPIRO ROMBOTIS, the President & CEO of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, talks about their approach to treating Leukemia in the aging population, and PARIS PANAYIOTOPOULOS, President of EMD Ser...
On this week’s Tech Nation, our 2002 interview with ANDY GROVE, the former CEO and Chairman of Intel, who recently passed. And JIM HOUGH, a Professor of Experimental Physics from the University of Glasgow. He will explain the importance of the scientific news – that scientists have measured “gravitational waves”. Then on BioTech Nation, a Canadian company’s drug to treat cardiovascular disease in diabetics. DON McCAFFREY, the CEO of Resverlogix, joins us, and explains how “epigenetics” was used....
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. ANDERS ERICSSONI, a Psychology Professor at Florida State University, and the author of “Peak … Secrets from the New Science of Expertise.” Then on BioTech Nation, DR. GERHARD KOENIG, the Chief Scientific Officer of Forum Pharmaceuticals, describe their drug in Phase II that is attempting to treat a symptom of Alzheimers and also has potential benefits for Schizophrenia. Final results are expected in early 2017. And we hear from DR. JOHN STAMATOY...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Award-winning journalist KARA PLATONI about “We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, and Physicians are Transforming Human Perception.” It turns out science and technology is helping us learn what it means to be human. Then on BioTech Nation, the wide-ranging cancer research program at Johnson and Johnson. DR. PETER LEBOWITZ, the Head of Oncology Research and Development, describes their approaches and strategies in detecting and treating ca...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with BARBARA BARCLAY, President & CEO, and DR. MELISSA HUNFALVAY, Chief Science Officer for Right Eye. They talk about eye-tracking technology, and what it can do – from tracking recovery from concussion and brain injury, to performance enhancement, to better eye tests. Then DR. JUSTIN BASAN, the Medical Advisor to the Vision Council, talks about the 2016 Digital Eye Strain report. It’s just you and your smartphone, tablet and computer....
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ROBIN GRIMES, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, TIM BENTON Champion of the UK Food Security Program with an update on the joint UK-US 2015 report Extreme Weather and Resilience of the Global Food System, and RICHARD BARKER, the Chairmen of the UK’s Precision Medicine Catapult.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. PETER DIAMANDIS, the founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, as well as two scientists who will tell us about the Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize – going to the bottom of the ocean. Then on BioTech Nation, it’s asthma, and one biotech company’s approach to genetically engineer antibodies to treat it. Moira speaks with DR. BASSIL BAHIYAT, the president and CEO of Xencor, about why they believe this approach will work.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Google Ventures’ Design Partner, JAKE KNAPP , the author of “Sprint – how to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days.” Then on BioTech Nation, DR. PATRICK AMSTUTZ, the COO of Molecular Partners in Zurich, Switzerland describes their most advanced drug. It works on two different diseases – wet age-related macular degeneration, and diabetes macular edema – DME. And BAXTER PHILLIPS, the Chief Business Officer of AmpliPhi Bioscience, tell...
In this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. SHAI GOZANI, President & CEO of Neurometrix. It’s about treating chronic pain with a small device strapped to your calf. Apparently … it’s all in your brain. Then on BioTech Nation, DR. THEODORA ROSS, the Director of Cancer Genetics Program at Southwestern Medical Centre talks about cancer susceptibility genes. Her book is “A Cancer in the Family … Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance”
On this week’s Tech Nation, A broadcast from the international consumer technology show - CES 2016 – in Las Vegas, Nevada. Guests include JEFF JOSEPH, Senior Vice President of Communications of the Consumer Technology Association, SHIREEN YATES and SCOTT SUNDVOR, the co-founders of 6Sensor Labs and inventors of Nima - a mobile device that tests for gluten in your food, DR. THIBAUT SCHOLASCH from Fruition Sciences, who talks about technology in vineyards, and wine-growing in Napa Valley differs f...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with AMY WILKINSON, a lecturer at about Stanford University Business School about “The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs” Then on BioTech Nation, JULIE PAPANEK, a Healthcare Investor with Canaan Partners in Menlo Park, talks about their tech and healthcare investments, what they are looking for, which ones do they fund and why. Included are quitting smoking and new approaches in the treatment of diabetes. Also, DR. MI...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with BRIAN SAGER, the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Omnity, a search engine – not based on keywords, but search in the context of entire documents. Google isn’t going away – but your need to find information is growing. Then on BioTech Nation, the promise and challenges of cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Gunn speaks with DR. SEAN McCARTHY CEO of CytomX Therapeutics.
