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Audio/PodcastPlastic in our blood? That’s a problem. – Harvard ThinkingOur planet is filled with plastic. On average, we produce 430 million tons every year, most of which is used only for a short period of time and then discarded. But plastic isn’t just in the environment: it’s now in our bodies. Microplastics have been found in our bloodstreams, lungs, and other organs, and we’re... -
Audio/PodcastMaking Sugar Healthier – DDN DialoguesWith some out-of-the-box engineering, researchers have developed a nature-inspired strategy to turn sugar in packaged foods into gut-healthy fiber. This podcast features Director of Business Development, Sam Inverso, Ph.D., and Senior Engineer Adama Sesay, Ph.D., along with Judith Moca and John Topinka from Kraft-Heinz. This episode was created and is owned by Drug Discovery News,... -
Audio/PodcastIdeas to Innovation – From Lab to Life: The Transformative Power of Synthetic BiologyRapid advancements in technology and science are shaping a new era, with artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, or “syn-bio,” at the forefront. Heralded as the next big leap in science, syn-bio involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes by engineering them to have new abilities. The importance of syn-bio for people and our planet cannot be... -
Audio/PodcastBIOS Podcast – Future of Microfluidics with David Weitz – Professor at Harvard/Core Faculty at Wyss InstituteDavid Weitz is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics & Applied Physics and professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University. Weitz is best known for his work in the areas of diffusing-wave spectroscopy, microrheology, microfluidics, rheology, fluid mechanics, interface and colloid science, colloid chemistry, biophysics, complex fluids, soft condensed matter physics, phase transitions, the study of... -
Audio/PodcastReimagining Infertility – An Interview with Christian KrammeChristian Kramme imagines a world where all people can have a child on their own time frame. Such “reproductive autonomy” is not the case today – infertility is a growing problem worldwide, and existing treatments like IVF are incredibly taxing on women’s bodies and too expensive for most of the global population to access. Listen... -
Audio/PodcastIlluminating Biological Context with Josie Kishi – Translation by Fifty YearsTechnologies like next-generation sequencing allow us to understand which RNA transcripts and proteins are expressed in biological tissues. However, it’s often equally important to understand how cells or molecules are positioned relative to one another! Whether it be a cell changing its shape, an organelle ramping up a metabolic process, or a DNA molecule traveling... -
Audio/PodcastAnimal Free Labcast #4 – The PioneerWorld-class pioneer of biomedical research and innovation, Dr. Don Ingber, is the founding director of Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. In 2010, Dr. Ingber developed a lung-on-a-chip – the first of its kind – and has continued to lead the field by developing numerous other organ chip models, demonstrating their ability to... -
Audio/PodcastPreventing the Next Pandemic with Organ ChipsIn search for strategies to curb pandemics, scientists strive to understand how pathogens slip past the immune system and wreak havoc on the body. To achieve this goal, researchers study viral infection in models that mimic how different cell types interact with each other, the immune system, or the environment. Organ-on-a-chip models combine tissue engineering... -
Audio/PodcastEngineering Adhesive Biomaterials to Improve Healing – ThinkResearch PodcastBen Freedman, Ph.D., discusses his research on the design and synthesis of adhesive biomaterials for applications in orthopedic and cardiovascular surgery, as well as neurosurgery. -
Audio/PodcastBIOS Podcast – Future of Drug Delivery w/ Samir Mitragotri – Professor at Harvard, Core Faculty member at the Wyss InstituteSamir Mitragotri is the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering. Samir is an elected member of the National Academies of Engineering and Medicine, and elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Academy of Inventors, the... -
Audio/PodcastXenotransplantation – The Naked Scientists Podcast with George ChurchAmidst the aftermath of COVID-19 waiting lists continue to grow for those in need of an organ transplant, whilst simultaneously in an American surgery a man receives the heart of a pig. Animal donors may be the answer to our shortage of available organs, but the procedure isn’t quite ready to become common place. Take... -
Audio/PodcastDr. Adama Sesay – BioengineerHost Naomi Sesay interviews Wyss Senior Staff Engineer Adama Sesay, who, despite the odds against her, works on the front line of COVID-19 research. -
Audio/PodcastBIOS Podcast – Accelerating Diagnostics Innovation with David Walt – Professor at Harvard, Core Faculty member at the Wyss InstituteDavid Walt is the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Core Faculty Member of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Associate Member at the Broad Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, and is co-Director of the Mass General Brigham... -
Audio/PodcastBIOS Podcast – Biologically Inspired Engineering w/ Don Ingber – Founding Director at the Wyss InstituteDon Ingber is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received... -
Audio/PodcastImmunoengineering with Dave Mooney – BIOS PodcastWyss Core Faculty member Dave Mooney is a leader in the fields of biomaterials, mechanotransduction, drug delivery, tissue engineering and immunoengineering. He is interested in understanding how cells sense signals in their environment and how this alters cell behavior. His laboratory develops biomaterials that exploit these signals to regulate specific cells and their function. They... -
Audio/PodcastOf Mice and Massage with Dr. Bo Ri SeoYou know those people who say you can’t change tissue? Well Wyss Postdoctoral Fellow Bo Ri Seo explains otherwise on this episode of BodyTalk. She is the lead writer on an exciting paper. Dr. Bo Ri Seo is a biomedical engineer who has been studying mechanobiology and mechanotherapy to develop therapeutic strategies for cancer and... -
Audio/PodcastTranslating SynBio with Jim CollinsThe BIOS Podcast by Alix Ventures features experts and thought leaders in healthcare & life sciences. We bring you cutting-edge insights from executives, investors, founders, scientists, academics, and more. BIOS is a community of early stage healthcare and life sciences founders and investors. It is anchored by Alix Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture fund that invests in early stage...
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Audio/PodcastCan we grow a conscious brain? – CrowdSciencePhilosophers have long pondered the concept of a brain in a jar, hooked up to a simulated world. Though this has largely remained a thought experiment, CrowdScience listener JP wants to know if it might become reality in the not-too-distant future, with advances in stem cell research. In the two decades since stem cell research... -
Audio/PodcastTranslational Bioengineering: Angelika Fretzen, COO & Tech Translation Director at the Wyss Institute, on BIOSThe BIOS Podcast by Alix Ventures features experts and thought leaders in healthcare & life sciences. We bring you cutting-edge insights from executives, investors, founders, scientists, academics, and more. BIOS is a community of early stage healthcare and life sciences founders and investors. It is anchored by Alix Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture fund that... -
Audio/PodcastTalking Biotech: COVID-19 Detection Masks and WearablesCOVID-19 is the spectrum of pathologies caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus. While the pandemic moves well into its second year, the importance of detection in populations cannot be overstated. However, testing methods typically include visiting testing centers, and it is hard to find a test that is both rapid and precise. Wyss Research Scientist Dr.... -
Audio/PodcastHarnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence & Synthetic Biology To Usher In A New Age of Drug Discovery: Jim Collins3 Takeaways features intimate conversations and insights from the world’s best thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, scientists, and other newsmakers. Each episode ends with the 3 key takeaways the leading figure has learned over their career. It’s hosted by Lynn Thoman. James Collins, Wyss Core Faculty member and co-inventor of the technology behind Covid vaccines,...
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Audio/PodcastA Unique Model of Innovation – Making Breakthrough Discoveries and Turning Them Into Real World Products At an Unheard of Pace: Don Ingber3 Takeaways features intimate conversations and insights from the world’s best thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, scientists, and other newsmakers. Each episode ends with the 3 key takeaways the leading figure has learned over their career. It’s hosted by Lynn Thoman. The Wyss Institute For Biologically Inspired Engineering accounts for 25% of Harvard’s intellectual property... -
Audio/PodcastResearching Biosensors with Dr. Pawan JollyPoint of Care Medical Devices are the future! Pawan Jolly, Ph.D., Senior Staff Scientist at The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University talks with Jonah and Aryan of the Beyond the Books podcast about his research in the biosensor and medical device arena. They ask him about his latest COVID-19 focused project,... -
Audio/PodcastMichael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the SelfOn Mindscape, Sean Carroll hosts conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more. In this episode, he talks with Wyss Associate Faculty member Michael Levin about how... -
Audio/PodcastSoft Robotics With Robert WoodThe IEEE Soft Robotics podcast hosted by Marwa ElDiwiny is dedicated to the (soft) robotics community and the audience who is interested in (soft)robotics technology. They interview guests from both academia and industry and discuss their latest research, highlighting the challenges that face robotics in the academic and industrial worlds. Wyss Associate Faculty Member Robert... -
Audio/PodcastLightbulb Moment with Angelika Fretzen – Entrepreneurship, Pharmaceuticals, and VaccinesLightbulb Moment host, Jothi Ramaswamy speaks with Wyss Translation Director Angelika Fretzen about business, entrepreneurship, and pharmaceuticals, and their relevancy in the COVID19 Pandemic. The Lightbulb Moment is a podcast focused on spotlighting women in STEM, media, and entrepreneurship, and is a partnership between Jothi Ramaswamy and ThinkSTEAM, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging...
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Audio/PodcastThe Software of Cell Signaling: Michael Levin Researches How Cells Build AnatomiesCurious about how to make a two-headed flatworm? Michael Levin’s lab has done just that. This podcast explores exciting regenerative medicine achievable in our lifetime. Listen in to hear how Professor Michael Levin has found a way to manipulate biological molecules, altering electrical triggers in cells to direct different anatomical constructions. He discusses • How...
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Audio/PodcastTalking Techniques: Donald Ingber: How COVID-19 is changing conservatism in life sciences (Part 2)Following on from part 1 of this interview with the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute, Donald Ingber discusses the reasons he thinks organ-on-a-chip technologies are yet to be widely implemented in research. Expanding on elements of conservatism rooted in certain aspects of the life sciences, Donald explores how the scientific response to the current COVID-19 pandemic is challenging entrenched... -
Audio/PodcastLab Notes #1 | A wearable diagnostic for COVID-19The Allen Institute is dedicated to answering some of the biggest questions in bioscience and accelerating research worldwide. They are a recognized leader in large-scale research with a commitment to openly sharing their data, tools and knowledge with scientists around the world. In the first episode of their podcast Lab Notes, they interview Wyss Core... -
Audio/PodcastTalking Techniques: COVID-19, Organ Chips and the Wyss Institute (Part 1)In the first installment of this two-part episode with Donald Ingber, Founding Director of the Wyss Institute (MA, USA), we discuss his invention of organ-on-a-chip technology, how he is utilizing them in the fight against COVID-19 and the Wyss Institute’s response to the pandemic. Donald touches on the performance of the much-discussed chloroquine in his... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: 3D BioprintingThere are roughly 120,000 people in the United States on waiting lists for live-saving organ transplants, with only about 30,000 transplants happening every year. To address this great challenge of organ shortages, a team at the Wyss Institute led by Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis, Sc.D., is developing a method for 3D bioprinting organ tissues... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Accelerating DiagnosticsIn this episode of Disruptive, Wyss Core Faculty member David Walt discusses his lessons learned from founding successful biotech companies and how he incorporates translation-minded thinking early on into his current diagnostic research in his labs at the Wyss Institute and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Walt and collaborators are inventing new diagnostic tools to... -
Audio/PodcastThese Experimental Shorts Are An ‘Exosuit’ That Boosts Endurance On The TrailThese Experimental Shorts Are An ‘Exosuit’ That Boosts Endurance On The Trail was originally broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered on August 15, 2019. This story features Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Conor Walsh, Ph.D. The original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastScientists not the Science: Entrepreneur – David WaltThis podcast episode was produced for the Scientists not Science series. Physicist and active researcher Dr. Stuart Higgins speaks with David Walt about his background, from growing up on the outskirts of Detroit, through his academic career, to the key seminar he gave that got him noticed by a venture capitalist. Throughout David’s career he... -
Audio/PodcastTechnology and Biology brought together in BiomechanicsWearable technology and robotics are two rehabilitation methods used to help those with limited mobility regain movement. Paolo Bonato, PhD, Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Wyss Institute Associate Faculty member, discusses the role of innovative technology in rehabilitation in this ThinkResearch episode from the Harvard Catalyst. -
Audio/PodcastFrom the Old Chemistry Set to the New ‘BioBits,’ Cutting-Edge Kit to Teach BiologyFrom the Old Chemistry Set to the New ‘BioBits,’ Cutting-Edge Kit to Teach Biology was originally broadcast on WBUR on November 23, 2018. This story features Wyss Core Faculty member James Collins. The original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Soft Robotics for Deep Sea ExplorationThe deep ocean is the least explored environment on Earth, and scientists estimate that many thousands of species are yet to be encountered. Marine researchers depend on tools primarily developed for the military or the oil and gas industry to study and capture undersea organisms. Many of them are extremely fragile, some thousands of years... -
Audio/PodcastProtein Engineering: Editing FunctionalityProtein Engineering: Editing Functionality was originally broadcast on Think Research, a podcast by Harvard University, on April 19, 2018. In this story, Wyss Lead Senior Staff Scientist Michael Super, Ph.D. shares his story of how the spread of infectious disease throughout South Africa and London inspired him to pursue human health and combat disease. The... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Art Advances ScienceIn this episode of Disruptive, Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber and Staff Scientist Charles Reilly discuss their process creating The Beginning, a short film inspired by Star Wars, to better communicate science to the public…and how they made a scientific discovery along the way. To make The Beginning, film industry visual effects and animation... -
Audio/PodcastHow 3D Bioprinting Could Revolutionize Organ ReplacementHow 3D Bioprinting Could Revolutionize Organ Replacement was originally broadcast on WBUR on November 22, 2017. This story features Wyss Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis. The original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Cancer Vaccine and Immuno-MaterialsImmunotherapy – treatment that uses the body’s own immune system to help fight disease – has groundbreaking and life-saving implications. In an effort to make immunotherapy more effective, Wyss Institute researchers are developing new immuno-materials, which help modulate immune cells to treat or diagnose disease. In this episode of Disruptive, Dave Mooney, Wyss Core Faculty... -
Audio/PodcastEngineering birdsongsResearchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a simple device that mimics complex birdsongs. The device, developed by the group of Wyss Core Faculty member L. Mahadevan, Ph.D., uses air blown through a stretched rubber tube to recreate birdsongs... -
Audio/PodcastFormer DI Hoopster Searches For Athletic Boost In The MicrobiomeFormer DI Hoopster Searches For Athletic Boost In The Microbiome was originally broadcast on WBUR’s Only a Game on August 4, 2017. The story features Wyss Core Faculty member George Church and Postdoctoral Fellow Jonathan Scheiman. The original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastSlug Slime Inspires Scientists To Invent Sticky Surgical GlueSlug Slime Inspires Scientists To Invent Sticky Surgical Glue was originally broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered on July 27, 2017. This story features Wyss Institute Technology Development Fellow Jianyu Li. The original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastBiofilms: Reprogramming Bacteria to Improve LivesWyss Core Faculty member Neel Joshi and Postdoctoral Fellow Anna Duraj-Thatte discuss the intersection between synthetic biology and materials science as an underexplored area with great potential to positively affect our daily lives—applications ranging from manufacturing to medicine. Dr. Joshi outlines ways that his lab at the Wyss Institute is looking at reprogramming bacteria in... -
Audio/PodcastDavid and Mary Mooney: Seeing Is Believing-Therapeutic Cancer VaccinesWyss Core Faculty member David Mooney presents a talk with Mary Mooney, titled Seeing Is Believing: Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines. Marshalling a patient’s immune system to recognize and destroy cancerous cells is an exciting strategy to attack cancer, and this talk will explore materials that engage the immune system through science and artistic representation. Mary K.... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Sports GenomicsWith 100 trillion cells in the human body, bacteria outnumber our own human cells 2 to 1. These bacteria make up one’s microbiome, and particularly bacteria in our guts affect all our key organ functions. They play a role in our health, development and wellness, including endurance, recovery and mental aptitude. In this episode of... -
Audio/PodcastWilliam Shih: Lego-Style Construction of Future Therapeutics From DNAListen to Wyss Core Faculty member William Shih’s lecture on how custom molecular shapes can be designed using DNA building blocks and how these minuscule devices could have a profound impact on fields ranging from molecular biophysics to therapeutics to nano-optics for decades to come. Shih’s lecture is part of the ArtScience lecture series at...
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Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Mechanotherapeutics – From Drugs to WearablesMechanobiology reveals insights into how the body’s physical forces and mechanics impact development, physiological health, and prevention and treatment of disease. The emerging field of Mechanotherapeutics leverages these insights towards the development of new types of pharmaceuticals, drug delivery systems, engineered tissues, and wearable therapeutic devices that leverage physical forces or target mechanical signaling pathways... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Fluorescent In Situ SequencingDeveloped at the Wyss, FISSEQ (fluorescent in situ sequencing) is a spatial gene sequencing technology that reads and visualizes the three-dimensional coordinates of RNA and mRNAs – the working copies of genes – within whole cells and tissues. FISSEQ affords insights into biological complexity that until now have not been possible. In this episode of... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Putting Biofilms to WorkBiofilms are commonly known as the slime-producing bacterial communities sitting on stones in streams, dirty pipes and drains, or dental plaque. However, Wyss Core Faculty member Neel Joshi is putting to work the very properties that make biofilms effective nuisances or threats in our daily lives. In this episode of Disruptive, Joshi and postdoctoral fellow... -
Audio/PodcastSynthetic Stingray May Lead To A Better Artificial HeartSynthetic Stingray May Lead To A Better Artificial Heart was originally broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered on July 7, 2016. This story features Wyss Core Faculty member Kit Parker. The original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastThe Modest Mouse: Why We Use Mice in MedicineThe Modest Mouse: Why We Use Mice in Medicine was originally broadcast on NPR’s Innovation Hub on July 2016. This story features Wyss Core Faculty member Don Ingber. The original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Rapid, Low-Cost Detection of Zika & Future PandemicsThe rapid emergence of the Zika virus on the world stage calls for a detection system that is just as quick. In this episode of Disruptive, Wyss Core Faculty member and MIT professor Jim Collins and University of Toronto Assistant Professor Keith Pardee discuss how they developed a low cost, paper-based diagnostic platform that can... -
Audio/PodcastFireside Chat with George ChurchAudio recording of a fireside chat with Wyss Core Faculty member George Church at the 2016 Convergence Forum, held in Chatham, Mass. on May 12 and 13, 2016. Moderated by Alison Taunton-Rigby. -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Molecular RoboticsHow can DNA be programmed to build novel structures, devices, and robots? We have taken our understanding of DNA to another level, beginning to take advantage of some of DNA’s properties that have served nature so well, but in ways nature itself may have never pursued. Humans can now use DNA as a medium for... -
Audio/PodcastGeorge Church: Responsibility, art & science of intentional extinction, de-extinction & agingGeorge Church Responsibility, art & science of intentional extinction, de-extinction & aging Wednesday, Feb 17, 2016 ArtScience @ Le Lab Lecture Series: Art, Design, Engineering & Biology – Core Faculty from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University discuss how the arts and design are informing the frontiers of science. ArtScience @... -
Audio/PodcastMusings on Science and Society, with a dash of CRISPRThe Science Soapbox team sits down with Dr. George Church to talk everything from the dawn of CRISPR to the place of science fiction in society. Dr. Church is Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, leader of the Synthetic Biology Platform at the Wyss institute, and director of PersonalGenomes.org. This episode was recorded on... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Cancer Vaccine & Hydrogel Drug DeliveryIn this episode of Disruptive, Wyss Founding Core Faculty Member Dave Mooney discusses programmable nanomaterials approaches to fighting disease. Mooney explains how a cancer vaccine, developed by his team and currently in a clinical trial at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, can train one’s own immune system to target specific cancer cells. He also describes the... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Confronting SepsisIn this episode of Disruptive, Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber and Senior Staff Scientist Mike Super discuss how their team developed a new therapeutic device inspired by the human spleen. This blood-cleansing approach can remove sepsis-causing pathogens from circulating blood without ever needing to know their identity. In animal studies, treatment with this device... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Bioinspired Robotics (pt. 1)Our bodies—and all living systems—accomplish tasks far more complex and dynamic than anything yet designed by humans. Many of the most advanced robots in use today are still far less sophisticated than ants that “self–organize” to build an ant hill, or termites that work together to build impressive, massive mounds in Africa. From insects in... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Bioinspired Robotics (pt. 3)Our bodies—and all living systems—accomplish tasks far more complex and dynamic than anything yet designed by humans. Many of the most advanced robots in use today are still far less sophisticated than ants that “self–organize” to build an ant hill, or termites that work together to build impressive, massive mounds in Africa. From insects in...
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Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Bioinspired Robotics (pt. 2)Our bodies—and all living systems—accomplish tasks far more complex and dynamic than anything yet designed by humans. Many of the most advanced robots in use today are still far less sophisticated than ants that “self–organize” to build an ant hill, or termites that work together to build impressive, massive mounds in Africa. From insects in...
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Audio/PodcastScience, Your Body, And TestingIn 2015 the London Design Museum announced it’s “Design of the Year” award, and for the first time it went to a Medical design. The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University’s “Organs-on-chips” was the overall winner. The chips mimic the functions of human organs for the purpose of medical testing. This broadcast... -
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Synthetic BiologyWhat sorts of breakthroughs are possible by modifying an organism’s genome – something researchers are now able to do ever more cheaply and efficiently? Researchers around the world are already able to program microbes to treat waste water, generate electricity, manufacture jet fuel, create hemoglobin, and fabricate new drugs. What sounds like science fiction to... -
Audio/PodcastCyborg Microchip MedicineThis edition of Revolutions focuses on Cyborg Microchip Medicine. Dr Don Ingber, Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University is visiting Melbourne University and discussed this revolutionary research with Jon Faine. -
Audio/PodcastShrimp Shells Could Make the Green Plastic of the FutureUnlike other forms of bioplastic, like those made from potatoes or corn, chitin plastic does not simply replace the carbon source for the polymer, it actually replaces the carbon-based plastic polymer, making it a totally biodegradable and sustainable material. Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute used chitin from discarded shrimp shells from a shrimp processing plant... -
Audio/PodcastA Lecture in Cell and Developmental Biology: Mechanobiology and Developmental ControlDonald E. Ingber, Founding Director of the Wyss Institute, Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, talks about his article “Mechanobiology and Developmental Control,” which he wrote with Tadanori Mammoto and Akiko Mammoto for the 2013 Annual Review of... -
Audio/PodcastRobotics Lessons from TermitesJustin Werfel, Wyss Institute Research Scientist, shared his story for The Story Collider in a live storytelling event with the theme ‘The Science I Never Expected’ in June 2013. Justin Werfel received his PhD at MIT and did postdoctoral work at Harvard and the New England Complex Systems Institute. He works on topics including swarm... -
Audio/PodcastBuilding Organs, On One Microchip At A TimeBuilding Organs, On One Microchip At A Time was originally broadcast on NPR on July 29, 2012. This story features Wyss Core Faculty member Don Ingber. Original broadcast story can be found here. -
Audio/PodcastBuilding an Organ on a ChipProduced for MIT Technology Review by Kyanna Sutton and Susan Young, this audio segement features Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Don Ingber speaking about how cells grown on the Wyss Institute’s organ-on-chip devices behave more like cells in the body. The devices could improve the speed and success of drug discovery and reduce animal testing.... -
Audio/PodcastBuilding a Sustainable FutureIn this episode of Harvard Medical LabCast, Harvard Medical School Professor of Systems Biology and Wyss Institute Core Faculty, Pam Silver discusses engineering organisms that produce fuel and even food. Find out how she’s working to build a sustainable future through synthetic biology.