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Engineering Living Materials with Peter Q. Nguyen
In this episode of the CoreSpin Podcast Interview Series, host Misha Bagirov sits down with Wyss Senior Scientist Peter Q. Nguyen, Ph.D., to explore how synthetic biology can turn biofilms into useful materials, embed cell-free systems into wearables (like COVID-sensing masks), and program probiotics as future therapeutics. We also talked about the philosophy behind bioengineering,...
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Can We Stop Stabbing Babies? – Salivary Diagnostics for Sepsis Screening in the Neonate
Every day, across the neonatal care unit, babies are being stabbed to collect their blood for sepsis tests. Adding to this dismal situation, diagnostics developed to assess sepsis in blood are very inaccurate, leading to the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics. Researchers at the Wyss Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have created a more accurate...
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Journey of an Idea: The Wyss Effect
Illustrating the Wyss Effect, we follow the journey of an idea from the skunkworks of academia as it travels through our translation engine to become an innovation that will have a positive impact on the world. In an environment of radical collaboration, collisions of fearless creative minds cultivate scientific solutions. At the Wyss Institute, we are fueled by impatience, because we know the world can’t wait.
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David Mooney on the Mission to Save Lives Through Cancer Research
David Mooney, Core Faculty member of the Wyss Institute and Robert Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, discusses training immune cells to recognize and destroy cancer mutations. While current immunotherapies create nearly miraculous cures for some patients, they only work for certain cancers and a fraction of...
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George Church: Embracing Outliers in Science and in Life
George Church, Ph.D., is a Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute and a genetics professor at Harvard Medical School. He is a pioneer in synthetic biology and personalized genomics. In 2017, Time magazine named him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In addition to being a scientist, Church is...
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20-ish Questions with Pamela Silver
20-ish Questions shows a different side of Wyss Institute faculty, touching on aspects of their personal life, hobbies, interests, as well as their research. This round follows Pamela Silver, a Founding Core Faculty member of the Wyss Institute as well as the Elliot T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology at...