90 episodes

Unfiltered career discussions with scientists

Once a Scientist Nick Edwards

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Unfiltered career discussions with scientists

    85. Fay Lin, science journalist and editor, on seeking out diverse voices and learning from experts

    85. Fay Lin, science journalist and editor, on seeking out diverse voices and learning from experts

    Episode 85. Fay Lin is a Senior Editor at GEN Biotechnology. She completed her PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular, and Structural Biology at UCLA and undergrad in Biology at NYU with minors in Computer Science and Chemistry.GEN Biotechnology website: https://home.liebertpub.com/genbioCall for Papers: Special Issue in AI in Biotechnology: https://home.liebertpub.com/cfp/special-issue-artificial-intelligence-in-biotechnology/497/

    • 46 min
    84. Maryann Martone, professor at UC San Diego, on neuroinformatics, reproducibility, and open science

    84. Maryann Martone, professor at UC San Diego, on neuroinformatics, reproducibility, and open science

    Episode 84. Maryann Martone is an emeritus professor of neuroscience at UC San Diego. She received her BA from Wellesley College in Biological Psychology and Ancient Greek and her PhD in Neuroscience from the UC San Diego

    • 1 hr 18 min
    83. Anand Muthusamy, Convergent Research fellow, on going after ambitious scientific moonshots

    83. Anand Muthusamy, Convergent Research fellow, on going after ambitious scientific moonshots

    Anand Muthusamy is a Fellow at Convergent Research, where he's laying the groundwork for a focused research organization (FRO) to monitor the real-time activity of biomarkers in humans. Anand is a chemist and neuroscientist. He recently completed his PhD at Caltech, worked at Janelia Research Campus, and did his undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania. Check out his recent paper on bioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.15.584894v1Defense talk on YouTube: https://youtu.b...

    • 1 hr 20 min
    82. Alexander Titus, professor and entrepreneur, on why scientists make great entrepreneurs

    82. Alexander Titus, professor and entrepreneur, on why scientists make great entrepreneurs

    Episode 82. Alexander Titus is a professor at USC, doing research at the intersection of biology and AI. He completed his PhD in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences at Dartmouth. He's also the founder of Bioeconomy.xyz and advises the U.S. Government on AI and national security. Titus spent time at McKinsey and Google and helped build Colossal Biosciences and Form Bio.

    • 44 min
    81. Ashley Ruba, academic expat and career coach, on being nimble and making pivots

    81. Ashley Ruba, academic expat and career coach, on being nimble and making pivots

    Episode 81. Ashley Ruba is the founder of After Academia and a Human Factors Engineer at Arthrex. Ashley did her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of Washington and her undergrad degree at Duke University. Show Notes: Infant language and emotional development lab [02:00]NIH NRSA Institutional Postdoc Training Grant (T32) [03:48]Ashey’s academic story [01:45]Leaving academia [07:12] Human Factors Engineer [9:35]Arthrax [10:37]Working in augmented rea...

    • 1 hr
    80. Amy Kruse, neurotech investor, on forging new paths

    80. Amy Kruse, neurotech investor, on forging new paths

    Episode 80. Amy Kruse is Chief Investment Officer at Satori Capital and a Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab. Amy completed her PhD in Neuroscience at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. After leaving the bench, Amy spent time as a Program Manager at DARPA and has worked in various operating roles in the neurotech industry.

    • 1 hr 4 min

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