16 episodes

Ever wonder if cells could be programmed to fight disease, if skis could be made from algae, or if sushi-grade tuna could be grown in a petri dish? The answer to all these questions is yes! Listen Built with Biology Spaces and hear from the scientists and entrepreneurs who are designing with nature to turn moonshot ideas into reality. Want to be a part of the show and ask your questions live? Join the Built with Biology Spaces live every Wednesday at 8 am on Twitter! @synbiobeta

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Ever wonder if cells could be programmed to fight disease, if skis could be made from algae, or if sushi-grade tuna could be grown in a petri dish? The answer to all these questions is yes! Listen Built with Biology Spaces and hear from the scientists and entrepreneurs who are designing with nature to turn moonshot ideas into reality. Want to be a part of the show and ask your questions live? Join the Built with Biology Spaces live every Wednesday at 8 am on Twitter! @synbiobeta

    Neubase Therapeutics

    Neubase Therapeutics

    Almost every human disease is driven by genetics. So what if we could cure every genetic disease, from Alzheimer's to cancer?


    These may sound like lofty aspirations. But the team at Neubase Therapeutics has developed a method for temporarily modifying disease-causing genes without permanently altering the genome. The backbone of Neubase's technology is also highly adaptable. If successful, the company could only need to make small tweaks to develop a brand new therapy, avoiding years of difficult and expensive clinical trials.


    Tune in to hear more about Neubase's cutting-edge approach and much more!


    Want to ask your question live in one of our shows? Be sure to follow @SynBioBeta! #builtwithbiospaces


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    Fiona Mischel (Host)


    @SynBioBeta@FionaRMischelhttps://synbiobeta.com/

    Neubase Therapeutics:


    @NeuBaseInchttps://www.neubasetherapeutics.com/

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    Learn more about Race Against the Clock here!


    Episode credits: Hosted by Fiona Mischel, produced by Nikita Michelsen, and recorded, edited, and engineered by Bryce Joseph-Nelson


    Recorded: 9/22/21

    • 34 min
    Leaps by Bayer & Ada Health

    Leaps by Bayer & Ada Health

    Leveraging patient data looks to play a very significant role in improving disease prevention and treatment, giving medical professionals more time for their patients, and spotting health trends in populations before they reach epidemic levels.


    But fulling realizing the potential of patient data is not without challenges. Naveen Krishnan of Leaps by Bayer and Daniel Nathrath of Ada Health discuss integration challenges, patient privacy, the promise of better drug trials, and much, much more!


    Want to ask your question live in one of our shows? Be sure to follow @SynBioBeta! #builtwithbiospaces


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    Fiona Mischel (Host)


    @SynBioBeta@FionaRMischelhttps://synbiobeta.com/

    Leaps by Bayer:


    @LeapsByBayerhttps://leaps.bayer.com/Naveen Krishnan: @prince_naveenk

    Ada Health


    @adahealthhttps://ada.com/Daniel Nathrath: @nathrath

    Subscribe to the Built with Biology Digest for Spaces shows, news across the bioengineering world, upcoming events, and more!


    Learn more about Race Against the Clock here!


    Episode credits: Hosted by Fiona Mischel, produced by Nikita Michelsen, and recorded, edited, and engineered by Bryce Joseph-Nelson


    Recorded: 9/15/21

    • 57 min
    Wild Earth: Ryan Bethencourt

    Wild Earth: Ryan Bethencourt

    Going plant-based is one of the best things we can do for the health of our planet. But what about our pets? In the United States, pet food is responsible for 25-30% of the meat industry's environmental footprint. How can we reduce this negative impact while giving our beloved pets the best nutrition?


    Meet Wild Earth, a company feeding pets sustainably with fermented koji, veterinary insight, cell culture, and most importantly, a love of animals! Did you know dogs are omnivores? Did you know you could soon have cell culture chicken for your cats? Tune in to get all your sustainable pet questions answered and more!


    Want to ask your question live in one of our shows? Be sure to follow @SynBioBeta! #builtwithbiospaces


    Keep in touch!


    Fiona Mischel (Host)


    @SynBioBeta@FionaRMischelhttps://synbiobeta.com/

    Wild Earth:


    @wildearthpets@RyanBethencourthttps://wildearth.com/

    Subscribe to the Built with Biology Digest for Spaces shows, news across the bioengineering world, upcoming events, and more!


    Learn more about Race Against the Clock here!


    Episode credits: Hosted by Fiona Mischel, produced by Nikita Michelsen, and recorded, edited, and engineered by Bryce Joseph-Nelson


    Recorded: 9/8/21

    • 44 min
    Cemvita Factory: Tara Karimi and Moji Karimi

    Cemvita Factory: Tara Karimi and Moji Karimi

    Today, CO2 emissions from heavy industries are poisoning our atmosphere and causing climate change. But what if we could capture those CO2 emissions and transform them into valuable products using microbes?


    That's exactly what the team at Cemvita Factory is doing! Based in Houston, the company has engineering microbes to turn carbon into useful products like bioethylene, just like how plants turn CO2 into oxygen through photosynthesis.


    Tune in to hear from Cemvita's founders about how we can use CO2 as a feedstock in our energy transition to Net Zero.


    Want to ask your question live in one of our shows? Be sure to follow @SynBioBeta! #builtwithbiospaces


    Keep in touch!


    Fiona Mischel (Host)


    @SynBioBeta@FionaRMischelhttps://synbiobeta.com/

    Cemvita Factory:


    @CemvitaFactoryhttps://www.cemvitafactory.com/

    Subscribe to the Built with Biology Digest for Spaces shows, news across the bioengineering world, upcoming events, and more!


    Learn more about Race Against the Clock here!


    Episode credits: Hosted by Fiona Mischel, produced by Nikita Michelsen, and recorded, edited, and engineered by Bryce Joseph-Nelson


    Recorded: 9/1/21

    • 35 min
    Catalog: Tracy Kambara

    Catalog: Tracy Kambara

    Humans have been storing information since the Stone Age. And surprisingly, forms of data storage like painting or rock carving have lasted for millennia. The same cannot be said for more modern methods like cassettes and CDs. How can we store our data for the next millennia if our storage systems have shrinking functional lifespans?


    Meet CATALOG, a company working to archive human data in DNA. DNA is one of the most stable molecules we know of and it has a language we can program. Hear how data is stored in DNA, what it takes to fit all of Wikipedia into a test tube, and how we could soon be computing with DNA.


    Want to ask your question live in one of our shows? Be sure to follow @SynBioBeta! #builtwithbiospaces


    Keep in touch!


    Fiona Mischel (Host)


    @SynBioBeta@FionaRMischelhttps://synbiobeta.com/

    CATALOG:


    @catalogdnahttps://www.catalogdna.com/

    Subscribe to the Built with Biology Digest for Spaces shows, news across the bioengineering world, upcoming events, and more!


    Learn more about Race Against the Clock here!


    Episode credits: Hosted by Fiona Mischel, produced by Nikita Michelsen, and recorded, edited, and engineered by Bryce Joseph-Nelson


    Recorded: 8/25/21

    • 37 min
    Phytolon: Halim Jubran and Tal Zeltzer

    Phytolon: Halim Jubran and Tal Zeltzer

    Candies, cakes, salad dressing, plant-based meats, butter; all these foods and so many more contain food coloring. Food coloring traditionally came from plants but today it comes from petrochemicals.


    But now, the bioengineering company Phytolon has found a new way to make food colorings sustainably--and affordably!--using microbes!


    Hear from Phytolon's founders about the science behind their breakthrough, how fabrics could be dyed with the same method, and how starting a company in Israel as Jewish and Arab co-founders is bringing communities and families together.


    Want to ask your question live in one of our shows? Be sure to follow @SynBioBeta! #builtwithbiospaces


    Keep in touch!


    Fiona Mischel (Host)


    @SynBioBeta@FionaRMischelhttps://synbiobeta.com/

    Phytolon:


    @phytolonhttps://www.phytolon.com/

    Subscribe to the Built with Biology Digest for Spaces shows, news across the bioengineering world, upcoming events, and more!


    Learn more about Race Against the Clock here!


    Episode credits: Hosted by Fiona Mischel, produced by Nikita Michelsen, and recorded, edited, and engineered by Bryce Joseph-Nelson


    Recorded: 8/18/21

    • 47 min

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