In Vivo

Tim Gabor
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My name is Dr. Tim Gabor, I'm a Biotechnology Professor. I chat with experts in biotech in hopes of inspiring biotech students. Are you an expert that wants to motivate young scientists? Shoot me an email at invivothepodcast@gmail.com

  1. Jun 2

    Become Hyperefficient: How to Work WITH Your Brain (Not Against It) | Dr. Mithu Storoni | Ep. 40

    Dr. Mithu Storoni, author of the 2025 Business Book of the Year Hyperefficient, reveals a complete neuroscience-based system to dramatically improve focus, creativity, and productivity in the age of AI.In this conversation we explore:• Why the old “assembly-line” model of work is broken for knowledge work and students• The 3 Brain Gears that control your mental performance (and how to switch between them)• The surprising “promotion” AI has given every one of us• Why your brain naturally works in power-law bursts — and how to use this to your advantage• Practical strategies for students: micro-breaks, replacing coffee with a 2-minute jog, finding your “Inner Flame,” and structuring study sessions like a power law• How to stay in high-performance Gear 2 instead of burning out in Gear 3If you’re a student or professional feeling overwhelmed, constantly distracted, or working harder but not smarter, this episode gives you a completely new operating system for your brain.Get the book: Hyperefficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work - https://a.co/d/03JkQevcDr. Mithu Storoni on X - https://x.com/MithuStoroniDr. Mithu Storoni on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mithustoroniDr. Mithu Storoni’s website - https://mithustoroni.com/In Vivo on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5GBvPPvSx52O6ILuam4LoX?si=6c903566ae7b4761&nd=1&dlsi=254f9f5e78194002In Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    1h 37m

  2. May 19

    Our Universe Is a Giant Computer: Evidence of a Simulated Universe | Dr. Melvin Vopson | Ep. 39

    Physicist Dr. Melvin Vopson (University of Portsmouth) joins In Vivo to explain his groundbreaking Second Law of Infodynamics — the idea that information in the universe constantly compresses and minimizes itself, the exact opposite of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.In this episode he shows how this law can derive Newton’s law of gravity as an emergent computational optimization process, why viral genomes and digital data both delete information over time, and why dark matter may actually be the hidden “code” of reality itself. We also explore the difference between a literal simulation and a self-computing universe, ancient philosophy, and profound implications for biology and evolution.Links:Reality Reloaded: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe on Amazon - https://a.co/d/06WYzguLDr. Vopson at the University of Portsmouth - https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/melvin-vopsonIn Vivo on X - https://x.com/InVivoPodOnXIn Vivo on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    1h 50m

  3. May 5

    Elon Musk’s 69 Core Methods Every Student Should Know | In Vivo With Eric Jorgenson | Ep. 38

    In this episode, Eric Jorgenson, author of the bestselling The Almanack of Naval Ravikant and The Book of Elon, breaks down Elon Musk’s most useful ideas for students, young professionals, and anyone who wants to think and operate at a higher level.We explore:• How to apply First Principles Thinking to school, career, and life• Why you should play life like a game and optimize for what actually matters• The power of high effort optimism, parallel work, and attacking bottlenecks• Elon’s mindset on risk, feedback, and extreme ownership• Why Tesla and SpaceX attract the best young engineers• Gamification, orders of magnitude thinking, and the Idiot Index Eric also shares how he built his unique “wisdom compilation” books and what he learned after spending years curating Elon’s best ideas. Links:The Book of Elon → https://a.co/d/04XBfSE9The Almanack of Naval Ravikant → https://a.co/d/05uYzef9Eric Jorgenson on X → https://x.com/EricJorgensonIn Vivo on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5GBvPPvSx52O6ILuam4LoX?si=6c903566ae7b4761&nd=1&dlsi=254f9f5e78194002In Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    1h 28m

  4. Apr 21

    The Physics of Life: Energy, Biophotons & Intelligence Without a Brain | Dr. Nirosha Murugan Ep 37

    What is energy in biology? In this eye-opening conversation, biophysicist Dr. Nirosha Murugan reveals that life is not just chemistry or genes, it is structured, patterned energy in constant flow. She explains why the dynamic flow of energy is what separates a living cell from a dead one, how cells emit ultra-weak light called biophotons, and why diseased cells (including cancer) have completely different light signatures.Dr. Murugan also breaks down the groundbreaking Energy Resistance Principle (ERP) she co-developed with Dr. Martin Picard, explores intelligence without a brain in slime molds and planaria, bioelectricity in tissue patterning and regeneration, and her lab’s work using electromagnetic fields to reprogram cancer cells. Connect with Dr. Nirosha Murugan:X (Twitter): https://x.com/niroshajmuruganThe Murugan Lab at Wilfrid Laurier University: https://themuruganlab.com/Martin Picard’s Substack (co-author of the Energy Resistance Principle): https://martinpicard.substack.com/#Biophotons #EnergyResistancePrinciple #NiroshaMurugan #QuantumBiology #Bioelectricity #Biophysics #CancerDetection #EnergyInBiologyIn Vivo on X - https://x.com/InVivoPodOnXIn Vivo on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    1h 31m

  5. Apr 14

    Bret Weinstein: Evolution Has a Problem and VNTRs May Be The Solution | In Vivo Ep. 36

    In this deep-dive conversation, evolutionary biologist Dr. Bret Weinstein joins me to explore his groundbreaking hypothesis: that Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) function as genomic “sliders”, numerical variables stored in non-coding DNA that allow evolution to rapidly explore adjacent forms and solve major gaps in neo-Darwinism.We discuss why evolutionary theory has stalled for decades, how VNTRs could explain fast morphological transitions (like shrew-to-bat), the adjacent possible, telomeres as proof-of-concept, and why the standard story of allelic variation may be far less powerful than we’ve been told.Bret also reacts to four original extensions I propose, including VNTRs as error-correction codes, environmental resonators, and microbiome tuning.Bret Weinstein:X / Twitter: https://x.com/BretWeinsteinDark Horse Podcast: https://darkhorsepodcast.org/Buy the book: A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WDN2RZB/?bestFormat=true&k=hunter%20gathers%20guide%20to%20the%2021st%20century&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k0_1_21_de&crid=2KPWO9JBHW2AN&sprefix=a%20hunter%20gather%27s%20guiIn Vivo on X - https://x.com/InVivoPodOnXIn Vivo on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcast In Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    1h 52m

  6. Mar 31

    Free Will Is a Superstition: The Neuroscience Evidence | In Vivo w/ Dr. Nicolas Rouleau | Ep. 35

    Do we actually have free will, or is it just a neurobiological illusion? In this fascinating episode, neuroscientist and bioengineer Dr. Nic Rouleau explains why our feeling of making choices might just be a hardwired neurological superstition.We dive deep into the world of cybernetics, exploring why living biological computers are currently vastly more efficient at learning than modern artificial intelligence. Dr. Rouleau, who runs the Self-Organizing Units Lab (SOUL) at Laurier University, shares his groundbreaking work on growing human neurons in a dish and what it tells us about cognition. We also explore the concept of "mind blindness," the profound intelligence of plants, panpsychism, and the mind-bending future of "consciousness engineering", including whether we will ever be able to successfully transfer human consciousness to a machine. Papers mentioned:1. Free Will• A Neuropsychological Basis for the Experience of Free Will Under Causal Determinism Authors: Kansala, Cicek, Rouleau et al. Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/fk3yt_v12. Cybernetics & Tissue Engineering• A Cybernetic Framework for Synthetic Biological Intelligence in the Era of Neural Tissue Engineering Authors: Étienne P. Sellar, Nicolas Rouleau Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/md2wf_v1• Learning and Synaptic Plasticity in 3D Bioengineered Neural Tissues Authors: Nicolas Rouleau, Dana M. Cairns, William Rusk, Michael Levin, David L. Kaplan Published: Neuroscience Letters (2021) Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304394021001774• Functional Bioengineered Models of the Central Nervous System Authors: Nicolas Rouleau, Nirosha J. Murugan, David L. Kaplan Published: Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2023) Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44222-023-00027-7• Toward Studying Cognition in a Dish Authors: Nicolas Rouleau, Nirosha J. Murugan, David L. Kaplan Published: Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2021) Link: https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/abstract/S1364-6613(21)00007-33. Mind Blindness• Brains and Where Else? Mapping Theories of Consciousness to Unconventional Embodiments Authors: Nicolas Rouleau, Michael Levin Preprint (in press with Philosophical Transactions): https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/va5mk_v1• The Multiple Realizability of Sentience in Living Systems and Beyond Authors: Nicolas Rouleau, Michael Levin Published: eNeuro (2023) Link: https://www.eneuro.org/content/10/11/ENEURO.0375-23.2023.abstract• Discussions of Machine Versus Living Intelligence Need More Clarity Authors: Nicolas Rouleau, Michael Levin Published: Nature Machine Intelligence (2024) Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-024-00955-yRouleau Lab: https://rouleaulab.com X/Twitter: @DrNRouleau Wilfrid Laurier University profile: https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-science/faculty-profiles/nicolas-rouleau/index.htmlIn Vivo on X - https://x.com/InVivoPodOnXIn Vivo on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    2h 2m

  7. Mar 19

    Biological Immortality This Century? Progeria May Hold The Key | In Vivo w/ Dr. Antonei Csoka Ep. 34

    In this episode of In Vivo Podcast, Dr. Antonei Csoka, biogerontologist and Director of the Epigenetics Laboratory at Howard University College of Medicine, shows how studying Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, the most extreme accelerated aging disease, is giving us the keys to achieving radical longevity and possibly biological immortality.As one of the scientists who discovered the LMNA gene mutation responsible for progeria, Dr. Csoka explains how this tragic condition is not just a mimic of aging, but actual aging running at extreme speed. The same core mechanisms we see in normal aging like nuclear distortion, telomere loss, DNA damage, epigenetic changes, and especially cellular senescence are all dramatically accelerated in these patients.By understanding progeria, we gain powerful insights into how to slow, stop, or even reverse the aging process itself.Dr. Csoka makes a compelling case that biological immortality may be achievable within this century.#longevity #biologicalimmortality #progeria #antiaging #CellularSenescence #lifeextension #agingresearch #cryonics #YamanakaFactors #MetaDisease #InVivoPodcastDr. Csoka's X page - https://x.com/abcsokaDr. Csokas' Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/abcsoka/reels/?__d=1In Vivo on X - https://x.com/InVivoPodOnXIn Vivo on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    1h 31m

  8. Feb 23

    Extended DMT Trips: Consciousness, Entities and Reality Filters | Dr. Chris Timmermann Ep. 33

    What if your brain is actually a "reducing valve" that filters out most of reality? In this episode, we dive deep into the world of DMT (N-Dimethyltryptamine) and 5-MeO-DMT with Dr. Chris Timmermann from the Center for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London. His work focuses on the effects of DMT on the human brain and how it can help us understand the relationship between brain activity and conscious experience. In this episode we explore how these powerful molecules are being used as tools to study the very limits of human consciousness and the nature of reality itself.Dr. Timmermann’s Lab - https://www.uccr.uk/Dr. Timmermann on X - @neurodeliaIn Vivo on X - https://x.com/InVivoPodOnXIn Vivo on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

    1h 30m
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My name is Dr. Tim Gabor, I'm a Biotechnology Professor. I chat with experts in biotech in hopes of inspiring biotech students. Are you an expert that wants to motivate young scientists? Shoot me an email at invivothepodcast@gmail.com

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  • Creator
    Tim Gabor
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Tim Gabor
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