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Dr. Moira Gunn named ...
!!! EE Times Educator of the Year 2008 !!!
The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards
celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate
leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape
the world we live in. These creators, and their innovations,
will be recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala on
April 15, 2008, as part of TechInsights' Embedded Systems
Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems
design event in North America.
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And in other good news ...
LIBRARY JOURNAL cites:
"Best Science Books of 2007"
Welcome to BioTech Nation
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SHOWS CURRENTLY AIRING ...
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May 6, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR IAN WILMUT
Leader of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep
... David Ewing Duncan and Moira speak with IAN WILMUT. We’ll fondly recall Dolly the first cloned sheep as well as Frosty, the first calf born from a frozen embryo. And we’ll find out why it’s so darn hard to clone humans … even if we wanted to.
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April 29, 2008
DR GREG STOCK
President and CEO, Signum Biosciences
DR JENNIE HUNTER-CEVERA
President, UMBI, the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
DR. EMANUAL PETRICOIN
Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Theranostics Health
DR. LANCE LIOTTA
Co-Founder and Vice President for R&D, Theranostics Health
Moira and David Ewing Duncan host a panel of experts from the BIO IT 7th Annual Conference on the state of Healthcare and Medical Technology 2028. The subject? Changing Biotech. Not only how it is changing now, but also what would these experts do to change biotech today, to make the world a better place.
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April 22, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR LYN BEAZLEY
Chief Scientist, Western Australia
... on how Australia is so very different from any other continent, and why biotech is interested
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David links the contributions of Arthur C. Clarke and biotech ...
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April 15, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. HERB HAUPTMANN
1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
... How a mathematician could win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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April 8, 2008
WAGNER JAMES AU
3D Virtual Journalist and Author, The Making of Second Life
Moira speaks with WAGNER JAMES AU, who embedded himself as a journalist on the virtual 3-D world, Second Life ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. DAVID SPENCER
Senior Vice President for R&D, Biolex Therapeutics
... about a new approach to Hepatitis C
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David looks at the proposed Neurotechnology Initiative in Congress ...
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April 1, 2008
STEVEN LEVY
Technology Editor Newsweek
Editor, The Best of Technology Writing 2007
Moira speaks with Newsweek Technology Editor STEVEN LEVY about the best technology writing of 2007, and how to submit your own for 2008
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SCOTT SIGLER
Author, Infected
Moira speaks with SCOTT SIGLER talks about his bioterror thriller "Infected". While it's based on the premise of a biological weapon on the loose, he's actually a modern day Charles Dickens
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR JIM HENGST
President, ZeptoMetrix
... about how scientists get everything from anthrax to HIV to SARS for their research
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David looks at treatments grown from our own DNA ...
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Show Originating on
March 25, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. DEVRA DAVIS
Director, Center for Environmental Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
and Prevent Cancer Now
Author, The Secret History of the War on Cancer
Moira speaks with DR. DEVRA DAVIS about the environment, cancer and a future plan for success
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March 18, 2008
CLAY SHIRKY
Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
Author, Here Comes Everybody ... The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Moira speaks with CLAY SHIRKY about the relationship between social networks and technical networks. Now with texting, and digital photos and cell phones, everything from politics to socializing will never be the same
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...on Venture Capital and neurotech
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David talks about next-generation DNA technology ...
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Show Originating on
March 11, 2008
LONNY SHAVELSON
Author, Under the Dragon: California's New Culture
JAMES LEBRECHT
President, Berkeley Sound Artists
Moira speaks with LONNY SHAVELSON and JAMES LEBRECHT about California’s New Culture - the melding and emergence of the ethnic experience. It is both a book and a photo/sound exhibition at the Oakland Museum, in Oakland, California through April 6, 2008.
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... it's organiz biodiesel. We’ll make biodiesel and eat the byproducts ... or at least talk about doing it.
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David talks about celebrate the anniversary of PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction, the basis for our DNA technology ...
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March 4, 2008
TERRY COLLINS
Lord Professor of Green Oxidation Chemistry
Carnegie-Mellon University
Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon's TERRY COLLINS about an innovative technique for taking minute traces of material out of our drinking water - the reason? Removing those nasty endocrine disruptors
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LUIS VON AHN
Professor of Computer Science
Carnegie-Mellon University
Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon Computer Scientist LUIS VON AHN about Captcha's, those squiggly images you are presented with on the Internet and asked to decode the letters
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DAVE MARTIN
{resident & CEO , AVID BIOTICS
... a new approach to fighting virulent staph infections
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February 26, 2008
JIM FOWLER
Co-Founder & CEO, Jigsaw
Moira speaks with Jigsaw's JIM FOWLER. Their members have built an online global directory with millions of business contacts ... all on a volunteer basis
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DAN WELCH
President & COO, Intermune
... from lung diseases to osteoporosis to Hepatitus C and beyond
Intermune is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David reports on DNA and the Chickenasaurus ...
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February 19, 2008
CHARLES HANDY
Management Theory Pioneer
Author, Myself and Other More Important Matters
Moira speaks with CHARLES HANDY, long known for his management insights. They’ll talk about what motivates people in business in the modern tech world
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... and on BioTech Nation:
ROBERT BLUM
President & COO, Cytokinetics
... about their eye on the patent clock and other biotech entrepeurial concerns
Cytokinetics is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about a new effort to collect lots of human DNA ...
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February 12, 2008
SIR EDMUND HILLARY
Mountaineer
With Tensing Norgay, first to climb Everest
Moira speaks with SIR EDMUND HILLARY. Honoring his recent passing, this 1993 Tech Nation interview talks about his climb and the technology of mountaineering.
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KIM POPOVITS
President & COO, Genomic Health
... about a DNA-based breast cancer diagnostic
Genomic Health is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about mercury in fish ...
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February 5, 2008
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MATT GARDNER
President & CEO, BayBIO
... about the 2008 update to their Annual Biotech Report.
Download a copy or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about neuroeconomics ...
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January 29, 2008
DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS
2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Founder, Grameen Bank
Author, Creating a World Without Poverty
Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS. They talk about his vision for utilizing information technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world
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"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about a cautionary new report from the FDA: "The FDA - Science and Mission at Risk" ...
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January 22, 2008
STEVEN PINKER
Professor, Harvard University
Author, The Stuff of Thought
Moira speaks with Harvard professor STEVEN PINKER. He tells us how words relate to thinking - and also, how they don’t
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DR. PERE-JOAN CARDONA
Scientific Director, Archivel Farma
... about a new treatment for tuberculosis - important as over 2 and a half billion people are infected
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about the JP Morgan conference - a biotech beauty contest, where the best looking deals get funded ...
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January 15, 2008
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DON DEBATHIZY
President & CEO, Targacept
... on how we can design molecules which can directly affect our brains
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about the technological breakthroughs which have arisen from treating battlefield injuries ...
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January 8, 2008
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DR. BEN COCKS
Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics
The Victorian Government in Australia
... on biotech and ... wallabees
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about news which may take the controversy out of stem cell research ...
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Show Originating on
January 1, 2008
PETER NAVARRO
Professor, UC Irvine School of Business
Author, The Coming China Wars
… Where They Will Be Fought & How They Can Be Won
In this final entry in our Winter Archive Series, Moira continues with the second part of a two-part interview with UC Business School Professor PETER NAVARRO about the surprising blood scandal which spread HIV and the culture of counterfeit
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Moira and David Ewing Duncan team-interview:
DR. KARI STEFANSSON
President & CEO, deCODE Genetics
... About the relationship between your genes and your environment
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Show Originating on
December 25, 2007
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Moira and David Ewing Duncan team-interview:
DR. JOSHUA BOGER
President & CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
... How Vertex re-engineered their HIV/AIDS drug into a drug for Hepatitis C in a move called rational drug design.
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December 18, 2007
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DAVID VAN AVERMAETE
CEO, Veralight
... on potential cures for cancer harvested from the oceans
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Tiny robots emulating evolution ...
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December 11, 2007
IAN AYRES
Yale Professor and Author, Super Crunchers
Moira speaks with Yale professor IAN AYRES. He tells us who is looking at what numbers and making decisions which affect us
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DR. ANA BENAVIDES
PharmaMar, Madrid, Spain
... on potential cures for cancer harvested from the oceans
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the latest crop of firms decoding your DNA on the Internet ...
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December 4, 2007
MICHAEL KRASNY
Host, KQED's Forum
Author, Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life
Moira speaks with MICHAEL KRASNY, the host of the award-winning Forum program at KQED in San Francisco. They talk about the essential need to cover science and technology in all programming
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FRED DECHOW
President & CEO, Mediquest
... on Raynaud’s Syndrome, which afflicts 3-to-5% of Americans, and 90% of those affected are women
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about a healthy substitute to gain the benefits of red wine ...
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November 27, 2007
BOB DROGIN
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Los Angeles Times
Author, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man who caused a War
Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist BOB DROGIN about the person and the sham perpetrated by the source, presciently code-named "Curveball." The result? The idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction
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... and on BioTech Nation, David Ewing Duncan and Moira interview:
DR CRAIG VENTER
Genetic Scientist & Author, A Life Decoded
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