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GLIMPSE Podcast

MIT-PDA

16 episodes

4 months ago

Hosted by Alex Albanese for the MIT Postdoctoral Association, GLIMPSE is a show where we take our mobile recording studio across MIT campus and chat with researchers about their work. These are people deep in the trenches of science pushing the limits of knowledge, creativity and technology on a daily basis. Join us as we chat with up-and-coming scientists and get a a glimpse into their work, their journey, and their outlook.

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Hosted by Alex Albanese for the MIT Postdoctoral Association, GLIMPSE is a show where we take our mobile recording studio across MIT campus and chat with researchers about their work. These are people deep in the trenches of science pushing the limits of knowledge, creativity and technology on a daily basis. Join us as we chat with up-and-coming scientists and get a a glimpse into their work, their journey, and their outlook.

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Episodes (16/16)

GLIMPSE Podcast

Writing Science through History with Alan Lightman

GLiMPSE returns with an archived interview from 2019 with physicist and author Alan Lightman, the John E. Burchard professor in MIT’s department of Media Studies and Writing. Lightman held posts in astrophysics at Cornell, Harvard, and MIT before turning to a lifelong love of words and an exploration of science as a writer. Since 1981, […]

4 years ago

29 minutes 7 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

When cells lose their balance with Angelika Amon

This episode was recorded live in collaboration with Harvard University’s Science In The News for their Science by the Pint series. Together we hosted MIT professor Angelika Amon at Saloon Davis Square, where she shared her lab’s work on chromosome imbalance and cancer. She gave an overview of her lab’s impressive work in this area, […]

5 years ago

40 minutes 34 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Living Droplets with Phil Sharp

In this episode Tim chats with Phil Sharp, Nobel laureate, Institute Investigator at MIT and member of the Biology Department as well as the Koch Institute. Phil confronted the question of how large protein complexes assemble inside of cells nearly 30 years ago, but had no way to address it at that time. He tells […]

6 years ago

23 minutes 20 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Cells: A Genetic Blueprint or Molecular Machines?

Cells: A Genetic Blueprint or Molecular Machines? In this episode, Tim and Max interview two MIT professors for a live event with Taste of Science Boston. Taste of Science is a nationwide science communication festival that brings scientists into bars and cafes to talk about their research with the public and answer questions in a […]

6 years ago

38 minutes 55 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Invent with Bob Langer

In the previous episode (“Better Questions”), we sat down with MIT Institute Professor Bob Langer and explored his story through the lens of revolutionary questions. But that’s just one side of the innovation coin. Asking better questions, that points a researcher in the right direction, but to deliver an answer, you must invent. In part […]

6 years ago

12 minutes 10 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Better Questions with Bob Langer

Bob Langer is one of ten Institute Professors at MIT. His numerous innovations in materials used in medicine have had a significant positive impact on the world. In the first of a two-part series, we examine Bob’s story through the context of the revolutionary questions he has asked. Episode Transcript For more information please visit: […]

6 years ago

11 minutes 9 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Turning Waste into Wealth with Rozzeta Dolah

This episode is with Dr Rozzeta Dolah, a postdoctoral fellow in Prof Rohit Karnik’s Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Research Laboratory at MIT. Her work revolves around process optimization in renewable energy field focusing on converting waste from palm oil production into biofuels using the Taguchi method. This effort is part of Malaysia’s plan to turn 95 […]

6 years ago

15 minutes 11 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Defining Neuroethics with Ed Boyden

In the previous episode (“Getting the Data”), we learned about the many neuroscience tools Prof. Ed Boyden (MIT Media Lab, McGovern Institute) and his team have invented and disseminated to control, map, and observe the brain. In this second episode, join GLiMPSE for a discussion of the ‘illusion of reductionism’ in biology, new developments in […]

6 years ago

21 minutes 30 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Getting the Data with Ed Boyden

Ed Boyden is a professor in the MIT Media Lab (Synthetic Neurobiology) and McGovern Institute. He’s developed several revolutionary tools for researchers, including optogenetics — for controlling neurons — and expansion microscopy — for generating molecular models of brain circuits. Furthermore, he’s currently creating high fidelity technologies for monitoring brain activity, in situ. In this first episode […]

6 years ago

23 minutes 26 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Postdoc Reunion Afterparty: Brent Grocholski

GLiMPSE joined forces with the MIT Postdoctoral Association for their Postdoc Homecoming on March 15, 2019. Our own founder Alex moderated a discussion with a distinguished panel of former MIT postdocs about their experiences. As the event wound down, Tim sat down with panelist Brent Grocholski, who currently serves as an editor at Science specializing in […]

6 years ago

21 minutes 29 seconds

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Attacking Tuberculosis with Prof. Bryan Bryson

We are excited to present our interview with Prof. Bryan Bryson, Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT. Prof. Bryson is challenging the dogma of active and latent tuberculosis. His work suggests that every patient’s immune cells (macrophages) will vary in their capacity to control disease. He seeks to understand what specific mechanisms lead to […]

6 years ago

18 minutes 28 seconds

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Good Bugs with César de la Fuente-Nunez

This is the second in a two-part series (first episode: ‘Bad Bugs’). Dr. César de la Fuente-Nunez is a postdoc working in Tim Lu’s lab at MIT. In this episode, we discuss probiotics – bacteria that have a beneficial effect on our health – and how improved fundamental understanding of these ‘good’ bugs has the potential […]

6 years ago

17 minutes 41 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

Bad Bugs with César de la Fuente-Nunez

Dr. César de la Fuente-Nunez is a postdoc working in Tim Lu’s lab (Synthetic Biology Group; Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). César investigates humans’ complex relationship with bacteria in order to produce advanced antibiotics, therapeutics, and diagnostic tools. The first in a two-part series, this episode examines our relationship to ‘bad’ bacteria – […]

6 years ago

22 minutes 12 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

S2E10: Zoya Bylinskii – AI, Attention, & Creativity

Dr. Zoya Bylinskii is a recent PhD graduate from CSAIL at MIT under the supervision of Frédo Durand and Aude Oliva. Her work uses AI to decipher human attention and memory. Where are people looking? What images are most memorable? In this episode we discuss algorithms, neural networks, and a threat bigger than sentient AI […]

7 years ago

31 minutes 24 seconds

GLIMPSE Podcast

S2E9: Diana Orghian – The Optimism Bias

Diana Orghian is a social psychologist interested in how people perceive and extract meaning from the surrounding social world. She is a postdoctoral associate in the Collective Learning group (at Media Lab, MIT) working on Person Perception, Behavioral Economics, and Data Visualization. In this episode we discuss growing up in a foreign country, the optimism-mystique […]

7 years ago

30 minutes 24 seconds

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S2E8: Mike Shah – Teaching Humans Computer Science is Fun

Dr. Mike Shah is a lecturer in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University. He studies how to improve the speed of computer software and make coding intuitive to the uninitiated. We discuss his research, outreach efforts, and his five rules to being an effective lecturer. This episode was recorded, hosted and […]

7 years ago

23 minutes 24 seconds