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April 6, 2015

Solar powered racing cars


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Ciguatera disrupts genes by Ian Woolf,
Rob Ireland talks about the Sunswift solar racing car, ready for commuters?
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Sunswift World Record Attempt album
Sunswift Solar Racing car team

Transcriptomic signatures in whole blood of patients who acquire a chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) following an exposure to the marine toxin ciguatoxin
Transcriptome Fact Sheet

Jonathan Coulton

April 13, 2015

Famelab: Bacteria, Labeckia and Wellness


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Where does the fat go when you lose weight? by Ian Woolf
Famelab 2015 talks:
Solving bacteria's identity crisis by Sabgeeta Bhatia,
Lebeckia: a perennial for deep sandy soils by Sofie De Meyer,
Measuring health outcomes that are more than the absence of disease by Jennifer Hunter.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Sabgeeta Bhatia

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Sofie De Meyer

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Jennifer Hunter

Famelab
When somebody loses weight, where does the fat go?
When we lose weight, where does the fat go?


Jonathan Coulton

April 20, 2015

Paper engineering city spiders


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Drugs to make you fairer by Ian Woolf,
Jean Kropper talks about engineering paper structures,
Lizzy Lowe talks about urban spiders at Famelab,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

2015-04-19
Jean Kropper

Paper and Pixel


Lizzy Lowe

Lizzy Lowe

Dopamine Modulates Egalitarian Behavior in Humans
Altering brain chemistry makes us more sensitive to inequality (Berkeley press release)
Altering brain chemistry makes us more sensitive to inequality (Science Daily)
Scientists have found a drug that makes people more compassionate
A Pill For Compassion Or Misunderstood Science

Jonathan Coulton

April 27, 2015

Synthetic Biology De-extinction


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Genetically engineered humans by Ian Woolf,
Michael Molitor talks about innovating with synthetic biology,
De-extinction of Thylacines, Mammoths and Neanderthals by Ian Woolf
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Michael Molitor

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in human tripronuclear zygotes
Chinese scientists genetically modify human embryos
7 Reasons why we should bring back the Tasmanian Tiger
The Perils of De-extinction
The Woolly Mammoth Genome Project: To Clone Or Not To Clone?
Scientists Aim to Revive the Woolly Mammoth
Regenesis: How synthetic biology will reinvent nature and ourselves
Can Neanderthals br brought back from the dead?
George Church on Neanderthal Clones and Designer Babies
Should we clone and revive the Nanderthals?
Return of the Neanderthals




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