Podcast Board
Scientific literature is not the only medium to discover mathematical models, techniques, and applications in biology. Below is a listing of several popular podcasts that discuss complex systems, mathematics, biology, and more. Like the Model Board and Job Board Pages, these listings are updated autonomously when a new podcast episode is published.
Complexity Podcast from Santa fe Institute
- Dani Bassett & Perry Zurn on The Neuroscience & Philosophy of Curious Minds
This is a podcast by and for the curious — and yet, in over three years, we have pointed curiosity at nearly every topic but itself. What is it, anyway? Are there worse and better frames for […]
- Alison Gopnik on Child Development, Elderhood, Caregiving, and A.I.
Humans have an unusually long childhood — and an unusually long elderhood past the age of reproductive activity. Why do we spend so much time playing and exploring, caregiving and reflecting, […]
- Ricard Solé on Liquid and Solid Brains and Terraforming The Biosphere
What does it mean to think? What are the traits of thinking systems that we could use to identify them? Different environmental variables call for different strategies in individual and collective […]
- Glen Weyl & Cris Moore on Plurality, Governance, and Decentralized Society (EPE 05)
In his foundational 1972 paper “More Is Different,” physicist Phil Anderson made the case that reducing the objects of scientific study to their smallest components does not allow researchers to […]
- John Krakauer Part 2: Learning, Curiosity, and Consciousness
What makes us human? Over the last several decades, the once-vast island of human exceptionalism has lost significant ground to wave upon wave of research revealing cognition, emotion, […]
Mathematically Speaking
- Episode 3.4: Credit is given where credit is due...supposedly
In this episode, we explore the algebraic foundations of calculus through the lens of Bhaskara II, and try to pin down who made calculus. See Transcript for the show on the shows website. […]
- Episode 3.3 It is nothing...really
On this episode of the show, we finally cover the wonderful world of 0 and its importance in algebra as the identity element. I make some announcements about the show. If you would like to support […]
- Episode 3.2- A Slice of Transcendence
On this episode of the show, we look at our first historical figure of the season! Aryabhata! He gave us one of the first approximations for Pi. But what is Pi exactly? Listen to find out! […]
- Episode 3.1- The Big, the Small, and Everything in Between
On this episode, we see the results of Indian Mathematics from a birds-eye perspective. The overview is given to show the impact of the Indian Culture on its math, and how abstracting math away from […]
- Epiosde 2.8: The Woman Behind the Men
On this episode, we end season 2 with 4 different mathematical giants, one of which is our first named woman mathematician. We have 3 revolutionary texts and the editor/commentator who made sure they […]
bioinformatics.chat
- #64 Enformer: predicting gene expression from sequence with Žiga Avsec
In this episode, Jacob Schreiber interviews Žiga Avsec about a recently released model, Enformer. Their discussion begins with life differences between academia and industry, specifically about how […]
- #63 Bioinformatics Contest 2021 with Maksym Kovalchuk and James Matthew Holt
The Bioinformatics Contest is back this year, and we are back to discuss it! This year’s contest winners Maksym Kovalchuk (1st prize) and Matt Holt (2nd prize) talk about how they approach […]
- #62 Steady states of metabolic networks and Dingo with Apostolos Chalkis
In this episode, Apostolos Chalkis presents sampling steady states of metabolic networks as an alternative to the widely used flux balance analysis (FBA). We also discuss dingo, a Python package […]
- #61 3D genome organization and GRiNCH with Da-Inn Erika Lee
In this episode, Jacob Schreiber interviews Da-Inn Erika Lee about data and computational methods for making sense of 3D genome structure. They begin their discussion by talking about 3D genome […]
- #60 Differential gene expression and DESeq2 with Michael Love
In this episode, Michael Love joins us to talk about the differential gene expression analysis from bulk RNA-Seq data. We talk about the history of Mike’s own differential expression package, […]
Women in Math: the limit does not exist
- Episode 39 - Donna's Story
In this episode, Donna Hooshmand describes her mathematical past. Donna details her past being told that women should not be in school, overcoming that thought, and succeeding in her studies! Donna […]
- Episode 38 - An Interview with Eva Loeser (by Eleanor Quirk)
Eleanor Quirk interviews (future Dr.) Eva Loeser, a University of California at San Diego doctoral candidate in mathematics. In this interview, Eva discusses what drives her in mathematics, how to […]
- Episode 37 - Marie Curie
Anushka Naiknaware gives a biography on Marie Curie, the 19th century Polish double Nobel Prize winner. Anushka gives insight about Marie's perseverance, overcoming barriers, selflessness, and the […]
- Episode 36 - An Interview Recap of Amy Cakebread by Olivia Myers
In this episode, Liv Myers recaps an interview she had the previous day with Portland Community College instructor Amy Cakebread. Unfortunately, the interview got lost, but Liv continues on to speak […]
- Episode 35 - A Conversation Between Triplets - Abigail, Lydia, and Rachel Pung
Abigail, Lydia, and Rachel chat about being triplets in education, their individual and collective experiences as women in STEM courses, identity, expectations, the importance of early childhood […]
Computationally Yours
- S2Ep6: Remote Work
After more than 1 year of working remotely for computational professionals, hosts Arshi Arora and Dr. Sabah Kadri do a deep dive into what we have learned, how remote work has evolved, fun activities […]
- S2Ep5: Variants in Viruses
In this episode, hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora talk about variants in viruses - what are these variants, how are they created, how do we detect them and how normal is it for viruses to […]
- S2Ep4: 5 Burning questions for a Statistician
Episode 4 dives into Statistics with guest, Dr. Jaya Satagopan. Hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora asked FIVE burning questions in statistics involving degrees of freedom, intercepts, hypothesis […]
- S2Ep3: Dog Genetics
In this episode, hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora discuss the genetics of our cute furry friends, the effects of domestication on natural selection and how years of in-breeding have led to the […]
- S2Ep2: Climate Change
In this episode, our special guest, Dr. Debjani Sihi from Emory University talks to hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora, about the nuts and bolts of climate science. We dive in the real questions […]
Models featured on Mindscape
- 181 | Peter Dodds on Quantifying the Shape of Stories
A good story takes you on an emotional journey, with ups and downs along the way. Thanks to science, we … 181 | Peter Dodds on Quantifying the Shape of Stories Read More
- 163 | Nigel Goldenfeld on Phase Transitions, Criticality, and Biology
Physics is extremely good at describing simple systems with relatively few moving parts. Sadly, the world is not like that; … 163 | Nigel Goldenfeld on Phase Transitions, Criticality, and Biology […]
- 161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics
Economies in the modern world are incredibly complex systems. But when we sit down to think about them in quantitative … 161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics Read More
- 132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self
As a semi-outsider, it’s fun for me to watch as a new era dawns in biology: one that adds ideas … 132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self Read More
- 120 | Jeremy England on Biology, Thermodynamics, and the Bible
Erwin Schrödinger’s famous book What Is Life? highlighted the connections between physics, and thermodynamics in particular, and the nature of … 120 | Jeremy England on Biology, Thermodynamics, […]
Big Biology
- Why are we like this? (Ep 95)
Why do humans look so different from one another? Why do we have different types of hair and different skin colors? And what do these traits have to do with the concept of race? On this episode, we […]
- Introducing: The Science of Everything
Happy holidays from the Big Biology team! As a bonus episode this week, we are sharing Art's recent interview with James Fodor on The Science of Everything podcast. Art and James discuss various […]
- Synthesizing life on the planet (Ep 94)
What’s the smallest number of genes that cells need to grow and reproduce? Is it possible to synthesize minimal genomes and insert them into cells? What do minimal genomes teach us about life? In […]
- Assembling life in the universe (Ep 93)
How will we find life beyond Earth? Can we use a molecule's complexity to distinguish life from non-life? A common way to search for extraterrestrial life is to look for signs of complex organic […]
- A journey into the brilliant abyss (Ep 92)
What hidden life lies at the bottom of the deep ocean? How do so many species survive and even thrive with so little light and food and at such pressure? In this episode, we talk to Helen Scales, a […]
Systems Biology from MITopencourseware
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