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
- David Stork on AI Art History
Art history is a lot like archaeology — we here in the present day get artifacts and records, but the gaps between them are enormous, and the questions that they beg loom large. Historians need to […]
- Alien Crash Site Invades Complexity: Tamara van der Does on Sci-Fi Science, with Guest Co-host Caitlin McShea
The consequence of living in a complex world: one tiny tweak can lead to massive transformation. Set the stage a slightly different way, and the entire play might unfold differently. This […]
- Mark Moffett on Canopy Biology & The Human Swarm
Most maps of the world render landscapes in 2D — yet wherever we observe ecosystems, they stratify into a third dimension. The same geometries that describe the dizzying diversity of species in […]
- Cris Moore on Algorithmic Justice & The Physics of Inference
It’s tempting to believe that people can outsource decisions to machines — that algorithms are objective, and it’s easier and fairer to dump the burden on them. But convenience conceals the […]
- Science in The Time of COVID: Michael Lachmann & Sam Scarpino on Lessons from The Pandemic
COVID-19 hasn’t just disrupted the “normal” of everyone’s social practices in what we take for granted as “daily life.” The pandemic has also, more granularly, changed the way scientists […]
Mathematically Speaking
- 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 […]
- Episode 2.7: A Lever Large Enough
This episode begins with a 9 minute moment of silence in honor of George Floyd, and all other black men and women who are victims of police brutality. During that time I encourage you to donate here: […]
- Episode 2.6- Euclid: They wrote the Bible
On this episode, we move on to the city of Alexandria. We talk about the father of geometry, Euclid, and his book, The Elements. --- Send in a voice message: […]
bioinformatics.chat
- #56 Polygenic risk scores in admixed populations with Bárbara Bitarello
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) rely on the genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to predict the phenotype based on the genotype. However, the prediction accuracy suffers when GWAS from one population […]
- #55 Phylogenetics and the likelihood gradient with Xiang Ji
In this episode, we chat about phylogenetics with Xiang Ji. We start with a general introduction to the field and then go deeper into the likelihood-based methods (maximum likelihood and Bayesian […]
- #54 Seeding methods for read alignment with Markus Schmidt
In this episode, Markus Schmidt explains how seeding in read alignment works. We define and compare k-mers, minimizers, MEMs, SMEMs, and maximal spanning seeds. Markus also presents his recent work […]
- #53 Real-time quantitative proteomics with Devin Schweppe
In this episode, Jacob Schreiber interviews Devin Schweppe about the analysis of mass spectrometry data in the field of proteomics. They begin by delving into the different types of mass spectrometry […]
- #52 How 23andMe finds identical-by-descent segments with William Freyman
In this episode, Will Freyman talks about identity-by-descent (IBD): how it’s used at 23andMe, and how the templated positional Burrows-Wheeler transform can find IBD segments in the presence of […]
Women in Math: the limit does not exist
- 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 […]
- Episode 34 - A Conversation Between Anwesha Mukherjee & Naomi Grant
Anwesha Mukherjee & Naomi Grant have a conversation on a range of topics including music, education, inspiration, science, mathematics, computers, and being women in the STEM fields. They talk […]
Computationally Yours
- 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 […]
- S2Ep1: Covid-19 Vaccines
Welcome to the second season of Computationally Yours! In this very first episode of 2021, your hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora kick-off with the latest updates in the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
- Ep25: Science News Recap and Season finale
In this season finale episode, we discuss recent scientific news covering COVID vaccines and vaccine related jargon, results from a simulation study related to climate change and the nature […]
- Episode 24: Breaking the glass ceiling: Marie Curie
In light of the monumental weekend in the United States, we got thinking about women who changed Science forever, and the first name that comes up is Marie Curie. This episode highlights her […]
Models featured on Mindscape
- 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 from physics, big data, computer science, and information theory to the usual biological toolkit. One […]
- 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 living beings. But the exact connections between […]
- 110 | Neil Johnson on Complexity, Conflict, and Infodemiology
Physicists have traditionally simplified systems as much as possible, in order to shed light on fundamental properties. But small, simple parts build up into large, complex wholes. Are there new […]
- 106 | Stuart Bartlett on What “Life” Means
Someday, most likely, we will encounter life that is not as we know it. We might find it elsewhere in the universe, we might find it right here on Earth, or we might make it ourselves in a lab. Will […]
- 99 | Scott Aaronson on Complexity, Computation, and Quantum Gravity
There are some problems for which it’s very hard to find the answer, but very easy to check the answer if someone gives it to you. At least, we think there are such problems; whether or not they […]
Big Biology
- Finding our voice: The neurobiology of vocal learning (Ep 58)
How did vocal learning evolve? What is special about human language? What brain structures are associated with speech and the many components of spoken language? On this episode, we talk with Erich […]
- Georgia O'Keeffe and the Red Queen: Ecosystem services via coevolution (Ep 57)
What is coevolution? How has coevolution between insects and plants shaped human history and culture? In this episode of Big Biology, we talk with Rob Raguso, a professor at Cornell University, who […]
- Bee kind: the buzz on global insect declines (Ep 56)
Why are bee populations declining? How can we reliably monitor insect populations when many are so cryptic? And what steps can we take to ensure that populations remain viable? In this episode, we […]
- New content on Patreon, social media and our website.
We are jumping into the podcast feed with a few quick updates. We’re revamping our Patreon tier system to give you more Big Biology content. We also created a Facebook group where you can discuss […]
- Hot wings: How birds stay cool under the Australian sun (Ep 55)
On this episode of Big Biology we talk to Christine Cooper (@CECooperEcophys), a vertebrate ecophysiologist and professor at Curtin University, Australia. Christine’s research focuses on the […]
Systems Biology from MITopencourseware
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