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
- Deborah Gordon on Ant Colonies as Distributed Computers
The popular conception of ants is that “anatomy is destiny”: an ant’s body type determines its role in the colony, for once and ever. But this is not the case; rather than forming rigid castes, […]
- Reconstructing Ancient Superhighways with Stefani Crabtree and Devin White
Seventy thousand years ago, humans migrated on foot across the ancient continent of Sahul — the landmass that has since split up into Australia and New Guinea. Mapping the journeys of these […]
- Mark Ritchie on A New Thermodynamics of Biochemistry, Part 2
This week we conclude our two-part discussion with ecologist Mark Ritchie of Syracuse University on how he and his SFI collaborators are starting to rethink the intersections of thermodynamics and […]
- Mark Ritchie on A New Thermodynamics of Biochemistry, Part 1
Deep inside your cells, the chemistry of life is hard at work to make the raw materials and channel the energy required for growth, maintenance, and reproduction. Few systems are as intricate or as […]
- Andrea Wulf on The Invention of Nature, Part 2: Humboldt's Dangerous Idea
The 19th Century saw many transformations: the origins of ecology and modern climatology, new unifying theories of the living world, the first Big Science projects, revolutions in the Spanish […]
Mathematically Speaking
- Episode 3.4 To Infinity and Beyond
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 […]
- 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: […]
bioinformatics.chat
- #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, […]
- #59 Proteomics calibration with Lindsay Pino
In this episode, Lindsay Pino discusses the challenges of making quantitative measurements in the field of proteomics. Specifically, she discusses the difficulties of comparing measurements across […]
- #58 B cell maturation and class switching with Hamish King
In this episode, we learn about B cell maturation and class switching from Hamish King. Hamish recently published a paper on this subject in Science Immunology, where he and his coauthors analyzed […]
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
- 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
- Season 4 Preview (and more)
Season 4 of Big Biology will kick off at the end of August. Before then, Art and Marty have a few updates to share: We're looking for new interns to join our team and help produce the show! Also, […]
- Foiling the flashy: How artificial light dims insect behavior (Ep 67)
Is artificial light at night partly responsible for insect declines? How does it affect nocturnal insects, especially fireflies and other species that need darkness to thrive? On this episode of Big […]
- Old vaccines for new pandemics (Ep 66)
What has COVID-19 taught us about preparing for future epidemics? Can we trigger innate immune responses – our first lines of defense - to mitigate novel infections? Can we use live-attenuated […]
- Mouse on a hill: The structure and function of agency (Ep 65)
What is agency? How does it evolve? Do non-living things have agency? On this episode of Big Biology, we talk with Tufts University professor Michael Levin about his recent article in Aeon magazine […]
- The stall protocol: Diapause in the annual killifish (Ep 64)
How do organisms cope with long periods of tough conditions where regular life is impossible? How do some animals turn down their metabolism to levels so low that they can appear dead? How do […]
Systems Biology from MITopencourseware
- Interspecies interactions
This lecture by Prof. Jeff Gore covers models and experiments of predator-prey interactions and oscillations. He begins with the Lokta-Volterra model, which has been called both "bad" (mathematically […]
- Dynamics of populations in space
In this lecture, Prof. Jeff Gore finishes the discussion of the Lotka-Volterra competition model. He then moves on to the topic of non-transitive interactions, what he calls rock-paper-scissor […]
- Ecosystem stability, critical transitions, and biodiversity
In this lecture, Prof. Jeff Gore discusses the stability, resilience, and diversity of populations at a systems level. He begins by considering a single population, and then moves on to a simple […]
- The neutral theory of ecology
In this lecture, Prof. Jeff Gore asks why are some species abundant and others rare? Are there universal patterns at play? And what lead to these patterns?
- Clonal interference and the distribution of beneficial mutations
In this lecture, Prof. Jeff Gore covers the principles of the scientific article "An equivalence principle for the incorporation of favorable mutations in asexual populations."