Nov 22, 2020
My guest this week is Dr. Kristin Bibbins-Domingo. Her pioneering studies have used computational simulations to predict the public health implications of changes to diet, including a focus on salt and sugar intake. We discuss how she got into nutrition and some of the controversies around what we should and should not...
Nov 15, 2020
My guest this week is Dr. Adam Arkin, our first interview outside of UCSF! Adam works across the Bay at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and is a leader in the emerging fields of systems and synthetic biology. He has published more than 300 papers on a wide range of subjects and tells us about some of the...
Nov 8, 2020
My guest this week is immunologist Dr. Alex Marson. Alex talks about his recent work on SARS-CoV-2, his efforts to translate CRISPR technology to treat patients, and his long-standing collaboration with the Dr. Jennifer Doudna, recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. We also discuss how he’s managed...
Nov 1, 2020
My guest this week is Dr. Hobart Harris, who was the Chief of General Surgery at UCSF for 18 years. Hobart talks about the challenges and innovations happening in the surgery field and his research on developing strategies to accelerate the healing process following a surgery. We also talk in-depth about the Black...