In this episode, Associate Professor Sarah Kummerfeld, Head of Data Science for the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, joins Jay and Theo to discuss the vital role cloud computing plays in genomic sequencing. Genomic sequencing has been contributing to medical research to improve the understanding and diagnosis of rare diseases for many years. However, se ... Show More
Jul 2022
The Transformation Debrief: Transforming Digital Supply Chains with Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies is one of the largest suppliers of barcode printing and scanning devices globally. In 1991, Zebra introduced 2D barcode scanners followed by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking tags, rugged mobile computers, tablets, and wearable devices for increase ... Show More
41 m
Jun 2022
How Apna is using data and AI to drive the gig economy in India
In this episode, Theo speaks to Ronak Shah, Head of Data at apna.co. As one of the largest gig economies in the world, India is seeing rising numbers among younger people joining the ecosystem. Driven by digital adoption and new ways of working, Apna saw an opportunity to help br ... Show More
28 m
Jun 2022
Using AI to Supercharge Data-Driven Applications with Zilliz
Theo is in the interviewer’s chair for this episode as Frank Liu from Zilliz joins the show to talk about how AI and machine learning are making it possible for developers to understand and extract more value from unstructured data such as text, audio, images, video, and more. Tr ... Show More
20 m
May 2022
The DNA sequencing revolution
Fast and portable genome testing is unlocking the secrets to ourselves and the environment we live in.It's impact could lead us to fundamentally remake our approach to medicine, agriculture, the environment, conservation and our selves.In this episode we hear from Dr Lara Urban, ... Show More
18m 48s
Oct 2013
Bioinformatics: What the Clinical Laboratorian Needs to Know and Prepare For
New diagnostics technologies such as microarrays, next generation, or massively parallel sequencing, are generating an unprecedented amount of data. This requires a sophisticated knowledge of bioinformatics for proper storage, analysis, and mining of these very large data sets.
13m 22s
May 2025
EP 185: From newborn screening to lifelong data in an evolving genomics landscape with Madhuri Hegde of Revvity
This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Madhuri Hegde, SVP and Chief Scientific Officer of Revvity. They discuss Revvity’s advances in ultra-rapid clinical-grade sequencing, opportunities, challenges, and global inequities in newborn screening, and the dilemma of ... Show More
40m 44s