logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2023
18m 51s

A world of information in a single cell

Garvan Institute of Medical Research
About this episode

Imagine being able to explore the fascinating world of individual cells and their genomic makeup, to unravel the mysteries hidden within our cells and to uncover the intricate mechanisms that cause disease. Today we meet Professor Joseph Powell, a cellular genomic scientist working on cutting-edge research that's improving the effectiveness of personalised therapy.

Support Garvan research: https://www.garvan.org.au/support-us/give-now

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Up next
Nov 7
Liver cancer: discovering the next generation of therapy targets
For decades, the fight against cancer has focused on killing the tumour cell. We treated cancer like an isolated entity that needed to be destroyed – but what if we’ve been looking at the wrong target? In this episode, we delve into the critical insight that cancer is not just a ... Show More
24m 6s
Oct 23
Biologics- engineering tomorrow’s medicines
Therapies and drugs have evolved enormously in the last 30 years. For example, in cancer, where previously our options were limited to surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, we’re now hearing terms like cancer immunotherapy, targeted therapies and even cancer vaccines. Many of t ... Show More
27m 27s
Jun 2025
Breaking the barriers to treating pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the toughest cancers to treat – it’s aggressive, often diagnosed late, and doesn’t respond well to standard therapies. In this episode, we meet Professor Marina Pajic who is working at the cutting-edge of science to transform how we understand and trea ... Show More
27m 25s
Recommended Episodes
Mar 2023
Can We Program Our Cells?
<p>Making living cells blink fluorescently like party lights may sound frivolous. But the demonstration that it’s possible could be a step toward someday programming our body’s immune cells to attack cancers more effectively and safely. That’s the promise of synthetic biology. Wh ... Show More
45m 11s
May 2021
The New Science of Cell Shape
<p>They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but can you judge a cell by its shape? On this episode, host Lauren Richardson is joined by Maddison Masaeli (CEO and cofounder of Deepcell), and a16z general partner Vijay Pande (whose lab at Stanford focused on the develop ... Show More
32m 11s
Nov 2023
The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka
<p>Physician-scientist Anna Greka investigates the world's rarest genetic diseases, decoding the secrets of our cells through "molecular detective work." She explains how her team is using new, advanced technology to solve decades-old medical mysteries — and shows how this work c ... Show More
13m 59s
Feb 2023
#244 ‒ The history of the cell, cell therapy, gene therapy, and more | Siddhartha Mukherjee
<p><a href= "https://peterattiamd.com/sidmukherjee2/?utm_source=podcast-feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=230227-pod-sidmukherjee2&utm_content=230227-pod-sidmukherjee2-podfeed"> View the Show Notes Page for This Episode</a></p> <p><a href= "https://peterattiamd.com/subscribe/ ... Show More
1h 40m
Nov 2021
Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen
<p>What if diseases could be treated with a patient's own cells, precisely and on demand? Biotech entrepreneur Nabiha Saklayen explains how we could harness advances in biology, machine learning and lasers to create personalized stem cell banks -- and develop medicine uniquely de ... Show More
10m 39s
Aug 2023
Cellular Communication - Dr. Jon Lieff - Neuroscience
In this fascinating discussion, Dr. Jon Lieff takes us on a captivating journey into the inner workings of cells and reveals their hidden language. We uncover profound insights and discoveries about cellular conversations in four key areas: size, aging process, time of day, and l ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2023
The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka
<p>Physician-scientist Anna Greka investigates the world's rarest genetic diseases, decoding the secrets of our cells through "molecular detective work." She explains how her team is using new, advanced technology to solve decades-old medical mysteries — and shows how this work c ... Show More
12m 39s
Feb 2021
132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self
<p>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 of the big areas of study in this burgeoning field is the relationship between ... Show More
1h 21m
Mar 2022
Pour la mémoire, seuls les neurones sont importants ?
Vous pourriez imaginer que les neurones sont les seules cellules vraiment importantes pour le fonctionnement de notre cerveau. Pendant longtemps, la communauté scientifique a également considéré que les autres cellules présentes dans le cerveau n’avaient qu’un rôle assez accessoi ... Show More
2m 1s