013: Stop Cloning Around, Bananas!

This week we host Dr. Sari Sabban (No relation to Ammar) a molecular biologist and biotechnologist. Sari tells us how he got into science and the interesting journey on how he ended up as a molecular biology. We discuss DNA, the human genome project, and protein folding. Then Sari proceeds to blow our minds with amazing biological facts: Gros Michel bananas, fecal transplantation, crowdsourcing technologies in science, anti-vaxxers, vitamin C and much more!

Show Links

1. Red Shift Astronomy CD Series
2. The Human Genome Project
3. Folding@Home
4. Fold It Game
5. Human Proteome Project
6. Seti Project
7. The Man Who Hasn’t Showered In 12 Years
8. Panama diesease
9. Vaccine Controversies
10. Linus Pualing & Vitamin C Advocacy
11. T3rf De

Errata

Sari mentioned that Cavendish bananas got extinct. However he meant Gros Michel bananas which were completely wiped out from South America due to the Panama disea  

50% Arabic – 50% English

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