Join BioChat as we speak to medical and biotech executive Dr. Gerardo Jiménez-Sánchez, MD, PhD, about his incredible adventures in studying the principles of human genetics and genomics and his quest to improve accessibility to genetic analysis to the greater population. Dr. Jiménez shares his journey of pursuing medicine in Mexico, working on various projects including the great Human Genome Project in the United States, and establishing a top tier genomics center in his home country as well as his numerous contributions to science and the business of science.    You can learn more about INMEGEN here.     Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com and read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

Tune in for a special BioChat where we talk to Xunlei Kang, MD, PhD, from the University of Missouri School of Medicine as we recognize Blood Cancer Awareness Month with a discussion about the direction of research into acute myeloid leukemia and hematopoiesis. Dr. Kang talks about his journey from China to the United States, breakthroughs made by his laboratory into AML research, and how ABclonal has helped his group publish some of his newest discoveries.

 

You can learn more about how you can participate in Blood Cancer Awareness Month! You can also read one of the most recent leukemia studies from Dr. Kang's lab here.  

 

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Kin and Hannah look back at the year that was in 2023! BioChat launched with discussions ranging from breakthroughs in human disease research to navigating the bioscience space as current and future scientists alike carve out their place in their chosen fields. We invite everyone to use this winter break to check out our archives, and consider joining us in 2024 to talk about your own research and insights on biological curiosities! We will be back in January 2024 with a new year of BioChat, so stay tuned!

 

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Kin invites friend and former laboratory mentor Max Chuu, PhD, to talk about his life's work with naturally occurring biochemicals and their effects in fighting cancer, diabetes, and other diseases including Alzheimer's. Learn more about how elements of honeycombs and green tea could have powerful antitumor effects, and how leveraging the efficacy of natural remedies could potentially mitigate health care costs.

 

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This time on BioChat, we invited Lisa Comento of the American Public Gardens Association to discuss her unique career journey into working with environmental and conservation groups. We talk about sustainability measures for food sources and lifestyles. We also detail the good that the American Public Gardens Association does to raise awareness for our shared green spaces, as well as education for folks to cultivate their own gardens for the benefit of everyone. 

 

Make sure you use your blue bin effectively on America Recycles Day and keep as much of our reusable resources out of the landfill as possible!

 

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Kin invites Dr. Lei Liu, MD, PhD, from Harvard University to learn more about Alzheimer's Disease and the ongoing work to develop more effective treatments towards improved standards of living for the afflicted and perhaps and eventual cure. We discuss the pathology of Alzheimer's Disease, novel biomarkers, and new directions in Alzheimer's research, with plenty of insights from Dr. Liu.

November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month! You can learn more about how you can help from the Alzheimer's Association and donate what you can at ENDALZ.org. 

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including some updates on innovative Alzheimer treatment strategies, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

Kin talks to former classmate and friend Tim Fessenden, PhD, now a scientific editor at the Journal of Cell Biology, about the process behind distributing great science stories and discoveries. Tim speaks on the career choices that led to his current position, the duties of a scientific editor to ensure the claims of the authors are justified, and the review process, including the infamous Reviewer Number Two.

 

Tim has a great blog about choosing a postdoctoral fellowship opportunity, and was excited to share this article from JCB on an intriguing Drosophila developmental mechanism.

 

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Kin and Hannah hang out to talk about the scientific award season, highlighted by the ignominious achievements of this year's Ig Nobel winners as well as the discoveries that have provided the greatest benefit to humanity for the slightly more prestigious Nobel Prizes. From a smart toilet to quantum dots, scientific achievement takes many forms but always advances our knowledge and has the potential to improve our quality of life!

 

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This time on BioChat, Kin sits with protein scientist and proprietor of ProNique Scientific, Josiah Carney, as we marvel at Josiah's fantastic adventure as a laboratory scientist and eventual path towards purifying and providing critical native proteins for research and development pipelines. Learn more about the continued utility of native proteins in bioscience in our discussion here!

 

If you're interested in quality native protein products, please feel free to reach out to Josiah and ProNique through their website!

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat invites ABclonal's chief technology officer, Dr. Hai Wu, to discuss the antibody design and production process using a recombinant monoclonal platform known as SMab™ that has yielded thousands of successful projects and catalog products useful in many fields of bioscience research. Topics include:

• Dr. Wu's love of science and motivation for generating superior antibody products
• The SMab™ platform's advantages and unique versatility in developing antibodies with multiple applications
• The diligent antigen design and antibody validation processes
• Projects and catalog products developed by SMab™ that have accelerated research

 

To view our webinar and enjoy the antibody data we discussed in this podcast, please visit our website here.

 

Please bookmark us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an exploration of antibody production strategies, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

Kin talks to friends and professional married couple Linda Hasadsri and Vince Pureza, both MD/PhD researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, to catch up on old times and talk about their parallel career and life paths stemming from their meeting in the same lab once upon a time. Topics include:

• Linda getting an offer she couldn't refuse and Vince supporting her all the way
• Supporting research at Mayo through their unique roles while having ample opportunities to collaborate
• Philosophies on research, training, and mentorship
• The importance of laboratory-based jobs to sustain and support research

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

Kin's friend and respected doctor, Kevin Smith, MD, joins BioChat to talk about his role as the chief medical officer at Loyola University Medical Center, his philosophies on patient care, accessibility to quality health care and services, and an expert opinion on the benefits of immunization to self and society.

 

You can learn more about National Immunization Awareness Month from the FDA and CDC! We encourage you to check with your physician and ensure you and your loved ones are protected from communicable diseases.

 

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Joining BioChat is Ting Fu, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin to discuss her long time research into inflammatory bowel diseases and colon cancer.  Ting talks about her fortuitous path with helpful mentors and collaborators to pursue her research interests, the challenges of setting up a new lab during the height of the pandemic, and of course, her research of the roles of bile acids and its nuclear receptor, FXR, in gastrointestinal homeostasis.   You can check out Ting's lab at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

 

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Career paths are not linear, and we find out about another unique route from ABclonal's Andrina Seryani, our West Coast Account Manager for our custom services division. 

 

Andrina and Kin discuss growing up next to large bodies of water and going to school next to the beach, the wonders of marine biology and nudibranchs, and the lifelong love of learning and applying new information. Andrina also talks about how she didn't even know sales in biological reagents was an occupation that existed until she found ABclonal, and how she enjoys forming customer relationships to deliver the best possible products to further scientific research. 

 

If you are interested in our Custom Antibody Services, please check out that link to our service page and also our links below to contact us for more information or for a quote.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

The immune system is now a key tool in developing personalized targeted therapies against many types of cancer. With an extensive background in immunology in the context of human disease, Philip Liu, Ph.D., joins BioChat to discuss a promising new drug against bladder cancer, and his unique career path towards this latest achievement.

 

Phil and Kin talk about our shared love of science, albeit with different career paths and methodologies to promote scientific breakthroughs, and advice for aspiring biomedical researchers. We also discuss the challenges in obtaining research funding and how the funding mechanism needs to adapt to continue attracting bright minds to academia to train the next generation of great scientists. Phil also asks what it is Kin actually does here!

 

Of course, we also talk about the exciting new IL-15-based therapy developed by Phil's company, ImmunityBio, as they have very promising results and are working towards clinical trials. 

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including a look at the study of IL-15 as an immunotherapy, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

 

The continued interest in many things science and science fiction is evident in many of the stories and movies that we enjoy, but for the vast majority of us, the laboratory is not a career path or lifestyle that is practical. Joining BioChat is Emma Bartle, a business development representative for ABclonal's custom reagent services, as we discuss alternative careers that can still help accelerate research science.

 

Emma and Kin talk about the joys of being involved in laboratory research, the benefits of great mentorship and the relationships that were formed, as well as our thought process behind staying in science without a pipette in our hands. Emma also discusses how her role allows her to work with innovators from many bioscience fields in both academic and industrial research as they work together to develop critical reagents to facilitate potential breakthroughs.

 

If you are interested in our Custom Antibody Services, please check out that link to our service page and also our links below to contact us for more information or for a quote.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

While many efforts and programs have improved the opportunities for ethnic minorities to earn advanced degrees and contribute to scientific research, the representation of these groups continues to lag behind those of their Caucasian colleagues. Joining BioChat for this episode is Brooke Sylvester, PhD, a cancer biologist with insights on the continued need to promote inclusion and accessibility to research opportunities.

Topics in this episode include the perspectives of persons of color in navigating the education and research training landscape, the need for advocacy and allies in maintaining momentum and building relationships that can support perseverance, and our hopes for the future with new scientific innovations from a diverse community. We also have a blog post on the ABclonal site that encourages everyone to open their doors to eager and capable candidates from all walks of life.

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

To familiarize you with some of the people who work at ABclonal and our myriad products and services, Dr. Rosa Zhu, our technical support scientist for the Custom Antibody Services, joins us to talk more about antibody design and production.

Topics in this episode include Rosa's love of science and fascination with antibodies, the antigen design process, the continued utility of polyclonal antibodies, and the versatility of monoclonal antibodies generated through ABclonal's highly-reviewed pipelines which have helped generate many successful projects and publications. If you are interested in our Custom Antibody Services, please check out that link to our service page and also our links below to contact us for more information or for a quote.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

For this episode of BioChat, Kin Leung speaks with patent attorney Nate Luman, who also has a PhD in chemistry, to learn more about how an advanced science background can benefit someone in alternative careers to research science, including the law. 

Nate, a practicing attorney at the law firm of Knobbe Martens, shares his educational journey, as he pursued his doctorate in biological chemistry and the exciting discoveries he made with his mentor with biological polymers, before transitioning full time into practicing patent law. We discuss the process to earning a law degree and a position in an intellectual property firm, the every day activities of a lawyer that are not always like what Hollywood might show you in the movies, and Nate is also happy to talk to anyone who wants to explore alternative careers, so please feel free to reach out to us via the links below.

 

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As BioChat continues, ABclonal's Scientific Content Marketing Manager, Kin Leung, Ph.D., speaks with old friend and current head of AI (Artificial Intelligence as well as Analytics & Informatics) at Shape Therapeutics, Inc, Ron Hause, Ph.D. 

In our conversation, we discuss our educational paths, Ron's thesis project that intersected with Kin's in relating natural human genetic variation with protein expression levels and response to therapy, and Ron's current projects with Shape Therapeutics to develop innovative RNA-based treatments using traditional experimental science coupled with artificial intelligence and computational science. We also talk about the versatility and marketability of scientists who work with coding and statistics and the many opportunities available for computational scientists.

 

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of BioChat, a podcast presented by ABclonal Technology! Join ABclonal's Scientific Content Marketing Manager, Kin Leung, Ph.D., and Lead Marketing Coordinator, Hannah Flaherty, as we discuss our experiences with science and working for ABclonal to serve the scientific community. With our new BioChat podcast series, we aim to highlight the direction of ongoing bioscience research, discuss career paths that are possible with a scientific background, and help you relieve stress through entertainment and education. 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page.

We're currently under construction, but check back soon for new episodes come in May! 

BioChat welcomes Kin's long time friend and data scientist, Karl Jablonowski, PhD, to talk about the importance of vetting data to remove bias and agenda from scientific interpretations. We discuss the usage and manipulation of large datasets, properly presenting data and calculation methodology, and accountability in data analysis. Plus some bonus talk about nutrition and saving our children!

 

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BioChat welcomes Ellen Leffler, PhD, to discuss a very unique career path that just went with the flow! Ellen talks about her various interestes that eventually led to genetics research, balancing life and family while doing cutting edge computational biology, and her research focus on human genetics and primate evolution in the context of malaria susceptibility.

 

You can check out Ellen's laboratory at the University of Utah.

 

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BioChat invites Sam Bettis, Associate Director for Field Applications for Element Biosciences, to speak to us about his broad expertise through his winding career path, the impact and innovation possible through next-generation sequencing, and the advantages and benefits of the Element platform in facilitating rapid discovery.

 

Element Biosciences delivers high-quality, affordable benchtop sequencing to help innovate genetic and multiomic analysis for the research market. You can learn about their state-of-the-art sequencing platforms at ElementBiosciences.com!

 

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Team ABclonal gets together to talk about our small mammalian (and reptilian, and other classes of animals even) friends who make our lives more full and fun! Join us as we describe the quirks of working remotely with our faithful animal companions by our side, and the silly things that they do to distract us periodically when things get a bit stressful.

 

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We invited Trista Smith, an experienced robotics engineer now working with Argonne National Laboratory, to speak with us about her experiences getting into STEM fields as a woman of color, her efforts in generating interest in STEM education and training workers in our new technological society, and the programs she will spearhead with Argonne and the community going forward. 

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

Hussein Musa, MD, channels his medical expertise, passion, and faith into a nonprofit venture that hopes to change the landscape of American health care. Dr. Musa and his colleagues and friends plan to transform the system into one that provides true health care to anyone who needs it, and avoid the pratfalls and challenges of the current medical insurance system that often allows too many to fall through the cracks. 

 

Dr. Musa is the founder of the Kingdom Health Care System, a 501(c) nonprofit organization that strives to bring free and affordable health care to all. You can learn more about their mission at kingdom-hcs.org.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

The Chief Scientific Officer at Yurogen, Hao Cheng, PhD, joins BioChat to discuss the necessity of antibody engineering to produce safer and more effective research tools and therapeutics. Dr. Cheng gives insight into the many considerations and processes involved in taking an antibody from its raw form to an optimized reagent with altered binding dynamics and/or improved deliverability.

 

We also invite you to listen to Dr. Wu's discussion of the SMab platform here.

 

Yurogen is a subsidiary of ABclonal Technology, you can visit our website at Yurogen.com. To view the presentation of our antibody engineering platform, please fill out our form here.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify.