Best Cutting Edge Science And Engineering Labs Podcasts (2025)

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Discover the Ursid Meteor Shower: Winter's Hidden Celestial Spectacle 6:11

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🌠 Ursid Meteor Shower 2025: Winter's Cozy Cosmic Fireworks! 🌠 The underrated Ursid meteor shower peaks on the night of December 21-22, 2025 – right around the winter solstice! This year, conditions are excellent with nearly moonless skies (new moon on Dec 20, thin crescent sets early) for dark, stunning views from the Northern Hemisphere. In this e…

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A Billion Pounds Better: 4ocean’s Vision for the Future of Packaging 36:13

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation and turn every decision into a powerful act of sustainability. In this episode, Alex Schulze, Co-…

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AI in Space: How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Exploration & Missions 7:51

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🌌 **AI in the Cosmos: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Space Exploration** 🌌 Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing space exploration like never before! AI is powering autonomous rovers on Mars, predicting solar storms to protect satellites and astronauts, and enabling smarter satellites that make real-time decisions. From NASA's gro…

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Hydrogen Fueling the Future 8:19

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Can hydrogen energy change the world? UCI Clean Energy Institute Director Jack Brouwer thinks so. His institute is creating sustainable hydrocarbon fuels for aviation and shipping. Listen as he shares his vision for how hydrogen energy can bring more equity and peace to the world.By Cutting-edge science and engineering labs

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Whole Picture: Integrating Mental Health into Pediatric Care 35:16

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What does whole-child care really look like for children with brain tumors? In this episode of The Lead in Peds, host Dr. Nathan Kuppermann is joined by Dr. Jennifer Dorr, a child and adolescent psychiatrist embedded directly in pediatric neuro-oncology at Children's National. They explore how integrating mental health into cancer care is transform…

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Designed to Disappear: Notpla’s Approach to Natural Polymer Engineering 33:33

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation and turn every decision into a powerful act of sustainability. In this episode, Pierre Yves Pasli…

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Can a Robot Love? 7:21

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Top roboticist Magnus Egerstedt explores whether robots can love in the UCI Robot Ecology Lab, where his altruistic robots take cues from animals. Egerstedt is the dean of the UCI Samueli School of Engineering and the creator of the SlothBot, RaccoonBot and the Robotarium, a swarm robot lab which has been used by over 7,000 researchers.…

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From Lived Experience to Life-Changing Innovation: How Praxis Reimagines Spinal Cord Injury Solutions 59:53

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In this powerful episode of Research Renaissance, Arushi Raina and John Chernesky from the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute pull back the curtain on what it really takes to innovate in spinal cord injury—and why the future of neurological care depends on integrating technology, science, and most importantly, lived experience. Rather than treating indiv…

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The Power of Radical Collaboration — Lessons from Lonely Whale 39:26

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation and turn every decision into a powerful act of sustainability. In this episode, Emy Kane and Tim …

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The Power of Glowing Color 4:24

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Stacy Copp's lab is using glowing light and color to see deep inside human tissues which could replace the need for X-rays. Listen to Copp, an associate professor of materials science and engineering, share her inspirations and ground breaking work at her UCI lab. (Season 1: Episode 6)By Cutting-edge science and engineering labs

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Beyond the Bin: The Realities of Recyclable and Compostable Packaging with Julia Mangin 28:24

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation and turn every decision into a powerful act of sustainability. In this episode, Julia Mangin, Dir…

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National Fuel Cell Center 3:52

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National Fuel Cell Research Center Director Iryna Zenyuk is striving to enable clean hydrogen to power everything from Olympic buses, trucks, the cement industry and more. A former chess champion, Zenyuk is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UC Irvine. (Season 1: Episode 5)By theucilabbeat

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Moving parts: Collaboration and engineering in pediatric orthopaedics 34:46

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Matthew Oetgen, MD, MPH, and Kevin Cleary, PhD, share how robotics, imaging and motion capture are transforming pediatric orthopaedics at Children's National. Between stories of coaching their kids' sports teams and leading breakthrough research, they reveal how innovation is helping kids move, heal and thrive.…

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The Future of Foam: Compostable Materials That Perform with John Felts 34:38

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation and turn every decision into a powerful act of sustainability. In this episode, John Felts, CEO a…

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Upcycling EV batteries 5:49

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Diran Apelian found a way to recycle EV batteries and co-founded the billion-dollar company Ascend Elements, one of TIME'S America's Top Ten Green Tech companies of 2024. Find out about the cutting-edge technology his lab uses to upcycle metal at UC Irvine's Samueli School of Engineering. (Season 1: Episode 4)…

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How Metsä Board Is Redesigning Packaging From Forest to Shelf with Nathan Pajka 31:26

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation and turn every decision into a powerful act of sustainability. In this episode, Nathan Pajka, a S…

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Each episode dives deep into advanced materials, circular economy strategies, and real-world innovations, offering clear, actionable guidance …

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Plastic-Free Paper Packaging: Flexi-Hex on Designing for Luxury and Sustainability 29:43

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Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley and Brodie Vander Dussen, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation and turn every decision into a powerful act of sustainability. In this episode, Sam Boex and Bell…

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The 100 Year Starship Project 5:46

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Ronke Olabisi is healing wounds without scars and making bone grow from seashells as she works on the 100 Year Starship Project which aims to enable travel beyond our solar system. Learn how Olabisi, UCI associate professor of biomedical engineering, is helping humans stay healthier in space and on Earth. The 100 Year Starship Project was launched …

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From Flush to Future 2:41

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David Kisailus is turning urine into medical-grade material for bone and teeth implants and water purification. Learn how Kisailus is making bone implants more affordable through this new process of producing calcium phosphate from urea. Kisailus, a UCI professor of materials science and engineering, is the director of the well-known Biomimetrics a…

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3D Stem Cell Engineering 4:26

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Quinton Smith's 3D approach to stem cell engineering could revolutionize how we test drugs and do organ transplants. Learn about his innovative approach and why Popular Science named him a top 10 scientist on the cusp of changing the world in 2023. Smith is an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and the director of The Smit…

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Breaking Barriers: Emerging Therapies in Pediatric Brain Tumors 40:16

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Children's National is leading the way in tackling some of the most challenging pediatric brain tumors. In this episode of The Lead in Peds, Drs. Roger Packer and Adriana Fonseca share how focused ultrasound, precision medicine and global collaboration are opening new doors for children and families. Their conversation is a reminder that behind eve…

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Journey to the Event Horizon: Black Hole Secrets Unveiled in 2025 Discoveries 11:20

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Dive into the mysterious world of black holes in thisthrilling episode of Your Space Journey! From the groundbreaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) images of M87* and Sagittarius A* to the latest 2025 updates on supermassive black holes in the Andromeda galaxy, we explore cosmic extremes like never before. Discover what happens if you fall into a b…

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Cutting Edge: Precision and Progress in Pediatric Surgery 33:38

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A point guard uses vision, precision and teamwork during a basketball game. These same strategies drive Dr. Anthony Sandler's approach to surgical innovation. In this episode of The Lead in Peds, he shares how Children's National is advancing robotics, artificial intelligence, T cell immunotherapy and augmented reality-guided imaging to make surger…

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Transforming Communities Through Resilience Science with Dr. Wendy Ellis 47:21

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In this episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Dr. Wendy Ellis, Assistant Professor of Global Health at George Washington University and Founding Director of the Center for Community Resilience. Together, they explore how resilience science and systems-level thinking can drive lasting change for communities impacted b…

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Reinventing SETI: Why Aliens Might Be Watching Us Now | Interview with John Gertz 15:06

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Join us for an eye-opening interview with John Gertz, author of "Reinventing SETI: New Directions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" (Oxford University Press, 2025). As a SETI pioneer and founder of the Foundation for Investment in Research on SETI, John challenges outdated ideas like the Drake Equation and Fermi's Paradox, explains w…

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Ataxia, Advocacy, and Accelerating Research: Inside the National Ataxia Foundation 51:33

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Welcome back to Research Renaissance, presented by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust. In this episode, host Deborah Westphal explores the cutting edge of rare disease research with special guests Andrew Rosen, CEO of the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), and Dr. Lauren Moore, NAF’s Chief Scientific Officer. Together, they unpack how the NAF has ev…

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Unlocking Parkinson’s Potential: The Brain-Immune Link with Dr. Adithya Gopinath 35:16

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In this groundbreaking episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal reconnects with Dr. Adithya Gopinath, University of Florida, to explore a game-changing discovery in Parkinson’s research: a direct connection between dopamine neurons in the brain and the peripheral immune system, specifically the spleen. Dr. Gopinath shares how his lab’…

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Rocket Lab's Mars Telecom Orbiter & Sample Return: Red Planet Revolution! 🚀 5:03

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Unlock the future of Mars exploration with Rocket Lab’s innovative Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) and Sample Return (MSR) proposal! This deep dive covers the essential role of high-bandwidth comms for astronaut safety, the game-changing firm-fixed-price model, and how MTO enables sample returns from the Red Planet. Featuring 2025 updates: ES…

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The AI Cure: How Drug Repurposing is Saving Lives 51:03

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In this episode of Research Renaissance, Deborah Westphal sits down with Dr. Grant Mitchell, co-founder and CEO of Every Cure — a nonprofit revolutionizing how we treat disease using artificial intelligence and drug repurposing. You’ll hear the incredible true story behind the organization’s founding: a rare disease, a near-death diagnosis, and the…

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Perseid Meteor Shower 2025: Best Viewing Tips & Epic Cosmic Secrets! 8:27

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Get ready for the 2025 Perseid Meteor Shower with this ultimate guide! Join us as we dive into the cosmic fireworks lighting up the night sky on August 11-13, 2025. Learn the best tips to catch 50-100 meteors per hour, uncover the fascinating history of Comet Swift-Tuttle, and discover why this summer spectacle is a must-see. From dark sky strategi…

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Unlocking Sex-Based Differences in Alzheimer’s Risk with Dr. Rachel Buckley 48:10

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In this powerful episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Dr. Rachel Buckley, Associate Professor of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Together, they explore a growing body of research that challenges long-standing assumptions about sex differences in Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Buckle…

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Unveiling TWA-7B: JWST’s First Direct Image of a New Exoplanet! 6:17

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Dive into the cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope’s groundbreaking discovery of TWA-7B, its first directly imaged exoplanet! This Saturn-mass gas giant, located 111 light-years away, is the lightest exoplanetever captured this way, revolutionizing our ability to spot distant worlds. Learn how JWST’s cutting-edge MIRI coronagraph unveiled thi…

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Light: A New Era 7:40

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Witness the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s historic first light on June 23, 2025! Located in Chile, its massive LSST Camera is scanning the skies, capturing asteroids, dark matter, and more. Discover how this revolutionary telescope is transforming astronomy with unprecedented cosmic clarity. Subscribe to explore the universe’s mysteries unveiled!…

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How Regenerative Biology Could Help Treat Alzheimer’s with Dr. Prabesh Bhattarai 45:23

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In this episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Dr. Prabesh Bhattarai, Associate Research Scientist - The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease, the aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a 2024 Toffler Scholar. Dr. Bhattarai shares his groundbreaking work on regenerative biology and ho…

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Why Did This Star Explode Twice? 5:26

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🌟 A star exploded TWICE, and we’ve got the first-ever image! Discover the mind-blowing double-detonation supernova SNR 0509-67.5, captured by ESO’s Very Large Telescope. This cosmic breakthrough reveals a white dwarf’s two-stage explosion, challenging Type Ia supernova theories. Why it matters: these blasts measure cosmic distances and forge the ir…

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Brightest & Fastest Visitor from Another Star System! 5:35

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🌌 Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Cosmic Visitor from Another Star! 🌠 Join us as we explore the incredible 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar comet ever spotted, discovered on July 1, 2025, by NASA’s ATLAS telescope in Chile. Racing at 135,000 mph, this 12-mile-wide comet is the brightest and fastest of its kind, offering a rare glimpse into exoplanet…

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Decoding Alzheimer’s: Breakthroughs in Neural Recording using and Biostatistics & Machine Learning 49:57

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In this exciting episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal speaks with Dr. Ted Zwang, Assistant Professor of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Andrew Holbrook, Assistant Professor at UCLA and Jasen Zhang, PhD student in biostatistics in Holbrook’s lab. Together, they share how novel neural reco…

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Mission Critical: The Importance of Pediatric Research 26:51

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Federal funding for research is being cut - leading to potentially devastating impacts for our nation's health - especially for children. In this episode, our host, Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH, discusses the importance of investing in pediatric research, clinical trials, and training future generations of researchers, alongside Catherine Bollard, MB…

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How Childhood Stress Shapes the Brain with Dr. Heather Brenhouse 53:39

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In this fascinating episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Dr. Heather Brenhouse, professor of psychology and director of the Developmental Neuropsychobiology Lab at Northeastern University—and a 2024 Toffler Scholar. Together, they explore the deep connections between childhood adversity, brain development, and long-…

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Engineering the Brain—In the Lab and in Space 40:56

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In this fascinating episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphall welcomes Dr. Alysson Muotri, a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego., for a deep dive into what makes the human brain unique—and how understanding that uniqueness might unlock new treatments …

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Microscopic Conversations: How Organelles Communicate and What It Means for Curing Neurological Disease 45:39

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In this episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal welcomes Dr. Yvette Wong, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University and 2024 Toffler Scholar, for a deep dive into the dynamic inner world of cells—and how her lab is uncovering new clues about neurodegenerative diseases by studying the microscopic interactions between…

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EPR Masterclass Part 4: Advanced Packaging Redesign Strategies for EPR 26:36

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Take your learning further with the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Masterclass Workbook by Sustainable Design Lab. Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation…

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Aging with Dignity: Advancing Equity, Access, and Brain Health 53:44

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In this compelling episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Sue Peschin, President and CEO of the Alliance for Aging Research, for a candid conversation about the intersection of science, policy, and aging. From Alzheimer’s drug coverage to the future of stem cell research, they unpack what it truly means to age with di…

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Rewiring Brain Research—Why Networks Matter as Much as Genes 54:16

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In this eye-opening episode of Research Renaissance, Dr. Rod Scott takes us on a journey through the emerging science of brain networks, complex adaptive systems, and why rethinking how we treat neurological conditions like epilepsy and autism might be the key to improving outcomes—especially in children. Dr. Scott explains why he views the brain n…

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Inside the Mind of Brain Cancer: Modeling Glioblastoma with Dr. Frank Furnari 54:49

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In this episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Dr. Frank Furnari, professor of medicine at UC San Diego and co-director of the Brain Tumor Program at the Sanford Stem Cell Institute. Together, they explore one of the most aggressive and complex cancers known to medicine—glioblastoma—and the innovative tools his team i…

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Inside the Neurodegeneration Puzzle: A Conversation with Jackson Mace 52:02

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In this compelling episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Jackson Mace, a neuroscience PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University and 2023 Toffler Scholar, to explore the cutting-edge research driving our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases—particularly multiple sclerosis (MS). Drawing from personal experience—…

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Exploring the Role of Astrocytes and APOE in Alzheimer's Disease with Dr. Alberto Serrano-Pozo 42:41

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In this episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Dr. Alberto Serrano-Pozo, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, staff neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a 2022 Toffler Scholar. Together, they explore Dr. Serrano-Pozo’s pioneering research into the role of glial cells—specifically a…

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Rewiring the Brain: Non-Invasive Neurotech & the Future of Treatment with Ana Maiques 48:13

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In this illuminating episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with Ana Maiques, CEO and co-founder of Neuroelectrics, a groundbreaking company at the forefront of non-invasive brain stimulation technology. Together, they explore the intersection of neuroscience, entrepreneurship, and innovation, diving deep into how electric…

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EPR Masterclass Part 3: Colorado's Program 24:28

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Take your learning further with the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Masterclass Workbook by Sustainable Design Lab. Welcome to the Sustainable Design Lab podcast by Veritiv. Hosted by Chris Bradley, this show is your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into the world of sustainable packaging. Join us as we reimagine packaging innovation…