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Over the past 12 months, we have shared some remarkable stories from the scientific community, but three of the most impactful have come from “Disruptors” in their respective fields. Relive these stories with our hosts on the year-end edition of Vital Science. Show Notes The Disruptors: Conversations in Science Meet Valerie Meet Wise Charles River | Gene Therapy for Neurological Disorders In Vitro and In Vivo Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis https://www.criver.com/eureka/neuroinflammation-in-spinal-cord-injury-a-necessary-evil W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
On this episode of the SPOT™ Radio Podcast Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Chris Danek CEO of Bessel about human-centered design and agile teamwork. Chris speaks on using advanced technology like artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, and digital engineering and their support to medical device manufacturers.Guest bioChris Danek, CEO of Bessel, is an entrepreneur and life sciences industry veteran. Chris believes in empowering technical teams. Trained in business and engineering, he has worked with dozens of teams in industry and at universities across the US. He helps them speed time-to-market with agile teamwork and human-centered design while using advanced technology like artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, and digital engineering. Bessel clients and Powered by Bessel startups are located nationwide.Chris is a visiting professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. This leading Hispanic-serving research university has adopted the Bessel Origin program in its Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Chris is also a visiting professor at the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at UTEP.Chris was co-founder and CEO of AtheroMed (now Philips AtheroMed), and before that was V.P. R&D of Asthmatx (Boston Scientific). Chris is an advisor to the Santa Clara University Healthcare Innovation and Design Lab. He has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from the Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania. He is an inventor of over 85 U.S. patents. About BesselBessel's roots are in product lifecycle support for medical device and diagnostic products. With a foundation of more than 20 years of experience designing and developing medical devices, Chris Danek and Bessel have provided full-service support for over 5 years to diverse organizations ranging from startup companies to Fortune 50. We bring innovation throughout the product lifecycle -- from a clean sheet of paper through commercial release.We combine human-centered design and agile teamwork (scrum) in our approach to work, with a dual focus on results and on improving the capabilities of our clients' teams.Mentoring startup teams reminded me of my love of teaching. It was natural to step from putting the patient first as a medical device developer to putting the student first as a teacher. The core of the Bessel Origin program stems from my work helping students transform into excellent team members ready for the workforce.My co-founder, Carolyn Danek, inspired the start of Bessel. Trained as an architect, Carolyn is professionally versed in human-centered design. Her deep-rooted empathy sparked the creation of Bessel. I'm fortunate to be her co-founder. We saw the broad applicability of the Bessel Origin program and its mindsets, methods, and discipline to train the next generation of innovative thinkers and high-performance team members. Now we deliver corporate critical innovation projects and our Bessel Origin program.Website: www.bessel.co
Could it be possible to regenerate neurons in the human body? It's a question that has driven Dr. Wise Young for over 40 years. He's dedicated his career to researching spinal cord injuries and how to develop a treatment for them. Along the way, he's discovered neurogenesis, a way to regenerate neurons in not just the spinal cord, but also the brain. Thanks to his work, what everybody told him was once impossible, is now close to becoming a reality. Join us as Dr. Young discusses his founding of, and work at, the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, how the components of stem cells and umbilical cord blood can help regenerate neurons, and what his vision is for the future of research in this growing field.Show Notes The Disruptors - Meet Wise https://www.criver.com/therapeutic-area/neuroscience https://www.criver.com/products-services/research-models-services https://www.criver.com/eureka/neuroinflammation-in-spinal-cord-injury-a-necessary-evil https://www.criver.com/eureka/making-efficacy-models-count https://www.criver.com/molecule-type/cell-and-gene-therapy-services https://www.criver.com/products-services/find-model/rnu-nude-rat?region=3611 https://www.criver.com/products-services/safety-assessment https://www.criver.com/industry/academic
Learn about mimetics, machine learning, and mice with our first student researcher spotlight and co-host, Monica! Monica has been conducting research at the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience since 2019, and is tackling spinal cord injury research from two separate angles. Learn about Just Dance for mice, the biochemical equivalent of the Is it Cake? challenge, and more in our channel's first interview episode! Keck Center Website: https://keck.rutgers.edu/ Connect with Us! Fill out this form to get a sneak peak of our guest speaker's background before their episode comes out: https://forms.gle/4qNaWAiauLrv55kD7 Interested in being a guest speaker? Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/WLiG5nLM9VQ3VBBbA Follow our Social Media! Instagram: @youve.got.potential Facebook: You've Got Potential Linktree: https://linktr.ee/youvegotpotential #youvegotpotentialpodcast #undergraduateresearch #womeninstem
Frank Medina is an Associate Professor/ Director of Technology and Engagement at UTEP / W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation. Frank is a world-renowned expert in the area of AM and Electron Beam Melting. He has over eighteen years of experience in AM and has educated over one thousand scientists and engineers in the areas of meals AM technology, processes, and advanced applications. He has published and contributed to over 120 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceedings. Additionally, he has been awarded nine additive manufacturing patents, with several other patents pending. Throughout his career, his research interests has centered around additive manufacturing, with a heavy emphasis on the acceleration and advancement of the manufacturing readiness of metal AM technology. Before we get started head over to www.3degreescompany.com and subscribe to the podcast. Remember you can listen to the show anywhere you download your podcasts including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, or Stitcher.
Hi listeners! In Episode 3 of Tug of War, Carley, Hailey, and Hallie interview Ibrahim al-Assil, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. We discuss the over-emphasis on the role of religion in analyses of the Middle East power competition, the foreign influence of the U.S. and China in the region, and the prospect of compromise among the region's four major players: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel. This podcast is supported by the Keck Center for Strategic Studies World Affairs podcast fellowship. Music from Garageband.
In Episode 4 of Tug of War, Carley, Hailey, and Hallie interview Dr. Olusola Ogunnubi, expert on power dynamics and regional hegemony in Africa. This episode focuses on Nigeria's pursuit of regional hegemony, the importance of soft power in the designation of hegemon status, and South Africa's role in the region and on the international stage. This podcast is supported by the Keck Center for Strategic Studies World Affairs podcast fellowship. Music from Garageband.
Hi listeners, it's officially our final episode! In the 5th and final episode, Carley, Hailey, and Hallie reflect on what we've learned from the past 4 episodes, and how we can use what we've learned to predict the future of power in the international system. This episode focuses primarily on how COVID has and will continue to impact power dynamics, the problematic nature of 'Great Power' designations and the realist school of thought, and how we can use history to find patterns that make the uncertain future a bit more clear. Thank you so much for tuning in, it's been an absolute blast creating Tug of War! This podcast is supported by the Keck Center for Strategic Studies World Affairs podcast fellowship. Music from Garageband.
Welcome back! In Episode 2 of Tug of War, Carley, Hailey, and Hallie interview Dr. Luis Schenoni, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz. This episode focuses on power dynamics in a bipolar system, how the hegemonic transition between the U.S. and China is impacting smaller regional powers in Latin America, and Brazil's non-hegemon status. This podcast is supported by the Keck Center for Strategic Studies World Affairs podcast fellowship. Music from Garageband.
In Episode 1 of Tug of War, Carley, Hailey, and Hallie interview Dr. Minxin Pei to explore China's economic, military and political power in East Asia. This episode discusses the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the future of the U.S.-China relationship, and the potential for China's economic growth. Tune in! This podcast is supported by the Keck Center for Strategic Studies World Affairs podcast fellowship. Music from Garageband.
Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr Wise Young M.D., Ph.D., the Richard H. Shindell Chair in Neuroscience, Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology & Neuroscience and the Founding Director of the W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. Spinal Cord Injury A spinal cord injury (SCI) is defined as any damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, loss of sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cord below the level of the injury. Injury can occur at any level of the spinal cord and can be a complete injury, with a total loss of sensation and muscle function, or incomplete, meaning that some nervous signals are able to travel past the injured area of the cord. Depending on the location and severity of the damage, the symptoms vary, from numbness to paralysis to incontinence. Long term outcomes also vary widely, from full recovery to permanent quadriplegia or paraplegia. Complications can include muscle atrophy, pressure sores, infections, and breathing problems. Direct medical expenses for spinal cord injuries can run into millions of dollars (not including lost wages and earning potential) and can include: spinal surgery, trauma care (use of a ventilator) rehabilitation (including physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy, and mental health counseling), long-term care, including the costs of in-home aides, medical equipment such as wheelchairs, and medication such as painkillers and antibiotics. A recent estimate showed that there are about 18,000 new SCI cases each year in the U.S. and the number of people with SCI living in the United States is around 290,000. Dr. Wise Young Today’s guest is going to take us further into the area of spinal cord injury as well as discussing some of the most exciting work that’s going on in the development of innovative therapeutic intervention for SCI. Today’s speaker is Dr. Wise Young, who with a Doctorate in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Iowa, and a medical degree from Stanford University has committed himself to bringing innovative treatments to people with spinal cord injuries over the last few decades. Speaking on how he felt compelled to work in tackling spinal cord injuries, Dr. Young expresses how “I was an intern at Bellevue Hospital when I took care of my first spinal cord injury patient. It was very emotional for me because I think one of the things that all doctors hate to feel is helpless, to feel as if there's nothing you can do.” He continues, “this is really one of the most hopeless conditions in human history where patients are told that they will never walk again. And so, I decided to take on a subject that I think most of my colleagues believed would be a waste of time.” Inspired by the hopelessness of the condition, he went on to build and train a twenty-five center clinical trial network in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong where Phase II human clinical trials using umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells and lithium are currently on-going. Today, he is working on establishing clinical trial networks in the United States, Norway, and India. Dr. Young led the team that discovered and established high-dose methylprednisolone (MP) as the first effective therapy for spinal cord injuries. This 1990 work upended concepts that spinal cord injuries were permanent, refocused research, and opened new vistas of hope. He also developed the first standardized rat spinal cord injury model used worldwide for testing therapies, formed the first consortium funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test promising therapies, and helped establish several widely accepted clinical outcome measures in spinal cord injury research. Speaking on the development of the Phase II trials, Dr. Wise explains how he first witnessed them take place in Kunming, China. “There was an army hospital there that really did something very unusual. They were taking patients after spinal cord injury and walking them six hours a day, six days a week for six months. It was called the six, six, six program. This caused many of the patients to recover function, I mean, as many as half of the patients recover walking.” Dr. Young founded and served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neurotrauma.He organizedthe International and National Neurotrauma Societiesas forums for scientists to collaborate on in the areas of spinal cord injury and brain research. He served on advisory committees for the NIH, National Academy of Sciences, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and on many spinal cord injury advisory boards. His work has been featured in numerous national and international news and print publications including appearing on20/20 with Barbara Waltersand Christopher Reeve, Today with Katie Couric, 48 Hours, Fox News, CNN, and USA Today. TIME Magazine named Dr. Young America’s best in spinal cord injury research. Some of his many honors include: being the first researcher elected to the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame, receiving NIH Jacob Javits Neuroscience "Cure" Award, a Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, an Asian American Achievement Award, and The Hope Award. On this show we will hear from Dr. Young: About his background, how he got interested in science, physiology and medicine, and how he finds himself at the epicenter of neuroscience and trauma care. He will discuss his cell therapy approaches in SCI and his supportive interventions in SCI. He will also talk about his "morphodynamic" interventions in SCI and go into his international work in Asia and Norway. ideaXme is a global podcast, creator series and mentor programme. Mission: Move the human story forward!™ ideaXme Ltd.
Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and directs the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. Recognized globally as an expert on US-China relations, his research focuses on democratization in developing countries, economic reform, and governance in China. Pei has published three books, contributes to numerous periodicals, and is a frequent guest commentator on CNN and NPR, just to name a few. (April 13, 2018)
Through Tinted Lenses? How Chinese and Americans See Each Other (Audio Only)
Minxin Pei is Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and directs the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. A frequent contributor to the nation's op-ed pages and the author of many journal articles, Pei is also known for his books From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union and China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy. Before moving to Claremont McKenna, Pei headed the China program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Through Tinted Lenses? How Chinese and Americans See Each Other
Minxin Pei is Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and directs the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. A frequent contributor to the nation's op-ed pages and the author of many journal articles, Pei is also known for his books From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union and China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy. Before moving to Claremont McKenna, Pei headed the China program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences Podcast
This April 22, 2010 poetry reading and discussion at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C. explores the social history of the AIDS epidemic and its impact on culture.
Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences Podcast
Thomas Burnett, Mirzayan Fellow, gave this lecture on George Ellery Hale on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C.