When Good Cells Go Bad
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An interview with Michael Berens, Adjunct Professor in the School of
Life Sciences at Arizona State University and Senior Investigator at
Translational Genomics Institute (TGen).Podcast content summary and
time log for Volume 21 of Ask-a-Biologist. |
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Keywords and topics that are found in this program: cells, genes, genome,
genetic engineering, translational genomics, cancer, biotechnology, jobs.
| Topic |
Time |
| Introduction - good and bad cells - cancer |
00:00 |
| What is a gene? |
02:23 |
| What is a genome? |
03:51 |
| Gene Therapy |
04:31 |
| Genetic Engineering |
05:55 |
| Translational Genomics |
06:48 |
| Where are the genes and genome located? |
08:15 |
| The Brain and Brain Tumors |
08:37 |
| What are the difficulties when trying to treat brain tumors? |
11:41 |
| What can translational genomics do for treating brain cancer? |
14:24 |
| What is TGen? |
15:35 |
| What does your lab look like? |
17:23 |
| What types of jobs are there in biotech labs such as yours? |
19:14 |
| Graphic artists |
21:37 |
| High school and college internship opportunities. |
22:56 |
| When did you know you wanted to be a biologist? |
26:27 |
| What would you do if you could not be a biologist? |
28:10 |
| What advise do you have for someone that wants to be a biologist? |
28:58 |
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