Episodes

April 8, 2021

A Conversation with the Broad Institute's Anne Carpenter

Dr. Anne Carpenter is the inventor of CellProfiler and designed a method for coloring and analyzing cells. She works at the Broad Institute as the Senior Director of the Imaging Platform and is an Institute Scientist.

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April 2, 2021

Season Two Coming Soon

One week until Theory and Practice returns! Join Anthony and Alex as they discuss cutting-edge health developments with leaders in biology and computer science.

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March 4, 2020

Alexis Borisy, Finale Doshi-Velez, Pardis Sabeti

The hosts interview a panel of distinguished guests, including life sciences entrepreneur and investor Alexis Borisy, Finale Doshi-Velez of Harvard University's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Pardis Sabeti of the Broad Institute of MIT and …

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Feb. 19, 2020

Zach Weinberg, Flatiron Health

Zach Weinberg is the co-founder, president, and COO of Flatiron Health. He discusses his entrepreneurial journey and Flatiron Health's approach to accelerating cancer care and improving patient outcomes.

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Feb. 5, 2020

Cori Bargmann, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Cori Bargmann is the head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. She is also the head of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior and the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor at The Rockefeller University in …

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Jan. 22, 2020

Daphne Koller, insitro

Professor Daphne Koller is the CEO and founder of insitro. She joins the podcast to discuss how machine learning and biology can advance drug discovery and patient care.

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Jan. 8, 2020

David Sontag, MIT

David Sontag, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, explores how artificial intelligence can transform medicine, and discusses the importance of fairness in machine learning.

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Dec. 11, 2019

Eric Lander, Broad Institute

Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, joins the show to discuss human genetics and computational biology.

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Nov. 27, 2019

Greg Corrado, Google

Greg Corrado, senior research scientist with Google AI, examines the impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on medicine and delves into the future of biological neuroscience.

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Nov. 13, 2019

Sir Peter Donnelly, Genomics Plc

In this episode, Sir Peter Donnelly, CEO of Genomics Plc and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford, explores the relationship between genetic variation and complex human diseases and talks about his career at the intersection of statistics …

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Oct. 30, 2019

Eric Schmidt

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks about the foundations of computer science, reflects on the role of data in healthcare, and discusses his views on the intersection of technology and life sciences as the next frontier.

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Oct. 16, 2019

Jessica Mega, Verily

Jessica Mega, Chief Medical Officer at Verily, discusses her career path, the intersection of data science and healthcare, and how medical tools can augment positive health outcomes.

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Oct. 2, 2019

Barbara Englehardt, Princeton University

In this episode, Princeton University’s Barbara Englehardt reveals what she’s working on in epigenetics and exploratory data analysis, and examines the theoretical foundations for machine learning and how they are applied in practice. Barbara is currently on leave from Princeton …

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Sept. 16, 2019

Introducing Theory and Practice

Theory and Practice explores the cutting edge of biology and computer science through conversations with leaders in the field. This week, your hosts Alex and Anthony introduce themselves and discuss the origins of the show.

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