NerdRx Podcast
Hello everyone, NerdRx podcast brings you a new scientific technique every week. I will invite scientists from various backgrounds and discuss their favorite lab techniques. Stay tuned every Tuesday for a new episode. If you have any topic suggestions or if you would like to join me for an episode please email me at barkha@nerdrxpodcast.com
Episodes
38 episodes
Episode#36 Microscopy – Dr. Saurabh Mehta
Hello listeners, Today is an exciting one, Microscopy. Out guest Dr. Saurabh Mehta will discuss the differences between light, confocal and super resolution microscopy. And wait till you hear the fun fact about microscopy. Thank you for joi...
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32:34
Episode#35 Bacteria Spheroid Co-culture – Dr. Dhruba Deb
Hello listeners, This week on NerdRx podcast, we have a novel cell culture technique called bacteria spheroid co-cultures. Dr. Deb will discuss how these bacteria thrive within cancerous tumors and can be used as therapies in the future. Th...
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Episode 35
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30:04
Episode#34 Memory Assays in Drosophila Melanogaster – Subhajit Sarkar
Hello listeners, This week we will discuss a behavior technique different from what we usually discuss. Our guest Subhajit Sarkar, a PhD student at IIT Kharagpur in India, will talk about the nitty-gritty of how to perform memory a...
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Episode 34
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41:26
Episode#33 BRET – David Lakhter
Hello listeners, Today we will talk about BRET, which is short for Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer, with a fellow content creator and podcaster, David Lakhter. Hear it from David about his journey and how he got into creating...
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Episode 33
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28:17
May Special - Episode#32 Chemistry after HTS – Dr. Malaika Argade
Hello listeners, I am so excited that this week my former mentor and the person who made me fall in love with Chemistry is with us tonight. This podcast began with high-throughput screening and Dr. Malaika Argade will take a step furth...
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45:39
Episode#31 Acoustic Liquid Handling – Dr. Julia Hotinger
Hello listeners, This week we are going to discuss how scientists use sound waves to dispense liquids at a nano scale. Joining us for this episode is Dr. Julia Hottinger. Thank you for joining us, and I hope you keep listening. ...
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Episode 31
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20:34
Episode#30 CRISPR/Cas9 – Dr. Carla Belmonte Mateos
Hello listeners, I have been waiting for this one for a long time, CRISPR/Cas9. In this episode, our guest Dr. Carla Belmonte gives us the details of the beauty of CRISPR/Cas9 and how it is evolving as a therapy. Thank you for joini...
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Episode 30
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34:44
Episode#29 Cell-free Systems for Proteolysis and Cell Cycle Study – Dr. Thomas Bonacci
Hello listeners, This week Dr. Thomas Bonacci will talk about the method he uses to study every stage of cell cycle. Yes, going to the basics with Cell-free systems. Thank you for joining us, and I hope you keep listening.&nb...
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Episode 29
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37:35
Episode#28 3D-Cell Cultures – Dr. Nishant Kulkarni
Hello listeners, We all have hear about cell cultures but do you that there are 3D-cell cultures too? This week we have Dr. Nishant Kulkarni, who will talk all about his experience with 3D cell cultures. Thank you for joining us, and I hope...
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Episode 28
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48:05
Episode#27 X-Ray Chrystallography – Dr. Chrystal Starbird
Hello listeners, This week Dr. Crystal Starbird, Assistant Professor at UNC Chapel Hill will talk about X-Ray Crystallography, a rival to CryoEM. Thank you for joining us, and I hope you keep listening. Reading Suggestio...
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Episode 27
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43:21
Episode#26 DREADDs – Sophie Bendrath
Hello listeners, Well if you thought only clothes or shoes can be designers, you are wrong! This week Sophie Bendrath will tell us about a fascinating technique of Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs aka DREADDs. Than...
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Episode 26
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41:18
Episode#25 Chromatography – Dr. Abha Jain
Hello listeners, Today we will talk about one of my favorite techniques, Chromatography. Join me with Dr. Abha Jain, a postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill, for this episode, where we discuss three different types of chromatography, ion excha...
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Episode 25
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30:54
Episode#24 Hi-C – Alexis Stutzman
Hello listeners, This week we have a UNC Ph.D. candidate Alexis Stutzman. Alesis will dive into a genomic technique called Hi-C that is used to measure DNA-DNA contacts. Thank you for joining us, and I hope you keep listening. ...
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Episode 24
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38:28
March Special - Episode#23 Neurotechnology – Dr. Sharena Rice
Hello listeners, For our March special, we dive into something new. Dr. Sharena Rice will walk us through Neurotechnology and how it can be life-changing and can be used in treating so many issues, we are currently facing. Thank you...
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Episode 23
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50:46
Episode#22 RNA sequencing – Christa Frodella
Hello listeners, This week we have Christa Frodella who will be discussing the technical side of RNA sequencing. RNAseq is a technique used to quantify RNA in a biological sample and has the ability to look at gene fusion, post tran...
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Episode 22
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17:22
Episode#21 Immunocytochemistry – Dr. Hallie Blevins
Hello listeners, This week we discuss immunocytochemistry (ICC) with Dr. Hallie Blevins who I know from my graduate school at VCU. ICC is a great way to identify and quantify the distribution of your target proteins and is routinely...
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Episode 21
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27:09
Episode#20 Self-administration – Dr. Emily Witt
Hello listeners, This week we have Dr. Emily Witt, who discusses a behavioral technique called Self-administration and how do we use this technique to understand the abuse liability of a molecule. Thank you for joining us, and I hop...
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Episode 20
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19:54
February Special - Episode#19 Cannabinoids – Dr. Allyn Howlett
Hello listeners, You do not want to miss it. We hear so many stories about cannabinoids these days but do you know how the cannabinoid receptor was discovered and the story behind it? Join me for this week’s episode where we have th...
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Episode 19
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54:53
Episode#18 Fear Conditioning – Dr. Ian Jacobs
Hello listeners, We all would love if we lived our lives without any fear but did you know that fear is our survival mechanism? This week on NerdRx podcast we have Dr. Ian Jacobs who will discuss the ins and out of how do we study f...
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Episode 18
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57:02
Episode#17 Isothermal Titration Calorimetry – Dr. Shashank Chavali
Hello listeners, This week allow me to take you back to the basics of Thermodynamics. We have Dr. Shashank Chavali for our discussion on ITC and find out at the end and find out which disease utilized ITC to help develop treatment. ...
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Episode 17
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1:04:47
Episode#16 Proximity Labeling Technologies (BioID) - Natalie Harris
Hello listeners, This week we have a graduate student Natalie Harris joining us to discuss the details of BioID. This recently developed technique helps identify your target protein’s “neighbors”. Thank you for joining us, and I hop...
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Episode 16
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27:13
January Special - Episode#15 Opioid Crisis – Dr. Samuel Obeng
Hello listeners, The opioid epidemic is an ongoing issue we are currently facing., For our January special episode, we have Dr. Samuel Obeng, Assistant Professor, who will discuss the problems of opioid use and how we can develop th...
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Episode 15
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29:23
Episode#14 Immunohistochemistry – Dr. Shveta Parekh
Hello listeners, This week we discuss a routine and an essential technique used in numerous labs called IHC. Dr. Shveta Parekh will talk about the nitty-gritty details that go into performing IHC. Thank you for joining us, and I hop...
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Episode 14
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31:51