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Skylar Tibbits is a designer and computer scientist whose research focuses on self-assembling and programmable materials, and 3D and 4D printing. He is the founder of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab. Here, Skylar speaks with MIT President Sally Kornbluth about the inspiration for his lab’s projects, why design at MIT is unique, and the magic in combining the creative with the technical. 

The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at MIT through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.

Episode show notes and transcript: https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-7-staying-radical-and-relevant

Curiosity Unbounded

Curiosity Unbounded, Episode 7: Staying radical and relevant

In this episode of AudioHelicase, we sit down with three Whitehead Institute researchers driving breakthroughs in disease treatment. Join us as we explore some of the toughest challenges they're overcoming to move transformative therapies from the lab bench to your medicine cabinet.

Credits:
Interviews, production, and hosting by Shafaq Zia.

Music and sound effects:
Crescent Bloom by Kai Engel (CC BY-NC 4.0)
OBJPlls-INT_Pills Rattling by Alessia Pultrone (CC  BY-NC  4.0)
Asthma Inhaler — Sprayed/ Dispensed 2 times by MutilatorBCB (CC0  1.0)
Velcro 7 by CassieTee (CC  BY-NC  3.0)

Illustration: DrawImpacts

AudioHelicase

AudioHelicase Special: How foundational research takes medicines from lab to shelf

Namrata Kala is an associate professor in applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She studies the value of employee training and incentives, how communities adapt to environmental change and regulation, and the returns on environmental technology investment. Here, Namrata speaks with MIT President Sally Kornbluth about the importance of soft skills training, and the benefits of being a straight shooter.

Show notes and transcript: https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-8-hard-facts-soft-skills

The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at MIT through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.

Curiosity Unbounded, Episode 8: Hard facts on soft skills

Season 3 features stories of breaking the mold. In our third and final episode, we’ll meet Cesar Dominguez. His family emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. at a young age. Growing up in a relatively homogenous community led him to seek out more diverse perspectives as he honed his research skills in structural biology. He now studies how cells can withstand and transmit mechanical force.

Produced by Raleigh McElvery and Conor Gearin.
Music for this episode came from the Free Music Archive and Blue Dot Sessions at www.sessions.blue. In order of appearance:

“Something Elated” — Broke for Free
“Kilkerrin” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Valley VX” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Brad PKL” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Jog to the Water” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Cach PKL” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Chafftop” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Pacific Time” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Dimming Circuit” — Blue Dot Sessions

BioGenesis

Breaking the Mold, Ep. 3: Cesar Dominguez

From MIT Biology and Whitehead Institute: the podcast where we get to know a biologist, where they came from, and where they’re going next. In each episode, we talk to a biology graduate student about what experiences drew them into science and how those experiences have shaped their research.

Breaking the Mold, Ep. 3: Cesar Dominguez

BioGenesis

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