S1 E5 | Life of Her Mind

Groundbreaking neurobiologist, Dr. Gina Turrigiano heads up the Turrigiano Lab in Brandeis University’s Biology Department. Dr. Turrigiano’s work focuses on brain plasticity. Our conversation covered a wide range of topics, including the following:    How Dr. Turrigiano and her husband, electrophysiologist, Dr. Sasha Nelson, navigated the challenges involved in ... . . .

S1 E2 | Life of Her Mind

The Life of Her Mind is dedicated to learning about how these women think — how they think about their careers, disciplines, and future. Each episode focuses on a single professional working in or around the sciences, with an eye toward uncovering what makes each individual’s contributions unique. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Alyssa Rhoden, Principal Scientist at Southwest ... . . .

S1 E1 | Life of Her Mind

In our inaugural conversation, we had the opportunity to speak with Alice Dreger, PhD. Dr. Dreger is an historian and philosopher of science, a journalist, and an activist. One of those rare thinkers who draws her readers into complex and controversial topics as if they’re just hanging out, jawing over a couple of drinks, Dreger’s work makes people question the long held ... . . .

Life of Her Mind

Labroots is excited to announce the relaunch of The Life of Her Mind, a podcast series focusing on the lives, perspectives, career pathways, and research of women working across STEM fields. . . .

Benedikt Bürfent , Ph.D. - Vice President Operations, BioEcho

Grace Box - Associate Director Business Development & Marketing, Admera Health

 For too long, researchers have relied on outdated purification techniques. It's time for a change. BioEcho, now part of Admera, offers a revolutionary approach to nucleic acid purification that not only delivers enhanced speed, yield, and purity but also reveals more data in downstream analysis. This webinar will explore the challenges of current methods and demonstrate how BioEcho's ...

MAY 15, 2025 10:00 AM PDT

Dr. Anthony Blaszczyk - Scientist II, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)

Dr. Lauren Tomlinson - Scientist, Pharmaron Biologics (UK) Ltd

Dr. Paul Getty - Senior Technical Specialist, Pharmaron Biologics (UK) Ltd

Gene therapy represents one of the fastest growing biotherapeutics worldwide, with AAV at the forefront. This rapid growth is constantly challenging CMC approaches, from manufacturing through release testing. The challenges are amplified by the need for best practices and test methods that are harmonized across the field. In AAV testing, the capsid content attribute (empty-full) is one of the ...

MAY 21, 2025 8:00 AM PDT

Kevin Lance, PhD - Director of Product Management </br> Unchained Labs

The Problem: Desalting and quantifying nucleic acids is essential for ensuring accuracy and efficiency for downstream assays, but the process can be challenging. Manual methods of desalting are time-consuming and costly. Fluorescence-based methods of quantification require standards, dyes and dilutions while the accuracy of traditional UV absorbance is affected by impurities or varying ...

MAY 27, 2025 8:00 AM PDT