Category Archives: Biological Sciences

Credit: DARPA

Brain-Computer Interfaces

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Alfred Emondi, Program Manager in the Biological Technologies Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Ira Pastor Comments: Today, we are going to go down the fascinating pathway of advanced neuro-technologies and in doing so, are going to be joined again by our friends from […]

Dr. Michael Levin Tufts University Professor who holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair in the Biology Department, and who serves as both the Director of the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts.

Bio-Electricity For Regeneration and Cancer Control

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Michael Levin, Tufts University Professor who holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair in the Biology Department, and who serves as both the Director of the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts. Ira Pastor […]

Christoph Promberger, Executive Director, Foundation Conservation Carpathia

Saving Carpathia, a Vast Wilderness in the Heart of Europe

 Karen Potter, Director of Sustainability Hub and ideaXme sustainability ambassador interviews Christoph Promberger, Executive Director, M.Sc, at Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC). Karen Potter comments: In 2009, the Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC) was founded by a dozen international philanthropists and conservationists with the goal to stop illegal logging and to protect a significant surface of Carpathian forests […]

Dr. Debra Houry, U.S. CDC and Jerome Adams, U.S Surgeon General. Photo Credit: C.D.C

Control and Prevention of Injury and Violence: U.S. CDC

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) at the U.S. CDC. Ira Pastor comments: On the U.S. Center’s for Disease Control (CDC) “Ten Leading Causes of Death” list, right beneath the two major categories of heart […]

Credit: George Foreman III

George “Monk” Foreman III Champion Boxer: Boxing, Business, and Well-Being

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews George “Monk” Foreman III; entrepreneur, professional boxer, trainer, coach, and Founder of Everybody Fights. Ira Pastor comments: We’re honored to be joined by Mr. George “Monk” Foreman III; entrepreneur, professional boxer, trainer, coach, son of businessman and former two-time heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, […]

Track and Trace Covid 19 Apps

Track and Trace: An Issue of Access

On the 18th of June, the U.K. Government announced that it would be scrapping its NHSX track and trace app, and instead switch to a model provided by Apple and Google’s Covid-19 development partnership, due to numerous issues with the NHSX app’s software. The U.K. is not the first country to halt the development of […]

Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, Professor University of Washington

Targeting Mechanisms of Aging Cross Species

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, Professor of Pathology, Adjunct Professor of Genome Sciences, and Adjunct Professor of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Washington. Dr. Matt Kaeberlein’s Research: Targeting Mechanisms of Cross Species Aging Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, is Professor of Pathology, Adjunct Professor of Genome […]

Credit: Florian Brand, CEO ATAI Life Sciences

ATAI Life Sciences: Psychedelic Therapies For Global Markets

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Florian Brand, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ATAI Life Sciences AG. Ira Pastor comments: On a few recent episodes, we have journeyed into the area of psychedelic therapies, which broadly refers to specific therapeutic practices involving pharmacotherapeutic interventions based on psychedelic drugs. In […]

Relentless, by Dean Stott

Dean Stott: Relentless: From SBS To World Record Breaker

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dean Stott, former British Special Forces soldier, adventurer, philanthropist, author, international speaker, and two time world record holder. Ira Pastor comments: Today we have the honor to be joined on the show by Mr. Dean Stott, former British Special Forces soldier, adventurer, philanthropist, author, […]

Chris Lunt, CTO, NIH

A Million Volunteers Improving Healthcare for All Of US

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Chris Lunt, Chief Technology Officer of the All of Us Research Program run by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Ira Pastor comments: Precision medicine refers to the tailoring of medical treatments to the individual characteristics of each patient and away from the predominant “one-size-fits-all” […]