Category Archives: Featured

Dr Shima Beigi,BSc,MSc,MSc,Ph.D. Discusses human connection in a time of coronavirus

The Value of Resilient Connections in a Time of Coronavirus

The coronavirus is affecting everyone. In this short article from the ideaXme Rich Connectedness podcast series, I want to focus on a specific area that is radically affected by the pandemic: CONNECTIONS. Please find Dr Shima Beigi’s webinar slides on building resilience and connections in a time of Covid-19 Covid-19 Has Changed Everything Just a couple of […]

Dr. Ekaterina Malievskaia MD, Chief Innovation Officer, Co-founder, and Research and Development Director, at COMPASS Pathways. Credit: Compass Pathways

Dr. Ekaterina Malievskaia, COMPASS Pathways: Accelerating Patient Access To Mental Healthcare Innovation

  Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Ekaterina Malievskaia MD, Chief Innovation Officer, Co-founder, and Research and Development Director, at COMPASS Pathways. Ira Pastor comments: On the few past episodes, we have journeyed into the area psychedelic therapies, which broadly refers to therapeutic practices involving psychedelic drugs. In psychedelic […]

Dr Bruce M Carlson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Michigan

Dr. Carlson Living Legend of Regeneration Medicine

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Bruce M. Carlson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Michigan. Ira Pastor comments: Today we’re honored to be joined by a true living legend of the regenerative biology world, Dr. Bruce M. Carlson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor […]

Professor Orgoi, Credit:First Central Hospital of Mongolia

Mongolia: Bringing Cutting Edge Surgery To A Million Nomads

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Professor Sergelen Orgoi, MD, PhD and general surgeon from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, who is best known for pioneering and developing low cost liver transplantation and laparoscopic surgery in Mongolia. Ira Pastor comments: On previous ideaXme episodes, we’ve been taking a “virtual global road trip”, talking about […]

Prioritising Facts Over Fear in the Age of Coronavirus

Prioritising Facts Over Fear in the Age of Coronavirus

Media manipulation is not a new phenomenon, but the means and speed by which fake news reaches the general public is drastically changing thanks to the instantaneous nature of social media. With social media algorithms and our own patterns of content consumption favouring sensationalist content, it’s easy to prey on the public’s desperation for information […]

Dr. Hamed Faridi

Food Science and Technology: Dr. Hamed Faridi

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Hamed Faridi, Chief Science Officer of McCormick. Ira Pastor comments: Throughout the 20th century, natural products, especially those from the plant kingdom, formed the basis for a majority of all pharmaceuticals, biologics, and consumer healthcare products used by patients around the globe, […]

Food Security and Agro-Terrorism: Protecting Against Zoonotic Viruses

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Christopher Bomgaars, founder of EveryPig. Ira Pastor comments: Today, we have an ideaXme episode at the epicenter of a fascinating set of topics. But first, some background numbers and definitions: Antibiotic resistance is when germs (i.e., bacteria, fungi, etc.) develop the ability to defeat the […]

Dr. Michael Roizen

Preventative and Wellness Care for Health and Longevity

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Michael Roizen, Chief Wellness Officer at the Cleveland Clinic, Founding Chair of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and developer of the RealAge Test. Ira Pastor comments: Today we are going to journey into […]

(Jan. 3, 2020) Wildfires are pictured surrounding Sydney, Australia as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above the Tasman Sea.

NASA’s Global Disaster Response Support Via Astronaut Photography

Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador, interviews Dr. William Stefanov, Manager at NASA’s Exploration Science Office at the Johnson Space Center.   Ana Guzman comments:    In my next ideaXme interview, I speak with Dr. William Stefanov, Manager at NASA’s Exploration Science Office at the Johnson Space Center. We talk about ways astronaut photography can benefit human lives here on Earth. Many of us […]

Sexual Longevity with Dr. Betito

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Laurie Betito, President of the Sexual Health Network of Quebec and Director of the PornHub Sexual Wellness Center. Ira Pastor comments: Today, we are going to journey into the fascinating intersection of human sexuality, psychology and aging. Today we are joined by Dr. Laurie […]