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Daily Discoveries

  • RF Diffusion and Protein Design

    10 MAY 2023 · On this episode, Oskar, Sanjana, and Hayden interview David Juergens and Joe Watson from David Baker’s lab about their recent publication “Broadly applicable and accurate protein design by integrating structure prediction networks and diffusion generative models.” Using the same principles underlying the image-generating software DALL-E, the Baker lab has been able to create software that […]
    38m 51s
  • Assessing Binding Capabilities of s.pneumoniae

    17 APR 2023 · Daily Discoveries is starting off this quarter with an episode about a recent article that discusses how the structure of capsular polysaccharides on bacteria allow them to bind to human cells and cause infection.
    17m 25s
  • Manipulating Microbiomes

    27 FEB 2023 · In this episode, Hayden and Sanjana discuss recent advancements in CRISPR-Cas technology that allows for the specific enrichment or depletion of a single bacterial strain in a complex microbial community.
    14m 31s
  • Human Cortical Organoids

    16 FEB 2023 · This week Sanjana, Oskar, and Hayden discuss a study where an imaging technology was created in order to observe a mouse brain implant over time without disturbing the mouse or the implant.
    21m 8s
  • Potential Hair Loss Treatment

    23 JAN 2023 · In this episode, Hayden, Sanjana, and Oskar discuss a paper that explores potential alopecia treatments using machine learning.
    20m 2s
  • Sweet New Discoveries

    9 JAN 2023 · Sanjana, Hayden, and Oskar dive into how scientists are turning to the natural world to discover new non-caloric sweeteners
    17m 32s
  • Nobel Prize Recap

    3 JAN 2023 · This week on Daily Discoveries, Oskar, Sanjana, and Hayden discuss the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize, and what their discoveries mean for both their fields and science as a whole.
    26m 6s
  • Growing Soft Robots

    6 DEC 2022 · Oskar, Sanjana, and Hayden discuss a new innovation that allows for soft robots to grow by themselves.
    14m 12s
  • Cell-based Meat

    15 NOV 2022 · In this week’s episode, Sanjana, Oskar, and Hayden explain a study where meat was grown from just a couple of cells, and discuss whether they think it is a solution to eating meat more sustainably.
    29m 59s
  • Engineering Sustainability

    4 NOV 2022 · This week Sanjana, Hayden, and Oskar discuss a recent cross-disciplinary study transforming CO2 into bioplastics through electrical and biological chemistry.
    20m 16s
Daily Discoveries is a weekly podcast about recent science news from around the world, hosted by University of Washington undergraduate students Sanjana Chava, Oskar Haeberlein, and Hayden Henry.
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