94. Gaming the System: NVIDIA's Vega Shah on Accelerating Biotech Breakthroughs

Erum and Karl sit down with Vega Shah from NVIDIA to explore the role of AI in healthcare and life sciences, and how it's driving major advances in drug discovery and biotechnology. Vega shares real-world examples, from lab-grown cotton to using AI to discover new proteins in the gut microbiome. She also discusses the challenges of modeling complex biological systems and how tools like generative AI are changing the way we approach these problems. This episode is a look at how cutting-edge tech, with NVIDIA at the forefront, is making biology more accessible and impactful. Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing? Learn more at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.messaginglab.com/groweverything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters: 00:00:00 - Unpacking the Company’s Ethos: Where Innovation Begins 00:00:19 - Biotech Breakthrough: See-Through Mice and the Wild World of Research 00:03:11 - Lab-Grown Cotton: Redefining Sustainability in Fashion 00:04:05 - Inside the Apple Vision Pro: A New Frontier for Cellular Visualization 00:09:57 - How NVIDIA is Transforming Healthcare and Life Sciences 00:10:35 - In Conversation with Dr. Vega Shah: NVIDIA’s Vision for the Future of Medicine 00:12:42 - The Role of GPUs in Accelerating Healthcare and Life Sciences 00:16:28 - AI’s Impact on Drug Discovery: From Digital Biology to Genomics 00:20:17 - How NVIDIA’s Tools Are Helping Clinicians and Improving Patient Care 00:24:10 - Partnering with Cloud Providers: How NVIDIA is Expanding Access to AI Tools 00:28:05 - BioNemo: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with Large Language Models 00:31:32 - Gut Microbiome Discoveries: The Search for Novel Proteins 00:33:09 - The Challenge of Culturing Gut Bacteria: What We Still Don’t Know 00:35:49 - NVIDIA’s Pioneering Role in Image Analysis and Biological Modeling 00:38:31 - Why User Interfaces Matter: Making Biotech Accessible for Scientists 00:40:38 - Tech Bio Startups: Navigating the Platform Play and Scaling Challenges 00:43:06 - AI-Driven Drug Discovery: What’s Next for FDA Approvals? 00:45:29 - The Bigger Picture: NVIDIA’s Lasting Impact on Life Sciences 00:48:39 - Gamifying Biology: The Future of Healthcare Through Play 00:50:00 - Reflecting on the Journey: What Lies Ahead in Biotech and AI 00:57:46 - Final Thoughts: Engaging the Community in the Next Wave of Innovation Topics Covered: biotech, bioengineering, precision fermentation, epigenetics, optogenetics, light, biosolutions, cellular control, photomolecular biology Episode Links: NVIDIA Vega Shah on Twitter Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice Cell Walk on Apple Vision Pro NVIDIA BioNeMo™ MONAI Recursion Terray Culitvarium Persephone Biosciences⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have a question or comment? Message us here: Text or Call (804) 505-5553 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GrowEverything website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: [email protected] Music by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media