All Episodes

117. The future of global vaccine security

116. The beauty of innovation

114. From synthetic guides to smart delivery

114. Structural biology and crystallography

113. Eliminating sleeping sickness

112. Best of 2025

111. Brain tumors

110. Dr Spendlove

109. The art of delivery: mRNA meets LNP

108. Metastatic breast cancer

107. Engineering and preserving the microbiome

106. Zoonotic diseases

105. What is pain?

104. Vaccines as you’ve not met them before

103. How space impacts the body

102. Fighting diabetes differently

101. Unleashing AI: Adventures in discovery

100. Best of 2024

99. Re-run: One hundred years of insulin

98. Detective work in Parkinson's Disease

97. Re-run: The discovery of Protein A

96. Re-run: Tea, jam and protein separation

95. Modality convergence in advanced therapies

94. Discovery Maker: Dr Michael Houghton

93. How sustainable is biopharma?

92. Big data, AI, and the problem of averages

91. The body as a bioreactor

90. What's next for advanced therapies?

89. Advanced therapies

88. Replicants and reality

87. Cephalopods: From camouflage to communication

86. Synthetic biology

85. Drugging the undruggable

84. Unraveling biotech's AI transformation

83. Antibody drug conjugates

82. Best of 2023

81. Access in developing nations

80. Different strokes from different folks

79. Patient-derived organoids (part 2): Organic electronic materials

78. Lipid nanoparticles: a special delivery service

77. Combination therapies and serendipity

76. Liquid biopsy

75. The state of the industry

74. Patient-derived organoids

73. War! What is it good for?

72. Cryogenic cold chains and CAR T

71. Revived therapies (part 2) - Phage therapy

70. Anti-cancer molecules

69. Never underestimate a cell

68. CRISPR and molecular aging

67. Revived therapies (part 1): Psychedelics

66. Getting ÄKTA ready in virtual reality

65. Best of 2022

64. Pain in the body and brain

63. Organ on a chip: part 2

62. Organ on a chip: Part 1

61. Genetic and genomic databases

60. The talk on talent

59. Microscopic eco-warriors

58. Wastewater epidemiology: Something in the wastewater

57. Special blood and transplants

56. Understanding and treating Alzheimer’s

55. The injustice of disease burden and access to vaccines

54. Mycoprotein v. cell-cultured seafood

53. The future of GMOs

52. The magical world of fungi (part 2)

51. Women in STEM

50. Biomimicry in space exploration

49. Discovery Makers: Mustapha Bittaye

48. Discovery Makers: Sebastian Falk

47. Best of 2021

46. The pulse of the industry - BioPlan and the Biopharma Resilience Index

45. Detecting sepsis: the role of single-cell

44. Insects as biotech engines

43. Crossing the finishing line in biotech

42. mRNA - the talk of the town

41. Seaweed, Agar and Algae

40. 'Joan's Ideal': One real story - and advice - on inclusion in the sciences

39. "You won't believe what happened next": a true crime special

38. Innovating with intent

37. The old biotech and the sea

36. The 5 R's in the life sciences industry

35. One hundred years of insulin and the future diabetes vaccine

34. Citizen Science and the science of gamification

33. Discovery Makers: Dorraya El-Ashry

32. Discovery Makers: Robert "Bob" Lefkowitz

30. Oligos part 2

29. The science of science denial

28. The magical world of fungi (part 1)

27. Best of 2020

26. Mapping tissues and tumors

25. It all adds up: mathematical simulations in biopharma research

24. Breast cancer research during COVID19

23. Chill out: from cryotherapy to cryopreservation

Discovery Matters ... because it does!

22. The Molecular Clamp - Perspectives from one team's search for a COVID-19 vaccine

July bonus - Fun scientific facts

21. The brewer, the baker and the biotech maker

20. Seeing things small: what does biology and telecom have in common?

19. The discovery of Protein A

18. Quantum biology: going subatomic

17. How does your brain discover what it wants?

16. The artistry of vaccine development

15. How to: Small biotechs into big companies

14. The story of oligonucleotides and spinal muscular atrophy

13. Scratched knees, smelly yogurt, and speedy wound healing

12. School’s never out: Educating the next gen biopharma talents

11. Fighting fake news in biotechnology: Sense about Science

10. Perspectives for health - learning about blockchain

9. Innovation inside-the-box, cyborgs and jugaad (जुगाड)

8. Microbiome transplant: cooties can cure you

7. Fitness trackers in the 1940s: The Framingham Heart Study

6. CAR-T cell therapy: the story of 2 brave young women fighting cancer

5. A map of humankind from the inside out

4. The role of AI in pandemics

1. Tea and jam and protein separation

2. When a hamster rules the biopharma world

3. Kidney surgeon who fixes the plumbing