This week on The Genetics Podcast, we celebrate our 200th episode with a look back at some of the earliest episodes, particularly ones that foresaw major trends or went on to spark real-world impact. These include Eric Topol’s early predictions about AI in healthcare, Laurence Reid’s vision for gene therapy in hearing loss, Sir Rory Collins on the potential impact of the UK Biobank, Daphne Koller on uniting biology and machine learning, and Vineeta Agarwala on harnessing large datasets for drug discovery. Patrick adds updates and reflections on how these bold ideas have shaped the genomics and biotech landscape.
Show Notes:
0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast
00:59 Overview of episode content and guests featured
01:47 Eric Topol predicts the role of AI in healthcare in 2019
05:58 Patrick’s reflections on AI’s progress today and future potential
06:57 Laurence Reid outlines Decibel Therapeutics’ gene therapy plans for otoferlin-related hearing loss
10:58 Patrick’s updates on Decibel’s success and acquisition by Regeneron
11:44 Sir Rory Collins on the creation and vision of the UK Biobank
18:20 Patrick on the lasting impact of open science and the UK Biobank
19:10 Daphne Koller on building insitro to fuse biology and machine learning
24:30 Patrick on the future of large-language models in biology
25:55 Vineeta Agarwala on investing in large datasets for drug discovery
32:24 Patrick on applying multi-omic data to rare disease research
32:52 Closing remarks
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