Tech Nation with Moira Gunn
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Dr. Moira Gunn is the host of Public Radio's Tech
Nation, where she has conducted over 2,000 interviews with space pioneers
and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists and genetics researchers, teachers
and technophobes. A former NASA scientist and engineer, Dr. Gunn is a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation and
the Tech Awards' Global Leadership Council, and has served as a member
of the Awards Selection Committee for the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue
University, she also holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and a
software technical patent. Dr. Gunn is regularly asked to speak on the
Impact of Technology on Society, on the Current and Projected State of
Global Technology Penetration, and on her experience as a Woman in Technology,
Science and Engineering.
Between 2004 and 2012 The Conversations Network published 748 podcast episodes
of Technation. Look for them and more-recent programs on the
Tech Nation website (http://technation.com).
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Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Richard Ho, the Director of Disease Simulation at Johnson & Johnson and Randy Scott, Chairman & CEO at Genomics Health. Ho explains how they are simulating the entire human body on computers. Scott talks about how his company is matching patients' genes to chemotherapy and other treatments.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Kim Todd, who in her book "Chrysalis" recounts the tale of Maria Sibylla Merian and her documentation of the secrets of metamorphosis.
As part of the BayBIO series on personalized medicine, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Jeff Peterson, CEO of Target Discovery, Inc. They discuss measuring tiny isoforms that exist within proteins - a capability that offers much to people suffering from prostate and ovarian cancer.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with IDEO co-founder Bill Moggridge. They look at how some of our favorite technology came into being, from the very first laptop right up to the iPod.
As part of the BayBIO series on personalized medicine, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Pierre Cassignol, President & CEO of XDX Expression Diagnostics. Cassignol talks about a major step forward in the long term treatment of transplant recipients.
Dave Thompson, CEO of Genius, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about the power shifts going on today between customers, front line sales people and executives all because of the World-Wide Web.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Matt Gardner, President of BayBIO, about their Impact 2007 report. He reveals what's happening in biotech in the largest biotech cluster in the world, the San Francisco Bay Area.
Discover the part Puerto Rico plays in your life as Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with its Governor, Anibal Acevedo Vila. On the Bio-Issue of the Week, together with David Ewing Duncan, Gunn also takes a look at California Governor Schwarzenegger's health care proposal.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with architect Michelle Kaufmann, who in 2002 founded Michelle Kaufmann Designs and began the crusade to create cost-effective, thoughtfully designed, green buildings that are accessible to more people.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with UC Business School professor Peter Navarro in the second of a two-part interview on China. This week - the surprising blood scandal which spread HIV and the culture of counterfeit.
