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Once a Scientist

Once a Scientist

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Unfiltered career discussions with scientists© 2025 Once a Scientist Science
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  • 92. Ashlee Vance, tech reporter and filmmaker, on storytelling, science funding, and interviewing billionaires
    Jul 23 2025

    Episode 92. Ashlee Vance is a renowned tech and science reporter, filmmaker, and founder of Core Memory, a podcast and blog that chronicles the lives and discoveries of scientists and engineers (https://www.corememory.com/). He wrote the definitive biography on Elon Musk and has been documenting the modern space race and recent developments in AI, among other things.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 91. Michael Koeris, Director of DARPA BTO, on autonomous science to accelerate discovery
    Apr 23 2025

    Episode 91. Michael Koeris is the Director of the Biotechnologies Office at DARPA. Michael completed his PhD at Boston University and did postdoctoral research in synthetic biology at MIT. He spent time early in his career at Flagship Pioneering, is a former founder and executive of multiple biotechs, and was formerly a professor at the Keck Graduate Institute.

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    55 mins
  • 90. Barry Bunin, CEO at Collaborative Drug Discovery, on tapping into the collective consciousness of science.
    Dec 18 2024

    Episode 90. Barry Bunin is the CEO and President at Collaborative Drug Discovery, which he founded 20 years ago. Prior to that, Barry was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Eli Lilly. He completed his PhD in Bioorganic Chemistry at UC Berkeley and his bachelor's degree in chemistry at Columbia University. To learn more about CDD:

    https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ai-drug-discovery#Bioisosteric-Suggestions
    https://www.collaborativedrug.com/curves#Calculations
    https://www.collaborativedrug.com/automation

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    1 hr and 18 mins
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