Life-Changing Science

A podcast series that explores BioBuilder's impact on the careers of our guests

PODCAST Season 4 Episode 1: Billy Carrier

Billy is integrating BioBuilder into BioSTEM at Volunteer HS in Tennessee

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PODCAST Season 3 Episode 5: Tara Peterson

Tara was a BioBuilder Apprentice in high school and is now a research scientist at Novartis

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PODCAST Season 3 Episode 6: Susana Donkor

Susana was a BioBuilder Apprentice in high school and is now an associate scientist at Aurion Biotech

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PODCAST Season 3 Episode 3: Amanda Blackburn and Evie LaFollette

Amanda and Evie teach biology at Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tennessee

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PODCAST Season 3 Episode 4: Yesenia Collins

Yesenia led a BioBuilderClub at Tyngsborough HS and is now a Georgia Tech freshman

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PODCAST Season 3 Episode 1: Lyle Musesengwa

Lyle is a sophomore at Dobyns-Bennet High School in Kingsport, TN

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PODCAST Season 3 Episode 2: Rachael Smyers

Rachael is a former Apprentice, Indigo Ag intern, now at UMass Lowell

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 11: Presley Simelus

Presley is an 11th grader at Prospect Hill Academy Charter School and a BioBuilder Student Ambassador

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 12: Jacob Lei

Jacob is a bioengineering undergrad at Rice University

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 9: Veni Dole

Veni is a student at Columbia University and a former BioBuilderClub student

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 10: Jo-Anne Purdy

Jo-Anne is a teacher at Westborough High School

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 7: Dave Westenberg

Dave is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Missouri University of Science and Technology

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 8: Geneva Fischer

Geneva is a sophomore at Northeastern University and a BioBuilder Summer intern

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 5: Oscar Jimenez

Oscar is a biology major at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 6: Rebekah Ravgiala

Rebekah is a teacher at Tyngsborough High School and BioBuilder Board Member

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 3: Chris Kuffner

Chris is a bioengineering PhD student at Boston University

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 4: Nancy Otaluka

Nancy is a former BioBuilder Apprentice and now a research assistant at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 1: Tian Shi

Tian is a Senior at Georgetown University studying biology and entrepreneurship

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PODCAST Season 2 Episode 2: Jenny Nemlekar

Jenny is a creative who runs her own business. She helped design and develop the first BioBuilder website

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 11: Rebecca Millman

Rebecca helps global companies solve critical strategy and marketing problems

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 12: Angela Girodier

Angela is a Senior at Emmanuel College majoring in biology and secondary education. She is a 2017 alum of BioBuilder's Apprenticeship

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 9: Amin Hajimorad

Amin is an electrical engineer and an associate professor at California State University Chico

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 10: Karen Katz

Karen is a legal and healthcare executive, entrepreneur, and business development leader

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 7: Lindsey L'Ecuyer

Lindsey is an award winning biotechnology teacher at Andover High School near Boston who leads a groundbreaking BioBuilderClub

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 8: Kevin Fuentes

Kevin is a BioBuilder Apprentice and a first generation Salvadoran-American. He is now studying chemical engineering and biochemistry at Tufts University

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 6: Viggy Vanchi

Viggy just graduated from Westborough High School. This fall he will study Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

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BONUS EPISODE: David Doyle

David has championed synbio teaching at SUIS, to international recognition through iGEM

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 4: Jude Clapper

Jude teaches with BioBuilder at the Taipei American School, leading their high school iGEM team to multiple championships

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 5: Michael Sheets

After learning about synthetic biology as a high school student, Michael earned a bioE undergrad degree and is now pursuing his PhD in the field

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 2: Karen Ingram

Karen is a creative director, designer, and artist who uses her skill set to promote scientific awareness

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 3: Katie Hart

Katie is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Williams College whose interest in teaching and science communication led her to BioBuilder

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Welcome to the BioBuilder Podcast

Meet our host, Zeeshan Siddiqui

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PODCAST Season 1 Episode 1: Julie Legault

Julie is the founder of Amino Bio. She discusses her entrepreneurial path and the challenges she sees in global education

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