Promoting education in engineering and design for all ages. Learn more and read transcripts at www.k12engineering.net. Produced by Pius Wong, engineer, of Pios Labs (www.pioslabs.com [https://pioslabs.com/]). This podcast is for educators, engineers, entrepreneurs, and parents interested in bringing engineering to younger ages. Listen to real conversations among various professionals in the engineering education space, as we try to find better ways to educate and inspire kids in engineering thinking. For episode transcripts and more information, visit: www.k12engineering.net Topics include overcoming institutional barriers to engineering and STEM in K12, cool ways to teach engineering, equity in access to engineering, industry needs for engineers, strategies for training teachers, "edtech" solutions for K12 classrooms, curriculum and pedagogy reviews, and research on how kids learn engineering knowledge and skills. Thanks for listening!
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Promoting education in engineering and design for all ages. Learn more and read transcripts at www.k12engineering.net. Produced by Pius Wong, engineer, of Pios Labs (www.pioslabs.com [https://pioslabs.com/]). This podcast is for educators, engineers, entrepreneurs, and parents interested in bringing engineering to younger ages. Listen to real conversations among various professionals in the engineering education space, as we try to find better ways to educate and inspire kids in engineering thinking. For episode transcripts and more information, visit: www.k12engineering.net Topics include overcoming institutional barriers to engineering and STEM in K12, cool ways to teach engineering, equity in access to engineering, industry needs for engineers, strategies for training teachers, "edtech" solutions for K12 classrooms, curriculum and pedagogy reviews, and research on how kids learn engineering knowledge and skills. Thanks for listening!
Design Biomolecular Circuits, with Dr. Xiaojing Gao
The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Design Biomolecular Circuits, with Dr. Xiaojing Gao
What is synthetic biology? Researcher and professor Dr. Xiaojing Gao introduces
this cutting edge field. He explains how his lab at Stanford University
engineers biomolecular circuits, which are meant to be programmable,
reproducible, and friendlier to mammalian cells than non-biological molecules.
Xiaojing hopes to create the building blocks of this technology, to one day
better treat all sorts of medical conditions ranging from cancer to epilepsy. He
also describes his path to his interdisciplinary career. Related to this
episode: • Dr. Xiaojing Gao: https://cheme.stanford.edu/person/xiaojing-gao •
Gao Lab at Stanford: https://gaolab.blog/ • CAR T Therapy for cancer:
https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/car-t-cell-therapy
• Targeted Therapy for cancer:
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/targeted-therapies •
biological logic gates:
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-cells-protein-logic-gates.html • Brain & Behavior
Foundation: https://www.bbrfoundation.org/ • Cell Reprogramming With CRISPR/Cas9
Based Transcriptional Regulation Systems:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00882/full • Physics
Olympiad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Physics_Olympiad • Michael
Elowitz: https://www.bbe.caltech.edu/people/michael-b-elowitz • Liqun Luo:
https://profiles.stanford.edu/liqun-luo • Can we write biological "software
updates" to cure disease?:
https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/can-we-write-biological-software-updates-to-cure-disease/
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The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Promoting education in engineering and design for all ages. Learn more and read transcripts at www.k12engineering.net. Produced by Pius Wong, engineer, of Pios Labs (www.pioslabs.com [https://pioslabs.com/]). This podcast is for educators, engineers, entrepreneurs, and parents interested in bringing engineering to younger ages. Listen to real conversations among various professionals in the engineering education space, as we try to find better ways to educate and inspire kids in engineering thinking. For episode transcripts and more information, visit: www.k12engineering.net Topics include overcoming institutional barriers to engineering and STEM in K12, cool ways to teach engineering, equity in access to engineering, industry needs for engineers, strategies for training teachers, "edtech" solutions for K12 classrooms, curriculum and pedagogy reviews, and research on how kids learn engineering knowledge and skills. Thanks for listening!
