The IQT Podcast

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 – Testing Technologies

What are some of the challenges associated with diagnostics and testing surrounding COVID-19? B.Next’s Drs. Kevin O’Connell and Dylan George discuss recent pandemic developments and explore the importance of testing, why it's been challenging, and the exciting technologies that we should look forward to coming soon.

Referenced links:
• www.covid-local.org
• www.covidexitstrategy.org

Leveraging Sensors to Monitor Patient Health Remotely

Hospitals across the world are operating under a contingency standard of care due to COVID-19. Could the strain of resources be alleviated through remote monitoring of patients through their wearable devices? In this episode, B.Next’s Dr. Dan Hanfling and In-Q-Tel’s Kevin Schaeffer explore wearable sensor technology and how it can affect and help in monitoring patient health.

Learn more at www.bnext.org. 

 

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 - Vaccines 101

What goes into the development of vaccines, specifically ones to combat COVID-19? B.Next Drs. Kevin O’Connell and Dylan George are joined by Dr. Luciana Borio to discuss the technology and factors involved in creating safe and effective vaccines. Learn more about the scale and timeline of vaccine manufacturing, the level and duration of protective immunity, different phases of clinical studies, distribution logistics, and more as the team breaks down what it takes to develop a very complex countermeasure. Note, this podcast was recorded on 5/15 before Operation Warp Speed was announced, which you may learn more about at the link below.

Links referenced and other resources:
• The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide
• US Begins 'Warp Speed' Vaccine Push as Studies Ramp Up
• www.bnext.org

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 - A Q&A

B.Next Drs. Kevin O’Connell, Dylan George, and Dan Hanfling are back to help break down the COVID-19 outbreak and the role of technology in defeating the pandemic. This week the trio answers listener questions about the antibody test and immunity, recommendations for hospitals, potential seasonality of the virus, vaccines, testing, and more. Learn more about B.Next’s initiatives at www.bnext.org.

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 – Visualizing Data Surrounding a Pandemic

B.Next’s Drs. Kevin O’Connell and Dylan George are joined by IQT Labs’ visualization expert, Andrea Brennen, to discuss the importance of visualizing data to help better absorb and understand epidemics and pandemics. Hear about the research IQT has done on visualizing uncertainty with their Viziflu project, a collaboration with the CDC to help formulate infectious disease forecasts, and how this work may be used to better analyze the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Learn more about Viziflu:

• https://medium.com/high-stakes-design
• https://github.com/BNext-IQT/Viziflu

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 with Ginkgo Bioworks

B.Next’s Dr. Kevin O’Connell is joined by Patrick Boyle, Head of Codebase at Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company that uses the most advanced technology on the planet—biology—to grow better products. Listen in as the two explore the world of synthetic biology and discuss how Ginkgo is pivoting the use of its platform to aid in COVID-19 response.

B.Next works at the intersection of biotechnology, innovation, and public health. The team is tackling the challenge that we, the world, is facing today.

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 – Physical Distancing & Contact Tracing Technologies

B.Next Drs. Dylan George and Dan Hanfling explore the impact of physical distancing and the contact tracing technologies that can be helpful for COVID-19 response. B.Next works at the intersection of biotechnology, innovation, and public health. The team is tackling the challenge that we, the world, is facing today. Note, this podcast was recorded on 4/9/20.

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 – Crisis Standards of Care

B.Next Drs. Kevin O’Connell, Dylan George, and Dan Hanfling join the podcast to discuss the importance of public health measures, including social distancing, and provide an understanding of the crisis standards of care surrounding COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. B.Next works at the intersection of biotechnology, innovation, and public health. The team is tackling the challenge that we, the world, is facing today. Note, this podcast was recorded on 3/26/20.

B.Next Breaks Down COVID-19 – Epidemiology, Diagnostic Tools, & Testing

How can we prepare for, and combat, infectious disease outbreaks? B.Next’s Kevin O’Connell and Dylan George join the podcast to discuss the epidemiology, diagnostic tools, and testing surrounding COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. B.Next works at the intersection of biotechnology, innovation, and public health. The team is tackling the challenge that we, the world, is facing today. Note, this podcast was recorded on 3/20/20.

Autonomous Delivery: Beyond the Self-Driving Car

There’s a lot of talk about self-driving cars, yet autonomy includes far more than cars. There's a great amount of interest and development in autonomous delivery, which offers solutions that transport goods or people either in air, land, or water. This episode covers the autonomous delivery landscape, who is working on it, and what to expect in the coming years.