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The Scariest Episode Yet - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 10/30/18

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  • Presented by Joe DeRisi, molecular biologist, as the video describes them
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For anyone, no background needed. Education, not medical advice.

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Immunity and infectionBrain and nervesInfectious diseaseGenetics and genomicsDiagnosis and clinical reasoning

Molecular biologist Joe DeRisi joins Adam Savage to discuss genomic sequencing for detecting rare and scary infections like brain-eating amoebas.

Start protecting your internet experience today at NordVPN.com/TESTED and use code TESTED to get 66% off a 2-year plan – that’s about $3.99 per month Very special guest Joe DeRisi joins Adam and Will this week for a stimulating conversation on his work in molecular biology. And it ends up being possibly our scariest episode yet. Happy Halloween, everyone! To subscribe to Still Untitled, check out our RSS feed: tested.com/podcast-xml/still-untitled-the-adam-savage-projec… or iTunes page: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/still-untitled-adam-savage/id586… Subscribe for more videos! youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testedcom Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/testedcom Get updates on Facebook: facebook.com/testedcom Still Untitled is Adam Savage, Will Smith, and Norman Chan Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching!

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What people say. Recommended for its fascinating discussion on how genomic sequencing is used to diagnose rare and mysterious brain infections.

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…from about 38:15 to about 45 minutes in that discusses brain-eating amoebas he was involved in. It's not this exact one, but it's related to it. I recommend anyone who finds this interesting to check it out. Although there's video on youtube, you really don't need video for it and your podcast app of choice should have an audio version of it. 1: link to this video…
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On “Fish have a brain microbiome – could humans have one too?”

From what I understand Joe DeRisi's approach0 comes relatively close to your "blender" idea! 0: I already mentioned Adam Savage's excellent podcast with him elsewhere in this dicussion but here's a direct link: link to this video
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On “Alphafold”

Re step 1 and 2 - here's interesting podcast on how they detect rare infections: link to this video Basically sequence everything what's in your blood and look for what doesn't match your genome === infection. The problem is this is orders of magnitude more compute intense than whole genome sequencing. Basically increased demand for sequencing far outmatches available compute!
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