Science Metaverse Podcast

Meta is shutting down one of its biggest VR games — but only for Quest 1 owners https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/7/23295691/meta-quest-1-population-one-shutting-down-biggest-vr-game-virtual-reality-battle-royale Major chemical database investigates hundreds of suspicious crystal structures https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02100-4 New plugins from Nanome https://blog.matryx.ai/hot-new-plug...

this week’s topics alphafold - ‘The entire protein universe’: AI predicts shape of nearly every known protein https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02083-2 Two decades of Alzheimer’s research was based on deliberate fraud by 2 scientists that has cost billions of dollars and millions of lives https://wallstreetpro.com/2022/07/23/two-decades-of-alzheimers-research-was-based-on-deliberate-fraud...

Quest 2 prices going up https://twitter.com/metaquestvr/status/1551975828442910720?s=21&t=AYmHwjCEWLEz5BmlblPGxQ Acquisition is expected to accelerate the development of Ginkgo's innovative horizontal synthetic biology platform Expect integration of Zymergen's... (38 kB) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ginkgo-to-acquire-zymergen-301592281.html @Cadence to acquire OpenEye, co...

meta facebook login deprecation https://www.oculus.com/blog/meta-accounts/ Structure of cytoplasmic ring of nuclear pore complex by integrative cryo-EM and AlphaFold https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm9326

Dr. Michael Kuiper, a bio-molecular modeler at an Australian government research lab (Data61/CSIRO), is using Nanome & VR to analyze and help against the fight with the Coronavirus (COVID-19).  Dr. Kuiper’s colleagues at CSIRO are working on a vaccine at Geelong, and also some diagnostics at VIDRL (Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory). Dr. Kuiper is generating models and analyzi...

Nanome scientists are joined by Dr. Robert Pearlstein and Dr. Hongbin Wan, of Novartis, who share with us their recent publication on the application of biodynamics theory to characterize the structural dynamics of substrate-induced activation under non-equilibrium conditions. Biodynamics is a first principles multi-scale physics-based theory on the general mechanisms by which cellular functions a...

In this webinar Zoran Radić, Adjunct Professor at UC San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, shares insights into the catalytic core of Acetylcholinesterase and the new perspective on molecular analysis enabled by Virtual Reality. Atomic details of molecular 3D structures reveal the basis for understanding the catalytic power of enzyme molecules. This is why the correct p...

How can virtual reality be used as an effective teaching tool in chemistry education? We've invited Tina Qin, Semin Lee, Gareth Denyer, and Anna Lohning to share how they incorporated VR into their lesson plans. Our speakers cover the challenges and benefits of setting up a VR component in chemistry classes and labs. If you have questions you’d like to ask, please feel free to leave your ques...

Designing from "inside" the COVID-19 viral protein: A novel chemical structure designed in VR Featuring Andrey Kovalevsky, PhD Senior R&D Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory We go over: Novel chemical structures for inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 replication VR-assisted structure-activity relationships Why Oak Ridge National Laboratory combines neutrons and VR for structure-based drug de...

Jackie Von Salm, PhD is the Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer Psilera We cover Why psychedelic research is so promising & what's on the horizon. Overcoming the challenges of communicating scientific research to investors Easy ways to improve spatial awareness of chemists and the impact that brings to the lab How Psilera is using Nanome to filter compounds https://www.linkedin.com/...

Woody is the Chief Computational Scientist at Roivant Discovery and former CSO at Silicon Therapeutics. He shared the Roivant Discovery vision for physics-driven drug design and the role of virtual reality to maximize insights. It was an honor to host more than 200 inspiring and engaged attendees. We’re grateful to everyone who completed the polls and submitted thoughtful questions.   https://disc...

Nanome Webinar Series | AI for the Science Metaverse: how to accelerate drug discovery by using AI in VR featuring scientists from Iktos In this webinar Alessandro Monge, SVP, Head of US Operations & Business Development at Iktos, and Iktos Application Scientists Brian Atwood and Rohit Arora shared insights on the applications of AI in drug discovery and the impact of VR.  Iktos has developed...

https://www.microscape.xyz/ Delivering custom interactive tools, visualizations, and multi-user platforms for a wide range of 3D+ data types/formats https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-paul-francis/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcclary/

Experienced Blockchain investor and professional looking to build the future of crypto finance. Over 8 years in the Blockchain ecosystem researching crypto landscapes, specifically Bitcoin and Ethereum. Focused on helping bring blockchain technologies to the world, especially the unbanked. https://twitter.com/cdcalvo01?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdcalvo/

Brandon is a Graduate Student Fellow in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin Check out his podcast here: https://linktr.ee/gogglesOff Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-malady-a00469133/

Gravity Sketch raises $33M https://twitter.com/GravitySketch/status/1516493585834819597?s=20&t=nLGD-x5GyHLT2KVosnCM6Q more recently, designers have been building NFT objects on Gravity Sketch. Built with biology  conference  https://www.builtwithbiology.com/ Pico Neo 3 Link Launch https://uploadvr.com/pico-neo-3-link-vs-quest-2-specs-comparison/ What is twitter’s place in the science metaverse...

"Software architect, investor, entrepreneur. I love collaborating with great engineers to build SDKs, runtimes and tools that empower developers, while focusing on quality and ease of use. Interests include VR and graphics, AI, programming languages, compilers and longevity/biotechnology. Co-founder of Oculus, now a part of Facebook. Led development of Oculus PC Runtime and SDK for DK1, DK2 a...

Greg Horowitt is an advisor to Nanome Inc.,  Venture Capitalist, Innovation Ecosystem Architect, author, serial entrepreneur, public speaker and adviser to international and domestic organizations and governments. He has unique expertise at the intersection of high impact startup investment + mentorship, innovation based economic development, capital formation, policy, strategy, technology transfe...

"I'm really interested in understand how psychedelic drugs work on a molecular pharmacological level. I am developing expertise in ligand-receptor docking to understand how the 3-dimensional shape of a ligand dictates how it docks to a receptor. With this knowledge, better ligands can be designed to produce the desired effects due to an understanding of functional selectivity of 1 pathwa...

This week’s topics Autodesk acquires XR firm The Wild Axie Infinity’s Ronin Network Suffers $625M Exploit Coot 1 is out and it’s cooler than ever!

Qualcomm’s new Metaverse fund, AR/VR headset growth, and SNAP’s BCI acquisition SNAP Acquires NextMind to Drive Augmented Reality Research https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/snap-acquires-nextmind-to-drive-augmented-reality-research?amp Augmented And Virtual Reality Headset Shipments Grew 92% In 2021 https://www.alistdaily.com/technology/virtual-reality-headset-market-sees-unprecedented-growth-in-202...

We’re launching an NFT collection to help support scientific research in the Metaverse https://blog.matryx.ai/the-science-metaverse-3c6081e686be Adobe stakes its claim in the metaverse with AR/VR tools https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/15/adobe-stakes-its-claim-in-the-metaverse-with-ar-vr-tools/ The Magic Leap 2 blurs the line between AR and VR — and it’s beautiful https://thenextweb.com/news/magic-...

https://future.a16z.com/alphafold-gpt-3-and-how-to-augment-intelligence-with-ai/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/09/biden-issues-long-awaited-executive-order-on-crypto/

Discussion about seqster, our neighbor joins decentralized trials & research alliance (dtra) to democratize and accelerate clinical trials https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seqster-joins-decentralized-trials--research-[…]o-democratize-and-accelerate-clinical-trials-301491744.html New Partnership Between Molecule, Apollo, and VitaDAO https://www.lifespan.io/news/new-partnership-between-m...