SKRAPS: Deep Dive

Dr. Amanda Grannas leads us a fantastic journey of her experiences as an analytical chemist and how analytical chemistry is a topic that most people don't think but still is such an important part of our life. It surrounds us yet we know so little about it. She re-lives some of the most personal journey of how climate change affects all of us and gives a very passionate defense of "why w...

Join us to talk about the discovery of some of the most amazing medicines that changed the face of treatment for patients with heart failure. Reducing the death sentence that congestive heart failure with a pharmacological drug is no mean feat. Our guest, Robert Ruffolo Jr has accomplished this feat as the lead scientist for Carvedilol, the first beta blocker ever to be approved for heart failure....

DO NOT FORGET TO CHECK OUR BLOG If you love baseball (dare I say, CRICKET), you will love this episode that talks about intersection of data and sport. Jarrod Kimber is an award winning documentary film maker. From humble beginnings in Melbourne to becoming a well known sports writer and documentary film maker, Jarrod has constantly used data to point to the fallacies, assumptions and substantiate...

Imagine a world where there ia data deluge; much more than what it is today. What if there was a way to tap into this data without compromising privacy. While existing hardware and chip technologies do not have the ability to process information right on your device, they rely on sending this out to processing centers via the cloud.  What if your device (be it a consumer device (like a phone or a...

Most of you know "Cape of Good Hope" as the southern most tip of the Cape Peninsula. But our guest, Dr. Sanford Greenberg has overcome disability that affected him since he was a Junior at Columbia University. He has since overcome this limitation to chart an unprecedented success as an innovator, entrepreneur, in politics, administration and more recently, in philanthropy via his www. E...

Our next episode of SKRAPS features Dr. Sanford 'Sandy' Greenberg. He shares beautiful stories about his life, love, career, friendships, and more all culminating with the path to the End Blindness by 2020 prize, a challenge sponsored by Sandy and his wife, Sue. It's a bold initiative to tackle a huge problem.

We are doing a SKRAPS giveaway contest. Whale fossil is the grand prize! 

The pioneer of transcatheter valve shares his story on how innovation is a lonely sport. He goes through in extensive detail how the licensing, development and ultimately sale of the company came to be. This one is for all that who crave for a lesson in meaningful innovation and created a multi-billion dollar industry. 

Join us to listen to this fabulous innovator, Jason Osborne describe how he went from being a kid in South Central Pennsylvannia to scuba-diving for fossils. The story takes a palatable tale with BoneDusters Paleo Ale. While sipping beer, we move to discuss his next frontier - tackling STEM education and how he wanted to be IN the system to change it. 

Take a listen as this fascinating raconteur and an amazing leader stirs the calm waters of science.   From engineered cardiac tissue to ceramic barbecue to employing artists in a science lab, cuttlefish to fashion, employing counter-insurgency methods learnt in battlefields in Afghanistan to turn science on its head , need for after-action reviews in science, flexible chocolate and bubble gum maki...

In part 2 of the interview, Warren eloquently describes a neuromodulation theory in layman terms. Plus, we also ask him about his work on peripheral nerve stimulation efforts and more recent modelling efforts. Most notable is how he empowers his trainees to find their path through their graduate school. Finally, we end with the answer to the question - "What happened to the BMW?"  Warren...

In the first of our two-part episode with Professor Warren Grill,  we learn how cars, a failed letter of recommendation, and sailing led him to where he is today. We discover P. Hunter Peckham's advice for networking, and more. Stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon. Warren Grill's biography: https://bme.duke.edu/faculty/warren-grill Grill Lab: http://grill-lab.pratt.duke.edu/

SKRAPS is a podcast that seeks to explore the stories behind the sparks of brilliance that led to many discoveries and innovation across industry and academia. In this episode, JoJo Platt and Arun Sridhar provide the listener a ring side seat reservation for the future episode. The goal is to inspire young minds, trainee scientists and established scientists to appreciate the stories of science an...

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