Well we are back again! The Podcast releases have really slowed, and we are sorry about that. We are in the process of rebooting the format to make regular releases a little more manageable, so stay tuned! This episode, we talk with Roel Verhaak about big data analysis of glioma and with Peter Robinson about developing methods for computing clinical data. We dive into the benefits of consortium science, challenges in collecting human genomics data around the globe, the computational future of biology, and the benefits of computational training for all biomedical scientists. And our eventual robot overlords.

First, congratulations if you get the movie reference in the title. In this episode, Anna Lisa and Dave are reunited to chat with Juliet Kapsis and Tyler Chukwu about their experiences at JAX and what it is like to be immersed in a scientific environment for the first time. We also discuss the great educational programs that JAX makes available, portrayals of scientists in popular media, catchy science, delicious pastries, and our oh-so-smooth radio voices. Here’s the link for The Whole Scientist course that was mentioned: https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/education-calendar/2017/may/the-whole-scientist-bh

We’re back! It is grant season, so the podcast schedule is slowing down a bit, but we are still at it. Over an audio backdrop of torrential rain—which kept Anna Lisa from opening the show—we chat with Assistant Professor Adam Williams. We discuss his research into long noncoding RNAs and what they have to do with immune system function. We also talk about asthma, allergic reactions, 3D cell culture systems, the Hygiene Hypothesis, peanuts, English food and the Brexit.