Preventing Pandemics with Genomic Epidemiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the visibility of scientists and the scientific process to the broader public; suddenly, scientists working on virology and infectious disease dynamics have seen th...
30 Kesä 202034min
Journal Club: Therapeutic Video Game on Trial
In this episode of the a16z bio journal club, we cover one of the key clinical trials that supported the recent FDA approval of the first prescription video game. The game was developed by Akili Inter...
28 Kesä 202017min
Gross Margins, Early to Late: What They Do (and Don't) Tell You
Gross margins are essentially a company's revenue from products and services minus the costs to deliver those products and services to customers, and it's one of the most important financial metrics a...
27 Kesä 202036min
Building Products for Power Users
As more digital natives have entered the workplace, they have brought with them the expectation that their software should both be a joy to use and allow them to be power users. That is, users who con...
24 Kesä 202023min
Journal Club: Building a Better Chloroplast
In this episode of the a16z bio Journal Club, bio deal team partner Judy Savitskaya and Lauren Richardson discuss research that aims to enhance the efficiency of photosynthesis and carbon fixation. Th...
21 Kesä 202020min
Real Estate in a Pandemic: Renters and Landlords (Part 2)
This episode is the second in a two-part series that examines the pandemic’s impact on real estate. Part 1 focused on prospective home buyers, sellers, and existing homeowners. This episode, Part 2, a...
17 Kesä 202031min
Real Estate in a Pandemic: Homeowners and Buyers (Part 1)
This episode is the first in a two-part series that examines the pandemic’s impact on real estate. Part 1 focuses on prospective home buyers, sellers, and existing homeowners. Part 2 (streaming on 6/1...
16 Kesä 202024min
World’s Largest Supercomputer v. Biology’s Toughest Problems
Proteins are molecular machines that must first assemble themselves to function. But how does a protein, which is produced as a linear string of amino acids, assume the complex three-dimensional struc...
14 Kesä 202032min
