Galaxy Balance

Humanity May Become the Little Green Men

If the universe contains billions of potentially habitable worlds, where is everybody? Dr. Terry Adair, author of Where Are the Little Green Men? The Adair Hypothesis, j

Can We Make a Drug for One Person?

What if we could design a medicine for a single person? Casey McPherson was a musician and songwriter when his daughter Rose was diagnosed with an ultra-rare neurogeneti

Clarice Aiello: The Hidden Quantum Physics of Biology

Could life be using quantum physics to sense the world, regulate cellular processes, and respond to magnetic fields? Clarice Aiello is a quantum engineer, Chair of the B

Li Li: Rewiring Skin Aging With AI and mRNA

00:00 - Introduction to Lily and GLife’s vision for data-driven dermatology 01:20 - Lily’s scientific background 02:43 - Breakthroughs from single-cell atlases 03:50

Aditya Kunjapur: Bringing New Chemistry to Life

What does it take to bring new chemistry to life? In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith speaks with Aditya Kunjapur, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolec

Erik Aznauryan: Writing Genes at Scale

Erik Aznauryan, CEO and co-founder of HarborSite, joins Galaxy Balance to explore the next frontier of genome engineering: moving beyond small edits and toward precise, l

Intertwined Biosciences: Engineering Evolution for Human Health

Max Rye and Evan Appleton of Intertwined Bio join Galaxy Balance to explore one of the boldest ideas in modern biology: borrowing nature’s most extreme traits and transla

Charles Fracchia: Securing the Bioeconomy

In this episode of Galaxy Balance, I sit down with Charles Fracchia to explore the emerging infrastructure layer of synthetic biology. We discuss the future of secure and

Tyler Todt: Discipline Over Dopamine

What if the most powerful form of human optimization has nothing to do with biotech? In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory sits down with Tyler Todt, who has built a p

TJ Cradick: Building the Future of Genome Editing

Genome editing has moved from experimental concept to FDA approved medicine in less than a generation. Few people have been closer to that transformation than TJ Cradick.

Nabiha Saklayen: From Physics to Scalable Cell Therapies

What does it actually take to manufacture biology at scale? In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith sits down with Nabiha Saklayen, CEO and co-founder of Cellino,

Noah Davidsohn: Engineering Longevity at the Genetic Level

What if aging is not a collection of diseases, but a system-level failure we can intervene in? In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith sits down with Noah Davidsoh

Tae Seok Moon: Engineering Biology at Planetary Scale

Synthetic biology is entering a new phase where biology can be treated as an engineering discipline. In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith speaks with Dr. Tae Seo

Pranam Chatterjee: Programming Life with AI

What if biology could be engineered the way we engineer software? In this episode of Galaxy Balance, I'm joined by Pranam Chatterjee, Assistant Professor at the Universi

Jonathan Scheiman: Microbes of Elite Performance

In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith speaks with Dr. Jonathan Scheiman, co-founder and CEO of FitBiomics, about the science of elite performance, microbiome disc

Yuanhao Qu: Programming Biology with AI

Biology is becoming programmable. In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith speaks with Yuanhao Qu, President and Co-Founder of PhyloBio, about the emergence of AI d

Marc Güell: AI, Synthetic Evolution, and the Future of Genome Engineering

In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith is joined by Marc Güell, a synthetic biologist working at the frontier of genome engineering, AI-driven biological design, a

Samira Kiani: Conscious Innovation at the Edge of Biotechnology

In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Samira Kiani, a genetic engineer, entrepreneur, and science storyteller working at the intersection of genome engineering, regenerative

Christian Kramme: Rebuilding IVF with iPSC-Derived Support Cells

In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith is joined by Christian Kramme, Chief Scientific Officer of Gameto, a biotechnology company rethinking reproductive medicine

Kejun (Albert) Ying: Autonomous AI Agents, Decoding Aging

In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith sits down with Kejun (Albert) Ying, a computational biologist and aging researcher working at the intersection of AI, protei