“Our bodies are beautifully designed to handle all types of stress; but our genes have to be working; they have to have the right nutrients.” –Dr. Rhonda Patrick Dr. Rhonda Patrick with a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences is an expert in nutrition, metabolism and aging. She has done considerable research in all of these fields, including research on cancer and the effects of mineral and vitamin supplementation on metabolism, inflammation and aging. She did her graduate research at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, where she focused on cancer, mitochondrial metabolism and apoptosis. Currently a post-doctoral fellow at UCSF-Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, she is known primarily for her studies of the mechanistic link between vitamin D and serotonin production, research that may have important implications for the understanding of autism and other disorders. “We’re actually on the verge of serious antibiotic resistance cropping up, and that is scary. It’s absolutely terrifying.” “There’s a very complex interaction between genes and diet. … Nutrigenomics is a complex interaction between the nutrients, micro-nutrients, macro-nutrients (fat) and certain genes that we have.” In this video Dr. Patrick explains the how vitamin D affects the way humans age: At the Biohacker Summit, Dr. Rhonda Patrick will talk …
Dr. Beth Healey on Surviving in Antarctica
“The lowest temperature was -81 °C. If you add in wind chill, it can drop below -100 °C. It’s pretty chilly. It was a shock to the system when I arrived.” – Dr. Beth Healey looks back at her one year journey to Antarctica. Dr. Beth Healey is a research doctor in the European Space Agency (ESA). She spent a year at ESA’s Concordia base in Antarctica with 12 other people. The crew at Concordia lived for one year in extreme isolation, without any sunlight for 100 days in a row, and with a temperature that could drop below -100 °C. Beth studied the physiological and psychological effects these extreme conditions have on humans. “I had worked in lots of polar regions up north before, and was used to the cold environment, so I flew out to Concordia feeling a bit smug. But our circadian rhythms are synced to sunlight, and without it I really struggled. For the first few days I just didn’t sleep at all.” “You don’t get any smells there because it’s very clean and there are no mud or plants, so it just doesn’t really smell of anything. When you come back everything smells so strongly, and just walking down the street …
Dr. Julia Shaw On The Illusion of Memory
“Our memories are deeply flawed and we would be happier if we accepted it.” – Dr. Julia Shaw Meet Dr. Julia Shaw, criminal psychologist and author of The Memory Illusion. Julia appeared on Vice with a controversial memory hacking experiment. It asked could false memories be deliberately placed in people’s minds? What’s more, Julia now states that anything you remember before you were about two-and-a-half years old is a false memory. “You could call my work memory hacking — I break into people’s memories and get them to recall in great detail events that have never actually happened.” “Every memory you have ever had is chock-full of errors. I would even go as far as saying that memory is largely an illusion.” “It’s such a terrifying but beautiful notion that every day you wake up with a slightly different personal past.” Dr. Shaw introduces her new book The Memory Illusion: Dr. Shaw is a psychological scientist and an icon what the future looks like today – smart, healthy, beautiful, compassionate and collected. Interestingly her work now involves criminology and understanding the science of memory. She discusses topics like: It´s not just about how much information we can cram into our memories, it´s also about how much …
London Calling: Interview With the Biohacker Summit UK Organizers
Biohacker Summit London is an international event that covers the latest tools and methods for upgrading performance, wellbeing and health. We interviewed Jamie & Jake from Pando HQ – the company that brings Biohacker Summit to the UK. Pando team is currently working hard putting together the event, gathering the best biohacking startups, upgraded speakers, health experts and media to London on May 21, 2016. 1) Why did you want to organize the Biohacker Summit in the UK? Before attending the original Biohacker Summit in Helsinki, we had talked about creating the first and best biohacking event in the UK. We wanted the most cutting edge topics, the best speakers and something that felt like more than a run of the mill conference. Some guys in Helsinki seemed to have already had that thought and it made perfect sense to work together to bring this to the UK. Pando is the UK portal for all things biohacking from a blog, podcast and store we are spreading the word. We are creating an ecosystem in the UK for all biohackers to meet, learn and have access to the best information to help them improve and experiment. This starts with giving everyone in the UK access to the …
Supercharge Your Health with Body, Mind and Tech — Biohacker Summit in London
What are the hottest trends in the wellbeing sector? How can new technologies help us achieve better results in work and play? How can latest understanding of genetics, nutrition and exercise be used to optimize human performance? What can we anticipate from the future of digital health, wearables, activity trackers, Internet of Things, implants and synthetic biology? We welcome you to explore the answers to these questions — and more — at the Biohacker Summit event on Saturday May 21st in London (BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly). Biohacking is the art and science of optimizing your performance and biological potential with technological tools. “Optimizing human behavior has never been as easy as it is today. The latest science on how the human body works is changing our understanding. Data gathered from wearables and smart sensors provide us a view of our health and activities like never experienced before. By perceiving your life as a system and seeing it through a lens of data you will be able to recognize the changes that lead to improved productivity and wellbeing” tells technology expert Teemu Arina, the curator of the event. The Biohacker Summit is the number one event to connect with wellbeing technology …