Helical Brew
by Sura Hadi | Mike Ouren
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Just like the DNA of Life from which the phrase, the DNA of Technology originated, the helical construct is a rollercoaster of endless learning, experimentation, and discovery. The Helical Brew Crew is here to take you along for the ride in a fun, relaxed and informative podcast that explores the twists and turns of technology.
We are an enthusiastic group of engineering, scientific, and business professionals that share a passion for the development, mastery, and deployment of technology.
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- #68 - Building the Software Behind the Automated Lab | Armon Naddaf, Persist AI · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 68Everyone sees the robot. But some of the hardest problems in laboratory automation live in the software underneath it. Armon Naddaf joins Sura Hadi and Mike Ouren to explore…
- #67 - Foundations of the AI-Ready Lab | Aniket Deshpande, NVIDIA · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 67AI can predict what experiment should happen next. But can the laboratory actually execute it? Aniket Deshpande joins Sura Hadi and Mike Ouren to explore the convergence of…
- #66 - Why Great Laboratory Automation Companies Win | Brian O'Sullivan, Opentrons · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 66Great technology is only the beginning. Some of the best technology in laboratory automation still fails commercially - while other companies build products customers adopt…
- #65 - Unfiltered Brew: We're Back | LRIG, SLAS & What's Ahead #helicalbrew #viral #shorts · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 65Helical Brew: Unfiltered is back. ☕️ After a summer break, Sura Hadi and Mike Ouren catch up on what's happening across the laboratory automation community — from LRIG chapters…
- #64 - Building the Road to Autonomous Labs | Rui Campos, Automata · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 64First to market with NFC payments two years before Apple Pay. First smartwatch for tarmac environments. Now helping the largest life sciences companies in the world build…
- #63 - The Execution Problem: Lab Donkey · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 63Donkey work. That's what a British scientist called it — the tedious, repetitive, unglamorous work that keeps labs running. Petia and Safwan Hak heard that phrase and built a…
- #62 - Programming Biology: Why Lab Automation Needs a New Language · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 62Compilers for the wet lab. High-level languages for biology. A co-founder who started pipetting and ended up writing code that talks to robots. Alexandra Rolfness is building…
- #61 - Biology Doesn't Scale. Systems Do. | Rich Cohen, Ginkgo Bioworks · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 61Spider silk in yeast. Antibody AI models. Pharma companies pooling data across competitors. Rich Cohen has been at the intersection of biology and systems for over a decade — and…
- #60 - Your Career Is a Business: How to Own It Like One · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 60She walked into one of the most technical industries on the planet and started closing deals. No lab background. No engineering degree. Just relationships, research, and the…
- #59 - Unfiltered Brew: Wrong State, Zombie Airport & Bunny Ears · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 59Unfiltered Brew – Podcast Playlist | #HelicalBrew #ViralVideo #Podcast No guest. No agenda. Just two people in lab automation who haven't talked in a while — and apparently one…
- #58 - Building the Missing Layer: Open Scheduling, Swarm Automation & Why Labs Need Control · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 58Automation in the Wild – Podcast Playlist | #HelicalBrew #ViralVideo #Podcast Lab automation runs on software nobody talks about. Schedulers, drivers, integration layers — the…
- #57 - It Worked Yesterday: What 20 Yrs of Lab Automation Svc Teaches You About Reality · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 57🎙️ Guest: Dave May | Owner & Lead Service Engineer, DCM Bioservices 🎧 Hosts: Mike Ouren & Sura Hadi 📺 Series: Automation in the Wild "You can't lie to the robot. It doesn't…
- #56 - Shorts, Algorithms & the Reality of Growing a Science Podcast · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 56🎙 Hosts: Sura Hadi & Mike Ouren After 55 episodes of Helical Brew, we’re cracking open an Unfiltered Brew - a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about what’s actually…
- #54 - Why Endgame Strategy Beats Firepower Every Time · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 54A quick Unfiltered Brew from Mike - Warzone endgame chaos, a clutch moment, and the most satisfying kind of win: using someone’s own gear against them. More shorties like this…
- #55 - Standardization B4 Intelligence: Building the AI-Ready Lab Stack · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 55Guests: 🎙️ Lukas Bromig - Co-CEO & Founder at UniteLabs (Munich), building infrastructure for AI-ready labs 👩🔬 Hosts: Sura Hadi & Mike Ouren 🎧 Episode Title: “Standardization…
- #53 - Mac Brew with Mike Ouren · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 53This week on Helical Brew, Mike Ouren takes the mic solo for a deep dive into Apple — from the early PowerBook days to today’s M4 Macs, iPhone evolution, and the massive shift…
- #52 - Beyond the Algorithm: Measuring AI Confidence in Biomanufacturing · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 52🎙️ Masaki Yamada — Head of Product at Invert, helping biomanufacturing teams quantify trust in AI. 👩🔬 Hosts: Sura Hadi & Mike Ouren 🎧 Episode Title:“Beyond the Algorithm…
- #51 - Dogs, Planes & Pizza Slices – Helical Brew Goes Off-Script · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 51Hosts: Sura Hadi & Mike Ouren Series: Unfiltered Brew – Helical Brew Podcast Bold summary: After a few weeks abroad, Mike’s back — jetlagged, caffeinated, and ready to unpack…
- #50 - ISPE Boston at Gillette Stadium –Robots, Enclosures & Boston Energy · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 50🎙️ Hosts: Sura Hadi, Mike Ouren 🎧 Episode Title: ISPE Boston at Gillette Stadium – Robots, Enclosures & Boston Energy From Rockwell rails to Germfree enclosures (and a field-goal…
- #49 - Class Rings, Metric Fails & Why Women’s Pockets Suck · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 49🎙️ Hosts: Sura Hadi, Mike Ouren, Elizabeth Rodziewicz 🎧 Episode Title: Unfiltered Brew - Class Rings, Metric Fails & Why Women’s Pockets Still Suck From class rings and college…
