Stéphane Bancel (Chief Executive Officer – Moderna): We have a lot in common, more than you think 22,000 genes, that would be three billion base pairs of genetic information. But… Read More »What if mRNA Could be a Drug? by Stephane Bancel at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Doug Melton – Professor at Harvard University: Thanks, John. I’m delighted to be here today to talk about my favorite cell: the stem cell. That might be a funny thing to say. Most… Read More »Harnessing the Potential of Stem Cells for New Medicines: Doug Melton at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Larry Moore – TRANSCRIPT I’m here today to talk about election transparency. And to answer and to bring to your attention a technology that I think will answer a seemingly… Read More »Transparency Technology for Democratic Elections: Larry Moore at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Dick Simon – TRANSCRIPT I come from a Jewish tradition, the same one as Bernie Madoff, the worst financial criminal in history. So perhaps all Jewish transactions, including mine, need… Read More »The Most Dangerous Four-Letter Word: Dick Simon at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Emi Ferguson – Juilliard-trained flutist and educator: Well, I’m so thrilled to be here because I grew up right here in Brookline and spent much of my childhood right across the… Read More »Your Ears Deceive You: Emi Ferguson at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Aya Sakaguchi – TRANSCRIPT I have bad news. A Gallup Student Poll recently found that, the longer kids stay in school, the less engaged they become. In elementary school, three quarters… Read More »Curiosity Driven Learning: Aya Sakaguchi at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Ayesha Khalid – TRANSCRIPT A while back, I was driving to work one day, and my son Adam asked me a question, “Mommy, what do you do for a living?… Read More »Why We Can’t Fix Our Healthcare System: Ayesha Khalid at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Pratik Shah – TRANSCRIPT I’m going to talk about something we cannot see, and we’re going to visualize it today together. So let me start with a very simple question… Read More »Bugs, Drugs and Guts: Pratik Shah at TEDxBeaconStreet (Full Transcript)
Zach Wissner-Gross – TRANSCRIPT How many times have you been in lecture halls, like this one? Maybe this reminds you of some of you college classes or if you’re a… Read More »How to Tutor a Billion Students: Zach Wissner-Gross at TEDxBeaconStreet (Transcript)
Nick Seaver – TRANSCRIPT A few years ago, my wife and I did something a little crazy, or really sane, depending on how you look at it. That was just… Read More »The Gift of Silence: Nick Seaver at TEDxBeaconStreet (Full Transcript)