Sharing Plasmids and Insights: Joanne Kamens, Addgene
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Guest:
Joanne Kamens, Executive Director, Addgene Bio and Contact Info
Listen (5:53) Addgene- a central repository for plasmids
Listen (3:05) Why don't academics want to share plasmids with industry?
Listen (2:10) Advantages of using Addgene over DNA 2.0
Listen (5:46) Women in science
Listen (11:43) Improving work-life balance
Joanne Kamens earned her Ph D in genetics at Harvard and spent 15 years in the pharma industry. She founded the Massachussets chapter of the Association for Women in Science. And she was recently made Executive Director at Addgene, a non-profit with a central repository for sharing plasmids. Joanne discusses the problems that have existed with sharing plasmids--storage, material transfer agreements, etc.--and how Addgene overcomes them. She then talks about issues of gender equity in science and we finish the discussion talking about some of the 10 Commandments of Joanne's "Work/Life Balance" workshop.
