# Episode 5: Animal Genomics, AI, and the Future of Space Travel

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Podcast: [From Models to Medicine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-models-to-medicine-7769799)
Published: 2026-04-15T19:15:29+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kami-think-tank/episodes/Episode-5-Animal-Genomics--AI--and-the-Future-of-Space-Travel-e3hvaul
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## Resource

In this episode of From Models to Medicine , we sit down with Ashley Zehnder, the founder of Fauna Bio to explore one of the most creative bets in drug discovery: using extreme animal biology to unlock human therapeutics. We dig into the graph neural networks powering Fauna Bio's drug discovery platform, the unglamorous data curation work that makes it all function, and why human-in-the-loop isn't a limitation but a design principle. Plus: what hibernation research could mean for long-duration human space travel.

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