Xiao graduated in 2005 with honors in chemistry from Caltech and subsequently worked as a research technician at the Broad Institute of Harvard/MIT and has an MD-PhD from the Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program in New York City.
At the moment, she is finishing up her 4th clinical year at Johns Hopkins University as a combined paediatrics-medical genetics resident. She is going to stay there for a 5th year as a research fellow and genetics chief resident starting in July this year.
As Xiao has an unparalleled thirst for knowledge (and my guess is that she gets easily bored) she also works with a group at the university of Freiburg in Germany on the genetics and genomics of inborn errors of immunity.
Now, Xiao isn’t anyone for name or title dropping, but all of this information is necessary, I believe, to understand that some of the areas we will be covering today are in the hands of an absolute expert - even though Xiao will most probably strongly disagree with me on that.
As if all of this weren’t enough, Xiao and her boyfriend Nicolas have started a wine distribution company - one of Xiao’s great passions in life: wine and the art of wine production. Following this passion, she met my brother, a winemaker himself, and, ultimately, me. Therefore, we can safely claim that our friendship is a by-product of grapes, matured over time and getting better with the years.
The few hours a week she has for recreation, she usually fills with learning something new: like knitting, learning German (God knows why) or pottery - just to name a few. When being with her I feel positively challenged, occasionally stupid, always serving my greater understanding that life is a journey of discovery and learning, with no goal but to grow in the present moment.
SHOW NOTES
Xiao on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/xiao.peng.714]
Joe Rogan [https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk?si=ykVdF-QGQ6CXD1TSZgvnZA]
"The Man Without Qualities", Robert Musil, 1930-1942 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Without_Qualities]
Alexander von Humboldt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe]
Champagne [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne]
Joaquin Cortez [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Cort%C3%A9s]
Martin Luther King [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.]
Phylloxera [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloxera]
Subsistence Agriculture [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture]
Frank Cornelissen, Winemaker on Sicily [http://www.sylvesterrovine.com/frank-cornelissen]
Yeast [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast]
John Oliver on HBO [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XTzVzaHQEd30rQbuvCtTQ]
DNA Vaccine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_vaccine]
RNA Vaccine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_vaccine]
Victor McKusick [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_A._McKusick]
Johns Hopkins University [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University]
Neill de Grasse Tyson and Stephen Colbert, The Late Show, 2018 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktrNFjZfKg]
EnLefko Radio, Greece [https://www.enlefko.fm/]
Kanenas Red Wine [https://www.tsantali.com/portfolio/kanenas-red/]
Heinrich Vollmer Vineyard [https://www.vollmerweine.de/]
Get Jim [https://jimkroft.bigcartel.com/product/love-in-the-face-of-fear]
Support the show [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/yellowvan]
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00:00:00 Balancing Fast Research Careers
00:01:14 Introduction to Yellow Van Stories
00:02:12 Xiao Peng: Medicine and Wine
00:03:14 Building and Traveling in the Yellow Van
00:06:02 Champagne and Wine Education
00:12:03 Exploring Greek Wines and Culture
00:19:30 Xiao's Credentials and Friendship with Bastian
00:27:47 Science, Religion, and Curiosity
00:40:32 Medical Genetics and COVID Challenges
01:34:58 Wine, Identity, and Cultural Dynamics
01:50:47 Asian American Identity and Microaggressions
02:01:08 Mindfulness and Wine
02:15:08 Sustainability in Winemaking and Medicine
02:35:39 Globalization, Climate, and Vaccine Distribution
02:56:58 Pandemic Connections and Telemedicine
03:08:23 Reflections on Pandemic Priorities
03:20:12 New Features for Yellow Van Stories
