PNAS Science Sessions
By The National Academies
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Podcast Description
Listen to brief, 5-minute, nontechnical conversations with cutting-edge researchers, Academy members, and policy makers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in PNAS, plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us.
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner James Smith | Economist James Smith discusses the effect of childhood mental problems on adult life. | 11 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winners Erica Machlin Cox and Selena Sagan | Erica Machlin Cox and Selena Sagan discuss an unusual interaction that protects the hepatitis C virus from our body's defenses. | 11 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The science of sleep | Erin Hanlon and Jeanne Duffy introduce their research on sleep, in a recording of PNAS' "Science of Sleep" event held in Washington, DC on March 14, 2011. | 13 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life's building blocks | George Church discusses the potential of synthetic biology. | 13 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebooting damaged vocal cords | Robert Langer and Steven Zeitels describe a polymer gel that could help patients regain lost voice. | 30 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drivers of embryonic development | Developmental biologist Cliff Tabin explains how genes shape the formation of organs. | 16 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stem cells and diabetes | Can stem cells help cure Type 1 diabetes? Douglas Melton hopes to find out. | 2 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sex-specific scientific reporting | Nancy Adler discusses the need for sex-specific scientific reporting and the role it has played in women's health over the last twenty years. | 17 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The science of fear - Part 2 | Psychology experts Daniel Pine and Mark Wiederhold answer fear-related questions from the audience, in second of two recordings from PNAS's "The Science of Fear!" event held in Washington, DC on October 12, 2011. | 6 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The science of fear - Part 1 | Psychology experts Daniel Pine and Mark Wiederhold introduce their research on fear, in the first of two recordings from PNAS' "The Science of Fear!" event held in Washington, DC on October 12, 2011. | 12 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Catalysts for energy storage | Daniel Nocera discusses how efficient catalysts can help us store solar energy in the same way plants do. | 3 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scent of a predator | Molecular biologist Stephen Liberles discusses how prey learn to recognize the scent of a predator. | 16 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Human lung on a chip | Donald Ingber discusses the "microfabrication" of human biological systems as a means to replace animal testing during drug development. | 2 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Editor-in-Chief of PNAS | Inder Verma discusses his new role at PNAS and his future plans for the journal. | 18 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Social computing, mobile phones, and the developing world | Wendy Kellogg discusses her research into social computing and her boots-on-the-ground observations of how mobile phones can impact the developing world. | 4 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Applications of rapid genome sequencing | Stephen Quake discusses rapid DNA sequencing and treating medical patients based on their genomes. | 14 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Imaging, information technology, and autism spectrum disorder | Gregory Abowd discusses the clinical applications of capturing and recording the every day experiences of children with autism spectrum disorder. | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paper devices for medical diagnoses | George Whitesides discusses an inexpensive and easy-to-use medical diagnostic device that can be used in the developing world. | 16 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Social networking and predicting personality | Jennifer Golbeck discusses the intersection of computer science, sociology, and social networking. | 2 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The science of chocolate | Physicist David Weitz discusses the material properties that make chocolate to-die-for. | 12 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ubiquitous computing and smart environments | Bo Begole discusses ubiquitous computing, behavioral modeling, and smart environments that can anticipate people's information needs. | 29 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Changing public perception of the Smithsonian | Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Wayne Clough discusses his goal to educate the public about the Smithsonian's groundbreaking scientific research projects. | 15 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Genetically modified crops and agricultural productivity | Roger Beachy discusses the role of genetically modified crops in feeding the world's growing population. | 1 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Zvonimir Dogic | Zvonimir Dogic discusses how viruses can be coaxed into forming self-assembling, polymer membranes. | 16 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Won-Yong Song and Jiyoung Park | Won-Yong Song and Jiyoung Park discuss the urgent problem of arsenic-tainted rice in Southeast Asia, and genetically engineered rice plants that would be safe to consume and could help remediate arsenic-contaminated groundwater. | 16 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Liza Moscovice | Liza Moscovice discusses what her study on baboon behavior reveals about the evolution of cooperation in humans. | 3 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens | Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens discuss an oxygen isotope signature that reveals how carbonates on Mars form in the absence of life. | 3 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Cheryl Lyn Walker | Cheryl Lyn Walker discusses the role of a cellular protein, called ATM, in offsetting oxidative damage. | 13 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Benjamin tenOever | Benjamin tenOever discusses his team's prize winning discovery that could be the key to developing a universal influenza A vaccine. | 13 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The personalized medicine revolution | NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins discusses "personalized medicine," a novel approach in which doctors diagnose and treat patients using detailed information about each individual. | 28 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aircraft and Iceland's volcanic ash cloud | Susan Stipp discusses her PNAS research article that reveals whether the ash cloud from the 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano posed a threat to aircraft, and if the widespread airport closures in Europe were warranted. | 18 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keeping Congress up-to-date on the latest scientific research | Jim Jensen, Executive Director of the Office of Congressional and Government Affairs, a branch of the National Research Council, discusses how scientific research shapes public policy. | 14 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean energy funding in the 2012 research budget | Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, discusses some aspects of the President's 2012 research budget. | 1 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Electronic artificial noses | Nate Lewis dicusses the design principles and applications of electronic artificial noses. | 18 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visual prosthetic devices for the blind | Peter Schiller discusses a device that could one day restore sight to the blind by directly stimulating the visual cortex. | 3 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Call for papers: PNAS Plus | PNAS Editor-in-Chief Randy Schekman discusses the journal's new option to publish online-only research articles. | 25 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nano-healing and the future of surgery | Rutledge Ellis-Behnke discusses his research in nano-healing, a technology that halts bleeding and helps the brain and body to recover from injury and disease. | 17 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Identifying the source of HIV infections in criminal cases | David Hillis explains how phylogenetics can be used to solve criminal cases involving the intentional transmission of HIV via unprotected sex. | 4 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Microexpressions and the science behind "Lie to Me" | Paul Ekman, the scientist whose research inspired the Fox television drama "Lie to Me," explains that almost everyone can learn to read the facial microexpressions that reveal concealed emotions, but that the technique is no "Pinocchio's nose." | 13 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The "missing link" between fish and land animals | Neil Shubin researches the evolutionary origin of anatomical features. Dr. Shubin's most recent discovery, Tiktaalik roseae, has been dubbed the "missing link" between fish and land animals. Dr. Shubin discusses Tiktaalik and the evolutionary shift from life in water to life on land. | 30 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tracking the spread of flu-like diseases in schools | Marcel Salathé researches disease transmission and prevention, at the Penn State University Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. To investigate how flu-like diseases spread through schools, Dr. Salathé used wireless sensors to measure the number of close-proximity, person-to-person interactions during a typical day at a local high school. | 30 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pollution in indoor environments | Charles J. Weschler studies the chemistry of indoor pollutants, including airborne particles, volatile organic compounds, and inorganic gases such as ozone. Listen as Dr. Weschler discusses the consequences of indoor pollution at home and in the workplace. | 12 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dark matter, dark energy, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory | Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, host of "NOVA ScienceNOW," and the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. Listen as Dr. Tyson discusses the extraordinary capabilities of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the nature of dark matter and dark energy. | 18 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scientific credibility, public exposure, and irate third-graders | Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, host of "NOVA ScienceNOW," and the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. Listen as Dr. Tyson discusses the balance between scientific credibility and public exposure, and the pitfalls of challenging Pluto's status as a planet.. | 24 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Public science literacy, and race and gender bias in science education | Dr. Mae Jemison is a physician and scientist, who on September 12, 1992 aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, became the world's first woman of color to travel into space. Listen as Dr. Jemison discusses race and gender bias in science education, and the importance of public science literacy. | 23 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The origin of malignant malaria | Dr. Nathan Wolfe is the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative. Listen as Dr. Wolfe discusses malaria and the parasites that cause it, and his research that determined the origin of malignant malaria in humans. | 9 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Lennart Balk | Dr. Lennart Balk discusses the thiamine deficiency syndrome killing European wild birds. | 4 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Mary Immordino-Yang | Dr. Mary Immordino-Yang discusses her fMRI study of admiration and compassion. | 28 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Vera Gorbunova | Dr. Vera Gorbunova discusses the innate cancer immunity of the naked mole rat. | 24 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Daniel Rugar | Listen as Dr. Daniel Rugar discusses his 100 million-fold improvement in resolution to conventional magnetic resonance imaging. | 17 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Michael Köttgen and Owen Woodward | Michael Köttgen and Owen Woodward discuss identifying a key gene associated with gout, and the possible therapeutic implications. | 7 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner John Dore | John Dore discusses the connection between rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and the increasing acidity of Earth's oceans. | 30 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adaptation and Evolution: The Life of an RNA Virus | Edward C. Holmes is a professor of biology and a Distinguished Senior Scholar in the Eberly College of Science at the Pennsylvania State University. Listen as Dr. Holmes discusses his research on using comparative genomics to study the genetic evolution of RNA viruses.. | 5 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Privacy and Social Security numbers | Alessandro Acquisti is an Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Listen as Dr. Acquisti discusses his research in the economics of privacy and his 2009 PNAS research article on predicting Social Security numbers. | 4 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fundamentals of environmental economics | Maureen Cropper is an economics professor at the University of Maryland and a former lead economist at the World Bank. Listen as Dr. Cropper discusses her research in environmental economics and her 2008 election into the National Academy of Sciences. | 29 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The future and stem cells | James Thomson is best known for his pioneering work that isolated and cultured non-human primate and human embryonic stem cells. Listen as Dr. Thomson discusses his research and the future of stem cells in medical uses ranging from drug discovery, transplantation, and as a basic research tool. | 23 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulating material behavior | Emily Carter's work merges quantum mechanics, applied mathematics, and solid state physics to create simulations of various molecules and materials. Listen as Dr. Carter discusses her research and her 2008 election to the National Academy of Sciences. | 26 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Human expansion out of Africa | Richard Klein served as editor for the PNAS Special Feature titled "Out of Africa". This collection of articles explores the historical expansion of Homo sapiens from Africa to Eurasia. The Special Feature, along with an editorial by Dr. Klein, will publish in the September 22 issue of PNAS. | 21 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seeing inside cells | Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz's laboratory at the National Institutes of Health works to characterize the fundamental principles governing protein geography and movement within cells. Dr. Lippincott-Schwartz talks about her work and her recent election to the National Academy of Sciences. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Yoshiro Nagao | "Decreases in dengue transmission may act to increase the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Karen McComb | "Cross-modal individual recognition in domestic horses (Equus caballus)." | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Marius Wernig | "Neurons derived from reprogrammed fibroblasts functionally integrate into the fetal brain and improve symptoms of rats with Parkinson's disease" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Albert-Laszlo Barabási | "The implications of human metabolic network topology for disease comorbidity" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner John Rossi | "MicroRNA-directed transcriptional gene silencing in mammalian cells" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Raymond Jeanloz | "Fluid helium at conditions of giant planetary interiors" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Randy Schekman | Randy Schekman, the PNAS Editor-in-Chief, discusses the selection process and history of the Cozzarelli Prize. The Cozzarelli Prize is given annually to six outstanding PNAS articles, each representing one of the major disciplines of the National Academy of Sciences. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stem cells in neuromedicine | Fred Gage is a professor in the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA. In this podcast, Dr. Gage talks about the subtleties involved as researchers explore how to use stem cells to treat conditions such as Parkinson's disease. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Malaria and vector research | Thomas Wellems is the head of the Malaria and Vector Research Unit at the National Institutes of Health. In this episode, he discusses the advances made in the fight against malaria and the problems that still remain. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inside Science | Bruce Alberts is the former President of the National Academy of Sciences and the current editor-in-chief of Science. In this podcast, Dr. Alberts talks about how he generates ideas for editorials, how Science approaches issues of scientific misconduct, and his opinion on the proliferation of journals worldwide. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Examining Proceedings | PNAS is one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific journals and has been published by the National Academies since 1915. This podcast, part of the Sounds of Science produced by the National Academies, looks at the history and future of this publication with Ken Fulton, publisher of PNAS. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Pamela J. Fraker | Pamela J. Fraker was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007. She is known for her investigations of the impact of nutritional deficiencies, particularly of zinc, on immune defense. Her work provided evidence that deficiency in protein--calories causes a decline in antibody and cell mediated responses, which leads to higher rates of infection, poor wound healing, and other adverse impacts in the malnourished and those with chronic disease. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Ran Nathan | Ran Nathan organized the Movement Ecology Special Feature for PNAS. He is an associate professor and the chair of the department of Evolution, Systematics, and Ecology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, Israel. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Nina Fedoroff | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1990 for her work in the field of Plant Biology, Nina Fedoroff is a pioneer in the molecular aspects of plant transposable elements. Building upon the work of Barbara McClintock, she elucidated the sequence of some of these elements, demonstrated their utility for gene cloning and was instrumental in converting the study of plant transposable elements into one accessible by molecular techniques. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Richard T. Durrett | Richard T. Durrett was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007 for his work in applied mathematical sciences. Durrett's research in probability theory concerns problems that arise from ecology and genetics. He has developed mathematical models to study the evolution of microsatellites, impacts of selective sweeps on genetic variation, genome rearrangement, gene duplication, and gene regulation. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with C. Owen Lovejoy | C. Owen Lovejoy was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007 for his work in the field of anthropology. Lovejoy overturned traditional models of human origins by integrating biomechanics into biological anthropology, demonstrating that the earliest hominids walked on two legs. He developed novel methods for quantifying sexual dimorphism and revealing the demographics of prehistoric humans. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Albert Libchaber | Albert Libchaber was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007 for his work in physics. Libchaber has made lasting and fundamental contributions to experimental chaos dynamics and its application to biological physics, from elucidating the forces at work when a fish swims through water to defining the minimal conditions necessary for artificial life. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with John G. Hildebrand | John G. Hildebrand was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007 for his work in animal, nutritional, and applied microbial sciences. His work on the functional organization, physiology, and development of the central olfactory system of insects has made him a pioneer in analyzing neural mechanisms underlying chemosensory control of mating behavior and insect--plant interactions. This work has application in disruption of insect mating behavior and herbivory, with practical benefit to human health and welfare. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Kenneth A. Dawson | "Understanding the nanoparticle--protein corona using methods to quantify exchange rates and affinities of proteins for nanoparticles" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Brian Spencer | "Targeted delivery of proteins across the blood--brain barrier" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Andreas Reichenbach | "Müller cells are living optical fibers in the vertebrate retina" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar | "Savanna chimpanzees use tools to harvest the underground storage organs of plants" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Monica Olvera de la Cruz | "Faceting ionic shells into icosahedra via electrostatics" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Sandra Díaz | "Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments" | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 83 Episodes |
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