TWiV 995: Viral origin stories
TWiV discusses genetic evidence of susceptible wildlife in SARS-CoV-2 positive samples at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, polio cases in African linked to a new polio vaccine that was designed to not cause the disease, and structural conservation of hepatitis B virus capsid proteins over millions of years despite a shift from a naked to an enveloped capsid. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 995 (74 MB .mp3, 123 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode •Register for ASV 2023 •MicrobeTV Discord Server • More evidence for SARS-CoV-2 s...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 26, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Plant Intelligence with Paco Calvo (BS 206)
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This month's episode of Brain Science is an intriguing interview with Dr. Paco Calvo from the Minimal Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Mercia in Spain. We talk with him about his new book Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Intelligence.We discuss the scientific evidence for plant intelligence while acknowledging that intelligence and consciousness are different phenomena. It is interesting to think of plants as demonstrating embodied cognition in contrast to the "intelligence" demonstrated by computer software....
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - March 24, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Embodiment Interviews Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Molecular Biologist Guy Caldwell (pt2: BS 205)
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BS 205 is a follow-up interview with molecular biologist Dr. Guy Caldwell we learn more about how the tools of molecular biology are used to unravel questions in neurobiology and provide hope for better treatments for problems like Parkinson's Disease.We learn about how gene editing techniques are used test the effects of single nucleotide changes in the neurons of the roundworm C. Elegans. This is possible because humans and C. Elegans share many genes. This makes it possible to economically explore a wide range of possibilit...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 24, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Brain Research dopamine Interviews Neuroscience Parkinson's Disease Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Molecular Biologist Guy Caldwell (BS 204)
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This month's episode is an encore presentation of an interview with Dr. Guy Caldwell from the University of Alabama. Dr. Caldwell explains how tools from molecular biology make it possible to use the famous C. Elegans roundworm to improve our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.Dr. Caldwell will return to Brain Science next month to give us an update on his work.
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Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - January 27, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Brain Research dopamine Encore Episode Interviews Neuroscience Source Type: podcasts
Amino acid slows nerve damage from diabetes, in mouse study
00:45 The role of serine in diabetic neuropathyNerve damage is a common complication of diabetes, and can even lead to limb amputation. Thus far, the only way for people to slow its onset is by managing their diet and lifestyle. Now though, research in mice shows how the amino acid serine may be key to this nerve damage, suggesting a potential role for the molecule in future therapeutics.Research article: Handzlik et al.News and Views: Serine deficiency causes complications in diabetes06:47 Research HighlightsDNA from chickens is spreading to their wild relatives, and a hidden magma chamber is revealed beneath an underwate...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 25, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Highlights from Brain Science in 2022 (BS 203)
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This month's episode (BS 203) celebrates the 16th Anniversary of Brain Science with the annual review episode. This is a listener favorite providing highlights and key ideas from the episodes of Brain Science that were posted in 2022. Topics included hearing, grief, emotion, embodied cognition, consciousness and more. Another highlight of 2022 was Dr. Campbell’s induction into the Podcast Hall of Fame.Note: This month's episode transcript is FREE
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Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - December 23, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Cognitive Science Consciousness Embodiment For Newbies Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Review Episode Source Type: podcasts
Is Meditation a "Mind Science?" with Evan Thompson (BS 202)
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The idea that meditation is a "mind science" is popular, but in this interview Canadian philosopher Evan Thompson argues that this claim does not stand up to either scientific or philosophical scrutiny. As one of the pioneers of the Embodied Cognition movement Thompson reminds us that the Mind is not restricted to the Brain and we must also consider how ot...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - November 25, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Embodiment Interviews Meditation and the Brain Neuroscience Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 955: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the four things to know about RSV, the burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe, the diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for Ebola virus disease, evaluating the accuracy of self-collected swabs for the diagnosis of monkeypox, tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations, acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection, clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection and recovery in lung transplant recipients, effectiveness of a third BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccina...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 19, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
How a key Alzheimer's gene wreaks havoc in the brain
00:46 Artemis 1 is go!NASA’s Artemis 1 mission has successfully reached Earth orbit. After weeks of delays and issues, and a nail biting launch, the rocket marks the first step in a new era of moon exploration, with plans to test a new way to return astronauts to the moon. We caught up with reporter for all-things-space, Alex Witze, for the latest.News: Lift off! Artemis Moon rocket launch kicks off new era of human exploration10:06 Research HighlightsThe unlevel playing field in women’s football, and domed structures provide evidence for a biological origin of stromatolites.Research Article: Okholm Kryger et al.Resear...
Source: Nature Podcast - November 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Cities as biodiversity havens, and gene therapy for epilepsy
On this week’s show: How urban spaces can help conserve species, and testing a gene therapy strategy for epilepsy in mice
First up on the podcast, we explore urban ecology’s roots in Berlin. Contributing Correspondent Gabriel Popkin joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss turning wastelands and decommissioned airports into forests and grasslands inside the confines of a city.
Next, we hear about a gene therapy strategy for epilepsy. Yichen Qiu, a recently graduated Ph.D. student and researcher at University College London, talks about introducing a small set of genes into neurons in mice. These genes detect hyperactivity ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 3, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
How a Human Brain is Built (BS 201 with Bill Harris)
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This month's episode of Brain Science is an interview with WA (Bill) Harris, author of Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built. We explore how the human brain develops from the fertilized egg up until birth. There are some surprises along the way, including the fact that we actually have more neurons before we are born than we will ever have agai...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - October 28, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Research Development Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Linking violence in Myanmar to fossil amber research, and waking up bacterial spores
On this week’s show: A study suggests paleontological research has directly benefited from the conflict in Myanmar, and how dormant bacterial spores keep track of their environment
First up on the podcast this week, Staff Writer Rodrigo Pérez Ortega joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss links between violent conflict in Myanmar and a boom in fossil amber research.
Also on the show this week, we hear about how bacterial spores—which can lie dormant for millions of years—decide it’s time to wake up. Kaito Kikuchi, an image analysis scientist at Reveal Biosciences, joins Sarah to discuss how dormant spores act a bit l...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 6, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
BS 200 Embodied Cognition in Education and Learning
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This month's episode of Brain Science (BS 200) is a discussion with the editors of a fascinating new book Movement Matters: How Embodied Cognition Informs Teaching and Learning. We explore how embodied cognition challenges long standing dualist approaches to both cognition and learning. Sheila Macrine and Jennifer Fugate also share some of the innovative approaches that improve both how we teach and how we learn.Recent episodes about Embodied Cognition:BS 193 What does it mean to say the Mind is Embodied?...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - September 23, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Embodiment Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Emotion and Culture with Batja Mesquita (BS 199)
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This month's episode of Brain Science is an interview with Batja Mesquita, author of Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions. This is an important book because it describes the evidence that Emotions are not just something people experience "from the inside out," but they also occur between people, which means that culture plays a critical role. We also explore why it is important to appreciate why people from from different cultures may experience emotions in surprisingly different ways.
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Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - August 26, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Emotion Interviews For Newbies Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Chasing Arctic cyclones, brain coordination in REM sleep, and a book on seafood in the information age
On this week’s show: Monitoring summer cyclones in the Arctic, how eye movements during sleep may reflect movements in dreams, and the latest in our series of books on the science of food and agriculture.
First up on the podcast this week, Deputy News Editor Eric Hand joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the first airborne campaign to study summer cyclones over the Arctic and what the data could reveal about puzzling air-ice interactions.
Next on the show, Sarah talks with Yuta Senzai, a postdoctoral researcher in the department of physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, about his paper on what coord...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 25, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
