Desert ‘skins’ drying up, and one of the oldest Maya calendars
On this week’s show: Climate change is killing critical soil organisms in arid regions, and early evidence for the Maya calendar from a site in Guatemala
Staff Writer Elizabeth Pennisi joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how climate change is affecting “biocrust,” a thin layer of fungi, lichens, and other microbes that sits on top of desert soil, helping retain water and create nutrients for rest of the ecosystem. Recent measurements in Utah suggest the warming climate is causing a decline in the lichen component of biocrust, which is important for adding nitrogen into soils.
Next, Sarah talks with Skidmore College ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 14, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Desert ‘skins’ drying up, and one of the oldest Maya calendars
On this week’s show: Climate change is killing critical soil organisms in arid regions, and early evidence for the Maya calendar from a site in Guatemala
Staff Writer Elizabeth Pennisi joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how climate change is affecting “biocrust,” a thin layer of fungi, lichens, and other microbes that sits on top of desert soil, helping retain water and create nutrients for rest of the ecosystem. Recent measurements in Utah suggest the warming climate is causing a decline in the lichen component of biocrust, which is important for adding nitrogen into soils.
Next, Sarah talks with Skidm...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 14, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Coronavirus Vaccination in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Individuals
As US vaccine distribution expands to include younger healthier populations, questions about vaccine safety in women of childbearing age have become more urgent. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Catherine Y. Spong, MD, and Emory University School of Medicine's Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH, both eminent obstetrician/gynecologists, join JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the safety of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in pregnant and nursing mothers, and in individuals trying to get pregnant. Recorded February 8, 2020. Related Article(s): Pregnancy, Postpartum Care, and COVID-19 Vaccination in 2021 (Source: ...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 587: One bite is all it takes
Vincent and Rich return to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to speak with Dennis Bente, Shannan Rossi, Nikos Vasilakis, and Scott Weaver about their work on viruses transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Guests: Dennis Bente, Shannan Rossi, Nikos Vasilakis, and Scott Weaver Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Measles virus vectored chikungunya vaccine (J Inf Dis) World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses Insect-specific alphavirus vaccine vector (Nat Med) Legacy of arbovirus...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 16, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 580: Noncoding RNA with Chris Sullivan
From the University of Texas at Austin, Vincent and Rich speak with Chris Sullivan about his work on miRNAs encoded in the genomes of polyomaviruses and papillomaviruses, and how an RNA triphosphatase restricts hepatitis C virus replication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Guest: Chris Sullivan Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Sullivan lab Virus-encoded miRNAs in papillomaviruses (PLoS Path) Murine polyomavirus miRNA promotes viruria (J Virol) DUSP11 helps XRN restrict hepatitis C virus (PNAS) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 29, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Podcast Extra: Q & A with Nobel Prize winner John B Goodenough
In this Podcast Extra, we speak to John B Goodenough, from the University of Texas at Austin, in the US. Today, John was announced as one of the joint winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Reporter Benjamin Thompson went along to the Royal Society in London to chat with him. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - October 9, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Podcast Extra: Q&A with Nobel Prize winner John B Goodenough
In this Podcast Extra, we speak to John B Goodenough, from the University of Texas at Austin, in the US. Today, John was announced as one of the joint winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Reporter Benjamin Thompson went along to the Royal Society in London to chat with him. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - October 9, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
An app for eye disease, and planting memories in songbirds
Host Sarah Crespi talks with undergraduate student Micheal Munson from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about a smartphone app that scans photos in the phone’s library for eye disease in kids.
And Sarah talks with Todd Roberts of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, about incepting memories into zebra finches to study how they learn their songs. Using a technique called optogenetics—in which specific neurons can be controlled by pulses of light—the researchers introduced false song memories by turning on neurons in different patterns, with longer or shorter note durations than t...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
An app for eye disease, and planting memories in songbirds
Host Sarah Crespi talks with undergraduate student Micheal Munson from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about a smartphone app that scans photos in the phone ’s library for eye disease in kids. And Sarah talks with Todd Roberts of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, about incepting memories into zebra finches to study how they learn their songs. Using a technique called optogenetics—in which specific neurons can be controlled by pulses of light—the researchers introduced false song memories by turning on neurons in different patterns, with longer or shorter note durations than typ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
An app for eye disease, and planting memories in songbirds
Host Sarah Crespi talks with undergraduate student Micheal Munson from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about a smartphone app that scans photos in the phone ’s library for eye disease in kids.
And Sarah talks with Todd Roberts of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, about incepting memories into zebra finches to study how they learn their songs. Using a technique called optogenetics—in which specific neurons can b e controlled by pulses of light—the researchers introduced false song memories by turning on neurons in different patterns, with longer or shorter note durations than t...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
An app for eye disease, and planting memories in songbirds
Host Sarah Crespi talks with undergraduate student Micheal Munson from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about a smartphone app that scans photos in the phone ’s library for eye disease in kids. And Sarah talks with Todd Roberts of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, about incepting memories into zebra finches to study how they learn their songs. Using a technique called optogenetics—in which specific neurons can be controlled by pulses of light—the researchers introduced false song memories by turning on neurons in different patterns, with longer or shorter note durations than typ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
An app for eye disease, and planting memories in songbirds
Host Sarah Crespi talks with undergraduate student Micheal Munson from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about a smartphone app that scans photos in the phone ’s library for eye disease in kids.
And Sarah talks with Todd Roberts of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, about incepting memories into zebra finches to study how they learn their songs. Using a technique called optogenetics—in which specific neurons can b e controlled by pulses of light—the researchers introduced false song memories by turning on neurons in different patterns, with longer or shorter note durations than t...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
SOPHIA Trial in HER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
Debu Tripathy, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center explains the results of the SOPHIA trial, a phase III study of chemothe...
Author: obr
Added: 07/02/2019 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - July 2, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
