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Science Sessions Podcasts
Welcome to Science Sessions, the PNAS podcast program. Listen to brief 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. Please scroll down for recent podcasts.
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Interview with 2016 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Yayoi Obata
Yayoi Obata describes the formation of mammalian egg cells in vitro. Image courtesy of Mark Finkenstaedt.
August 21, 2017 | Running Time: 4:56
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The Deep Hot Biosphere after 25 years
John Spear discusses the legacy of Thomas Gold’s “Deep Hot Biosphere” hypothesis.
August 7, 2017 | Running Time: 5:19
How Sherpas adapt to high altitudes
Andrew Murray describes metabolic adaptations of Himalayan Sherpas to low-pressure, low-oxygen conditions at high altitudes.
July 3, 2017 | Running Time: 6:06
Oyster harvest
Rowan Lockwood discusses the sustainability of Native American oyster harvesting in the Chesapeake Bay.
May 29, 2017 | Running Time: 6:12
Improving endoscopy for disease diagnosis
Pelham Keahey describes how differential structured illumination microendoscopy can improve cancer diagnosis.
May 15, 2017 | Running Time: 6:32
Fungicides and honey bee health
Entomologist May Berenbaum discusses the effects of agricultural fungicides on honey bee health.
May 1, 2017 | Running Time: 5:04
Vision and transition to land
Malcolm MacIver describes how our aquatic ancestors may have become interested in land.
April 17, 2017 | Running Time: 6:06
Self-driving cars
Jeff Schneider explains how self-driving cars use machine learning to learn the rules of the road.
March 27, 2017 | Running Time: 6:47
Science for the general public
Steven Weinberg describes his experiences writing about science for a general audience.
February 21, 2017 | Running Time: 6:58
Interview with 2017 Breakthrough Prize winner Steve Elledge
Steve Elledge discusses how cells sense and respond to damage to their DNA.
January 30, 2017 | Running Time: 7:07
2016 Cozzarelli Prize Winners
Interview with 2016 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Fernando Colchero, Roland Rau, and Susan Alberts
Fernando Colchero, Roland Rau, and Susan Alberts describe the relationship between lifespan equality and average lifespan.
June 19, 2017 | Running Time: 6:25See Also:"The emergence of longevous populations"by Fernando Colchero, et al.
Interview with 2016 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Russell Graham
Russell Graham describes the extinction of woolly mammoths from St. Paul island.
July 17, 2017 | Running Time: 6:14See Also:"Timing and causes of mid-Holocene mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island, Alaska"by Russell W. Graham, et al.
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- Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: procedure and some applications.
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- Cluster analysis and display of genome-wide expression patterns
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
