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PNAS Science Sessions show

PNAS Science Sessions

Summary: Science Sessions is the podcast program of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Listen to brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, National Academy of Sciences members, and policy makers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of research published in PNAS, plus a broad range of science news and discoveries that affect the world around us.

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Podcasts:

 Timeline of the end-Permian extinction | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:10

Seth Burgess describes a timeline of events surrounding the end-Permian mass extinction.

 Uniqueness of olfactory perception | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:39

Noam Sobel explains how a human olfactory fingerprint helps uncover the uniqueness of individuals’ sense of smell.

 Candidate vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:55

Rino Rappuoli of GlaxoSmithKline discusses preclinical studies of a vaccine candidate against Staphylococcus aureus.

 Improving global scientific engagement | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:35

As AAAS president for 2015, Geraldine Richmond focuses on global scientific engagement.

 Blaming those who harm intentionally | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:41

Susan Fiske describes how intentional acts of harm motivate people to assign blame.

 Biocontainment safeguards | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:32

Jef Boeke explains how to safeguard against unauthorized growth of engineered microorganisms.

 Exploring tropical glaciers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:39

Lonnie Thompson discusses clues to Earth's ancient climate history that are stored in tropical glacial ice.

 Gatekeeping in scientific publishing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:52

Kyle Siler discusses the role of editors as gatekeepers at scientific journals.

 Designing theoretical molecules | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:44

Alán Aspuru-Guzik discusses how he uses supercomputing as a "molecular spaceship" to explore chemical space and discover potentially useful new molecules.

 Genome editing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:16

Keith Joung and Feng Zhang explain methods for editing sequences of DNA in living cells.

 An overdependence on p-values | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:30

Veronica Vieland discusses a common disconnect between scientists and statisticians in evaluating scientific evidence.

 Retina cell transplantation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:08

Robin Ali describes efforts to transplant healthy rod and cone cells into afflicted retinas.

 Heart regeneration | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:40

Hesham Sadek explains the regenerative capability of newborn mouse hearts.

 Global collaboration against HIV | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:59

Ambassador Deborah Birx discusses international efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

 Molecular profiling of cancer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:21

Elaine Mardis discusses how next generation sequencing technology is helping the Pan-Cancer Initiative gain a molecular understanding of cancer.

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