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PNAS Science Sessions

Welcome to Science Sessions, the PNAS podcast program. Listen to brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, Academy members, and policymakers 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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06:20

Interview with 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Anthony...

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

Anthony Vecchiarelli explains a system of genetic cargo movement within cells that has roots in the work of Alan Turing.

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04:34

Interview with 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Jintai Lin

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

Jintai Lin explains the impact of a global economy on air pollution in China and in the US.

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06:41

Interview with 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Frank Bates

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

Frank Bates describes how a project related to chewing gum led to materials science discoveries.

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05:37

Interview with 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Abigail...

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

Abigail Marsh describes mechanisms of altruistic kidney donors' responsiveness to others' emotions.

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06:32

Search rankings and voter manipulation

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

Robert Epstein of the American Institute for Behavioral Research describes how search engine rankings can influence voter preferences.

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06:11

Timeline of the end-Permian extinction

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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05:31

Interview with 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Yaara...

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

Yaara Oren and Tal Pupko describe how bacteria can evolve via transfer of gene regulatory regions.

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05:39

Uniqueness of olfactory perception

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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04:55

Candidate vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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05:35

Improving global scientific engagement

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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04:41

Blaming those who harm intentionally

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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05:33

Biocontainment safeguards

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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05:40

Exploring tropical glaciers

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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05:53

Gatekeeping in scientific publishing

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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05:44

Designing theoretical molecules

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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06:16

Genome editing

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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04:30

An overdependence on p-values

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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06:09

Retina cell transplantation

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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04:40

Heart regeneration

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

Hesham Sadek explains the regenerative capability of newborn mouse hearts.

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06:00

Global collaboration against HIV

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2019/06/11

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

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