In this episode, I use the question from Owen:"Are there kinds of soil additives I should be using or should stay away from? Conventional wisdom is to look for balanced fertilizer, but I don’t know how much conventional wisdom overlaps with permaculture." to look more broadly at using initial, imported, industrial inputs to create a long-term, sustainable, fertility system around four areas: 1. Collecting Organic Matter 2. Harvesting Household Waste 3. Using Biology 4. Cover Cropping This is an

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.mendelspod.comA recent New York Times article highlighted a remarkable study showing that exercise can help keep colon cancer in remission. After eight years, 90 percent of patients in a structured exercise program were still alive, compared with 83 percent in the control group. Yet despite these results, such programs are rarely covered by insurance. It’s a striking example of something our guest today, Mayo Clinic physiologist Mike

In this podcast, Woroud Alzaher, Sian Williams & Amy Hogan discuss their paper 'World Health Organization Healthy Ageing model applied to adults with cerebral palsy: A systematic review of reported intrinsic capacity measures'. The paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.70370 Follow DMCN on Podbean for more:  https://dmcn.podbean.com/ ___ Watch DMCN Podcasts on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ONCYiC __ DMCN Journal: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (DMCN) has defined the

Jonathan Moscovici discusses BIOPs BRIDGE mentoring program.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.mendelspod.comIs biology headed back into the genome?While much of biology has been expanding outward into single cells, spatial biology and ever more biological context, Žiga Avsec and his team at Google DeepMind are making the case that there is still an enormous amount to learn by going deeper into DNA itself.Their new AlphaGenome Atlas uses AlphaGenome to predict the molecular effects of every possible single letter change in the

In this podcast, Lorena Ferreira discusses her paper 'Physical therapy interventions for children and adolescents with myelomeningocele: A systematic review'.The paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.70501 Follow DMCN on Podbean for more:  https://dmcn.podbean.com/ ___ Watch DMCN Podcasts on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ONCYiC __ DMCN Journal: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (DMCN) has defined the field of paediatric neurology and childhood-onset neurodisability for

In this podcast, Lorena Ferreira discusses her paper 'Physical therapy interventions for children and adolescents with myelomeningocele: A systematic review'. The paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.70501 Follow DMCN on Podbean for more:  https://dmcn.podbean.com/ ___ Watch DMCN Podcasts on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ONCYiC __ DMCN Journal: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (DMCN) has defined the field of paediatric neurology and childhood-onset neurodisability for over 60

In this podcast, Russell Dale discusses his paper 'Shared dysregulation of complement and phosphorylation pathways in the cerebrospinal fluid of encephalitis, Aicardi–Goutières syndrome, and autism'. The paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.70467 Follow DMCN on Podbean for more:  https://dmcn.podbean.com/ ___ Watch DMCN Podcasts on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ONCYiC __ DMCN Journal: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (DMCN) has defined the field of paediatric neurology and

In this podcast, Emma Glisson discusses her paper 'Dysphagia in paediatric acquired brain injury: Prevalence, outcomes, and impact of lesion sites on recovery'. The paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.70382 Follow DMCN on Podbean for more:  https://dmcn.podbean.com/ ___ Watch DMCN Podcasts on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ONCYiC __ DMCN Journal: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (DMCN) has defined the field of paediatric neurology and childhood-onset neurodisability for

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.mendelspod.comJennifer Dionne, Stanford physicist and co-founder of Pumpkinseed, joins us to talk about a radically different way of reading proteins. Pumpkinseed’s deSIPHR technology combines nanophotonics with Raman spectroscopy to detect the molecular vibrations of individual amino acids. The goal is de novo protein sequencing that can read not only the 20 canonical amino acids, but potentially the enormous alphabet created by

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.mendelspod.comDigital technology has been promising to transform pathology for years. But the last year looks different. Roche paid roughly $1 billion for PathAI. Tempus acquired Paige. Other deals are adding to a sudden wave of consolidation. And AstraZeneca is developing a computational pathology algorithm for TROP2 that could become a companion diagnostic used to determine which patients receive a drug. DeciBio partner Katie

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.mendelspod.comIt was the heady days of the CRISPR revolution and of the gene therapy Casgevy. And when longtime genomics editor and author Kevin Davies went looking for a book that told the story of sickle cell disease and could not find one, he was perplexed and then inspired.A few years later, the result is Curved Air, a biography of sickle cell anemia that traces one of the most remarkable arcs in modern biology. Davies begins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.mendelspod.comAfter being pursued for more than 150 years, cancer vaccines may finally be having their moment.The recent positive Phase III results from Moderna and Merck offer what today’s guest Dr. Elias Sayour calls the first “bona fide evidence” that a therapeutic personalized cancer vaccine can work. For Sayour, a pediatric oncologist and cancer researcher at the University of Florida, the result is not the culmination of the

In this podcast, Lucas Raniolo discusses his paper 'Speech, language, social communication, and communication assessments in Rett syndrome: A systematic review'. The paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.70429 Follow DMCN on Podbean for more:  https://dmcn.podbean.com/ ___ Watch DMCN Podcasts on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ONCYiC __ DMCN Journal: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (DMCN) has defined the field of paediatric neurology and childhood-onset neurodisability for

In Episode 54 of The League, Benoy Thanjan and David Magid examine how clean energy is becoming increasingly connected to national security, grid resilience and government policy. They discuss Michigan’s new statewide permitting process, which could overcome local zoning barriers and accelerate utility-scale solar development. They also explore Westinghouse’s proposed nuclear microreactor at Fort Drum and its potential to strengthen military energy resilience. The conversation then turns to the

In this podcast, Kailash Ram discusses his paper 'Organized sports-based interventions and motor outcomes in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review'. The paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.70385 Follow DMCN on Podbean for more:  https://dmcn.podbean.com/ ___ Watch DMCN Podcasts on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ONCYiC __ DMCN Journal: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (DMCN) has defined the field of paediatric neurology and childhood-onset

In Episode 53 of The League, Benoy Thanjan and David Magid discuss how the solar industry is becoming more complex as policy uncertainty, storage, cybersecurity, and grid constraints reshape project development. They look at growing concerns around inverter supply chains and national security, as well as the impact of changing rules on financing and project timelines. The conversation also covers Massachusetts’ latest energy storage solicitation and the rising costs of permitting, interconnection,

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.mendelspod.comThose of us in biology tend to think that chemistry is rather straight forward. But today’s guest says there’s quite an art to synthesizing a molecule.A few years ago, Lee Cronin, a chemistry professor at the University of Glasgow joined Mendelspod for a sprawling conversation about the origin of life, alien biology, assembly theory, and his conviction that chemistry could become programmable. Now Cronin is back, and

In Episode 52 of The League, Benoy Thanjan and David Magid discuss several major developments shaping the future of power markets.The conversation begins with a significant New York court ruling that classified battery energy storage as a public utility, potentially giving developers a stronger path through local zoning and permitting challenges. They discuss why this legal precedent could accelerate the development of standalone battery projects across the state over the next several years. They

In this podcast, Charlotte Maile discusses the article "Microscopic conjunctival plant foreign bodies—A seasonal cause of persistent corneal ulceration in UK horses".