Episode SummaryIn this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan speaks with Sachu Constantine, Executive Director of Vote Solar, about why state-level policy is becoming increasingly important to the future of solar. They discuss major industry challenges including interconnection delays, permitting, policy uncertainty, and rising electricity demand from AI, data centers, EVs, and electrification. Sachu also explains how solar plus storage can improve grid reliability and how emerging

Send us Fan Mail Join Chris Hardesty, MD, as she chats with Andrew K. Cree, MD, and Brian Hsu, MD—two of our “local hosts” for the upcoming SRS Annual Meeting in Sydney, Australia! Tune in for their insider tips on the best things to do beyond the meeting, including must-visit cafés and restaurants, local activities, and Sydney sights you won’t want to miss. Check out the guide that Dr. Cree put together for more!

In this episode, Drs. Amirtha Chinnadurai and Jason Misurac are joined by Dr. Laurel Willig to discuss APOL1-mediated kidney disease in children. They discuss how to conceptualize APOL1 disease, emerging targeted therapies and clinical trials, and practical considerations for genetic testing and counseling families.00:00 Introduction 01:14 Understanding APOL1 Disease 08:58 APOL1 Phenotypes and Precision Medicine 13:07 Emerging APOL1 Therapies 18:01 Clinical Trials and Pediatric Patients 20:35

This week we talk with Dr. George Gale about grape phylloxera - how it was introduced into France in the late 1800s, how it devastated French viticulture and wine production, and how ultimately we overcame this pest through hybridization and use of American rootstocks. We also touch upon the history of grape phylloxera in the rest of the world, with a focus on California.__________ Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! Older episodes can be accessed through

Mass spectrometry has been one of the most powerful technologies in clinical testing for decades. So why is it still largely confined to specialty labs?Don Mason has spent more than 25 years in clinical mass spectrometry. Now Senior Marketing Manager for Mass Spectrometry at Roche Diagnostics, he says the technology’s strength has also been its weakness: “Part of its power and part of its challenges are linked.” Mass spec is extraordinarily sensitive, selective and flexible, but traditionally

Send us Fan Mail Get ready for the 2026 Annual Meeting and revisit the 2025 Harrington Lecture: Where are We Going? What are We Doing? Just Keep Asking! If you are attending the 2026 Annual Meeting, the 2026 Harrington Lecture is Thursday, October 8 on the topic The View from the Second Mountain: Transitions in Deformity, Career, and Life by Todd J. Albert, MD. * The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) podcast is aimed at delivering the most current and trusted information to clinicians th...

Episode SummaryIn this milestone 300th episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy Thanjan is joined by longtime friend and co-host Nate Jovanelly, Founder and CEO of SunRaise Capital. Benoy and Nate reflect on how much the solar industry has changed since the podcast began and explore where the market is headed next. They discuss the evolution of residential solar, the growing importance of battery storage, changing financing models, rising electricity costs, policy uncertainty, and the

In this podcast Kayleigh Cook discusses the article "Survey of UK veterinary students' perceptions about a career in equine practice".

What happens when an organization grows faster than its leadership structure? Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers CEO Terri Lacey joins Amanda to talk candidly about growing from two sites to 22—and recognizing that roles, reporting relationships, and decision-making needed to evolve along with the organization. Terri shares what it took to rethink the org chart, get leaders focused on their “Main Thing,” create greater clarity and shared accountability, and navigate the uncomfortable con...

Episode SummaryBenoy Thanjan, host of the Solar Maverick Podcast, sits down with Li Wang, Head of Marketing for Reneu Energy and the Solar Maverick Podcast, for a deeply personal conversation about surviving the attacks on the World Trade Center and how that day changed the course of his life. Benoy shares what he experienced inside One World Trade Center when the first plane struck, the chaos of the evacuation, and the moments that have remained with him for the past 25 years. The conversation

The free podcast of this episode, which aired on August 30, 2009, is available on our iTunes page! This episode features regular CNN medical correspondent Dr. Martin Makary (left), the Chair of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Surgical Outcomes Research. He speaks with the Radio Rounds hosts about the work he has done ...

Single cell sequencing has given researchers extraordinary new maps of human biology. For Nick Banovich of TGen, the burning question is how to turn those maps into something that matters for patients.Banovich has spent much of his career studying pulmonary fibrosis, and single cell sequencing has changed the field’s understanding of the disease. Instead of looking at an average signal from diseased lung tissue, researchers can now separate molecular changes from changes in the populations of cells

Send us Fan Mail The Great Canadian Debates & Controversies session at the 33rd IMAST in Toronto was a hit! Tune in to hear one of the lively debates, featuring internationally renowned spine surgeons tackling the latest controversies in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis and Isthmic Spondylolisthesis surgery. Expect plenty of expert insight, sharp wit, and a spirited debate. This session was hosted by the Canadian Spine Society. * The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) podcast is aimed at del...

Stanford physicist and bioengineer Polly Fordyce has a big vision. She’s attempting to measure protein function at the scale at which we learned to measure DNA. We can sequence proteins. We can increasingly predict their structures. But we still have a surprisingly difficult time measuring what proteins actually do.Fordyce wants to change that. Her lab is developing ways to measure protein folding, binding, kinetics and function at a massive scale, using the quantitative language of physics. Her

In this episode, Ross Stewart from the Center for Biodiversity and Genomics discusses the innovative BugQuest project, which uses Malaise traps and DNA barcoding to study insect diversity across Canada. Discover how citizen science, advanced sequencing, and creative outreach are transforming entomology research. BugQuest: https://bioscan.life/bugquest/ University of Guelph News (April 2026):

Mark Van Oene has just taken over as CEO of Pacific Biosciences, and Mendelspod is his first interview in the new job. He began his career as a scientist studying cystic fibrosis genetics at Toronto’s SickKids, then spent fifteen years at Illumina, rising from its first sales rep in Canada to Chief Commercial Officer. He joined PacBio in 2021 as COO and has spent the past five years helping build the product portfolio he now inherits as CEO.He joins us today with a clear message: PacBio is

Following the Midterm Elections, policy changes are scheduled to go into effect—and for community health centers, preparing for Medicaid coverage changes can’t wait until December. In this episode of the Coleman Associates Innovation Podcast, COO Allison Dubois and CEO Gralyn Jacques join Amanda to talk about what health centers can do now to help eligible patients stay covered while preparing for the operational and financial impact ahead. In this episode, we'll talk about identifying patien...

In this podcast, Pooja Shah speaks to William Malins about chemical warfare agents. Dr Malins provides an overview of the history, clinical features and medical management of nerve agents, blistering agents and choking agents. Readiness and preparedness are key, and clinicians should remember that casualty decontamination is a crucial first step before treatment.

This month Alex speaks to Prof de Carvhalo about his recent article on anaesthesia and analgesia for total knee arthroplasty. Related Article

Welcome back bug lovers! This is the first of a two part series about the history of fire ants in the United States and the ways we responded to their presence in the south. Colloquially these could be referred to as the "FIRE ANT WARS"! You can imagine your own pulse pounding beat to idea... In this episode, we unpack how fire ants arrived in the US, the sequence of events that led to red imported fire ant becoming so common, and the first forays into understanding this pest. Show