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| Podcast title | Carry the One Radio
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| Description | Short interviews with scientists about one question that they are working on. CarryTheOneRadio@gmail.com Or visit our home page: www.CarryTheOneRadio.com | |
| Updated | Tue, 01 May 2012 06:27:41 GMT | |
| Category | Science & Medicine |
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1. Stem Cells and Epigenetics_ Dr. Barbara Panning, UCSF http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 11.24Mb) Description: The developing embryo is made up of special cells called stem cells. Unlike most cells, stem cells have the unique ability to transform into specialized adult cells, such as those that make up our heart or the neurons in our brain. In the last five years, scientists have designed a method to go backwards; now the specialized adult cells can be turned into embryonic stem cells. However, a lot of questions remain unanswered. For instance, scientists still do not completely understand what triggers stem cells to transform into different cell types. Or what process keeps stem cells from changing in the first place. Our guest, Dr. Barbara Panning, a professor in the department of biochemistry at UCSF, is in the process of answering this question. Using a process called RNA interference, her lab turns off specific genes one by one to see how embryonic stem cells are affected. Her research has potentially important implications for diseases like breast cancer. |
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2. Mef2A and muscle regeneration: Christine Snyder, Boston University, with guest host Nelsa Estrella http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 15.30Mb) Description: Christine talks about her research on a transcription factor that is important for normal muscle development. She also talks about some exciting research that is currently going on in the field of regenerative medicine. |
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3. Chronic pain is a disease: Dr. Allan Basbaum, UCSF http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 14.06Mb) Description: Dr. Basbaum, who has been studying pain since he was a teenager, changes the way we think about pain, especially chronic pain. He shares with us the groundbreaking direction his lab is taking to solve the problem of chronic pain. |
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4. Makings of a memory: Dr. Loren Frank, UCSF http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 13.13Mb) Description: Dr. Loren Frank explains what a memory is, and shares with us his results from a recent experiment. |
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5. Mapping the brain's blood vessels: Dr. David Kleinfeld, UC San Diego http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 11.12Mb) Description: David walks us through an exciting research project that he has recently been fired up about: Understanding blood flow in the brain by mapping all of the blood vessels in the brain. |
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6. How the brain maps what it sees and hears: Jason Triplett, UC- Santa Cruz http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 11.37Mb) Description: Jason explains how the visual and auditory systems are "mapped" onto the brain, and his interest in a special brain region known as the superior colliculus. |
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7. Studying the Retinal Ganglion Cells: Dr. Andrew Huberman, UCSD http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 12.23Mb) Description: Andy tells us about his decade long, and still ongoing, obsession with one question: How do the eyes wire up with the brain? |
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8. How neurons navigate their way around in the developing brain: Dr. David Van Vactor, Harvard University http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 11.04Mb) Description: David tells about his quest to study and understand the genetics behind axon guidance and the formation of the neuromuscular junction. |
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9. What fruit flies can tell us about alcohol addiction: Dr. Ulrike Heberlein, UCSF http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 7.99Mb) Description: In this week's installment, Dr. Ulrike Heberlein explains her basic research strategy in her quest to identify the genetic influence of alcohol and drug addiction by using the "lowly fruit fly". She has recently been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her scientific achievements. |
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10. How your brain tells time: Dr. Michael Shadlen, University of Washington/HHMI http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 8.25Mb) Description: Dr. Mike Shadlen tells us about his research which focuses on how we make decisions. He also goes into how the cells in our brain keep time and a little on his life as a jazz musician and a neuroscientist. |
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11. Dapper in the brain: Dr. Benjamin Cheyette, UCSF http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 7.67Mb) Description: Dr. Ben Cheyette started his research career by working on the Wnt signaling pathway, a network of proteins that regulate cell-to-cell interactions during embryogenesis. We focus here on a critical protein in that pathway, called "Dapper". Visit www.CarryTheOneRadio.com for details. |
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12. Repression of Olfactory Receptor Genes: Dr. Stavros Lomvardas, UCSF http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 7.92Mb) Description: The cells in our nose that help us smell are very peculiar. For one, each cell only expresses a single gene out of the 1000 possible "olfactory receptor genes". Dr. Stavros Lomvardas explains his work in finding out how the other 999 genes are repressed, and how a single cell can express exactly one gene. Near the end, he mentions a funny childhood story about how he was thrown into the world of science. More information at www.carrytheoneradio.com |
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13. Memory of a relapse: Patricia Janak, UCSF/Gallo http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 9.83Mb) Description: Dr, Patricia Janak helps us understand why some drug addicts might still crave drugs even after going clean. Her research points to critical brain regions that are necessary for a relapse to occur. Find out more at www.CarryTheOneRadio.com |
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14. Local neural networks associated with flexible behaviors: Dr. Takaki Komiyama, Janelia Farms http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 9.40Mb) Description: Dr. Takaki Komiyama, a post-doctoral fellow at Janelia Farms, describes his recent work in understanding how the brain codes for flexible behaviors (such as learning to play tennis). More information @ www.carrytheoneradio.com |
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15. The genetics of morning larks: Dr. Louis Ptacek, HHMI/UCSF http://carrytheoneradio.podoma... download (audio/mpeg, 11.00Mb) Description: Dr. Ptacek, an HHMI investigator and professor at UCSF, studies genes at the human level. In this episode, he discusses how a patient that complained of waking up too early, a true morning lark, has lead to the discovery of genes that are responsible for this strange trait. www.carrytheoneradio.com |
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