PNAS Science Sessions
PNAS
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Biocontainment safeguards
Jef Boeke explains how to safeguard against unauthorized growth of engineered microorganisms.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Exploring tropical glaciers
Lonnie Thompson discusses clues to Earth's ancient climate history that are stored in tropical glacial ice.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Gatekeeping in scientific publishing
Kyle Siler discusses the role of editors as gatekeepers at scientific journals.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Designing theoretical molecules
Alán Aspuru-Guzik discusses how he uses supercomputing as a "molecular spaceship" to explore chemical space and discover potentially useful new molecules.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Genome editing
Keith Joung and Feng Zhang explain methods for editing sequences of DNA in living cells.
Jun 11, 2019 • 5min
An overdependence on p-values
Veronica Vieland discusses a common disconnect between scientists and statisticians in evaluating scientific evidence.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Retina cell transplantation
Robin Ali describes efforts to transplant healthy rod and cone cells into afflicted retinas.
Jun 11, 2019 • 5min
Heart regeneration
Hesham Sadek explains the regenerative capability of newborn mouse hearts.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Global collaboration against HIV
Ambassador Deborah Birx discusses international efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Molecular profiling of cancer
Elaine Mardis discusses how next generation sequencing technology is helping the Pan-Cancer Initiative gain a molecular understanding of cancer.
