PNAS Science Sessions
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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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Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
The science of biodiversity - Part 2
Merlin Hanauer and Chase Mendenhall discuss the science of biodiversity, in the second of two recordings of a PNAS Science Cafe event held in Washington, DC on October 17, 2012.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
The science of biodiversity - Part 1
Merlin Hanauer and Chase Mendenhall discuss the science of biodiversity, in the first of two recordings of a PNAS Science Cafe event held in Washington, DC on October 17, 2012.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Reshuffling in the human genome
Fred Alt discusses methods to map human chromosomal reshuffling.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Widespread lead poisoning in condors
Myra Finkelstein discusses her research showing that California condors are significantly threatened by lead from lead-based ammunition.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Cancer nanomedicines
Chemical engineer Mark Davis discusses his research on nano-sized cancer therapeutics.
Jun 10, 2019 • 4min
How caffeine can help prevent cancer
Chemical biologist Allan Conney discusses his research on caffeine's anticancer properties.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Understanding the brain's architecture
Neuroscientist Charles F. Stevens discusses his research on finding the brain's underlying design principles.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
A systems approach to drug development
Marc Kirschner discusses the goals of systems pharmacology.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Building new biological objects
Frances Arnold explains how she harnesses the power of evolution to create proteins and organisms with applications in medicine and in alternative energy.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Virus-fighting bacteria
Akiko Iwasaki explains how gut bacteria boost immunity to influenza virus.
