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.
Episodes
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Jun 7, 2019 • 7min
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens
Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens discuss an oxygen isotope signature that reveals how carbonates on Mars form in the absence of life.
Jun 7, 2019 • 6min
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Cheryl Lyn Walker
Cheryl Lyn Walker discusses the role of a cellular protein, called ATM, in offsetting oxidative damage.
Jun 7, 2019 • 6min
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Benjamin tenOever
Benjamin tenOever discusses his team's prize winning discovery that could be the key to developing a universal influenza A vaccine.
Jun 7, 2019 • 5min
The personalized medicine revolution
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins discusses "personalized medicine," a novel approach in which doctors diagnose and treat patients using detailed information about each individual.
Jun 7, 2019 • 2min
Aircraft and Iceland's volcanic ash cloud
Susan Stipp discusses her PNAS research article that reveals whether the ash cloud from the 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano posed a threat to aircraft, and if the widespread airport closures in Europe were warranted.
Jun 7, 2019 • 5min
Keeping Congress up-to-date on the latest scientific research
Jim Jensen, Executive Director of the Office of Congressional and Government Affairs, a branch of the National Research Council, discusses how scientific research shapes public policy.
Jun 7, 2019 • 5min
Clean energy funding in the 2012 research budget
Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, discusses some aspects of the President's 2012 research budget.
Jun 7, 2019 • 5min
Electronic artificial noses
Nate Lewis dicusses the design principles and applications of electronic artificial noses.
Jun 7, 2019 • 6min
Visual prosthetic devices for the blind
Peter Schiller discusses a device that could one day restore sight to the blind by directly stimulating the visual cortex.
Jun 7, 2019 • 2min
Call for papers: PNAS Plus
PNAS Editor-in-Chief Randy Schekman discusses the journal's new option to publish online-only research articles.
