Synopsis
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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![Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner Jacob Waldbauer]()
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner Jacob Waldbauer
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minCozzarelli Prize winner Jacob Waldbauer reconstructs the history of oxygen on Earth.
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![Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winners Robert Saye and James Sethian]()
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winners Robert Saye and James Sethian
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minCozzarelli Prize winners Robert Saye and James Sethian introduce a numerical method to track complex motions.
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![Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner James Smith]()
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner James Smith
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minEconomist James Smith discusses the effect of childhood mental problems on adult life.
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![Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winners Erica Machlin Cox and Selena Sagan]()
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winners Erica Machlin Cox and Selena Sagan
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minErica Machlin Cox and Selena Sagan discuss an unusual interaction that protects the hepatitis C virus from our body's defenses.
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![Lifes building blocks]()
Life's building blocks
10/06/2019 Duration: 06minGeorge Church discusses the potential of synthetic biology.
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![The science of sleep]()
The science of sleep
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minErin Hanlon and Jeanne Duffy introduce their research on sleep, in a recording of the PNAS "Science of Sleep" event held in Washington, DC on March 14, 2012.
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![Rebooting damaged vocal cords]()
Rebooting damaged vocal cords
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minRobert Langer and Steven Zeitels describe a polymer gel that could help patients regain lost voice.
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![Drivers of embryonic development]()
Drivers of embryonic development
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minDevelopmental biologist Cliff Tabin explains how genes shape the formation of organs.
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![Stem cells and diabetes]()
Stem cells and diabetes
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minCan stem cells help cure Type 1 diabetes? Douglas Melton hopes to find out.
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![Sex-specific scientific reporting]()
Sex-specific scientific reporting
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minNancy Adler discusses the need for sex-specific scientific reporting and the role it has played in women's health over the last 20 years.
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![The science of fear - Part 2]()
The science of fear - Part 2
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minPsychology experts Daniel Pine and Mark Wiederhold answer fear-related questions from the audience, in second of two recordings from PNAS's "The Science of Fear!" event held in Washington, DC on October 12, 2011.
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![The science of fear - Part 1]()
The science of fear - Part 1
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minPsychology experts Daniel Pine and Mark Wiederhold introduce their research on fear, in the first of two recordings from PNAS' "The Science of Fear!" event held in Washington, DC on October 12, 2011.
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![Catalysts for energy storage]()
Catalysts for energy storage
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minDaniel Nocera discusses how efficient catalysts can help us store solar energy in the same way plants do.
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![Scent of a predator]()
Scent of a predator
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minMolecular biologist Stephen Liberles discusses how prey learn to recognize the scent of a predator.
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![Human lung on a chip]()
Human lung on a chip
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minDonald Ingber discusses the "microfabrication" of human biological systems as a means to replace animal testing during drug development.
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![New Editor-in-Chief of PNAS]()
New Editor-in-Chief of PNAS
07/06/2019 Duration: 03minInder Verma discusses his new role at PNAS and his future plans for the journal.
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![Social computing, mobile phones, and the developing world]()
Social computing, mobile phones, and the developing world
07/06/2019 Duration: 06minWendy Kellogg discusses her research into social computing and her boots-on-the-ground observations of how mobile phones can impact the developing world.
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![Applications of rapid genome sequencing]()
Applications of rapid genome sequencing
07/06/2019 Duration: 05minStephen Quake discusses rapid DNA sequencing and treating medical patients based on their genomes.
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![Imaging, information technology, and autism spectrum disorder]()
Imaging, information technology, and autism spectrum disorder
07/06/2019 Duration: 05minGregory Abowd discusses the clinical applications of capturing and recording the every day experiences of children with autism spectrum disorder.
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![Paper devices for medical diagnoses]()
Paper devices for medical diagnoses
07/06/2019 Duration: 04minGeorge Whitesides discusses an inexpensive and easy-to-use medical diagnostic device that can be used in the developing world.
