Guest: Dr. Jenny Tung, Associate Professor of Biology, Duke University; 2019 MacArthur Foundation fellow (“genius” grant)
Topics: Interplay between genes and behavior, Ambesoli Baboon Research Project, social status among baboons and rhesus macaques
Dr. Jenny Tung
Science News: “Jenny Tung wants to know how social stresses mess with genes”
Duke Today: “Duke’s Jenny Tung Wins $625K MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant”
Guest: Dr. Scott Donaldson, Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill; Associate Director, Marsico Clinical and Translational Research Center; Director, UNC Adult CF Care Center
Topics: Breakthrough new treatment for cystic fibrosis, CF diagnostics, other new CF therapies, CFTR mutations
Dr. Scott Donaldson
FDA approves new breakthrough therapy for cystic fibrosis
UNC Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center
Guest: Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NC State University
Topics: Recent discovery of a sixth digit “pseudothumb” in aye-aye lemurs, Adam’s other research in functional morphology and comparative anatomy in vertebrates
Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose
“Add ‘Pseudo Thumb’ to the Aye Aye Lemur’s Bizarre Anatomy” NY Times 10/21/19
“Gimme Six! Researchers Discover Aye-Aye’s Extra Finger” NCSU press release
Dr. Hartstone-Rose NCSU research lab
Guest: Dr. Dan Costa, retired National Research Program Director for Air, Climate and Energy Research Program, USEPA; Adjunct Professor, Environment Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Topics: Air pollution research, air pollution toxicology, EPA, climate change, particulate matter
Dr. Dan Costa
Dan’s UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health faculty page
Guest:Dr. Andrew George, Community Engagement Coordinator, Center for Public Engagement with Science; Lecturer, Environment, Ecology & Energy Program, UNC Institute for the Environment; host of “Furious George” show on WCOM
Topics: Research on well-water contamination, environmental justice, community engagement in environmental problem-solving
Dr. Andrew George
Andrew’s bio page, UNC Institute for the Environment
UNC Center for Public Engagement with Science
“Over Half of Chatham Wells Show High Levels of Contaminants” Chatham News & Record, June 23, 2019
“Furious George” Andrew’s amazing and subversive radio show on WCOM FM!
Guest: Dr. Xunrong Luo, Instructor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine; Director of Translation, Duke Transplant Center
Topic: Transplantation state of the science, transplantation tolerance, immunosuppression, non-chimeric approach, new technologies in transplantation
Dr. Xunrong Luo
Guest: Dr. Ilona Jaspers, Professor, Departments of Environmental Science and Engineering; Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Curriculum in Toxicology; Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Vaping and E-cigarettes health effects research, cinnamaldehyde (e-cigarette flavoring additive), translational studies related to air pollution health effects, cigarette smoking, nicotine addiction, burn pit smoke exposure study
Dr. Ilona Jaspers
Video: “Why underestimating the health effects of vaping is a bad idea”
NY Times: “Cinnamon may be safe in foods, but is it safe in e-cigarettes?”
UNC School of Medicine researchers receive $9.96 million U.S. DoD grant (burn pits study)
Guest: Dr. Kenneth Poss, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Regeneration Next Initiative, Duke University School of Medicine
Topics: Tissue regeneration, zebrafish regeneration model; heart, appendage, and spinal cord regeneration, Regeneration Next Initiative
Dr. Kenneth Poss
“Can broken hearts be mended? Ken Poss, a pioneer on heart regeneration research”
Guest: Dr. Dwight Koeberl, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Medical Director, Pediatric Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Duke University
Topics: Gene therapy clinical trial for Pompe disease, gene therapy history and current practice, enzyme replacement therapy, newborn screening, Actus Therapeutics
Dr. Dwight Koeberl
ClinicalTrials.gov listing for Pompe gene therapy trial
“Gene therapy trial for Pompe disease begins” DCRI press release, February 5, 2019
Guest: Dr. Herman Pontzer, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University
Topics: Evolution of human metabolism, constrained energy expenditure model, physical activity and metabolism, the science of diet & exercise, cardiometabolic health in hunter-gatherers
Dr. Herman Pontzer
“Debunking the Hunter-Gatherer Workout” NY Times article by Herman, 2012
“The Myth of Metabolism, Exercise, and Weight Loss” AARP article by Herman
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