TWiEVO 28: Genetics of skin pigmentation in Africa

AfricansSarah Tishkoff joins Nels and Vincent to explain work from her laboratory on the genetic basis of skin pigmentation in Africans.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Sarah Tishkoff

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Science Picks 1:12:01

Nels – In Defense of Plants (Shrew Loo)
Vincent – Contribution of NIH funding to new drug approvals

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TWiEVO 27: Coldevo

TRPM8 and hibernatorsTaking a cue from the recent frigid weather, Nels and Vincent explore how modifications of a neuronal cold-sensing channel regulate diminished cold sensitivity in hibernating mammals.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Science Picks 1:09:14

Nels – Undergrad podcasters from Stonehill College
Vincent – Viruses at Target

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TWiEVO 26: My Scientist Vinny

HyraxVinny Lynch joins Nels and Vincent to discuss how a zombie gene in elephants protects these large, long lived animals from cancer.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Vinny Lynch

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Nels – Animalism
Vincent – Voyager I fires up thrusters after 37 years
Vinny – Rollin’ Wild

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TWiEVO 25: Pigeons show the way

Passenger pigeon shootNels and Vincent discuss a genomic analysis of the passenger pigeon, which shows that species with large and stable populations may be at risk of extinction after a sudden environmental change.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Nels – Video of nematophagous fungi
Vincent – How should novelty be valued in science?
John – Evo-Devo (Despacito Biology Parody)
Melanie – What’s in John’s Freezer

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TWiEVO 24: Good viruses visiting bad neighborhoods

Marco VignuzziMarco Vignuzzi joins Nels and Vincent to discuss recent work from his laboratory on redirecting RNA virus evolution in sequence space.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Marco Vignuzzi

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Nels – Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators
Vincent – Why has the EPA shifted on toxic chemicals?
Marco – Labs of Siobain Duffy, Seema Lackdawala, Chris Brook

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TWiEVO 23: The Alus are going to be alright

Nels FishingNels and Vincent reveal how the protein DHX9 suppresses RNA processing defects caused by invasion of the Alu retroelement into the human genome.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Nels – Saving Hellbender Salamanders
Vincent – The Living River

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TWiEVO 22: E pluribus cerevisiae

Dunham chemostatMaitreya Dunham joins Nels and Vincent to explain how her laboratory uses experimental evolution to study yeast flocculation, the community-building cell aggregation trait.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Maitreya Dunham

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Nels – Floating Fire Ant Colonies in Houston and Help for Houston Researchers
Vincent – Help People Affected by Harvey and How To Help Harvey Victims

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TWiEVO 21: A virus with a green thumb

green poxvirusRich Condit joins Nels and Vincent to explain how a vaccinia virus protein customizes ribosomes to favor the translation of viral mRNAs with a stretch of A residues in the 5′-untranslated region.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Science Picks 1:32:07

Rich – Sniffing out significant “Pee values”
Nels – Cuttlefish mimicking a hermit crab (evolutionary context)
Vincent – Our first bioRxiv submission!

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TWiEVO 20: In the company of cnidarians

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Anthopleura elegantissimaNels and Vincent explore the role of TSR proteins during colonization of cnidarians by dinoflagellates.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Nels – CRISPR 5 ways
Vincent – The Vital Question by Nick Lane

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TWiEVO 19: The beauty of the story

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Jonathan WeinerJonathan Weiner, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beak of the Finch, joins Nels and Vincent to talk about his career and his writing.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Jonathan Weiner

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Science Picks 1:18:02

Nels – The Gap by Ira Glass
Vincent – EPA removes climate science site

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