Podcasts
- Vol 24: All things Embryo – Guests: Jane Maienschien, Manfred Laubichler |
- Vol 23: Vaccines & Pharming – Guest: Tsafrir Mor |
- Vol 22: Of Whales, Fish and Men: Managing Marine Reserves – Guest: Leah Gerber |
- Vol 21: Scents, Senses, and the CNS – Guest: Jamie Tyler |
- Vol 20: Prometheus Bound: On Books and Exploration (Part II) – Guest: Stephen Pyne |
- Vol 19: Biology on Fire (Part I) – Guest: Stephen Pyne |
- Vol 18: The A’s and Bees of Building Life Sciences – Guest: Robert Page |
- Vol 17: Clinicians and Cyborgs (Part II) – Guests: Kenro Kusumi, Jason Robert |
- Vol 16: Clinicians and Cyborgs (Part I) – Guests: Jason Robert, Kenro Kusumi |
- Vol 15: Social or Solitary: Is there a Social Gene? – Guest: Juergen Gadau |
- Vol 14: Human Impact: Ancient civilizations and Urban Environments – Guest: John Briggs |
- Vol 13: Monsters of the Desert – Guest: Dale Denardo |
- Vol 12: Colorful Communication – Guest: Kevin McGraw |
- Vol 11: Species Exploration – Guest: Quentin Wheeler |
- Vol 10: Habitats – Past and Future – Guest: Sharon Hall |
- Vol 9: Creating and Casting, Asking and Podcasting – Guest: Charles Kazilek |
- Vol 8: Giant Insects: Not just in B movies – Guest: Jon Harrison |
- Vol 7: Nature’s Water Pump – Guest: John Sabo |
- Vol 6: Did You Say Something? – Guest: Brian Smith |
- Vol 5: Collective Intelligence, Science Fiction or Science Fact? – Guest: Stephen Pratt |
- Vol 4: Froggy goes A–courting – Guest: Douglas Chandler |
- Vol 3: Taxonomy Rises from the Dead – Guest: Anthony Gill |
- Vol 2: Antibacterial Clay, a New Medical Frontier? – Guests: Shelly Haydel, Lynda Williams |
- Vol 1: Ecosystems Key to Understanding the Genome?
Vol 24- All things Embryo – Guests: Jane Maienschien, Manfred Laubichler
Behind what’s in the news about birth control, abortions and stem cell research is nearly a half century of embryological and developmental science, study and scholarly thought. Professors Jane Maienschein and Manfred Laubichler talk about the “Embryo Project,” a virtual collecting point for all things embryonic developed to create insight, understanding and international leadership around one of modern science’s most controversial topics.
(Length–21:19, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 24(10.0MB)
Vol 23- Vaccines & Pharming – Guest: Tsafrir Mor
Pharming is taking plant biology into new realms in medicine and biotechnology. From the banana to tobacco, our guest Tsafrir Mor leads us from cutting-edge protein engineering and the use of transgenic plants, to an understanding about biowarfare agents and his pursuit to foil them (19:53) - including a short history, past and present, of such agents (22:38) – and his breakthroughs (29:50) combating them and HIV-AIDS (32:21).
(Length–44:25, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 23(20.3MB)
Vol 22- Of Whales, Fish and Men: Managing Marine Reserves – Guest: Leah Gerber
With 90% of the world’s fisheries in a state of collapse, the questions around establishing marine reserves, monitoring, and species/stock recovery take on critical dimensions. But how do decision-makers, stakeholders, and the public formulate effective conservation policies; ones right for their community? Associate professor and ASU Exemplar Leah Gerber research helps bridge the gap between science and policy, addresses how reserves are established and assessed, and investigates whether we can shift the balance from bust to bounty.
(Length–23:04, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 22(12.7MB)
Vol 21- Scents, Senses, and the CNS – Guest: Jamie Tyler
Have you ever noticed how a whiff of some perfume can throw you backwards in time: a flashback of the hottest date ever or maybe just your grandmother’s loving hug? Assistant professor and neuroscientist Jamie Tyler shares his insights about two sensory domains and the brain: how odors are processed in the central nervous system and can alter how the brain processes information and memory, and how sensory information, through the medium of hypersonic sound waves, can be harnessed as potential drug free, non invasive cures for serious central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as Parkinson’s.
(Length–27:19, Transcript coming soon)
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MP3 download > 21(10.9MB)
Vol 20- Prometheus Bound: On Books and Exploration (Part II) – Guest: Stephen Pyne
Historian Stephen Pyne captures fire’s power and sheds understanding on its ability to shape continents, eco-systems, and civilizations in his books. Pyne reads from his newest work: Awful Splendor, the Fire History of Canada. How does he meld his scientific and creative interests? Come turn a page in his own life’s journey, from the fire lines of the Grand Canyon to Antarctica.
(Length–22:39, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 20(10.7MB)
Vol 19- Biology on Fire (Part I) – Guest: Stephen Pyne
Regents’ Professor, Mac Arthur Fellow, author and a world’s expert on fire and fire ecology Stephen Pyne talks about how fire, its use, misuse, and its biological nature have shaped our world, before and because of man, and learn how policies of the past still reverberate in our present, in Arizona and globally.
(Length–24:14, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 19(11.4MB)
Vol 18- The A’s and Bees of Building Life Sciences – Guest: Robert Page
Founding Director of the School of Life Science Robert Page has built his career on the study of bees, their behavior, evolutionary genetics, and mystery. But did he start there? Find out how beetles and biology clubs can lead to the sequencing of the bees genome. On the way, learn more about the newest trends in Evo-Devo, the history of bees and Africanized bees in North (and South) America (see the 30 min. mark) and how a diverse community of scientists have come together in the School of Life Sciences.
(Length–38:00, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 18(17.9MB)
Vol 17- Clinicians and Cyborgs (Part II) – Guests: Kenro Kusumi, Jason Robert
In part II of this podcast, Kenro Kusumi and Jason Robert elaborate on what cyborgs, personalized medicine, chimeras, biomedical informatics and gene therapies may mean in the practice of medicine and in their own researches in bioethics and spinal birth defects.
(Length–26:04, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 17(12.3MB)
Vol 16- Clinicians and Cyborgs (Part I) – Guests: Jason Robert, Kenro Kusumi
With modern medicine changing through the introduction of new treatments and technologies, comes profound ethical and social challenges. Jason Robert, assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences, and Kenro Kusumi, associate professor and researcher at TGen, talk about their role, the curriculum, and the unique education offered to this next generation of clinicians at the innovative University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partnership with Arizona State University.
(Length–22:04, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 16(10.4MB)
Vol 15- Social or Solitary: Is there a Social Gene? – Guest: Juergen Gadau
How and why did social systems evolve? Evolutionary geneticist Juergen Gadau, assistant professor in School of Life Sciences, shows us how the study of Nasonia, a solitary wasp, can provide insight here and now about long term evolutionary events, like speciation and social insect societies.
(Length–29:21, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 15(13.8MB)
Vol 14- Human Impact: Ancient civilizations and Urban Environments – Guest: John Briggs
What do the Boston Marathon, the ancient Hohokam peoples, buffalo, and cities and grasslands of the US have in common? John Briggs, a professor in the School of Life Sciences unites these diverse topics. In his long term ecological research studies, he examines the impact of people, animals, plants, and cities on landscapes in the Southwest and Kansas, and lends perspective on how we have shaped and may be shaping the future for the next 106 billion of our kind.
(Length–23:50, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 14
Vol 13- Monsters of the Desert – Guest: Dale Denardo
Herpetologist Dale Denardo has been pulling back the veil shrouding the habits and adaptations of one of our Sonoran desert denizens: the Gila monster. Find out what makes the Sonoran unlike any other area in the world and its wildlife perfectly suited to life here – but nowhere else.
(Length–23:23, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 13(11MB)
Vol 12- Colorful Communication – Guest: Kevin McGraw
Green with envy? Blue blooded? Tickled Pink? Seeing Red? Behaviorist Kevin McGraw unlocks the mysteries behind the meaning and purpose of pigment in birds. Learn about the diversity of information that can be communicated through the ancient code of color.
(Length–28:59, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 12(14MB)
Vol 11- Species Exploration – Guest: Quentin Wheeler
Earthbound “Mars” rovers to sniff out new species? Remote cyberdissection? Virtual taxonomy? Professor Quentin Wheeler is a 21st Century explorer and at the leading edge of innovation in technologies for species discovery. Come listen to what’s on the global horizon as this Dean and Vice President of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences takes the helm of the International Institute of Species Exploration, and discover a bit more than you ever wanted to know about beetle genitalia.
(Length–22:00, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 11(10MB)
Vol 10- Habitats – Past and Future – Guest: Sharon Hall
Assistant professor Sharon Hall takes us on a journey from past to future as she discusses how she got into her research: how human habitation changes landscapes, and for how long. The Hohokam are still influencing our environment 600 years later, how can we determine what our urban legacy will be?
(Length–29:09, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 10(14MB)
Vol 9- Creating and Casting, Asking and Podcasting – Guest: Charles Kazilek
For researcher and artist Charles Kazilek, new technologies provide unique opportunities to experience art and shape young minds. In his innovative children’s Web site, Ask-a-Biologist, Kazilek uses comic books and podcasts to bring School of Life Sciences scientists into the classroom around the globe. And his other creative venture, The Paper Project, takes paper, lasers, art, science and choreography into new, dynamic dimensions.
(Length–28:26, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 9(13MB)
Vol 8- Giant Insects: Not just in B movies – Guest: Jon Harrison
Professor Jon Harrison sheds light on the evolution of his scientific career and nature’s biggest order: arthropods. How big is big? In the Paleozoic, cockroaches were the size of housecats and dragonflies the size of raptors. Tune in and find out what made it possible, and what may have changed everything.
(Length–12:46, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 8(6MB)
Vol 7- Nature’s Water Pump – Guest: John Sabo
Getting water in Arizona is a simple as turning on a tap, or is it? Not only does Arizona’s human population need to consider where their water is coming from, but so do our desert animals. Assistant professor John Sabo talks about water use in Arizona, riparian ecosystems and a little known water source called: greenfall.
(Length–13:53, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 7(7MB)
Vol 6- Did You Say Something? – Guest: Brian Smith
Can ignoring something be considered learning? Catch up with skydiver and Professor Brian Smith as he shares how his research in learning with bees teaches us new things about the importance of not paying attention, and busts myths about relationships in the hive. Not everyone is quite as sisterly as you might expect.
(Length–29:50, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 6(14MB)
Vol 5- Collective Intelligence, Science Fiction or Science Fact? – Guest: Stephen Pratt
Collective intelligence is something you only find in science fiction stories, right? Assistant professor Stephen Pratt not only tells us that it exists on earth, but how the actions of thousands can arise from the decision of a single innocuous individual. Come discover how studying ants can reveal principles that underlie the function of complex adaptive systems: from animal societies to nervous systems to genetic regulatory networks.
(Length–25:29, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 5(12MB)
Vol 4- Froggy goes A–courting – Guest: Douglas Chandler
Professor Douglas Chandler brings the listener to new understandings about creativity and research, as he shares his thoughts about art and science, and delves into new findings that shed light on when “froggy goes a-courting.” Find out how sexual attractants in the eggs of frogs (Allurin) may open doors to understanding and controlling our own fertility.
(Length–21:01, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 4(9MB)
Vol 3- Taxonomy Rises from the Dead – Guest: Anthony Gill
One grave, no pun intended, misconception about taxonomy and collections is - because the samples are often dead - that this field is equally stagnant. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Curator of Animal Collections and fish taxonomist Anthony Gill shares his thoughts about this misunderstood field of study and his work as an artist, detective, scientist, historian, explorer, and myth buster in an scientific field that is both ancient and expanding.
(Length–27:20, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 3(13MB)
Vol 2- Antibacterial Clay, a New Medical Frontier? – Guests: Shelly Haydel, Lynda Williams
Humans have utilized clay minerals as topical spa treatments since the Romans in 60 A.D. But assistant professor Shelly Haydel and associate research professor Lynda Williams are bringing fresh eyes to the potential use of clay as a modern antibacterial cure. How did a microbiologist who works with tuberculosis come to collaborate with a geochemist? Discover how their collaboration and shared understanding may be giving rise to new medical breakthroughs.
(Length–35:59, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 2(17MB)
Vol 1- Ecosystems Key to Understanding the Genome?
Professor James Elser is a limnologist whose research interests focus on understanding of the cycling of nutrients and elements in plants, animals, and microbes and how these sculpt ecosystems. His work takes him from the study of fresh water lakes in the American continent and Scandinavia, to the grasslands of inner Mongolia, China. Find out how does his work is lending insights into the evolution of the genome and life on ancient Earth.
(Length–31:24, Transcript)
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MP3 download > 1(15MB)