Cell Podcast
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Cell Podcast
Cell (www.cell.com) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing the most interesting discoveries in biology.
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121 episodes
June 2018: Caught the flu? Eat fiber
In this edition, we’ll hear about how heritability traits can be inferred from electronic medical records, with Nick Tatonetti and Fernanda Polubriagi...
May 2018: The Loneliest Mouse
In this episode, we’ll hear about why you might want to be skeptical of raw water, with Gail Teitzel, Editor of Trends in Microbiology (00:00); how br...
April 2018: The Me Generation
In this episode, we’ll hear about when children start to think about their reputations with Ike Silver, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (00:00); an indig...
March 2018: On the Steps of the Walking Fish
In this edition, we'll hear about new methods to monitor cannabis use, with Marilyn Heustis, Trends in Molecular Medicine (00:00); old tales of rabbit...
February 2018: CSI: Rhino
In this episode, we’ll hear about using DNA forensics to combat rhinoceros poaching, with Cindy Harper, Current Biology (00:00); how to save energy si...
An Interview with Emilie Marcus
Listen to a sendoff interview with Emilie Marcus, as she recounts her personal trajectory as CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Cell, and reflects on the phil...
January 2018: Don’t Waste Your Yogurt
In this edition, we’ll hear about a new technique to inject information into the brain of monkeys, with Kevin Mazurek and Marc Schieber, Neuron (00:00...
December 2017: Lessons from the Animal World
In this edition, we’ll explore the reasons why so many mammoth skeletons are male, with Love Dalén, Current Biology (00:00); what happens to dwarf mon...
November 2017: Clean Living
In this edition, we’ll hear about a new technique to store clean energy with Yet-Ming Chiang, Joule (00:00); how gut bacteria in wild mice are differe...
October 2017: The Whole Tooth
In this edition, we hear about whether your genes influence your risk of tooth decay, with Karen Nelson from Cell Host & Microbe (00:00); a possible r...
September 2017: From One Comes Many
In this edition, we hear about how bacteria may influence the reproduction of other species, with John Clardy and Nicole King from Cell (00:00); how n...
August 2017: Got Rhythm?
In this edition, we hear about a new hacker-based approach to solving healthcare problems with Christopher Lee from Cell Systems (00:00); how elephant...
July 2017: Getting Lean and Tan
In this edition, we hear about a new topical drug that has the ability to darken the skin, with David Fisher, from Cell Reports (00:00); how sense of...
June 2017: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
In this edition, we’ll hear about a caterpillar that eats plastic with Paolo Bombelli and Christopher Howe, Current Biology (01:10); what researchers...
May 2017: Perchance to Dream
In this edition, we learn about how sleep changes with age, with Matthew Walker Neuron (00:00), how a genetic mutation in some people is linked to “ni...
April 2017: Supercharge Your Memory
In this edition, we take a look at the science behind superhuman memory and whether it’s trainable, with Martin Dresler, Neuron (0:00); how happy parr...
March 2017: Not Your Grandpa’s Marijuana
In this edition, we learn about how synthetic pot carries more dangers than traditional marijuana, with Paul Prather and Bill Fantegrossi, Trends in P...
January 2017: The Feminine Mystique
In this edition, we find out why female killer whales are one of only three species to undergo menopause, with Darren Croft, Current Biology (0:00) an...
December 2016: Mum's the Word
In this edition, we’ll hear about a child mummy that reveals surprising news about the smallpox virus with Hendrik Poinar, Current Biology (0:00), a n...
November 2016: Nervy Science
In this edition, we learn about the superhighway of nerves that connects the two halves of the human brain with Ilan Gobius, Cell Reports (0:00), why...
October 2016: Scary Stories
We have some hair-raising pieces this month, starting with a timely look at how voters make decisions about which candidate to support, with Libby Jen...
September 2016: Raise Your Glass
Should you feed a cold and starve a fever? We’ll see what the science says, with Ruslan Medzhitov, Cell (00:00). Also, just in time for Oktoberfest: a...
August 2016: BFF=Best Fictional Friends?
In this edition, we’ll discuss why the street drug ecstasy deserves research as a potential therapeutic, with Robert Malenka, Cell (00:00); how fictio...
July 2016: Stem Cell Service?
In this edition, we’ll discuss the controversy over direct-to-consumer stem cell sales, with Leigh Turner and Paul Knoepfler, Cell Stem Cell (00:00);...
June 2016: Who, What, Where, and Y
In this edition, we learn about possible effects on men’s health as they shed some of their Y chromosome with age, with Lars Forsberg, American Journa...
May 2016: Cellular Providers
In this edition, we learn some surprises about the stability of the skin microbiome, with Julia Oh and Heidi Kong, Cell (00:00), and how antibiotics c...
April 2016: Growing Older
In this edition, we learn how HIV is linked to premature aging, with Trey Ideker, Molecular Cell (00:00); how seeing and perceiving visual information...
March 2016: Going Viral
In this edition, we learn how the Zika virus affects fetal development, with Guo-li Ming, Hongjun Song, and Hengli Tang, Cell Stem Cell (00:00), how f...
February 2016: Run for Your Life
In this edition, we’ll hear about genes that modulate sleep, with David Prober, Neuron (00:00), how jogging may reduce cancer risk, with Pernille Hojm...
January 2016: Friendly Chimps & Caveman Genes
In this edition, we’ll hear about how some of our immunity genes are passed down from Neanderthals, with Lluis Quintana-Murci, The American Journal of...
January 2016: Bonus Content
Last November, Cell published a popular study explaining how the glycemic response to foods can differ greatly by individual. This landmark paper on p...
December 2015: All Cells Big and Small
In this edition, we’ll hear about quantitative techniques to study single cells (00: 00 with Rick Horowitz, Trends in Cell Biology), giant cells and h...
November 2015: Growing Pains
In this edition, we’ll hear about how cell growth becomes aggressive and morphs into cancer (00:00) Developmental Cell, a possible blood test to detec...
October 2015: Hide and Seek
In this edition, we’ll hear about what happens after a mass extinction event (00:00, Current Biology), how cells destroy pathogens without damaging th...
September 2015: Extreme Makeover Edition
In this edition, we’ll hear about the launch of Trends in Cancer (00:00, Trends in Cancer), a new look for Trends journals (5:40 Trends), how the brai...
August 2015: Getting to Know You
In this edition, we’ll learn about how cells share their inner selves, with Gregory Jedd (00:00 Developmental Cell), how the structure of ceramides re...
July 2015: From Human Memories to Wooly Mammoths
How our brain’s working memory actually works, with Mark Stokes (00:00 Trends in Cognitive Sciences). How synthetic biology can contribute to new appr...
June 2015: The Mysteries of the Human Heart
How stem cells can be used to model and understand heart disease, with Joseph Wu (00:00 Cell Stem Cell). How clinicians consider the risk of heart-rel...
May 2015: The Persistence of Memory
In this edition, we’ll learn about how new tools for genetic editing are transforming the study of biology, with Jennifer Doudna (00:00 Molecular Cell...
April 2015: Keep Time and Carry On
In this edition, we learn about how microbes in our gut help us keep to a daily schedule, with Vanessa Leone and Eugene Chang (00:00) (Cell Host & Mic...