Podcasts by Speaking of Science
Known for its synergistic approach to biomedical science, the Intramural Research Program (IRP) is the internal research program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). With 1,100 Principal Investigators and more than 4,000 Postdoctoral Fellows conducting basic, translational, and clinical research, the IRP is the largest biomedical research institution on earth. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce illness and disability throughout the world. In the IRP's new podcast, Speaking of Science, you will meet many of the federal researchers working to change lives by advancing all aspects of biomedicine.
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Dr. Meredith Shiels — Health in Numbers from 2023-10-26T04:40:39
Epidemiologists are the watchful guardians of public health. They collect and analyze data to track the status quo. When there are deviations, they crunch the numbers to unders...
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Dr. Veronica Alvarez and Dr. Bruno Averbeck — On the Pulse of Compulsive Behaviors from 2023-06-06T14:02
Despite negative consequences and the desire to stop, millions of people with compulsive behaviors can’t break the self-destructive cycles that disrupt their daily lives. Dr. V...
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Dr. John Hanover — The Bittersweet Study of Glycobiology from 2023-02-28T06:10:37
Sugars, also referred to as carbohydrates, aren’t just substances we add to make coffee taste less bitter or food sweeter; they are an entire class of...
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Dr. Sharon Milgram — Making the Most of the Trainee Experience from 2022-12-12T02:20:22
None of the groundbreaking research taking place in the IRP would be possible with the hard work and dedication of trainees. While they work to support the NIH’s mission to turn discovery into h...
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Dr. Steve Holland — Sussing Out Susceptibility to Sickness from 2022-10-18T04:49
For Dr. Steve Holland, the mystery of why some people are more prone to disease is as much a curiosity as it is a calling. Dr. Holland is the scientific director and chief of the immunopathogene...
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Dr. Hari Shroff — The Science and Play of Super Resolution Imaging from 2022-07-25T02:32:18
NASA recently unveiled the first images taken by the James Webb Telescope. But the distant cosmos aren't the only ones coming into focus. While astronomers point their instruments up to peer int...
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Dr. Joyce Chung — Gathering Helping Hands to Grasp Mental Health from 2022-05-03T05:40:54
Finding treatments for mental health conditions doesn't just deal with people who live with them. Healthy volunteers play a critical part in the science of understanding our brains and behavior....
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Dr. Lauren Porter — Molecular “Transformers:” Switching Form and Function from 2022-02-15T14:41:46
Science is receptive to new information that can refine the theories we use to make sense of the world. Such is the case with Dr. Lauren Porter, a Stadtman investigator at the National Library o...
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Drs. Elaine Ostrander and Heidi Parker — Unleashing the Dog Genome from 2021-12-28T16:07:48
Centuries of selective breeding have given rise to a staggering variety of dog breeds, each with its own traits and behaviors. But shallow gene pools have also put some breeds at higher risk for...
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Dr. Matthew Memoli — A Better Shot Against the Flu from 2021-11-01T20:05
The annual flu vaccine is the best way to prevent yourself and others from getting sick. But sometimes the antigens the vaccine trains your body to fight are not similar enough to the strains of...
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Dr. Bevil Conway — Coloring Inside the Minds from 2021-09-14T05:22:55
There is more to color than meets the eye. According to Dr. Bevil Conway, how we perceive color can inform how our brains receive, interpret, and generate knowledge about the world. Dr. Conway i...
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Dr. Bevil Conway — Coloring Inside the Minds from 2021-09-14T05:22:55
There is more to color than meets the eye. According to Dr. Bevil Conway, how we perceive color can inform how our brains receive, interpret, and generate knowledge about the world. Dr. Conway i...
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Drs. Natasha Caplen and Richard Maraia — What's Next in the RNAge? from 2021-08-02T04:19:42
The success of mRNA vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has brought RNA biology into the limelight. Now, with the world's attention, what's next for this biomedical rising sta...
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Dr. Anna Nápoles — A New Dawn for Minority Health from 2021-06-07T17:08:15
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, racial and ethnic minority groups were disproportionately hit. The health inequities pulled at the seams of a system that was already frayed. Dr. Anna Nápoles ...
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Dr. Diana Bianchi — Caring for Two: The Mom-Baby Unit from 2021-05-03T23:31:45
Pregnancy is by no means necessary for motherhood, but it is necessary for life. And it's no picnic. A pregnant person can experience complications like anemia, UTIs, hypertension, diabetes, and...
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Dr. Louis Staudt — The ABCs of B Cell Lymphomas from 2021-04-08T16:00
Small errors can quickly escalate to have large repercussions. When it comes to cancer, molecular changes to DNA can trigger chain reactions that cause cells to go awry and spread uncontrollably...
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Dr. Kevin Hall — Dueling Diets from 2021-03-02T14:44:23
Nutrition is a contentious topic. It’s hard to tell fact from fiction. One day eggs are good for you, the next they have too much fat. But what about the keto craze? Doesn’t it say you should ea...
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Dr. Carlos Zarate — Ketamine to Combat Depression from 2021-01-08T17:57:28
Ketamine is often thought of as an illicit party drug—something people take for a momentary high. But it wasn’t designed to be a mind-altering drug. Originally, ketamine was developed as anesthe...
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Drs. Heidi Kong and Ian Myles — Derm Germs: The Human Skin Microbiome from 2020-10-07T19:06:22
In nature, strategic alliances can mean the difference between life and death. For humans, such vital partnerships exist between us and the trillions of microbes we unwittingly host in and on ou...
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Dr. Peter Bandettini — Mr. MRI from 2020-09-01T06:10:42
Dr. Peter Bandettini spends a lot of time peering into people's heads. Not because he is clairvoyant, but because he is a biophysicist. Using functional MRI (fMRI), a revolutionary neuroimaging ...
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Dr. Hannah Valantine — At the Heart of Diversity from 2020-07-30T22:14:56
Time and again, diversity and inclusion initiatives have proven to boost productivity and overall well-being in the workplace. But despite countless studies and although there have been signific...
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Drs. Richard Childs and Matthew Hall — Remdesivir Therapy for COVID-19 from 2020-06-22T16:07:41
In this episode, Dr. Richard Childs, a senior investigator and Clinical Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), recounts his experience using the antiviral remdesivir ...
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Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett — The Novel Coronavirus Vaccine from 2020-05-21T06:22:04
Perhaps now more than ever, it is undeniable how integral vaccines have become to public health. Vaccines protect us from a whole host of infectious diseases, including chickenpox, measles and t...
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Dr. Nicole Farmer — The Mental Health Benefits of Cooking from 2020-04-15T15:31:33
Social distancing is the best way to curtail the spread of COVID-19, but if innumerable days of isolation start to feel like they’re taking a toll on your mental welfare, there might be some sol...
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Dr. Frank Lin — Radioactive Drugs for Rare Cancers from 2020-02-24T20:23:01
Radioactive drugs carry radioactive substances that can be engineered to specifically target and kill tumor cells inside the body. In 2018, the FDA approved a radioactive drug called Lutathera t...
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Dr. Jerry Yakel — Acetylcholine Receptors and Neurological Disease from 2020-01-27T14:01:47
The neurons in our brains use both electrical and chemical signals to communicate. When those signals are not generated or interpreted correctly, serious problems can arise. Dr. Jerry Yakel is a...
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Dr. Armin Raznahan — Genes, Brain Structure, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders from 2019-12-06T18:44:24
Anybody who observes a person with a neurological illness like Tourette syndrome or schizophrenia can clearly see how these conditions affect behavior. What’s much more difficult to determine is...
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Dr. Catharine Bosio — The Weird and Deadly Francisella Tularensis Bacterium from 2019-11-18T14:19
Our houses, workplaces, and even the air we breathe are teeming with microbes, some of which can cause severe illness. Dr. Catharine Bosio is an immunologist studying how airborne pathogens infe...
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Dr. Cynthia Dunbar — Stem Cell Therapies for Blood and Immune System Diseases from 2019-09-30T04:17:39
Our blood is made up of a diverse array of different cells, all of which originate from the same source: the ‘hematopoietic’ stem cells in our bone marrow. Dr. Cynthia Dunbar is a clinician work...
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Drs. Ira Pastan and Michael Gottesman — Cancer Immunotoxins and Multidrug Resistance from 2019-09-10T13:18:05
This episode features two legends of biomedical research. In the realm of human health and longevity, cancer’s ability to mutate, grow, and thwart the body’s natural defenses presents one of the...
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Dr. Dori Germolec — Environmental Chemicals Versus the Immune System from 2019-06-28T16:00
Dr. Dori Germolec is a biologist studying how the chemicals in our environment affect the immune system, including toxic or carcinogenic effects of molds and dietary supplements. From bisphenols...
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Dr. Dennis Drayna — Part 2: Genetic Insights from Stuttering to the Taste for Menthol in Cigarettes from 2019-05-01T16:00
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Dennis Drayna, a human geneticist who has identified mutations in several genes that cause communications disorders, particularly stuttering, using fa...
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Dr. Dennis Drayna — Part 1: Genetics of Stuttering and Communication Disorders from 2019-04-09T20:31:28
Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., is a human geneticist who has identified mutations in several genes that cause communications disorders, particularly stuttering. With so much to cover, we divided his epis...
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Dr. Bill Gahl — Medical Genetics and Hope for Rare Diseases from 2019-02-05T17:00
When people refer to the NIH as the “National Institutes of Hope,” Dr. Bill Gahl is one of the many people who come to mind. Dr. Gahl is a medical geneticist working to help patients with rare a...
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Dr. Christine Alewine — Treating Pancreatic Cancer with New Immunotoxin Strategies from 2019-01-29T17:00
Pancreatic cancer kills more than 40,000 Americans each year, and just 6% of patients survive five years or more after diagnosis, because the disease metastasizes very early in its development a...
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Dr. Nehal Mehta — Linking Psoriasis Inflammation with Cardiovascular Risk from 2019-01-22T17:00
Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Dr. Nehal Mehta currently directs the largest ongoing cohort study to date in psoriasis, and his research...
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Trailer for Speaking of Science from 2019-01-15T17:00
The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) is bringing you conversations with world-leading researchers working at the NIH IRP on problems across the spectrum of...
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