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Scientific Sense ®

By Gill Eapen

Scientific Sense ® is a daily podcast focused on Science and Economics. Unscripted conversations with leading academics on a daily basis on emerging ideas. The host is Gill Eapen.
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Prof. Moran Cerf of Columbia Business School on humanity, AI and decision-making

Scientific Sense ®Mar 15, 2024

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Prof. Moran Cerf of Columbia Business School on humanity, AI and decision-making

Prof. Moran Cerf of Columbia Business School on humanity, AI and decision-making

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Moran Cerf is professor of business at Columbia business school. His academic research uses methods from neuroscience to understand the underlying mechanisms of our psychology, behavior changes, emotion, decisions, and dreams. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Mar 15, 202451:24
Prof. György Buzsáki of NYU on the Cognition from the Body-Brain Partnership

Prof. György Buzsáki of NYU on the Cognition from the Body-Brain Partnership

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: György Buzsáki is Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. His research focuses on brain networks, especially those serving cognitive functions and the packaging and segmentation of neural information. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Mar 11, 202401:00:41
Prof. Ilana Redstone of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the Certainty Trap.

Prof. Ilana Redstone of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the Certainty Trap.

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also co-director of the Mill Institute at UATX. She is the creator of the “Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes” video series and the author of the Certainty Trap (coming out in summer 2024) Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Mar 08, 202456:54
Prof. Linda-Gail Bekker of the University of Cape Town on the prevalence of HIV and other diseases

Prof. Linda-Gail Bekker of the University of Cape Town on the prevalence of HIV and other diseases

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Linda-Gail Bekker is Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town and Chief Operating Officer of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. She is a Past President of the International AIDS Society. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Mar 04, 202450:04
Prof. Cass Sunstein of Harvard University on the power of noticing what was always there

Prof. Cass Sunstein of Harvard University on the power of noticing what was always there

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Cass Sunstein is University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. In 2020, the World Health Organization appointed him as Chair of its technical advisory group on Behavioral Insights and Sciences for Health. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and after that, he served on the President’s Review Board on Intelligence and Communications Technologies and on the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Feb 27, 202401:00:08
Prof. Monica L. Smith of UCLA on the Fundamentals of the State

Prof. Monica L. Smith of UCLA on the Fundamentals of the State

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Monica L. Smith is Professor of Anthropology and the institute of environmental sustainability at UCLA. She is a historian who utilizes archaeological data to analyze the collective effects of routine activities through the study of food, ordinary goods, and architecture. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Feb 23, 202401:03:32
Prof. Claudia de Rham of Imperial College on Gravity.

Prof. Claudia de Rham of Imperial College on Gravity.

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia de Rham is professor is a Theoretical physicist at Imperial College London. She develops and tests cosmological theories dealing with a wide variety of concepts, from the early universe and dark energy to the behavior of gravity. She has been particularly involved in developing a new theory of massive gravity concerning gravitons, which are hypothetical particles responsible for transmitting gravitational forces. This work has profound implications for the area of research now dubbed ‘beyond Einstein gravity’, which includes exploring new types of particles in the universe and connecting the theories of gravity with current and next-generation astrophysics experiments. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Feb 21, 202450:48
Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow of the University of Chicago on gestures and language

Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow of the University of Chicago on gestures and language

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow is Professor of Psychology and Comparative Human Development. Her research focuses on the most basic building blocks of language and thought as they are developed in early childhood. Her research has also generated more broadly applicable insights into how the spontaneous gestures that learners produce can reveal their readiness to learn language, math, and scientific concepts. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Feb 15, 202456:08
Prof. Robin Chazdon on forest regeneration and climatic impacts

Prof. Robin Chazdon on forest regeneration and climatic impacts

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robin Chazdon is Professor Emerita in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut and part-time Research Professor with the Tropical Forests and People Research Centre at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Her long-term and on-going collaborative research focuses on successional pathways, forest regeneration, and ecosystem services provided by forests.

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Feb 11, 202452:29
Prof. Francine Blau of Cornell University on Gender Inequality in the Labor Market

Prof. Francine Blau of Cornell University on Gender Inequality in the Labor Market

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Francine Blau is Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, a Research fellow of the National he Institute for the Study of Labor, Institute for Economic Research, and German Institute for Economic Research. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Feb 07, 202401:02:56
Prof. Ulrike Malmendier of UC Berkely on CEO lifespan

Prof. Ulrike Malmendier of UC Berkely on CEO lifespan

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ulrike Malmendier is the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Finance at Berkeley Haas and Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley. Her research interests include corporate finance, behavioral economics/behavioral finance; economics of organizations; contract theory; law and economics; law and finance. Her area of focus is the intersection of economics and finance, and why and how individuals make decision—specifically how individuals make mistakes and systematically biased decisions.

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Jan 30, 202452:45
Prof. Laura Veldkamp of Columbia University on a model of the data economy.

Prof. Laura Veldkamp of Columbia University on a model of the data economy.

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Laura Veldkamp is a Professor of Finance at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. Her research focuses on how individuals, investors, and firms get their information, how that information affects the decisions they make, and how those decisions affect the macroeconomy and asset prices. Her recent work examines the data economy and the value of data as an asset. For the product mentioned in the podcast, Magic Mind, you get 1 month for free when you are subscribing for 3 months at www.magicmind.com/JANscientifcsense and with the code EAPEN20. It is an extra 20% off which gets you to a total of 75% off. This only lasts until the end of January. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Jan 25, 202456:38
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri on Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics of Environmental Values

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri on Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics of Environmental Values

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is Professor of Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Professor at the Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Her research and policy interests are in innovative, human-centric, interdisciplinary systems for the sustainable interaction between nature, society, and the economy. For the product mentioned in the podcast, Magic Mind, you get 1 month for free when you are subscribing for 3 months at www.magicmind.com/JANscientifcsense and with the code EAPEN20. It is an extra 20% off which gets you to a total of 75% off. This only lasts until the end of January. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Jan 23, 202450:57
Prof. James Robinson of the University of Chicago on Why Nations Fail

Prof. James Robinson of the University of Chicago on Why Nations Fail

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. James Robinson is Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. His work explores the underlying causes of economic and political divergence both historically and today and uses both the mathematical and quantitative methods of economics along with the case study, qualitative and fieldwork methodologies used in other social sciences. For the product mentioned in the podcast, Magic Mind, you get 1 month for free when you are subscribing for 3 months at www.magicmind.com/JANscientifcsense and with the code EAPEN20. It is an extra 20% off which gets you to a total of 75% off. This only lasts until the end of January. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Jan 20, 202401:11:24
Prof. George Schatz of Northwestern University on nanoparticles

Prof. George Schatz of Northwestern University on nanoparticles

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. George Schatz is Professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His research involves theory and computation as applies to problems in nanotechnology, properties of materials, macromolecular structures and dynamics, molecular self-assembly, optics, plasma science, materials physics and biophysics.

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Jan 18, 202455:14
Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT on the deleterious effects of deuterium on health & metabolic diseases

Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT on the deleterious effects of deuterium on health & metabolic diseases

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. For over three decades, her research interests have always been at the intersection of biology and computation – developing a computational model for the human auditory system, understanding human language so as to develop algorithms and systems for human computer interactions, as well as applying natural language processing techniques to gene predictions.


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Jan 11, 202456:57
Prof. Reinhilde Veugelers of KU Leuven in Belgium on risk aversion in R&D funding

Prof. Reinhilde Veugelers of KU Leuven in Belgium on risk aversion in R&D funding

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Reinhilde Veugelers is Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation at the KU Leuven in Belgium, known for her research on science and innovation. She is also a scholar at Bruegel in Brussels] and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C.

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Dec 01, 202354:49
Celina Lee, CEO of Zindi on the quest to increasing access to AI in Africa and developing countries.

Celina Lee, CEO of Zindi on the quest to increasing access to AI in Africa and developing countries.

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Celina Lee is the CEO and co-founder of Zindi. Zindi hosts the largest community of African data scientists, working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges using machine learning and AI. It connects data scientists with organizations, and provide a place to learn, hone your skills and find a job. Zindi’s goal is to transform the African continent and showcase African data science talent to the world.

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Nov 10, 202350:19
Prof. Barbara Petrongolo of University of Oxford on gender inequality, trends, and policy

Prof. Barbara Petrongolo of University of Oxford on gender inequality, trends, and policy

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Barbara Petrongolo is a Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. She is Fellow of the British Academy, Director of the CEPR Labor Economics Program and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics.

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Nov 03, 202356:37
Prof. Lise Vesterlund of the University of Pittsburgh on Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work

Prof. Lise Vesterlund of the University of Pittsburgh on Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Lise Vesterlund is professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She is also on the board of editors of the Journal of Economic Perspectives and of the Experimental Economics journal.

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Oct 18, 202354:04
Prof. Paul Sutter of Stony Brook University on Cosmic Voids and the Structure of the Universe

Prof. Paul Sutter of Stony Brook University on Cosmic Voids and the Structure of the Universe

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Paul Sutter is a research professor at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics with the Flatiron Institute. He is also the host of popular podcast “Ask the Spaceman.”

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Oct 17, 202340:56
Prof. Alexander Sack of Maastricht University on brain stimulation and treatment of CNS diseases

Prof. Alexander Sack of Maastricht University on brain stimulation and treatment of CNS diseases

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Alexander Sack is professor and chair of applied cognitive neuroscience at Maastricht University. He is also co-founder and board member of the Dutch-Flemish Brain Stimulation Foundation.

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Oct 07, 202351:35
Prof. Roman Sheremeta of Case Western University on the Russian war on Ukraine and International law
Sep 29, 202347:20
 Prof. Matthias Kling of Stanford on Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) upgrade and applications

Prof. Matthias Kling of Stanford on Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) upgrade and applications

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Matthias Kling is Professor of Photon Science and Applied Physics at Stanford University and the Director of the Science, Research and Development (SRD) Division at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Sep 26, 202357:50
Prof. James Tabery of the University of Utah on the Tyranny of the Gene

Prof. James Tabery of the University of Utah on the Tyranny of the Gene

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: James Tabery is professor at the University of Utah, with appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Internal Medicine (Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and the Humanities). His research areas are history and philosophy of science, as well as bioethics.

Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health Hardcover – Deckle Edge, August 15, 2023 Please subscribe to this channel:

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Sep 21, 202355:16
Prof. Stephanie Cherqui of UCSD on Cystinosis, Friedreich’s ataxia, Alzheimer’s and gene therapy
Sep 18, 202342:08
Prof. Maria Castro of University of Michigan on Brain Cancer

Prof. Maria Castro of University of Michigan on Brain Cancer

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Maria Castro is Professor of Neurosurgery, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, at the University of Michigan Medical School. Her research program focuses on epigenetic regulation of cancer progression, uncovering the role of oncometabolites in the brain tumor microenvironment (TME), and the development of new therapies for adult and pediatric gliomas.

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Sep 08, 202353:20
Prof. Robert Lufkin on Metabolic Syndrome

Prof. Robert Lufkin on Metabolic Syndrome

Lies I taught in medical school and the truths that can save your life. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Aug 31, 202301:03:57
Dr. Ian Williams on Various Topics

Dr. Ian Williams on Various Topics

Extra Terrestrials, Fake News and Other Topics.

Aug 28, 202301:08:43
Prof. Ellen Armour of Vanderbilt University on Seeing is Believing

Prof. Ellen Armour of Vanderbilt University on Seeing is Believing

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ellen Armour is Professor and Chair of Feminist Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She also directs the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender and Sexuality. In addition to Seeing and Believing, she is the author of Signs and Wonders: Theology After Modernity that was featured in a previous podcast.

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Jul 13, 202301:09:20
Dr. Julio Guerrero, CEO and founder of Cambridge Research and Technology on Energy Technologies

Dr. Julio Guerrero, CEO and founder of Cambridge Research and Technology on Energy Technologies

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Julio Guerrero who is CEO and founder of Cambridge Research and Technology L.L.C., which provides consulting services and actionable innovations in engineering and scientific fields at any stage of product development. Industries in which he has focused lately include Energy and Biomedical, with concentration in most domains inside Mechanical, Electronics, and Civil engineering.

Hydrogen, electrolyzers, fuel cells in O&G field operation

Off grid thermal without PVC or wind, and with rocks only

Residential geothermal without deep wells

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Jun 30, 202355:12
Prof. Julia Lane from NYU on AI policy

Prof. Julia Lane from NYU on AI policy

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Julia Lane is a Professor at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She served in the National AI Research Resources task force and also on the advisory committee on data for evidence building. Her book democratizing our data a manifesto was published in 2020 and she was one of the early guests on this podcast. 

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Jan 30, 202356:58
Prof. Ayelet Fishbach of the University of Chicago on the science of motivation

Prof. Ayelet Fishbach of the University of Chicago on the science of motivation

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Ayelet Fishbach is Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and the past president of the Society for the Science of Motivation and the International Social Cognition Network (ISCON).  

You think failure is hard? So is learning from it Motivating personal growth by seeking discomfort Social exploration: When people deviate from options explored by others. Surprised elaboration: When White men get longer sentences. Can’t wait or won’t wait? The two barriers to patient decisions The structure of intrinsic motivation  Get it Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation.   

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Jan 29, 202358:07
Prof. Holden Thorp is Chief Editor Science on Covid, Misinformation, JWST and discrimination

Prof. Holden Thorp is Chief Editor Science on Covid, Misinformation, JWST and discrimination

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Holden Thorp is Editor-in-Chief of Science family of journals. Before he was provost at Washington University where he holds appointments in both chemistry and medicine.  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq8460 It ain’t over ’til it’s over   The Biden administration is sheepishly waving a checkered flag on the pandemic.   h

ttps://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adf3072 Remember, do no harm? When the advocacy group America’s Frontline Doctors appeared on the steps of the United States Supreme Court in 2020, falsely stating that hydroxychloroquine was a cure for COVID-19, their pronouncement was virally shared by right-wing media and soundly debunked by medical academicians.   

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg2577 Hard, not easy Science’s Breakthrough of the Year is the successful launch and deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).  

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3934 Science needs affirmative action As science struggles to correct systemic racism in the laboratory and throughout academia in the United States, external forces press on, making it even more difficult to achieve equity on all fronts—including among scientists. The latest example is the decision by the US Supreme Court to hear cases brought against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill challenging their right to use race as a factor in undergraduate admissions.

Dec 20, 202259:30
Prof. Leah Krubitzer of University of California, Davis on the future of the brain.

Prof. Leah Krubitzer of University of California, Davis on the future of the brain.

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Leah Krubitzer is professor in the Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis.   Her current research focuses on the impact of early experience on the cortical phenotype, and she specifically examines the effects of the sensory environment on the development of connections, functional organization and behavior and seeks to understand how culture impacts brain development.   

The Combinatorial Creature: Cortical Phenotypes within and across Lifetimes.   

Not all cortical expansions are the same: The coevolution of the neocortex and the dorsal thalamus in mammals  Future of the Brain: Essays by the World’s Leading Neuroscientists  

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Nov 29, 202249:19
Prof Trey Ideker of UCSD on AI applications in Biology and Life Sciences

Prof Trey Ideker of UCSD on AI applications in Biology and Life Sciences

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Trey Ideker is Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. He directs the National Resource for Network Biology, and the Cancer Cell Map and Psychiatric Cell Map Initiatives.  

A multi-scale map of cell structure fusing protein images and interactions. Nature. 2021 Nov 24. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04115   “We Might Not Know Half of What’s in Our Cells, New AI Technique Reveals  Interpretation of cancer mutations using a multiscale map of protein systems. Science. 2021   A protein network map of head and neck cancer reveals PIK3CA mutant drug sensitivity.   A protein interaction landscape of breast cancer. Science. 2021 Oct;374(6563):eabf3066  “Studies Delve Deep into the Protein Machinery of Cancer Cells.” NCI (4 Nov 2021) “From COVID to cancer, gene-mapping tool could ‘revolutionize’ treatment“. SF Chronicle (2 Oc  “Moonshot Project Aims to Understand and Beat Cancer Using Protein Maps“. Singularity Hub (5 Oct 2021)  “Looking Beyond DNA to See Cancer with New Clarity,”   Predicting Drug Response and Synergy Using a Deep Learning Model of Human Cancer Cells. Cancer Cell (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2020.09.014. PMID: 33096023. [PDF] [PubMed] Related Press: UCSD Health, AZoLifeSciences, Med India, Health IT Analytics and ScienceDaily.   Quantitative Translation of Dog-to-Human Aging by Conserved Remodeling of the DNA Methylome. Cell Systems. 2020 Aug 26;11(2):176-185.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2020.06.006. Epub 2020 Jul 2. PMID: 32619550 [PDF] [PubMed] *Cover Article  Related Press: Here’s a better way to convert dog years to human years, scientists say. Science Magazine (15 Nov 2019).  See also: Scientific American, BBC, NPR, Washington Post, Discover Magazine, Smithsonian, New York Post, (and more)   Identifying Epistasis in Cancer Genomes: A Delicate Affair. Cell. 2019 May 30;177(6):1375-1383. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.005. Review. PMID: 31150618 [PDF] [PubMed]    Using deep learning to model the hierarchical structure and function of a cell.* Nat Methods. 2018 Mar 5. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.4627. PMID: 29505029 [PDF] [PubMed] [Cover Art] *Cover article   Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Nov 22, 202254:18
Prof. Alessandro Gavazza of London School of Economics on mortgages, cars and market friction

Prof. Alessandro Gavazza of London School of Economics on mortgages, cars and market friction

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Alessandro Gavazza is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is an applied economist, with main interests in industrial organization. His research focuses on the role of frictions in markets.  Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Nov 06, 202250:05
Prof. Adriana Lleras-Muney of UCLA on the relationships between socio-economic status and health

Prof. Adriana Lleras-Muney of UCLA on the relationships between socio-economic status and health

The Persistent Effects of Decreasing Labor-Market Discrimination, Do Youth Employment Programs Work? Evidence from the New Deal, The association between educational attainment and longevity using individual-level data from the 1940 census, Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes, and The Incentive Effects of Cash Transfers to the Poor  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Adriana Lleras-Muney is a Professor of Economics at UCLA. Her research examines the relationships between socio-economic status and health, with a particular focus on education and income.   Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Aug 29, 202259:19
Prof. Louise Westling of the University of Oregon on Deep History and the Rhythm of Catastrophe

Prof. Louise Westling of the University of Oregon on Deep History and the Rhythm of Catastrophe

Deep History and the Rhythm of Catastrophe and Merleau-Ponty and the Eco-Literary Imaginary,   

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Louise Westling is Professor Emerita of English and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on ecophenomenology and literature, animality, and embodiment in language. A related activity is herding sheep with Australian Kelpies, a good way to learn and develop cross-species communication.  

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Jun 24, 202201:03:39
Prof. Benedict C. Albensi of Nova SouthEastern University on Nuclear Factor Kappa B and Mitochondria

Prof. Benedict C. Albensi of Nova SouthEastern University on Nuclear Factor Kappa B and Mitochondria

What Is Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NF-κB) Doing in and to the Mitochondrion? Evidence for the Involvement of TNF and NF-kB in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity, NF-κB p50 subunit knockout impairs late LTP and alters long term memory in the mouse hippocampus, Early Growth Response 2 (Egr-2) Expression is Triggered by NF-κB Activation, and Chronic dietary creatine enhances hippocampaldependent spatial memory, bioenergetics, and levels of plasticity-related proteins associated with NF-κB   

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Benedict C. Albensi is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the co-director of the BRAIN Center at Nova SouthEastern University. His research interests include factors involved in ageing, cognition, and Alzheimer's disease (AD), such as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB), a mediator of inflammation but also a required molecule for memory.   

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Jun 14, 202247:41
Prof. Donna Ginther of the University of Kansas on biases in academic and research decisions

Prof. Donna Ginther of the University of Kansas on biases in academic and research decisions

WOMEN AND STEM, Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards, Reflections on race, ethnicity, and NIH research awards, Gender, Race, and Academic Career Outcomes —Does Economics Mirror Other Disciplines?, Does Mentoring Increase the Collaboration Networks of Female Economists? An Evaluation of the CeMENT Randomized Trial, Women in Academic Economics: Have We Made Progress?, and Association of Mask Mandates and COVID-19 Case Rates, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in Kansas  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Donna Ginther is Professor of Economics and the director of the Institute for Policy and Social Research at the University of Kansas. Her Research Interests include scientific labor markets, gender differences in employment outcomes, wage inequality, scientific entrepreneurship, and children’s educational attainments.   

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Jun 11, 202201:07:40
Prof. Bonnie Firestein of Rutgers University on Cypin and Brain Injury

Prof. Bonnie Firestein of Rutgers University on Cypin and Brain Injury

Cypin regulates dendrite patterning in hippocampal neurons by promoting microtubule assembly, Structural characterization of the zinc binding domain in cytosolic PSD-95 interactor, The Role of PSD-95 and Cypin in Morphological Changes in Dendrites Following Sublethal NMDA Exposure (cypin): Role of zinc binding in guanine deamination and dendrite branching, and Cypin: A novel target for traumatic brain injury.  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Bonnie Firestein is Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University. Her interests include Regulation of dendrite patterning, synaptogenesis, and neural circuitry, with relevance to CNS injury and schizophrenia.   

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May 30, 202254:38
Prof. Priscilla Wald of Duke Univ. on how genomics is rewriting race, medicine and human history

Prof. Priscilla Wald of Duke Univ. on how genomics is rewriting race, medicine and human history

Blood and stories: how genomics is rewriting race, medicine and human history, and Replicant Being - Law and Strange Life in the Age of Biotechnology  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Priscilla Wald is Professor of English and Gender Sexuality and feminist Studies at Duke University,  She works on U.S. literature and culture, contemporary narratives of science and medicine, science fiction literature and film, law, and environmental studies.  

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May 23, 202201:04:55
Dr. Marcela Uliano-Silva of the Wellcome Sanger Institute on error-free genome assemblies

Dr. Marcela Uliano-Silva of the Wellcome Sanger Institute on error-free genome assemblies

Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species, The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, and Scientific excellence in sequencing all life on Earth depends on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion  

 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Marcela Uliano-Silva is Senior Bioinformatician at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Her research interests are (i) mechanisms of genome evolution, (ii) the improvement of genome assembly pipelines and (iii) actions towards inclusion and diversity in science.   

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May 18, 202248:43
Dr. Iain McDonald of the Open University & Univ. of Manchester on Rogue exoplanets

Dr. Iain McDonald of the Open University & Univ. of Manchester on Rogue exoplanets

The hunt for rogue planets just got tougher, No large population of unbound or wide-orbit Jupiter-mass planets, Kepler K2 Campaign 9: I. Candidate short-duration events from the first space-based survey for planetary microlensing,  Kepler K2 Campaign 9: II. First space-based discovery of an exoplanet using microlensing, ExELS: an exoplanet legacy science proposal for the ESA Euclid mission I. Cold exoplanets, and WFIRST and EUCLID: enabling the microlensing parallax measurement from space.  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Iain McDonald is lecturer in Astrophysics at the Open University and Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. His research interests include exoplanets and dying stars  

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May 11, 202245:29
Prof. Timothy Cernak of the Univ of Michigan on supply chains, antivirals and molecular sonification

Prof. Timothy Cernak of the Univ of Michigan on supply chains, antivirals and molecular sonification

Reinforcing the supply chain of umifenovir and other antiviral drugs with retrosynthetic software,  Ultrahigh-Throughput Experimentation for Information-Rich Chemical Synthesis, A map of the amine–carboxylic acid coupling system, Molecular Sonification for Molecule to Music Information Transfer   

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Timothy Cernak is Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Michigan. His Lab studies the interface of chemical synthesis and computer science. 

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May 07, 202256:08
Prof. Paul Novosad of Dartmouth College on Developing Country Policies.

Prof. Paul Novosad of Dartmouth College on Developing Country Policies.

COVID mortality in India: National survey data and health facility deaths,  Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Methods and Estimates Across Time, Space, and Communities, The Long-run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India, and Rural Roads and Local Economic Development, and Development Research at High Geographic Resolution: An Analysis of Night Lights, Firms, and Poverty in India using the SHRUG Open Data Platform  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Paul Novosad is associate professor of economics at Dartmouth College. He examines why poor countries have remained poor for so long, and what policy interventions can help improve people's lives in developing countries.  

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May 03, 202257:58
Prof. Dean Karlan of Northwestern University on Poverty, Mental Health, Borrowing and Interventions.

Prof. Dean Karlan of Northwestern University on Poverty, Mental Health, Borrowing and Interventions.

Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment, Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana, Randomization for Causality, Ethnography for Mechanisms: Illiquid Savings for  Liquor in an Autarkic Society, and Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-faceted Social Protection Program in Niger  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Dean Karlan is Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University, and the Founder and President of Innovations for Poverty Action, a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting solutions to global poverty problems.  

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Apr 30, 202201:05:22
Prof. John Sullins of Sonoma State University on Artificial Intelligence

Prof. John Sullins of Sonoma State University on Artificial Intelligence

Great Philosophical Objections to Artificial Intelligence, The AI Wars, 1950 - 2000, and their consequences, The Role of Consciousness and Artificial Phronēsis in AI Ethical Reasoning, and Robots, Love, and Sex: The Ethics of Building a Love Machine  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen:  Prof. John Sullins, Professor of Philosophy at Sonoma State University and the director of programming for the Center for Ethics, Law and Society. His specializes in philosophy of technology, philosophical issues of artificial intelligence/robotics, cognitive science, engineering ethics and computer ethics.

Apr 27, 202201:26:52
Dr. Shruti Rajagopalan of George Mason University on Socialistic Policies in India.

Dr. Shruti Rajagopalan of George Mason University on Socialistic Policies in India.

The 1991 Reforms and the Quest for Economic Freedom in India, and Battling COVID-19 with dysfunctional federalism: Lessons from India  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Shruti Rajagopalan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and a Fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at NYU School of Law. Her area of interest is the economic analysis of comparative legal and political systems.   

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Apr 22, 202201:31:04