Cell Podcast

June 2018: Caught the flu? Eat fiber

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll hear about how heritability traits can be inferred from electronic medical records, with Nick Tatonetti and Fernanda Polubria...

May 2018: The Loneliest Mouse

31 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

April 2018: The Me Generation

26 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’ll hear about when children start to think about their reputations with Ike Silver, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (00:00); a...

March 2018: On the Steps of the Walking Fish

29 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 r...

February 2018: CSI: Rhino

22 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’ll hear about using DNA forensics to combat rhinoceros poaching, with Cindy Harper, Current Biology (00:00); how to save en...

An Interview with Emilie Marcus

19 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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

25 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

December 2017: Lessons from the Animal World

14 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll explore the reasons why so many mammoth skeletons are male, with Love Dalén, Current Biology (00:00); what happen...

November 2017: Clean Living

17 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

October 2017: The Whole Tooth

19 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 p...

September 2017: From One Comes Many

21 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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); ...

August 2017: Got Rhythm?

31 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we hear about a new hacker-based approach to solving healthcare problems with Christopher Lee from Cell Systems (00:00); how ele...

July 2017: Getting Lean and Tan

20 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 sens...

June 2017: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

16 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll hear about a caterpillar that eats plastic with Paolo Bombelli and Christopher Howe, Current Biology (01:10); what resea...

May 2017: Perchance to Dream

11 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

April 2017: Supercharge Your Memory

06 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 hap...

March 2017: Not Your Grandpa’s Marijuana

02 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we find out why female killer whales are one of only three species to undergo menopause, with Darren Croft, Current Biology (0:0...

December 2016: Mum's the Word

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll hear about a child mummy that reveals surprising news about the smallpox virus with Hendrik Poinar, Current Biology (0:0...

November 2016: Nervy Science

17 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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),...

October 2016: Scary Stories

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 Oktober...

August 2016: BFF=Best Fictional Friends?

25 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll discuss why the street drug ecstasy deserves research as a potential therapeutic, with Robert Malenka, Cell (00:00); how...

July 2016: Stem Cell Service?

28 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll discuss the controversy over direct-to-consumer stem cell sales, with Leigh Turner and Paul Knoepfler, Cell Stem Cell (0...

June 2016: Who, What, Where, and Y

30 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 Jour...

May 2016: Cellular Providers

19 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 antibiot...

April 2016: Growing Older

28 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn how HIV is linked to premature aging, with Trey Ideker, Molecular Cell (00:00); how seeing and perceiving visual inform...

March 2016: Going Viral

24 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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), ...

February 2016: Run for Your Life

25 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll hear about genes that modulate sleep, with David Prober, Neuron (00:00), how jogging may reduce cancer risk, with Pernil...

January 2016: Friendly Chimps & Caveman Genes

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

January 2016: Bonus Content

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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

17 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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...

November 2015: Growing Pains

19 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll hear about how cell growth becomes aggressive and morphs into cancer (00:00) Developmental Cell, a possible blood t...

October 2015: Hide and Seek

22 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll hear about what happens after a mass extinction event (00:00, Current Biology), how cells destroy pathogens without damaging ...

September 2015: Extreme Makeover Edition

24 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 br...

August 2015: Getting to Know You

27 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’ll learn about how cells share their inner selves, with Gregory Jedd (00:00 Developmental Cell), how the structure of ceram...

July 2015: From Human Memories to Wooly Mammoths

16 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How our brain’s working memory actually works, with Mark Stokes (00:00 Trends in Cognitive Sciences). How synthetic biology can contribute to new ap...

June 2015: The Mysteries of the Human Heart

18 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 hear...

May 2015: The Persistence of Memory

28 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 Ce...

April 2015: Keep Time and Carry On

24 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 &...

March 2015: Flavors of Research

26 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How the neurons in our brains that sense food might control other complex behaviors, with Marcelo Dietrich (00:00) (Cell), about actionable strategies...

March 2015: Small but Mighty

12 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How a "welding protein" might be a therapeutic target for many diseases, with Jeffrey Keillor (00:00) (Trends in Pharmacological Sciences), ...

December 2014: Finding Better Ways to Battle Microbes

19 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about new research into drugs to combat antibiotic resistance, with Eric Oldfield (0:00) (Trends in Pharmacological Sciences...

October 2014: Deep Diving into Cellular Function

23 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about about how the poison botulinum toxin alters cell functions, with K. Ravi Acharya (00:00) (Trends in Biochemical Scienc...

September 2014: The Gut-Brain Connection and Celebrating 20 years of Chemistry and Biology

18 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about about recent discoveries that may explain how gut bacteria can affect brain development, with Michael Fischbach (0:00)...

August 2014: Recipes for New Drugs and New Neurons

28 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about how in drug discovery, sometimes bias is a good thing, with Jonathan Violin (0:00) (Trends in Pharmacological Sciences...

July 2014: On Finding the Right Name and the Right Size

24 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about how the names we call white blood cells can affect how we think about them, with Peter Murray (0:00) (Immunity), how o...

June 2014: On Women in Neuroscience and Stem Cells in Your Blood

26 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about how dietary changes can affect stem cells in the blood, leading to possible therapeutic opportunities, with Valter D. ...

May 2014: Less Legs and More Stress

29 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about why limbs happen–or don't–for some animals, with Jeremy Dasen (0:00) (Developmental Cell). How stress can build up...

April 2014: Live Long and Prosper

24 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we learn about: Battling the serious immune reaction that happens with sepsis, with Peter Ward (special issue of Trends in Molecular ...

March 2014: Celebrating Decades of Great Science

27 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to the Editor of Cell, Emilie Marcus, explore the history of the journal and the roots of Cell's ongoing commitment to a strong editorial voice...

February 2014: On Cellular Symphonies and Symbiosis

27 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

How fine-tuning of transcription factor activity may open up new avenues for disease treatment, with Mark Leid (0:00) (Trends in Pharmacological Scien...

January 2014: On Growth Control for Worms and Germs

30 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

How gene control can be fine-tuned to coordinate growth during times of feast or famine, with Ryan Baugh (0:00) (from Cell Reports). How the lipid mem...

December 2013: On Fish, Fat, and Forcing Cells to Get Old Fast

19 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How a tiny fish can model big human diseases, with Leonard Zon (0:00) (special issue of Trends in Cell Biology). How dietary fat may alter your timing...

November 2013: From Calming Down to Splitting Up

21 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How manipulation of endogenous marijuana-like chemicals might help treat anxiety disorders, with Andrew Holmes (0:00) (from Trends in Pharmacological ...

October 2013: From Piled Proteins to Viperous Viruses

17 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How blocking tau protein tangles in the brain may combat neurodegeneration, with David Holtzman (0:00) (from Neuron). How the US government is betting...

September 2013: From Making Memories to Changing Bacteria

20 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

What makes a memory, with Jonathan Crystal (0:00) (Special issue on memory from Current Biology). The birth of the Protein Data Bank, which has facili...

August 2013: The Immune System: When to Spur It On and When to Hold It Back

22 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How drug treatment may be able to help the body’s own immune system to defeat cancerous tumors, with Ira Mellman (0:00) (Immunity special issue on c...

July 2013: From Shrinking Fat to Growing Muscles

25 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How energy-burning brown fat could possibly be used to treat obesity, with Antonio Vidal-Puig (0:00) (Trends in Pharmacological Sciences). How sleepin...

June 2013: From Microbe Deceits to Genetic Repeats

20 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How microbes use various tricks to evade the immune system over time, with Christopher Sassetti (0:00) (Cell Host & Microbe). How the aggrega...

May 2013: From Food to Fuel

23 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How little we know about what our ancestors really ate for dinner, with Richard Wrangham (0:00). How the field of neuroscience has changed over the pa...

April 2013: From Epigenetics to Optogenetics

25 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How epigenetics has changed the way that scientists think about heredity, with Nathan Springer (0:00). How researchers are using a trick of light to u...

March 2013: From the Cell's Nucleus to the Cell Phone

14 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How understanding of the cell nucleus has evolved over time, with Tom Misteli (0:00). How developments in biotechnology have spurred entire new indust...

February 2013: From Appetite Control to Molecular Networks

14 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How understanding neural control of appetite might help fight obesity, with Tamas Horvath (0:00) Trends in Neurosciences. How elemental design princip...

January 2013: From 'Nobel' Proteins to Genes in Context

31 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how llamas have helped the study of G protein-coupled receptors, with Brian Kobilka (0:00) (Trends in Pharm...

December 2012: From Synthetic Biology to Evolution of Limbs

20 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how designer techniques from synthetic biology are influencing the field of cell biology, with Wendell A. Lim a...

November 2012: From Preserving Fertility to Understanding Metastasis

29 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about how stem cells from the testes may preserve fertility in young male cancer patients, with Kyle Orwig (0:0...

October 2012: From Medical Genomics to Modeling Schizophrenia

11 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about Developing drugs to tackle Schizophrenia, using rodents models, with Mark Geyer (0:00) (October issue of ...

September 2012: From Neuromodulatory Mechanisms to the Placebo Effect

13 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about altering neuronal circuits depending on the environment, with Cori Bargmann (0:00) (Forthcoming Cell Symp...

August 2012: From Gut Microbiota to Mirror Neurons

02 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we cover the role of "friendly" gut bacteria in immune system defense, with Eric Pamer (0:00) (Trends in Immun...

July 2012: From Tackling Gliomas to Visualizing Inflammation

05 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we cover how a scorpion venom-derived peptide might be used to treat glioma, with Harald Sontheimer (0:00) (Trends in Ne...

June 2012: From Pain Control to Stem Cell Milestones

07 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how neglected tropical diseases such as river blindness also have an underappreciated burden of mental health i...

May 2012: From Cytokines to Size Control

10 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how plant defenses have shaped the fussy dining habits of insects, with Anurag Agrawal (0:00) (Trends in Plant ...

April 2012: From Bench to Bedside

12 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about how cells sense when they're feeling sluggish and need to refuel, with Claudio De Virgilio (0:00) (Bonfil...

March 2012: From Synthetic Biology to Sirtuins

02 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about the promises and potential perils of synthetic biology, with Vincent Martin and Tania Bubela (0:00), why ...

February 2012: From Ibuprofen to Evolution

02 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how a lucky find in an obscure dental journal inspired the development of ibuprofen, with the drug’s discover...

December 2011: From Epithelia To Epigenetic Inheritance

08 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about why structural biologists need no longer fear the membrane, with Doug Rees (Tirado-Lee et al. and Special...

November 2011: Touch, Heart Repair, and Flu Vaccines

10 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about what mouse whiskers can tell us about how we perceive the world through touch, with David Kleinfield...

October 2011: From Hematopoiesis to Human Origins

13 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how to tune the intestinal immune system with microbial cocktails, with Dan Littman (0:00) (Sczesnak et al.), w...

September 2011: From Cognitive Genetics to Cancer Stem Cells

01 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about the challenges of applying genetics to human mental health, with Trevor Robbins (0:00), a game of vesicul...

August 2011: SUMOs in Gonad Development, Preserving Neural Stem Cells, and AML's Transformation Window

04 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about how SUMOlyation wrestles hedgehog signaling into the right location during endocrine development, with Ho...

July 2011: Parkinson's Disease, Human Height, and Polar Bears

07 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about a lysosomal thread linking synucleinopathies, with Dimitri Krainc (0:00) (Mazzulli et al.), the genetics ...

June 2011: From Neural Stem Cells to Late-Night Snacking

09 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about getting neural stem cells out of the lab and into the clinic, with Sally Temple (0:00), an important role...

May 2011: From Plasmodium to Plant Signaling

12 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about ape droppings and the origins of malaria, with Julian Rayner (0:00), A next-gen sequencing technique to s...

April 2011: HIV, Tuberculosis, and Cancer

14 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about how HIV hides in hempatopoietic stem cells (0:00), combating tuberculosis drug resistance (7:25), and sup...

March 2011: Highlights from Recent Review Issues on Systems Biology and Addiction

17 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Cellular "coin-flipping;" Jim Collins explains how cells make decisions (0:00), the vicious cycle of treating drug addiction as a criminal b...

February 2011: From Cyanobacteria in Space to EPO's Immune-Modulatory Effects

24 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Engineering cyanobacteria to a make a profit—not just biofuels (0:00), why breast cancers often metastasize to the bone (11:03), and EPO's surprisin...

January 2011: Aging: From Diagnosing Alzheimer's to Therapies for Progeria

20 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Hunting down biomarkers for Alzheimer's diease (0:30), modeling Progeria with iPS cells (10:13), and how yeast spare their daughter cells from toxic a...

December 2010: Human Genomics with a Dash of Chromatin Remodeling

09 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about filling in the gaps of the 1000 genomes project (0:50), learn about tracking down an elusive culprit of inherited diseases. (10:05), discov...

November 2010: Osteoporosis, Pain Perception, and Tuberculosis Metabolomics

18 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how skeletal stem cells are key to improving osteoporosis treatment regimes (1.00), discover what a new pain gene has in common with Hungarian c...

October 2010: Neurogenetics and cellular stress

21 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Hear how human genetics is transforming neuroscience (0:55),  understand how sphingolipids are key signaling molecules during development(16:34),...

September 2010: The genetic basis of night blindness, microRNAs in regulatory T cells, and the mating habits of songbirds

23 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how a sodium-calcium exchanger helps humans see in the dark (0:42), understand why one microRNA is critical for stopping autoimmune attacks in m...

August 2010: Muscle wasting, gut regeneration, and brain metabolism

26 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about a strategy to reverse the muscle wasting that accompanies cancer (00:55), learn about a kinase that is a key regulator of gut regeneration ...

July 2010: Matrix metalloproteinases, functions of telomere DNA sequences, and fighting bacterial infections with diacyl glycerol

29 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how matrix metalloproteinases are involved in Huntington's disease (00:50), hear about the functions of telomere DNA sequences (9:46), and learn...

June 2010: Reprogramming fibroblasts, Alzheimer's and autophagy, and neatly-folded DNA

23 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about a key step in the reprogramming of fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells (00:49), hear about an unexpected connection between Alzh...

May 2010: How the flu virus mobilizes immune cells, dendritic cells, and SAGA

26 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Hear how the influenza virus mobilizes immune cells, learn about the peripatetic habits of dendritic cells, and hear about the structure of a large tr...

April 2010: Inhibiting the effects of ricin, type 1 diabetes, and brown fat

22 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about two new inhibitors that block the toxin ricin, keep up to date with the latest research news about type 1 diabetes (10:13), and learn how b...

March 2010: Optogenetics tools, connecting social behaviour to neural circuitry, and addicted ovarian cancer cells

25 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Hear how social behaviors are connected to neural circuitry (0:54), learn how optogenetics tools track the activity of neuronal populations in animals...

February 2010: Archeogenetics, a versatile transcription elongation factor, and an oncoprotein involved in leukemia

25 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about the earliest journeys of our ancestors revealed by archaeogenetics (0:50),  a versatile transcription elongation factor with several ...

January 2010: Youthful yeast cells, mosquitoes' mating songs, and slim fruit flies

28 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about daughter yeast cells that retain the fountain of youth (0:48), how a singing contest helps mosquitoes find the ideal mate (8:22), and a nu...