iBiology Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Skin Fat Regulation: Edriss Yousuf
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The fat layer in our skin has the ability to expand and shrink. Yet, the regulatory mechanisms for skin fat growth and shrinking are not well understo...
Modeling a Soil Microbiome: Julia Nepper
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dirt is anything but dumb. Inside soil lives a community of microbes that play an important role in everything from the environment to agriculture. In...
Negotiating the Transition from PhD to Postdoc Part 3: Naledi Saul
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, you will learn how to thoughtfully choose your next job opportunity and successfully negotiate with both your current research adviso...
Deciding if a Postdoc Offer is Right for You Part 2: Naledi Saul
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, you will learn how to thoughtfully choose your next job opportunity and successfully negotiate with both your current research adviso...
Negotiating a Postdoc Job Offer Part 1: Naledi Saul
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, you will learn how to thoughtfully choose your next job opportunity and successfully negotiate with both your current research adviso...
Preparing Your Postdoc Job Talk Part 2: Naledi Saul
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After receiving an invitation to interview from your prospective postdoc lab you need to develop an interview game plan. Your ultimate goal is to demo...
Preparing for the Postdoc Interview Part 1: Naledi Saul
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After receiving an invitation to interview from your prospective postdoc lab you need to develop an interview game plan. Your ultimate goal is to demo...
Designing your CV and Cover Letter for the Position that You Want Naledi Saul
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you apply for postdocs and other types of jobs, you typically need to submit a curriculum vitae and a cover letter as part of your application pa...
Scouting for Postdoc Positions Part 2: Rachel Care
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As you start thinking about doing a postdoc, there are a few key questions you need to consider. What type of position will allow you to build the pro...
What to Look for a Postdoc Position: Part 1: Rachel Care
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As you start thinking about doing a postdoc, there are a few key questions you need to consider. What type of position will allow you to build the pro...
CRISPR, Climate Change, & Forest Health Panel: Part 3
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The third video is a recording of a panel discussion moderated by SCL producer Rosa Veguilla on February 3, 2022. In this conversation, we asked the s...
Corals: On the Brink: Bay and Phelan
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coral reefs are truly magnificent ecosystems that support an abundance of marine life, and they are under threat. As climate change warms the oceans, ...
Reprogramming in the Inner Ear: Amrita A. Lyer
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hearing loss, caused by the death of hair cells in the inner ear, is the third most common public health issue in the United States. Currently, there ...
Finding Faith in Science: Tshaka Cunningham
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tshaka Cunningham received his PhD in molecular biology from Rockefeller University and completed postdoctoral training at the Institut Pasteur in...
Finding Faith in Science
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This short film explores how Dr. Tshaka Cunningham, a molecular biologist and a Black man of faith, unites his personal and professional identities to...
Tumors and the Immune System: Christina Cho
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The National Cancer Act was signed into law in 1971, declaring a “War on Cancer.” While cancer deaths have declined remarkably since then due to m...
Temperature, parasites, and public health: Karena Nguyen
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
More than 200 million people are infected with schistosomes, aquatic parasites that cycle between snails and humans, and cause the human disease schis...
Injury Response in Intestinal Villi: Takahiro Ohara
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Intestinal villi are finger-like projections that line the small intestine, increasing surface area to help with absorption of nutrients. Injuries t...
Chromosomes in inviable hybrids: Maiko Kitaoka
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we think of what makes two species distinct, we often think of their ability (or inability) to produce viable offspring. But is there anything we...
Soil Microbes and Plant Defenses: Mia Howard
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Unlike most animals, plants don’t have the option to run away when something is trying to eat them. Instead, they develop all kinds of chemical and ...
Drink up to improve brain health: Brandon Yates
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Exercise is like medicine for the mind and body, particularly in aging adults. Regular physical activity not only provides physiological benefits, it ...
Saving The American Chestnut: A Case Study: Part 2
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Saving The American Chestnut: A Case Study, we explore more deeply the complicated question of using biotechnology to make forests more resistant to c...
Mohamed El-Brolosy: Transcriptional Adaptation to Mutations
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some people harbor deleterious mutations in disease-relevant genes, yet they are completely healthy. How are scientists trying to understand these so-...
Decoding Brain Tumors with Extracellular Vesicles: Cumba García
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Solid tumors, such as those in the brain, can be deadly when they expand or spread to other parts of the body. Before they spread, tumors send out mol...
Maternal Literacy and Brain Development: Paige Greenwood
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In order to succeed in kindergarten and beyond, children must develop language skills within their home reading environment. This environment is often...
BRUCE protein and liver disease: Chrystelle Vilfranc
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chronic liver diseases affect millions of people worldwide. By understanding how liver disease progresses, we may be able to identify new therapies th...
Using math to understand and define life: Alyssa Adams
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to define life using math? Dr. Alyssa Adams’s research seeks to answer precisely this question. In their Share Your Research talk, Dr...
A Walk in the Woods: After the Flames
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does a redwood forest look like, and sound like, in the wake of a devastating fire? See a forest in a new way in this new cinematic short from th...
Bat Vision Evolution: Alexa Sadier
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bat species are numerous and diverse, and are found in nearly every corner of the globe. Therefore, they serve as a valuable system to study the evolu...
Restoration Ecology in Coastal Wetland Ecosystems: Alex Moore
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Alex Moore provides an introduction to coastal wetlands, including the functional role they play in our world, as well as the many ways that these...
The Future of Forests: Part 1
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trees are magnificent organisms that have evolved very slowly over millions of years, making it hard for them to adapt to rapid changes in the environ...
The Mysteries of the Methanogens Part: 2 Dipti Nayak
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nayak describes research she has done on methanogenic archaea – microorganisms that produce the potent greenhouse gas methane. One species of methan...
Educational science videos: Paper discussion and Q&A: Laci Gerhart-Barley
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Educational science videos are commonly used in undergraduate biology instruction, but what do we know about the student perspective on them? In this ...
Synthetic Cells Part 2: Kate Adamala
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Synthetic cells can be used to teach us about the basic principles of life and evolution, and they hold promise for a range of applications including ...
Understanding Meningioma Biology: Abrar Choudhury
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meningioma is the most common intracranial tumor, with limited treatment options. In order to identify new therapies for meningioma, it is important t...
What is a Peer Mentoring Group? Part 1: Joanne Kamens
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mentors shape our careers by guiding us through difficult decisions. But, how do you find a good mentor? In this series, Dr. Joanne Kamens advocates f...
Peer Mentoring Groups Logistics Part 2: Joanne Kamens
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go about forming a Peer Mentoring Group? In her second video, Kamens explains the logistics of forming a Peer Mentoring Group. First, you n...
Mentoring Best Practices Part 3: Joanne Kamens
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Kamens explains, the commitment of the members is crucial for the success of the Peer Mentoring Group. In her third talk, Kamens overviews what are...
Synthetic Cells Part 1: Kate Adamala
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Life on Earth evolved once - this means that all biological systems on our planet are rooted in the same fundamental framework. This framework is extr...
Gregor Mendel’s Famous Genetics Experiment: Shirley Tilghman:
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gregor Mendel’s experiments with pea plants laid the foundation for our understanding of genetic inheritance. In this video, Shirley Tilghman tells ...
Stories of CRISPR: Rodolphe Barrangou
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rodolphe Barrangou studies beneficial microbes, focusing on the occurrence and diversity of lactic acid bacteria in fermented foods and as probiotics....
Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9: Doudna, Jinek, Charpentier
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of a powerful gene editing tool known as the CR...
The Making of a Parasitic Plant : Caitlin Conn
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Parasitic plants are important in natural ecosystems and in agriculture. Parasitism is a successful life strategy that has convergently evolved in all...
The Knight Study: Clicker Questions and Peer Discussion
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do students learn more with clickers and peer-discussion? Bill Wood (University of Colorado, Boulder) describes the Knight et al. study, which lo...
Think-Pair-Share
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Think-Pair-Share is an active learning technique that can be used in small or large enrollment courses to engage students and encourage them to practi...
Clickers
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clickers are Audience Response Systems that enable instructors to ask a multiple-choice question, poll students for an answer, and display the aggrega...
Addressing The Problem: Active Learning
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can one shift from a teacher-centered to a student-centered classroom model? What are the benefits of active learning for students and instructors...
The Problem with Traditional Undergraduate Biology Education
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are the issues with traditional undergraduate biology education? What is the role of an educator in a 21st century college classroom? What is mis...
Early Career Scientists and Preprints Q&A
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have an online Q&A (hosted on January 6th, 2021) discussing the benefits and limitations of preprints from the perspective of early-career scientis...
Introduction to the Scientific Teaching Series
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Course Directors A. Malcolm Campbell, Kimberly Tanner, and Bill Wood talk about the reasons why we need to reform undergraduate biology education and ...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Harold Varmus: From Oncogenes to PLOS
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Harold Varmus talks to Dan Rather about his journey from literature major to scientist, and from the discovery of oncogenes to creating PLoS. Varm...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Shirley Tilghman: The Future of Science Training
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How should we consider a journey through a career in science? How should we think of the future of science training? Few have given these kinds of que...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and George Shultz: Climate Change and Renewable Energy
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Secretary Shultz has been addressing global crises inside and outside of government for decades. He now has his attention firmly focused on concerns o...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Paul Nurse: The State of Science
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Nurse and Dan Rather have both spent their lives looking at the world and how it works, albeit from very different perspectives. Now the Nobel Pr...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Eric Kandel: Neuroplasticity
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his work on the nervous system. Here, he discusses the mind, the brain, and his ...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Chris Field: Climate Change
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are many challenges when it comes to addressing the destructive effects of climate change, and few people are better suited to address these cha...
The Tools: Active Learning Methods
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can instructors get started with active learning? What simple and effective active learning methods can easily be implemented in a course? Hear f...
Classroom Models
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Compare different pedagogical approaches and undergraduate biology classrooms. Reflect on how your teaching fits within the spectrum of educational mo...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Jennifer Doudna: The Discovery of a Gene Editing Technology
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the last few years, the term CRISPR has exploded on the global scene, and with it UC Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna, one of the pioneers in the...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Dalai Lama: Meditation and the Brain
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Dalai Lama has always had a keen interest in science. In this interview from 2008, Dan Rather and His Holiness talk science and what we can learn ...
Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Daniel Colón-Ramos: Encouraging Scientific Exploration
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Colón-Ramos began his life in science by being fascinated as a young boy by the unique environment of his native Puerto Rico. But in formal sc...
Jennifer Doudna: Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9: Birth of a Breakthrough Technology
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Doudna tells the story of how studying the way bacteria fight viral infection turned into a genomic engineering technology that has transform...
Kevin Eliceiri: ImageJ
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since 1987, different versions of ImageJ have been used by scientists to analyze biological images. In this talk, Dr. Kevin Eliceiri provides an overv...
Kevin Eliceiri & Anne Carpenter: The Scientific Community Image Forum
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Scientific Community Image Forum is an online resource that helps scientists answer their bioimage analysis questions. In this talk, Dr. Anne Carp...
Kevin Eliceiri & Anne Carpenter Part 5: Measurement and Phenotype Classification
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, Dr. Anne Carpenter and Dr. Kevin Eliceiri provide an overview of bioimage analysis. Pre-processing is the first step that follows imag...
Kevin Eliceiri & Anne Carpenter Part 4: Tracking
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, Dr. Anne Carpenter and Dr. Kevin Eliceiri provide an overview of bioimage analysis. Pre-processing is the first step that follows imag...
Kevin Eliceiri & Anne Carpenter Part 3: Segmentation
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, Dr. Anne Carpenter and Dr. Kevin Eliceiri provide an overview of bioimage analysis. Pre-processing is the first step that follows imag...
Kevin Eliceiri & Anne Carpenter Part 2: Pre-Processing
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, Dr. Anne Carpenter and Dr. Kevin Eliceiri provide an overview of bioimage analysis. Pre-processing is the first step that follows imag...
Kevin Eliceiri & Anne Carpenter Part 1: The Basics of Bioimage Analysis: Getting Started
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, Dr. Anne Carpenter and Dr. Kevin Eliceiri provide an overview of bioimage analysis. Pre-processing is the first step that follows imag...
Kevin Eliceiri & Anne Carpenter Part 6: Tips and Best Practices
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, Dr. Anne Carpenter and Dr. Kevin Eliceiri provide an overview of bioimage analysis. Pre-processing is the first step that follows imag...
Anne Carpenter: CellProfiler
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this talk, Dr. Anne Carpenter provides an overview of CellProfiler, a free, open-source software program for image analysis. CellProfiler helps sci...
Loic Royer: Multi-Dimensional Microscopy Datasets: Storing, Processing, and Visualizing
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Modern microscopy produces large multi-dimensional datasets, which creates new challenges for data storage, processing and visualization. In this talk...
Jason Swedlow: Metadata in BioImaging: Management, Organization, and Sharing BioImaging Data
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In order to understand an image of a biological sample and what it represents, one needs to understand its metadata. Metadata is the information behin...
Christian Tischer: Introduction to Bioimage Analysis
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Microscopy is a key technology driving biological discovery. Nowadays, microscopy based scientific findings must be substantiated by quantitative imag...
Nico Stuurman: Introduction to Image Acquisition for Quantitative Analysis
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do we visualize biological samples? In this talk, Dr. Nico Stuurman provides an overview of the different tools, equipment, and software available...
Manu Prakash: Scientific Curiosity: Finding Sublime in the Mundane
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manu Prakash always yearned to know the why and the how of things. As a boy in India, he spent endless hours playing outside with animals and making f...
Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez: Charting an Original Path
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez’s research on pigeons, like her life, is one of charting an original path. Her experiences as a Mexican-Italian-American w...
Esteban Burchard Part 3: Inclusion of Minorities in Science and Medicine: An Inclusive Future
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is ample evidence that race can be a major factor in health outcomes. But racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in clinical and biom...
Esteban Burchard Part 2: The Impact of Race and Genetic Ancestry on Medicine: Which Box Do I Check?
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is ample evidence that race can be a major factor in health outcomes. But racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in clinical and biom...
Esteban Burchard Part 1: Racial Bias in Science and Medicine: Who’s Included?
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is ample evidence that race can be a major factor in health outcomes. But racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in clinical and biom...
Huda Zoghbi Part 3: Possible Future Therapies for Rett Syndrome
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In her third lecture, Zoghbi explores possible therapies for MECP2 disorders. First, using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Zoghbi’s team together with...
Huda Zoghbi Part 2: Pathogenesis of MeCP2 Disorders
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In her second lecture, Zoghbi explains how MeCP2 molecularly modulates neuronal function. Their studies uncovered a critical link between cytosine met...
Huda Zoghbi Part 1: Rett Syndrome: Genomes, Epigenomes and Neuropsychiatric conditions
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Huda Zoghbi’s work has provided insight into Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) by focusing on Rett Syndrome, a postnatal progressive neurological ...
Jessica Polka Publishing in a Pandemic: The Preprint Revolution
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated in the beginning of 2020, there was a need for the rapid dissemination of scientific information to understand ever...
Sven Truckenbrodt: X10 Expansion Microscopy
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the cytoplasm of cells, thousands of tightly packed molecules and structures execute the numerous processes necessary to maintain life. Although th...
Robert Singer Part 3: Imaging Translation and Degradation of Single mRNAs in Living Cells
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his last lecture, Singer continues the story of the life and death of RNA. His lab has developed several more fluorescence microscopy techniques th...
Robert Singer Part 2: RNA Localization: Following Single mRNAs from Birth to Death in Living Cells
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To understand the relationship between RNA localization and translation, it is necessary to visualize the movement of the RNA in real time. In his sec...
Robert Singer Part 1: Seeing is Believing: Imaging the Expression of Genes within Single Cells
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this series of lectures, Dr. Robert Singer explains how it is possible to follow a single mRNA molecule from its birth to its death. Singer begins ...
Blake Simmons Part 2: Conversion of Biomass into Aviation Biofuels
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his second talk he reviews makeup of the plant cell wall and how hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin can be broken down for use in aviation biofue...
Blake Simmons Part 1: Driving the Future: Biofuels
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Biofuels have been around for decades, but interest in them has grown considerably in recent years due to climate change. While they have the potentia...
Jared Rutter Part 3: Mitochondria: The Fuel and the Fire
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his Part 3, Rutter emphasizes the challenge of mitochondrial protein synthesis. How do the components of the electron transport chain (ETC) assembl...
Jared Rutter Part 2: Mitochondrial Metabolism and Cell Decisions
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of his talk, Rutter describes his group’s work to unravel the relationship between the activity of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier (MPC...
Jared Rutter Part 1: Mitochondria: The Mysterious Cellular Parasite
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mitochondria are integral to the metabolism of eukaryotic cells, yet many of their properties are not fully understood. In Part 1 of this iBioSeminar,...
Jan-Michael Peters Part 2: How do Cohesin and CTCF Fold DNA in Mammalian Genomes?
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his second talk, Peters presents evidence that cohesin is indeed necessary for genomic DNA to fold into loops. Long range DNA interactions such as ...
Jan-Michael Peters Part 1: Cohesin: Roles Beyond Sister Chromatid Cohesion?
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It has been known for many years that the protein cohesin is necessary to join sister chromatids together before they are segregated during mitosis. ...
Nipam Patel Part 3: Homeotic (Hox) Genes and Evolution of Crustacean Body Plan
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his third talk, Patel explores the function of additional Hox genes in the development of crustacean body plans. Using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, ...
Nipam Patel Part 2: The Role of Ubx in the Development of Crustacean Body Plan
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second lecture, Patel describes the work of his lab to expand the studies of Hox gene function to other arthropods. Patel describes the devel...
Nipam Patel Part 1: Patterning the Anterior-Posterior Axis: The Role of Homeotic (Hox) Genes
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Homeotic (Hox) genes are transcription factors that dictate the development and compartmentalization (regionalization) of body parts in animals along ...
Mana Parast Part 2: Modeling Placental Development
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In her second seminar, Parast explains the different models to study human placental development in-vitro. Scientists can derive induced pluripotent s...
Mana Parast Part 1: What is the Placenta?
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mana Parast provides an introduction to placental development, the organ that every mammalian embryo needs for proper growth and development. The ...