The Evolution of Sperm Competition
Harvard Professor Hopi Hoekstra on sexual selection, an optimal clump size, and the unique morphology of the s...
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July 3, 2014
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June 30, 2014
Noninvasive Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure
MIT Assistant Prof. Thomas Heldt on cerebral blood flow, developing treatment based on mathematical modelling,...
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June 23, 2014
Mutation, Selection and Genetic Drift
Biologist Shamil Sunyaev on the sources of genetic variance, reconstructing population history, and disease ri...
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June 19, 2014
The Role of Neuronal Identity in Synaptic Competit...
Prof. Jeff Lichtman of Harvard University on the neuromuscular junction, loss of axon connections, and 'brainb...
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June 16, 2014
Autosomal analog of X-chromosome inactivation
Assistant Professor at Harvard University Alexander Gimelbrant on epigenetic regulation, olfactory receptors, ...
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June 9, 2014
Engineering More Effective Antibiotics
Boston University Prof. James Collins on bacterial resistance, active mutagens, and efficacy of biocides
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June 5, 2014
Synthetic Biology for Space Program
MIT Research Scientist Christopher Carr on challenges of distant journeys, components of cosmic radiation, and...
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June 3, 2014
The Genome Folding Problem
Associate Professor at MIT Leonid Mirny on the scales of the DNA structure, chromosome interaction, and parall...
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May 21, 2014
Creating and Maintaining Human Stem Cells
MIT Human Stem Cell Lab Director Maya Mitalipova on signaling pathways, mouse blastocysts, and totipotency
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May 19, 2014
Dynamics of Human Aging
Biologist Konstantin Khrapko on life expectancy, increasing longevity, and landscape of diseases
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May 14, 2014
Connectomics
Neurobiologist Jeff Lichtman on brain cell connections, Golgi stain, and big data in neurophysiology
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May 13, 2014
History of Pharmacogenomics
Harvard Medical School Prof. David Jones on personalized medicine, patients’ lifestyle, and genetic factors of...
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