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GEOFFREY BURNSTOCK &
VERA RALEVIC on Receptors for Purines and
Pyrimidines
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Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Burnstock is Director of
the Autonomic Neuroscience Centre at the Royal Free and
University College Medical School in London. Vera
Ralevic is an Associate Professor in Cardiovascular
Science in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the
University of Nottingham. They coauthored the
Current Classic paper
in the field of Pharmacology for
February,
2009: "Receptors for purines and pyrimidines,"
Pharmacol. Rev. 50[3]: 413-92, 1998. Read an
interview
Vera Ralevic in ScienceWatch.com. Podcast
added Jul. 2009.
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DOUGLAS HANAHAN &
ROBERT WEINBERG on Cancer
Research
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Douglas Hanahan, Professor of Biochemistry at the
University of California, San Francisco, along with
coauthor Robert A. Weinberg, a founder of the Whitehead
Institute of Biomedical Research at MIT, are coauthors
of the Current
Classic selection for
April 2009,
"The hallmarks of cancer," Cell 100 [1],
57-70, 2000, discuss their research on the mechanisms
of cancer. Read a classic Science
Watch® Newsletter with
Robert A. Weinberg. Podcast
added Jul. 2009.
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DAVID
SHEEHAN and
the MINI Project
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David Sheehan, a distinguished University health
professor at the University of South Florida, discusses
his Current Classics
Psychiatry/Psychology paper
(Feb. 2009):
“The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric
Interview (MINI): The development and validation of a
structured diagnostic psychiatric interview for DSM-IV
and ICD-10,” J. Clin. Psychiat.:
59:22-33, Suppl. 20, 1998. Also, read an interview with
David Sheehan. Podcast added June 2009.
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SAKARI UPPALA
talks about ERA-40
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Sakari Uppala, formerly the ERA-40 Project Manager at
the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
in the UK, discusses his
Current Classics
Geosciences paper
(Apr. 2009):
Uppala, SM, et al., "The ERA-40 re-analysis,"
Quart J Roy Meteorol Soc: 131: 612, 2961-3012,
Part B, OCT 2005. Read a
Emerging Research
Fronts commentary from
Sakari Uppala. Podcast added June 2009.
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DESMOND G.
HIGGINS
on
the CLUSTAL_X Windows
Interface
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Des Higgins, a Professor of Bioinformatics at the
Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical
Research of University College, Dublin, here discusses
his Current Classics
(Apr. 2009)
paper in Biology & Biochemistry entitled: "The
CLUSTAL_X windows interface: flexible strategies for
multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis
tools," NUCL ACID RES 25[24]: 4876-82, Dec.
1997. Read a Fast
Breaking Paper commentary from
Des Higgins. Podcast added May 2009.
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FLORENCIO
LÓPEZ-DE-SILANES MOLINA on Law
& Finance
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Dr. Florencio López-de-Silanes Molina is a
Professor of Finance and Scientific Director of the MSc
in Corporate Finance at the EDHEC-Paris School of
Economics in France. Here he discusses his Citation
Classic paper: “Law and Finance,” as
published in the Journal of Political Economy,
106[6]:1113-55, in December, 1998. This was a
Current Classics paper selection
for Feb.
2009 (and previous months). Podcast added May
2009.
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Berkeley's
MICHAEL BARNETT on the
Universe
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Senior physicist and educator Michael Barnett is Head
of the Particle Data Group at Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA. Here he discussed
the "Review of Particle Physics," biennially
published book outlining the critical issues in physics
that help to shape our understanding of the Universe.
This was a Current Classics paper selection
for Feb.
2009 (Phy.) Podcast added Apr. 2009.
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ANDRE NEL
from UCLA - Division of NanoMedicine
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Andre Nel is a tenured Professor and practicing
allergist/immunologist at UCLA. He runs the Cellular
Immunology Activation Laboratory in the Johnson Cancer
Center at UCLA. He discusses his highly cited paper:
"Toxic Potential of Materials at the Nanolevel," (Nel
A, Xia T, Mädler L, Li N, Science 311
(5761): 622-27, February 3, 2006). Podcast added Jan.
2009. This was a Current Classics paper selection
for Oct.
2008 (Multi.) Podcast added Jan. 2009.
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KENNETH J LIVAK
on real-time PRC
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Kenneth J. Livak is a Senior Scientific Fellow at the
Fluidigm Corporation in San Francisco, whose general
area of research is molecular genetics. He discusses
his highly cited paper: "Analysis of relative gene
expression data using real-time quantitative PCR and
the 2-??CT method," (Livak KJ, et
al., Methods 25[4]: 402-8, December 2001).
Read an interview with Kenneth Livak and coauthor
Thomas Schmittgen. This was a
Current Classics paper selection
for Oct.
2008 (Bio.) Podcast added Jan. 2009.
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DAVID
PENDLEBURY; Most-Cited Science
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In this a podcast from ScienceFriday.com (produced by:
Charles Bergquist), David Pendlebury, a citation
analyst, with the
Scientific Business of
Thomson-Reuters takes a look at
some of the most-cited scientific research of the
year and discusses why those oft-cited papers were
significant. He also explains what journal articles
have risen to the ranks of the 'modern classics,'
becoming some of the most-cited of all time.
Original broadcast: Dec. 12, 2008.
Announcement.
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LAURIE GARRETT
from the Council on Foreign Relations
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Laurie Garrett, the Senior Fellow for Global Health at
the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, and
author of an article in the journal Foreign
Affairs, entitled: “The Challenge of Global
Health, ” in January 2007, discusses the impact
of turmoil in the energy & financial markets on the
health of poor people around the globe.
Read a New Hot Paper comment from Laurie Garrett
about this paper. Podcast added Dec. 2008.
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JOHN APOSTOLAKIS &
MAKOTO ASAI of the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center
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The authors discuss their 2003 Nucl. Instrum. Meth.
Phys. Res. A paper: "GEANT4-a simulation toolkit."
Geant4 is a complex system of detector description and
simulation tools. The toolkit simulates the passage of
elementary particles through matter in order to aid in
the design and optimization of detectors, as well as
the development and testing of reconstruction and
analysis programs, and the interpretation of
experimental data. This was a
Current Classics paper selection
for Aug.
2008 (Eng.). Podcast added Dec. 2008.
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THEOHARIS
THEOHARIDES on neurogenic
inflammation
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Theoharis Theoharides is Professor of Pharmacology and
Experimental Therapeutics at the Tufts University
Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences in
Boston, MA. Here he discusses the mandatory role played
by neurogenic inflammation in the development of a
number of diseases. He has been named a
Current Classics scientist (Pha.
& Tox.) for
Jun.
2008. Podcast added Nov. 1, 2008.
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MARCELLA CALFON
from Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston
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Marcella Calfon is the lead author of a citation
classic article on the protein IRE 1. Here she
discusses her career and research in the field of
cardiovascular physiology. She has been named a
Current Classics scientist
(Multi.) for
Apr. 2008.
Podcast added Oct. 9, 2008.
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R
AFAEL IRIZARRY -
Professor at Johns Hopkins
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Rafael Irizarry is a Professor in the Department of
Biostatistics in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health. Here he discusses his work on the
development of quantitative methods and software for
genomics and epigenomics. He has been named a
Current Classics scientist
(Math.) for
Apr. 2008.
Also view a commentary from a past
New Hot Paper feature. Podcast
added Sep. 16, 2008.
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RON KESSLER & JIM
HUDSON discuss binge eating
disorders
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Ron Kessler, Professor of Healthcare Policy & Jim
Hudson (pictured), Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard
Medical School, discuss binge eating disorder and the
link to obesity. This podcast accompanies their New Hot
Paper
commentary on the same topic (May 2008). Podcast
added Sep. 1, 2008.
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Berkeley's DAVID
TEECE
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David Teece is Professor in the Haas School of Business
at UC, Berkeley and also Director of the Institute of
Management, Innovation, and Organization. Here he
discusses his concept of “applied industrial
organization.” Teece has been named a
Current Classics scientist (Eco.
& Bus.) for
Apr. 2008.
Podcast added Aug. 19, 2008.
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OLIVIER GASCUEL
- from Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique
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Olivier Gascuel leads a research group at LIRMM-CNRS,
Montpellier, France. Here he discusses his work in
bioinformatics and comparative genomics. Gascuel has
been named a Current Classics scientist
(Env./Eco.) for
Aug.
2008, and has provided commentary in a
Fast Breaking Paper in the same
field. Podcast added Aug. 9, 2008.
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CHRISTOPHER
LIPINSKI - Scientific Advisor to Melior
Discovery, Inc., Exton, PA
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Here he discusses his 1997 article from Advanced
Drug Delivery Reviews, "Experimental and
Computational Approaches to Estimate Solubility and
Permeability in Drug Discovery and Development
Settings." Also, read a
New Hot Paper
comment from
Jan. 2006. In addition he also
appeared as a Current Classics scientist (Pha.
& Tox.) for
Feb.
&
Apr.
2008 (podcast added Aug. 1, 2008).
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Zbyszek Otwinowski
- Professor of
Biochemistry
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From the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center in Dallas, Texas, Zbyszek Otwinowski discusses
mathematical crystallography, the primary method used
to determine three-dimensional structures of large
biological molecules, namely proteins and nucleic acids
and the principal tool for studying single crystals,
x-ray diffraction (podcast added Jul. 18, 2008).
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RUSSEL REITER
on Melatonin and its Metabolites
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Russel J. Reiter, Professor of Endocrinology at the
University of Texas Health Science Center in San
Antonio, discusses the uniqueness of the antioxidant
melatonin. View Reiter's
Fast Breaking Paper commentary (with figures) about
this subject from Feb. 2008 (podcast added Jul. 10,
2008).
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ANTHONY
WESTERLING on Increased Wildfire
Activity
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Anthony Westerling is an Assistant Professor in the
School of Engineering at the University of California,
Merced. Here he discusses climate-ecosystem-wildfire
interactions and climate change impact assessments.
Westerling has a corresponding
Fast Breaking Paper comment (with figures) from
Feb. 2008 regarding this research (podcast added Jul.
1, 2008).
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Health Statistics
Professor MARTIN BLAND
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Martin Bland is a Professor of Health Statistics at the
University of York in the UK. He’s an applied
statistician who here describes the design and analysis
of measurement studies as outlined in an article which
he coauthored with Douglas Altman, entitled:
“Measuring agreement in method comparison
studies,” from the journal: Statistical
Methods in Medical Research 8 [2], 135-60, 1999.
He is a Current Classics scientist (Soc.
Sci., gen.) from
Feb.
2008. (podcast added Jun. 20, 2008).
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Physics Professor
SIR JOHN PENDRY
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Professor Sir John Pendry, Chair in Theoretical Solid
State Physics at The Imperial College, London,
discusses his work with magnetism from conductors and
enhanced nonlinear phenomena. Pendry has a
corresponding
Emerging Research Front Comment
from Oct. 2007 regarding this research. He is a
Current Classics scientist
(Eng.) from
Feb.-
&
Apr.
2008. (podcast added Jun. 10, 2008).
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University of Utrecht's
SARA BURT
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Sara Burt, a research scientist at the Institute for
Risk Assessment Services of the Division of Veterinary
Public Health at the University of Utrecht in the
Netherlands, discusses her current work on the
antibacterial properties of essential oils obtained
from plants. Burt has a corresponding
Fast Moving Front Comment from May 2008 regarding
this research. She is a
Current Classics scientist (Agr.
Sci.) from Feb. 2008. (podcast added Jun. 1,
2008).
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Berkeley's
PEIDONG YANG
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Peidong Yang is a Professor of Chemistry at the
University of California, Berkeley. Here he discusses
his lab’s interdisciplinary research in
semiconductor nanowires. Yang is a
Current Classics scientist (Mat.
Sci.) from Apr. 2008 (podcast added May 15,
2008).
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