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GEOFFREY BURNSTOCK & VERA RALEVIC on Receptors for Purines and Pyrimidines

Geoffrey Burnstock
Vera Ralevic
 

 

 

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

Douglas Hanahan
Robert A. Weinberg

 

 

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

Sheehan

 

 

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

Uppala

 

 

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

Higgins

 

 

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

Florencio López-de-Silanes Molina

 

 

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

Michael Barnett

 

 

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

Nell

 

 

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

Livak

 

 

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

David Pendlebury

 

 

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

Garrett

 

 

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

Apostolakis

 

 

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

Theoharides

 

 

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

Calfon

 

 

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

Irizarry

 

 

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

Hudson

 

 

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

Teece

 

 

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

Gascuel

 

 

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

Lipinski

 

 

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

Otwinowski

 

 

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

 

 

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

Westerling

 

 

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

Bland

 

 

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

Pendry

 

 

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

Burt

 

 

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

Yang

 

 

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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