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Nat. Univ. of Singapore's
DEJIAN HUANG
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Dejian Huang is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Chemistry and also Acting Director of the
Science and Technology Program at the National
University of Singapore. He is first author of a
Current Classics paper in the field of Agricultural
Sciences for
Aug. 2009, Huang, DJ, et. al, "The
chemistry behind antioxidant capacity assays," J
AGR FOOD CHEM 53: 1841-56, MAR 23 2005. Podcast
added Feb. 2010.
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RICK HOLLEY
Discusses Plant Essential Oils
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Rick Holley is a Professor of Food Science, Food
Microbiology, and Food Safety in the Department of Food
Science at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. His 2005 FOOD MICROBIOL
paper, "Improvement in shelf-life and safety of
perishable foods by plant essential oils and smoke
antimicrobials," is among the highest-cited articles
included in the
Top Topics research front map titled
Antioxidant Activity Of Plant Essential Oils from
the field of Agr. & Sci. Podcast added Jan.
2010.
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TERENCE G. LANGDON on Magnesium Alloy
Sheets
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Terence G. Langdon is the William E. Leonard Professor
of Engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering in
the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles, CA. His 2006 PROG MATER SCI paper,
"Langdon, TG, "Principles of equal-channel angular
pressing as a processing tool for grain refinement," is
the highest-cited paper included in the
Top Topics research front map titled
Magnesium Alloy Sheets from the field of Mat. Sci.
Podcast added Jan. 2010.
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STEPHANIE
SEMINARA
on the GPR54 Gene
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Stephanie Seminara is a faculty member of the
Reproductive Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General
Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard
Medical School, is lead author of the
Top Topics paper selection from the field of
Neuroscience & Behavior for
June 2009: "The GPR54 gene as a regulator of
puberty," N. Engl. J. Med.: 349[17]: 1614-27,
Oct. 23, 2003. This paper is included in a Research
Front Map from the same period titled
"
Kisspeptin and the Regulation of Reproduction."
Podcast added Dec. 2009.
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VISWANATH
VENKATESH
on User Acceptance of IT
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Viswanath Venkatesh is the George and Boyce Billingsley
Chair of Information Systems at the Walton College of
Business in the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
He is lead author of the
Top Topics paper selection from the field of
Economics & Business for
June 2009: “User acceptance of information
technology: Toward a unified view,” Mis.
Quart. 27[3]: 425-78, Sep. 2003. Podcast added
Dec. 2009.
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ZHENFENG LIU on
Light-Harvesting Complex of Photosystem II
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Zhenfeng Liu is currently a research associate and
postdoctoral scholar in the Rees lab at the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute of the California Institute of
Technology. He is lead author of the
Top Topics paper selected from the field of Plant
& Animal Sciences for the month of
June 2009: “Crystal structure of spinach
major light-harvesting complex at 2.72 angstrom
resolution” Nature 428 [6980]: 287-92,
Mar. 18, 2004. This paper is included in a Research
Front Map from the same period titled
"
Light Harvesting in Plants." Podcast added Nov.
2009.
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ADAM G. RIESS on the Hubble Space
Telescope
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Adam G. Riess, Prof. of Physics and Astronomy at the
Johns Hopkins University and a Senior member of the
Science Staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute,
Baltimore, MD, discusses his 2004 Astrophysical
Journal paper, "Type Ia supernova discoveries at z
> 1 from the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for
past deceleration and constraints on dark energy
evolution." This paper was included in a Research Front
Map titled:
"
Dark Energy and the Cosmological Constant," from
Top Topics in the field of Space Science,
June 2009. Podcast added Nov. 2009.
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PENCHENG DAI
Discusses Superconductors
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Pengcheng Dai, Professor of Physics in the Department
of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Tennessee
in Knoxville, discusses his
Current Classics Multidisciplinary paper for
June 2009: "Magnetic order close to
superconductivity in the iron-based layered
LaO1-xFxFeAs systems," as published in the journal
Nature 453[7197], 899-902, Jun 12 2008.
Podcast added Oct. 2009.
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ALAN THOMPSON'S Current Classic Paper on
MS
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Alan J. Thompson, Director of the University College
London Institute of Neurology, in London, UK, discusses
his
June 2009 Current Classics article from the field
of Neuroscience & Behavior: "Recommended diagnostic
criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines from the
International Panel on the Diagnosis of Multiple
Sclerosis," as published in the journal Annals of
Neurology 50[1], 121-27, Jul 2001. Podcast added
Oct. 2009.
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RICHARD H.
CYBURT Discusses Unstable Relic
Particles
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Richard H. Cyburt is currently a Visiting Assistant
Professor in the Joint Institute for Nuclear
Astrophysics of the National Superconducting Cyclotron
Laboratory at Michigan State University in East
Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Cyburt is the lead author of the
second-most-cited paper listed in the Research Front
Map titled,
"The Big Bang," from
Top Topics for
April 2009 from the field of Space Science.
Podcast added Sep. 2009.
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Janet G. Hering
on
Arsenic Water Pollution
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Janet G. Hering is Director of the Swiss Federal
Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (Eawag)
in Dübendorf, Switzerland and is the coauthor of
the most cited paper listed in the Research Front Map
titled,
"Arsenic Water Pollution," from
Top Topics for
April 2009 from the field of Geosciences.
Podcast added Sep. 2009.
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DANNY PORATH
on Molecular Electronics
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Danny Porath is Senior Lecturer in the Department of
Physical Chemistry at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and lead author of the
Current Classic Multidisciplinary paper for
February, 2009, entitled: "Direct measurement of
electrical transport through DNA molecules,"
NATURE 403[6770]: 635-38, FEB 2000. Here he
discusses his research in the field of molecular
electronics. Podcast added Aug. 2009.
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Dirk Schübeler
on Dna and Rna
Sequencing
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Dirk Schübeler, a Senior Group Leader in
Epigenetics at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for
Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland. Dr.
Schübeler is the lead author of the most-cited
paper listed in the Research Front Map titled,
"
Dna and Rna Sequencing," from
Top Topics for
April 2009 from the field of Molecular Biology
& Genetics. In this podcast, he discusses his work
in this field.
Podcast added Aug. 2009.
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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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