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Nat. Univ. of Singapore's DEJIAN HUANG

 

 

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

Rick Holley

 

 

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

Terence G. Langdon

 

 

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

Stephanie Seminara

 

 

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

Viswanath Venkatesh

 

 

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

Zhenfeng Liu
 
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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

Adam G. Reiss

 

 

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

Pengcheng Dai

 

 

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

Alan J. Thompson

 

 

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

 

 

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

Janet G. Hering

 

 

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

Danny Porath

 

 

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

Dirk Schübeler

 

 

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

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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