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JOHN APOSTOLAKIS & MAKOTO ASAI of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

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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JACQUES BANCHEREAU Talks About Dendritic Cells and the Control of Immunity

Jacques Banchereau is director of the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research in Dallas. Dr. Banchereau focuses his research on manipulating dendritic cells, often called the "sentinels" of the immune system. A Current Classics scientist in Imm., Aug. 2007 (podcast added Oct. 2007).
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Berkeley's MICHAEL BARNETT on the Universe

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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ISAAC BENTWICH from Rosetta Genomics on microRNAs

Isaac Bentwich, founder of Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., discusses the therapeutic potential of human microRNAs. Read his New Hot Paper comment, Nov 2006.
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Health Statistics Professor MARTIN 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 June 20, 2008).
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GEOFFREY BURNSTOCK & VERA RALEVIC on Receptors for Purines and Pyrimidines

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, SEP 1998. Read an interview Vera Ralevic in ScienceWatch.com. Podcast added Jul. 2009.
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University of Utrecht's SARA 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 June 1, 2008).
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University of New England's BRIAN BYRNE Talks About Behavioral Genetics

Brian Byrne, Research Professor of Psychology at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia, discusses how genetic and environmental influences on processes important for learning to read and spell are already at work in children prior to the start of formal schooling. Read his Fast Moving Fronts comment, July 2007.
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MARCELLA CALFON from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

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 October 9, 2008.
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JAMES CLEEMAN - Coordinator of the National Cholesterol Education Program at the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute at NIH

Cleeman discusses his article, "Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults," (J. I. Cleeman, et al., JAMA-J AM MED ASSN, 285[19]: 2486-97, May 2001). A Current Classics scientist in Cli. Med., Oct. 2007 (podcast added Oct. 2007).
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The University of Exeter’s PETER COX on Humanity’s Role in Climate Change

Professor Peter Cox of the University of Exeter discusses the research that stemmed from his 2000 Nature paper, "Acceleration of global warming due to carbon-cycle feedbacks in a coupled climate model." Read his interview from the Special Topic of Global Warming, Jan. 2007.
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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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PENCHENG DAI Discusses Superconductors

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.
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IBRAHIM DINCER - from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Prof. Dincer discusses how the use of exergy combines the conservation of mass and conservation of energy principles together with the second law of thermodynamics for the design, analysis, and performance improvement of energy systems. Read the complete Emerging Research Fronts comment, Aug. 2007 (podcast added Dec. 2007).
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St. Jude Children's' WILLIAM EVANS on Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Dr. William E. Evans of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, talks about the collaborative effort his hospital has undertaken with Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam to identify gene expression patterns in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that are different in drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cancers. Read his Fast Moving Fronts comment, Sep. 2006.
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University of Frankfurt's MOHAMED EL NASCHIE

University of Frankfurt's Mohamed El Naschie talks about the potentially positive social and political effects of new research across various disciplines. Read his New Hot Paper comment, Nov. 2006.
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University of Aarhus' INGE FOMSGAARD Protecting Plants

Inge Fomsgaard, Professor of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Aarhus, discusses the possible exploitation of natural defense chemicals for protecting agricultural plants against weeds, insects, pathogens, and other pests. Read his Fast Moving Fronts comment, Mar. 2007.
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LAURIE GARRETT from the Council on Foreign Relations

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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OLIVIER GASCUEL - from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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 August 9, 2008.
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