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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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RALPH HINGSON from The NIH Talks About Early Alcohol Abuse Intervention

Ralph Hingson, Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at NIH, discusses several interventions that can reduce college drinking and related harm. Read the New Hot Paper comment, Jan. 2007.
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GEOFFREY HODGSON on Darwinian Principles

Geoffrey M. Hodgson is a Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK; here he discusses core Darwinian principles for the analysis of social and economic evolution. Read his New Hot Paper comment from Jan. 2008 (podcast added May 2008).
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HIROKI KATO Demonstrates the Functional Role of RIG-I and MDA5 as RNA Virus Sensors

Hiroki Kato of the Akira Lab at Osaka University discusses the functional role of two RNA helicases, RIG-I and MDA5 as RNA virus sensors. Read his Fast Breaking Paper comment, April 2007.
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SUDHIR KUMAR - Professor of Biology at ASU of Arizona State University

Sudhir Kumar is a renowned expert in the field of evolutionary bioinformatics. In this podcast, he talks about the development of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software, which has made useful methods of comparative sequence analysis accessible to the scientific community. A Current Classics scientist in Com. Sci., Aug. 2007 (podcast added Sep. 2007).
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