GEORGE KUNOS of NIAAA on the Role of Endocannabinoids in Neuroendocrine Regulation

George Kunos, director of NIAAA's Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, discusses how endocannabinoids interact with the hormone leptin. Read his Emerging Research Front comment May 2007 (podcast added Aug. 2007).
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ADAM KUPER on Indigenous People and Political Successes

Adam Kuper, Professor of Anthropology at Brunel University, discusses the ideology of the indigenous peoples’ movement, a global social movement that has booked remarkable political successes in the past decade. Read his Emerging Research Fronts comment, Apr. 2007.
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CHRISTOPHER LIPINSKI - Scientific Advisor to Melior Discovery, Inc., Exton, PA

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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MARK NEWMAN - Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan

Prof. Newman discusses his 2003 SIAM Review paper entitled, "The structure and function of complex networks." A Current Classics scientist in Com. Sci., Oct. 2007 (podcast added Oct. 2007).
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Zbyszek Otwinowski - Professor of Biochemistry

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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Physics Professor SIR JOHN 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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Queen’s University's PAULA REIMER

Dr. Paula J. Reimer is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology (GAP) and Director of the 14CHRONO Centre for Climate, the Environment, and Chronology at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. A Current Classics scientist in Geo., Apr. 1, 2008 (podcast added Apr. 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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BRUCE RUSSETT, Our Top Armed Conflict Researcher, on the Democratization Process

In this podcast, Yale University's Dr. Bruce Russett talks about ways in which to promote democracy in peaceful manner. Read his interview from the Special Topic of Armed Conflict, Dec. 2006.
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ROBERT SAMPSON on Neighborhood Violence

Robert J. Sampson, Department Chair of Harvard University’s Department of Sociology, talks about his interest in criminology and urban sociology and the linkage of urban neighborhoods with violence. Sampson is a Current Classics scientist (Soc. Sci, gen) from Apr. 2008, and has a Fast Breaking Paper comment. View an article from PNAS(podcast added May 2008).
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WOLFRAM SCHULTZ from Cambridge Investigates How the Brain Processes Reward Function

Prof. Wolfram Schultz of the Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, discusses the neuromechanisms involved in going after a reward and how the brain processes reward function. Read his New Hot Paper comment, May 2007.
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DENNIS SELKOE Talks About the Fundamental Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Alzheimer’s Disease

Dennis Selkoe is the Vincent and Stella Coates Professor of Neurologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Here he discusses his career-long research studies on understanding Alzheimer's disease. Dennis Selkoe was interviewed for the Special Topic of Alzheimer's disease, commented on his Fast Breaking Paper, and is Current Classics scientist in Neu. Sci. & Beh., Aug. 2007 (podcast added Aug. 2007).
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DAVID SPERGEL on the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Satellite

David Spergel is a theoretical astrophysicist in the Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. Here he discusses the implications for cosmology and how what has been learned from WMAP satellite data relates to other astronomical observations. Links to many of Spergel's previous comments can be found in his recent Fast Breaking Paper comment. Podcast added Aug. 2007.
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DAVID STEVENSON is the Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Modelling at The University of Edinburgh

In this podcast, Stevenson discusses the global distribution of tropospheric ozone and methane, and how sensitive these gases are to human influences. Read his New Hot Paper comment from Sep. 2007 (podcast added Sep. 2007).
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Berkeley's DAVID 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. Listen: MP3| WMA

BARRY L. WANNER - Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University

Prof. Wanner discusses "One-step inactivation of chromosomal genes in Escherichia coli K-12 using PCR products", (Datsenko, KA, et al., PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA, 97[12], 6640-45, JUN 2000). A Current Classics scientist in Com. Sci., Oct. 2007 (podcast added Oct. 2007).
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ANTHONY WESTERLING on Increased Wildfire Activity

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 from Feb. 2008 regarding this research (podcast added Jul. 1, 2008).
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YOUNAN XIA, is the James M. McKelvey Professor for Advanced Materials

The Xia group at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis is pursuing cutting-edge research in three major frontiers: nanotechnology, materials chemistry, and photonic devices. Current Classics scientist in Mat. Sci., Dec. 2007 & Jun. 2008 (podcast added Apr. 15, 2008). See also: 1|2|3.
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Berkeley's PEIDONG 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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MATIAS ZALDARRIAGA - Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Harvard University

Prof. Zaldarriaga discusses 21 centimeter cosmology and the theoretical framework for a new frontier in observational cosmology. Read the complete Fast Moving Fronts comment, Nov. 2007 (podcast added Dec. 2007).
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