Cell Podcast

We have some hair-raising pieces this month, starting with a timely look at how voters make decisions about which candidate to support, with Libby Jenke and Scott Huettel, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (00:00); how a newly discovered gut protist protects mice from Salmonella, with Aleksey Chudnovskiy Cell (8:55); and a true story from one Cell Press employee who survived a lightning strike while camping with her kids CrossTalk (15:00). Plus, insight into how snakes lost their legs and much more!

Should you feed a cold and starve a fever? We’ll see what the science says, with Ruslan Medzhitov, Cell (00:00). Also, just in time for Oktoberfest: a look at the history of beer yeast, with Kevin Verstrepen, Cell (6:15). Finally, a STAR is born as Cell Press unveils a new approach to the methods section. Find out what’s changing, and how it’s designed to help you, with Ann Goldstein (13:10).

In this edition, we’ll discuss why the street drug ecstasy deserves research as a potential therapeutic, with Robert Malenka, Cell (00:00); how fiction might be good for you, with Keith Oatley, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (8:35); and why we get breast or colon cancer, but not heart cancer, with Frédéric Thomas, Trends in Cancer (18:30).

In this edition, we’ll discuss the controversy over direct-to-consumer stem cell sales, with Leigh Turner and Paul Knoepfler, Cell Stem Cell (00:00); how building design can impact your respiratory health, with Jordan Peccia, Trends in Microbiology (10:10); the complex link between Alzheimer’s disease and the immune system, with Morgan Sheng and Felix Yeh, Neuron (16:15); and an eye-opening look at the risky business of experimenting on yourself (25:30).

In this edition, we learn about possible effects on men’s health as they shed some of their Y chromosome with age, with Lars Forsberg, American Journal of Human Genetics (00:00); how human learning strategy might enhance artificial intelligence in robots, with Jay McClelland, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (8:10); and how disease reservoirs lurk in the animals around us, with Barbara Han, Trends in Parasitology (15:25). We also have a chat about the new book Welcome to the Microbiome (22:30).

In this edition, we learn some surprises about the stability of the skin microbiome, with Julia Oh and Heidi Kong, Cell (00:00), and how antibiotics can cause long-lasting disruption in the normal functions of helpful gut microbes, with Eric Pamer and Simone Becattini, Trends in Molecular Medicine (11:30). Plus, we have a slew of science highlights from around Cell Press (19:30)!

In this edition, we learn how HIV is linked to premature aging, with Trey Ideker, Molecular Cell (00:00); how seeing and perceiving visual information isn’t actually the same thing, with Michael Cohen, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (7:48); how ancient trees need special conservation, with William Laurance, Trends in Ecology and Evolution (13:10); and how the salary gap persists between men and women (19:10). Plus much more!

In this edition, we learn how the Zika virus affects fetal development, with Guo-li Ming, Hongjun Song, and Hengli Tang, Cell Stem Cell (00:00), how fungi may be used to create batteries, with Geoffrey Gadd, Current Biology (5:45), how organs can be mimicked with chip technology, with Donald Ingber, Cell (11:40), and a personal story about travel and the Zika threat, with Simanta Buck (18:05). Plus much more!

In this edition, we’ll hear about genes that modulate sleep, with David Prober, Neuron (00:00), how jogging may reduce cancer risk, with Pernille Hojman, Cell Metabolism (6:20), gene editing to fight mosquitos, with Jake Tu and Zach Adelman, Trends in Parasitology (12:40), and top myths about peer reviewers, with Cell Editor-in-Chief Emilie Marcus (19:48). Plus much more!

In this edition, we’ll hear about how some of our immunity genes are passed down from Neanderthals, with Lluis Quintana-Murci, The American Journal of Human Genetics (00: 00), whether chimps trust their friends, with Jan Engelmann, Current Biology (6:25), the 40th anniversary of Trends in Biochemical Sciences, with Nicole Neuman (16:05), and considerations for job-seeking postdocs (24:30). Plus much more!