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Host Benjamin Corb interviews the National Institutes of Health's Director of the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) Dr. Noni Byrnes. They discuss how the CSR has moved to an all remote peer review process during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, and how peer reviewers are adopting to this newer format.

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ASBMB Public affairs director Benjamin Corb is joined by the National Science Foundation's Dr. Joanne Tornow. Dr. Tornow is the Assistant Director of the Biological Sciences Division of the NSF. They discuss programs implemented by the NSF to support funded investigators in these trying times, how NSF is handling remote peer review of grants, and the challenges and opportunities brought to light from the pandemic and pandemic response.

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Joanne Tornow - @NSF

Host Benjamin Corb is joined by Dr. Regina Richards. Dr. Richards is the Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. They discuss how preexisting health disparities are felt more acutely during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how scientists, doctors and the community can begin to take steps to overcome some of the challenges faced by minority communities.

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Regina Richards - @ReginadRichards

Rainbow PUSH Coalition / National Medical Association joint statement on COVID-19 response: https://www.fammed.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rpc-nma-manifesto.pdf

ASBMB Public Affairs Director Benjamin Corb is joined by Christopher Pickett. Pickett is the Director of Rescuing Biomedical Research, a project started by identifying the need to take action to improve the biomedical research workforce and enterprise. RBR is hosting a series over the next several weeks which is aimed at identifying what systemic changes are necessary for the research enterprise to blossom in the time of COVID-19 and beyond.

For more information on RBR's series, click here:http://rescuingbiomedicalresearch.org/blog/reforming-biomedical-workforce-time-covid-19/

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Christopher Pickett - @ChrisPickett5

In our latest installment, ASBMB Public Affairs Director and host Benjamin Corb speaks with John Arnst, a staff writer for ASBMB Today and Laurel Oldach, a science communicator for ASBMB. Their conversation explored what its like to be a professional science communicator in a time when the public is consuming science news like never before.

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John Arnst - @ArnstJohn

Laurel Oldach - @LaurelOld

In our newest installment, host Benjamin Corb interviews Representative John Paul Sredzinski, who represents the 112th district in the State of Connecticut House of Representatives. Sredzinski talks about what its like to be an elected representative in the times of social distancing, and how the legislature and governor are working in a bipartisan manner to respond to this pandemic. Also, Sredzinski shares his experience as a potential COVID-19 patient.

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John Paul Sredzinski - @jpsredzinski

Host Benjamin Corb is joined by William Sullivan, Showalter Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and author of "Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces that Make Us Who We Are," They discussed the science behind why people believe chloroquine may have therapeutic uses for COVID-19 patients, how it works, and the risks involved.

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Article referenced during the discussion: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/032820/why-scientists-are-studying-if-chloroquine-could-t

Host Benjamin Corb is joined by Dr. Jon Lorsch, the Director of the National Institute for General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Lorsch discusses funding opportunities available to researchers related to SARS-CoV-2, and policies the NIH is implementing to support funded researchers. Also, what it's like to manage a program like NIGMS remotely.

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Jon Lorsch - @NIGMS

Host Benjamin Corb (Public Affairs Director of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) is joined by scientists from across the country to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic response has effected their ability to keep their labs operating and do their science.

Guests include:

Terri Kinzy, Chair of ASBMB's Public Affairs Advisory Committee and Vice President of Research and Innovation at Western Michigan University

Jeff Brodsky, Professor, Avinoff Chair of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Mayo Clininc

Nick Rhind, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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Terri Kinzy - @kinzytg

Host Benjamin Corb (Public Affairs Director of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) is joined by Bill Ackley. Bill is a paramedic and Special Operations and Preparedness Chair for Southwestern Connecticut Region 1 Emergency Medical Services. We discuss the how first responders in the New York City metropolitan area are dealing with COVID-19 and patient care.

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