Science (Audio)

Dr. Elaine Fuchs is an American cell biologist, famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assess its role in development and disease. In particular, Fuchs researches skin stem cells, and their production of hair and skin. She is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University. In this talk, she presents her paper as published in the September 2, 2020 issue of Nature. Series: "Breaking News in Stem Cells: Southern California Stem Cell Seminar Series" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36176]

Michael J. Sailor of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC San Diego discusses how materials research is being used to tackle issues from batteries and blindness to vaccines and banking. He also shares the importance of training the new generation of materials scientists.

Excerpted from the December 2020 UC San Diego Foundation Board Meeting. Series: "UC San Diego Foundation Board" [Science] [Show ID: 36714]

Steven Boggs, Dean of Physical Sciences, Chancellor’s Associates Chair in Physics and Al Pisano, Dean of Jacobs School of Engineering, Walter J. Zable Chair in Engineering share the work and mission of the Institute for Materials Discovery.

Excerpted from the December 2020 UC San Diego Foundation Board Meeting. Series: "UC San Diego Foundation Board" [Science] [Show ID: 36715]

Y. Shirley Meng of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego shares how materials research can be used to solve problems and move us forward.

Excerpted from the December 2020 UC San Diego Foundation Board Meeting. Series: "UC San Diego Foundation Board" [Science] [Show ID: 36716]

Join Scripps postdoctoral scholar Lillian McCormick for an in depth look at how and why oxygen is changing in the ocean and how her research is providing insight into the impacts of low oxygen on vision in marine invertebrates. Learn about her new research results, her plans for future investigations and what we can do about oxygen decline in the ocean. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 36570]

Ezra Cohen, M.D. and Judy Varner, Ph.D. discuss the next generation of cancer immunotherapies – drugs that harness the body’s immune system to kill cancer cells. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36137]

Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD presents his paper as published in the January 29, 2020 issue of Nature Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35457]

Climate change affects the health of all Americans. The adverse health consequences are projected to worsen with additional climate change. Kristie Ebi, University of Washington, explains that proactive adaptation policies and programs reduce the risks and impacts from climate-sensitive health outcomes and from disruptions in healthcare services. Additional benefits to health arise from explicitly accounting for climate change risks in infrastructure planning and urban design. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36491]

Are humans rational beings guided by facts and information or do our moral views, desires, affiliations and motivations influence our perception of facts? Increasingly distrust in the science of climate change is rooted in different exposure to media/information and tied to political ideology. Dr. Gina Solomon says that the debate on the science is actually a debate on the solution and discusses ways to communicate about climate science. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36490]

Maria Araneta, Professor of Epidemiology and Family and Preventative Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine describes how social inequity has disproportionately effected non-white communities throughout the region and across the country, and actions to address this inequity. Series: "A Deep Look into the Future of Biology" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36609]