Originally Posted: October 9, 2016

Dr Cherie Singer works at the University of Nevada, Reno where she is an associate professor of pharmacology as well as the associate dean for admissions and student affairs at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Her research focuses on miRNA and its role specifically in airways smooth muscle and asthma. In her free time, Dr Singer does agility training with her Shetland Sheepdogs.

Originally Posted: September 9, 2016

This episode, Jonathon talks about antibiotics in your nose hole, the hosts talk about their favorite parasites, and a pet parasite quiz! Featuring hosts Christian Copley Salem, Karolina Baulkinbush and Jonathon James.

Originally Posted: August 10th, 2016

Dr Arthur Günzl was educated in Germany and the United States and is currently a tenured professor and researcher in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at the UConn Health School of Medicine studying mRNA processing in Trypanosomes.

Show notes:

Questions for Dr. Günzl can be directed to [email protected] or use the Contact Us page of this website

Recommended Reading:   “Forgotten People Forgotten Diseases”,  by Peter J Hotez, second edition, ASM Press.

Dr. Günzl recommended these lecture slides for people who wanted to get a better understanding of how Trypanosomes function.

Originally Posted: July 21, 2016

This episode, Karolina talks about nutritional recommendations for optimizing blood pressure and Christian rants about cancer and possible ways to fight the war on super bugs! Featuring hosts Christian Copley Salem, Karolina Baulkinbush and Jonathon James.

Also, Jonathon reads some "Listener feedback,"and Karolina makes us spin the wheel in "Science Roulette"!

Show notes:

Hydration: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26702122

Mechanism of hypertension: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3324327/

Chronic fatigue and microbiome: https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-016-0171-4

Fungus fighting superbugs? http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/mushrooms-vs-superbugs/485513/

Originally Posted: July 6, 2016

Dr. Normand LeBlanc is a researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno and studies pulmonary hypertension and the role of ion channels! We interviewed him about his research on pulmonary hypertension and properties of ion channels.

We also have a special guest host! Who could it be? Listen to find out!

Originally Posted: June 20, 2016

This episode, Karolina talks about nutritional recommendations for optimizing fertility and Christian talks about new treatments for cancer and possible causes of Alzheimer's disease. Featuring guest hosts Brendan Palomo and Jonathon James.

Also, "Listener feedback," "How the hell do you pronounce that" and "Science Roulette"!!!!

Originally Posted: June 1, 2016

Dr Heather Burkin is a research scientist at the University of Nevada, Reno. She currently works to understand preterm birth at the molecular level and is a mother of two.