University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

What is autism and how can we treat it? Karen Piece, PhD, co-director of the UC San Diego Co-Director, Autism Center of Excellence joins William Mobley, MD, PhD to define autism and share current research. Learn about the importance of early detection, creating standardized screenings, the search for diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, and what parents and pediatricians can do to help children with autism. Series: "The Brain Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 31469]

Dajanaye Sheri Adrow-Hubbard is graduating from UC Berkeley, May, 2016. She has been raising her 4 year old son, Marius, while attending Berkeley, having enrolled immediately after high school. She and Marius will be moving to Texas after graduation, where Dajanaye will start her career as a teacher with Teach for America, hoping to one day become a school principal. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Education] [Show ID: 30931]

Calcium, the main constituent of bone, turns out to play a major role in regulating the cells that orchestrate bone growth, a finding that could affect treatment for conditions caused by too much collagen deposition, such as fibrosis and excessive scarring, as well as diseases of too little bone growth, such as Treacher Collins Syndrome (TCS). The finding by Michael Rape and his colleagues at UC Berkeley came from study of the signals that tell undifferentiated stem cells in the very early embryo to mature into bone cells. As a result, people like Francis Smith, a University of Colorado researcher who visited Rape in his lab, require dozens of surgeries during childhood to reconstruct the face, implant hearing aids and even reconstruct the trachea to breathe normally. Rape hopes that basic research to pinpoint the key signals that trigger proper bone growth can help those like Smith avoid such painful surgeries. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 31543]

Join librarian Liladhar Pendse as he gives a tour of UC Berkeley's Doe Library exhibit of some of its very diverse comics and graphic novels. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31547]

One of the few constants throughout Jewish history is that Jewish identity has never been simple, and the answer to the question of “Who is a Jew?” – far from clear-cut. Rabbi Donniel Hartman, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel, says that at key moments over the last 3,000 years, Jews have reinvented or reimagined themselves in the context of their unique reality. Due to the cultural, historical, and psychological transformations that have taken place in the 20th and 21st centuries, this identity is once again at a crossroads. He explores how individual and collective identities throughout the millennia have been understood; how these earlier conceptions shape our understanding of who we are now and who we ought to be in the 21st century. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31308]

Vice Admiral Charles W. Martoglio, US Navy (ret), the former Deputy Commander of US military forces in Europe, returns to Osher to discuss the numerous challenges facing Europe and European cohesion, NATO's evolution, and its current role in the security of both America and Europe. His lecture will also examine how Russia got to where it is today and the motives behind its current activity in Eastern Europe, Syria, and across its periphery. The lecture will close with an assessment of why America will remain the most powerful nation in the world, economically, diplomatically, and military, for generations to come. Vice Admiral Charles W. Martoglio served as one of our military's leading strategists, planners, and politico-military advisors. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at UC San Diego and an advisor to the US Department of Defense. Series: "Osher UCSD Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31375]

The Sages & Scientists Symposium presents “Health Science” with William Mobley, MD, Chair of the UC San Diego Dept. of Neuroscience; “The Microbiome and Health” with Rob Knight, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics at the UC San Diego School of Medicine; and “Biofield” with Shamini Jain, PhD, Asst. Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31321]

Back in 2005, Thomas J. Reese -- who is both a distinguished journalist and a Roman Catholic priest -- lost his job as the editor-in-chief of a leading Jesuit magazine after the Vatican concluded that under his leadership the publication was too often running afoul of official Church doctrine. But that, of course, was before Pope Francis came along who over the last three years has inspired a whole new generation of reform-minded Catholics. In this edition of "Up Next," Reese ponders both the future of his church and the challenges that this 79-year-old pope now faces. Series: "Up Next: Perspectives on the Future of Everything" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31478]

In its 30th season La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest continues its tradition of showcasing works by contemporary composers, including pieces commissioned especially for SummerFest. The composers represented in this program are a Who’s Who of modern music: Sean Shepherd, George Tsontakis, David Lang, and Richard Danielpour. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30725]

UC San Diego Associate Professor of Bioengineering Todd Coleman, PhD, shares his quest to develop health monitoring tattoos that hold promise to revolutionize healthcare and make medicine less invasive. Learn about the potential these technologies have for treating, monitoring, and diagnosing sleep apnea, delirium, GI issues and more. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30524]