PNAS Science Sessions

Widespread lead poisoning in condors 10.06.2019 4:33 ↓

Myra Finkelstein discusses her research showing that California condors are significantly threatened by lead from lead-based ammunition.

Cancer nanomedicines 10.06.2019 5:07 ↓

Chemical engineer Mark Davis discusses his research on nano-sized cancer therapeutics.

How caffeine can help prevent cancer 10.06.2019 4:27 ↓

Chemical biologist Allan Conney discusses his research on caffeine's anticancer properties.

Understanding the brain's architecture 10.06.2019 5:08 ↓

Neuroscientist Charles F. Stevens discusses his research on finding the brain's underlying design principles.

A systems approach to drug development 10.06.2019 4:34 ↓

Marc Kirschner discusses the goals of systems pharmacology.

Building new biological objects 10.06.2019 5:27 ↓

Frances Arnold explains how she harnesses the power of evolution to create proteins and organisms with applications in medicine and in alternative energy.

Virus-fighting bacteria 10.06.2019 4:59 ↓

Akiko Iwasaki explains how gut bacteria boost immunity to influenza virus.

Bugging the immune system 10.06.2019 5:19 ↓

Sarkis Mazmanian talks about how gut bacteria interact with the immune system to influence health and disease.

Bacterial invisible ink 10.06.2019 5:02 ↓

David Walt discusses his research on using fluorescent bacteria to send secret messages.

Gatekeepers of our immune system 10.06.2019 5:22 ↓

2011 Nobel Prize winner Bruce Beutler talks about his discovery of the first mammalian innate immune receptors, our first line of defense against the threat of microorganisms.

Thwarting dengue transmission 10.06.2019 5:14 ↓

Medical entomologist Scott O'Neill explains how an intracellular bacterium could help curb the spread of dengue virus.

Cancer immunotherapy comes of age 10.06.2019 4:47 ↓

Cell biologist Ira Mellman discusses cancer immunotherapy at Genentech.

Revolutionizing microscopy 10.06.2019 4:32 ↓

Changhuei Yang and Guoan Zheng talk about their inexpensive, lens-free biomedical imaging device, which could change the way we do microscopy.

Making physics palatable 10.06.2019 5:29 ↓

Spanish chef Ferran Adrià and physicist David Weitz discuss the science of cooking.

The benefits of gut bacteria 10.06.2019 4:50 ↓

Lora Hooper talks about the complex bacterial ecosystem in our gut and its important role in metabolism and immunity.

Sackler Colloquium on the science of science communication 10.06.2019 5:35 ↓

Baruch Fischhoff and Dietram Scheufele discuss the need for a scientific approach to the communication of science.

Making improved antibodies against HIV 10.06.2019 4:49 ↓

Structural biologist Pamela Björkman explains how engineering improved versions of naturally occurring antibodies against HIV might make them promising therapeutic agents.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner Roland Kanaar 10.06.2019 5:13 ↓

Roland Kanaar explains how elevated temperature augments cancer treatment.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner Merlin Hanauer 10.06.2019 4:44 ↓

Merlin Hanauer discusses the benefits of protected areas.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner Jacob Waldbauer 10.06.2019 5:09 ↓

Cozzarelli Prize winner Jacob Waldbauer reconstructs the history of oxygen on Earth.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winners Robert Saye and James Sethian 10.06.2019 5:01 ↓

Cozzarelli Prize winners Robert Saye and James Sethian introduce a numerical method to track complex motions.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winner James Smith 10.06.2019 5:06 ↓

Economist James Smith discusses the effect of childhood mental problems on adult life.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize winners Erica Machlin Cox and Selena Sagan 10.06.2019 5:02 ↓

Erica Machlin Cox and Selena Sagan discuss an unusual interaction that protects the hepatitis C virus from our body's defenses.

Life's building blocks 10.06.2019 6:09 ↓

George Church discusses the potential of synthetic biology.

The science of sleep 10.06.2019 5:01 ↓

Erin Hanlon and Jeanne Duffy introduce their research on sleep, in a recording of the PNAS "Science of Sleep" event held in Washington, DC on March 14, 2012.