PNAS Science Sessions

Interview with 2013 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Francesco Pennacchio 10.06.2019 6:10 ↓

Francesco Pennacchio explains how neonicotinoid insecticides can influence the immune response of honey bees.

Interview with 2013 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Caroline Roullier 10.06.2019 6:15 ↓

Caroline Roullier and colleagues won the 2013 Cozzarelli Prize in Behavioral and Social Sciences for their work on the distribution of sweet potatoes in Oceania.

Interview with 2013 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Yoel Sadovsky and Carolyn Coyne 10.06.2019 6:22 ↓

Yoel Sadovsky and Carolyn Coyne describe the placenta's role in protecting the fetus from infection by viruses.

Interview with 2013 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Tad Patzek 10.06.2019 6:20 ↓

Tad Patzek explains how natural gas production declines over time in hydrofractured wells.

Interview with 2013 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Mimi Kao and Allison Doupe 10.06.2019 4:34 ↓

Mimi Kao and Allison Doupe explore song learning in the male zebra finch.

Interview with 2013 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Erik Petigura and Geoffrey Marcy 10.06.2019 6:20 ↓

Erik Petigura and Geoffrey Marcy discuss the number of Earth-like planets that may exist in our galaxy.

Modeling human cognition 10.06.2019 5:37 ↓

James "Jay" McClelland describes a parallel distributed processing approach to understanding human cognition.

Exchanging kidneys 10.06.2019 6:10 ↓

Alvin Roth discusses how principles of economics can benefit people who need kidney transplants.

Nicotine addiction and relapse 10.06.2019 5:48 ↓

Inés Ibañez-Tallon discusses how nicotine and neurons conspire to hamper efforts to quit smoking.

Where breast cancer meets brain size 10.06.2019 6:26 ↓

Inder Verma and colleagues describe how a breast cancer-associated gene might be implicated in brain size control in mammals.

Supernova chemistry 10.06.2019 5:33 ↓

Paul Dunk discusses the chemistry of carbon in space following a supernova.

The postdoctoral problem 10.06.2019 6:21 ↓

NAS member Gregory Petsko discusses efforts to assess the US postdoctoral workforce.

Understanding citrus greening 10.06.2019 5:57 ↓

Ariena van Bruggen and J. Glenn Morris, Jr. discuss their work on citrus greening, a disease that is threatening the global citrus industry.

Genetic screening for adults 10.06.2019 5:31 ↓

C. Thomas Caskey and Amy McGuire discuss whole-genome genetic screening for adult-onset diseases.

Synthesizing fuels and chemicals from CO2 10.06.2019 5:40 ↓

James Liao talks about engineering microorganisms to synthesize fuels and chemicals from CO2.

Speech perception and language acquisition in infants 10.06.2019 4:29 ↓

Janet Werker describes how exposure to speech and environmental factors can affect language acquisition by infants.

Menopause, mitochondria, and memory 10.06.2019 5:37 ↓

Neuroscientists John Morrison and Yuko Hara talk about the links between estrogen, mitochondria, and age-related cognitive decline.

A microbial map for wine 10.06.2019 5:35 ↓

David Mills discusses regional differences in microbes found in grape must.

Building better batteries 10.06.2019 4:34 ↓

Yi Cui discusses how nanometerials are improving the energy storage capacity of batteries.

History of alcohol in human diet 10.06.2019 5:06 ↓

Steven Benner discusses the interaction between early humans and alcohol.

Tracing development in color 10.06.2019 5:44 ↓

Scott Fraser discusses tools to glean a multicolored view of embryonic development.

Changing the way we think about antibiotics 10.06.2019 4:31 ↓

Deborah Hung talks about identifying new approaches for treating and diagnosing infectious diseases.

How humans may have evolved intelligence 10.06.2019 5:59 ↓

Steven Pinker explains the idea of a cognitive niche, which may have facilitated the evolution of human intelligence.

Incentivizing positive behaviors 10.06.2019 5:27 ↓

David Laibson describes how behavioral economics can help incentivize positive behaviors.

Making commercial tomatoes taste better 10.06.2019 5:03 ↓

Harry Klee explains how he is trying to make commercial tomatoes more flavorful.