Trackside Science

Episode 35 - Science Fairs (Rob hates them) This episode sat on my hard drive for a year, I apologize. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol : Neshaminy Creek Brewing Cheap Box Wine - unidentified, but I'm sure you can find some on your own   Sounds (Freesound.org ): coaster 01.aiff by marti...

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Lou is a writer and journalist who works with the Society of Professional Journalists and gives some of the most insightful and interesting analysis of journalism today. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Links: Lou Harry's website ( here ) Society for Professional Journalism ( here )   Drinks:...

Probably not, but that shouldn't change what you are doing now. Nextstrain Twitter ( here ) This Week in Virology ( here )

What's in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine and why is a third of the population fatigued? Ethanol : Dragon's Milk,  New Holland ( here ) Eye of the Storm Sitra, Jersey Cyclone Brewing ( here ) 1798 Brewery Okracoke ( here ) Science : Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document ( here ) Moderna FDA EUA briefing document ( here ) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System ( here ) Sounds (from freesound.org): freigh...

The answer might surprise us. Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document: link Pfizer FDA EUA meeting: link Moderna FDA EUA briefing document: link Moderna FDA EUA meeting: link VAERS: link

Just a short little episode to let you know we are back.  We think. An Exploration of the Structure of Effective Apologies ( link ) - Paywall.... sorry?

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Wherein Rob and Jeff do an experiment to see how quickly beer and red wine will degrade vaccine knowledge. Jeff uses disabled squirrels and broken-down cars as analogies for attenuated virus vaccines. Rob tries to pin Jeff down on SARSCoV2 vaccine predictions for 2020.  Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksid...

Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com Links: This Week in Virology episode #640 ( here ) Abbot ID Now ( here ) English robot generator ( here )

Here's to all the Dads out there. And their jokes   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Sounds (Freesound.org) Baddum Tish - Comedy Rimshot by rodincoil Cricket Chirp by Sojan musical saw ascending UFO bu JohnsonBrandEditing

Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com Links : US FDA approved SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests (7/22/2020) ( link ) Types of tests -  Chemiluminescent Microbead Immunoassay ( Youtube ) Lateral flow Immunoassay ( Youtube )  ELISA ( Youtube ) Sounds: https://lingojam.com/RobotVoiceGenerator

Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com Links : This Week in Virology > https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-641/ COVID-19 PCR testing > https://youtu.be/Vd38iS_W7ww Note - I didn't mention the "RT" part because… concision!  The RT step just turns the viruses RNA into DNA and then the PCR starts on THAT. Sounds : https://lingojam.com/RobotVoiceGenerator

Sydni is working on an amoeba that *farms* a bacteria!     Sydni's amazing art: SciDotArt   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   The Menu: Mango White Claw Peter Vella Vineyards Cab Sav Terrapin Hopsecutioner

Rob & Jeff again pick two very different movies   Southern Tier Brewing Double IPA ( here ) Liberty Creek Cabernet Sauvignon ( here )   Osmosis Jones ( IMDb )  The Satan Bug ( IMDb )   sound effects Freesound.org: Night Traffic by Oneirophile Archive.org: KTLA 5 - Movie Theater - 1986 - Theme Song

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References : Muniesa et al Microb Biotechnol. 2011 Nov; 4(6): 725–734. Carlton et al (Loessner) 2005 Reg. Tox. & Pharm Loessner 1991 App & Env Micro Zink & Loessner 1992 App & Env Micro Sounds (all from Freesound.org) Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav by Sepal 00311 cr...

Episode 28 - Epidemic Movie Reviews Skeleton on Horse 1937 ( link ) Quarantine 2008 ( link ) Partners in Health ( link ) Alcohol : Naked Grape Cabernet Sauvignon Cloudwalker Hazy Juice IPA   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music : Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org Sounds : walking...

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Music & Sounds: Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org STE-013 train and bell.wav by tim.kahn (Freesound.or) Darth Vader Breathing.wav by 18hiltc (Freesound.org)

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References Original coronavirus study: 2020 van Doremalen et al (MedRxiv link ) Goldberg drum: Golberg et al. 1958 American Journal of Epidemiology ( link ) Ebolavirus and Goldberg drum: 2016 Fischer et al Journal of Infectious Disease ( link )  

Wherein Rob and Jeff talk about the COVID-19 pandemic.  What are our students asking us?  What are we doing different? What are *our* plans if we wake up tomorrow with a fever and a cough? Are men washing their hands more or is that just observer bias? Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Global Cases Dashboard Terrapin Brewing Rex Goliath  

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References: 1933 Bushnell and Brandly. Laryngotracheitis in chicks. Poultry Science 1962 Kendall et al. Virus isolations from common cold occurring in a residential school. British Medical Journal 1968 Coronaviruses. Nature (November 16, vol 220) 2005 Poon et a...

How serious is the nCoV-2019 outbreak?  Will it spread much outside of China? Why does Jeff think he can DIY a clinical diagnostic lab?  Why can't we drink and think?.   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Corona Familiar Riverhorse Hippos Hand Citrusey Double India Pale Ale Links Johns Ho...

Applying for jobs is a job. Good jobs go bad.  Sometimes you need a priest.  Bosses can turn into committees. Sometimes you need a marriage therapist. Clinical genetics positions are changing. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sounds: Evening Birds2 - Robins 03-30-2016.mp3 by kb7clx train03_long...

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Map of rabbits in Australia ( here ) Sounds: Kookaburra.wav by pocket Laughing Kookaburra.wav by ERH DIDGERIDOO 05.wav by sandyrb Spinifex Wind #1 by kangaroovindaloo Desert at Night by kangaroovindaloo Bullroarer by Sonic-ranger Pirate Ship at Bay.wav by CGEff...

I interview science teacher and author of "How We Teach Science, What's Changed, and why it matters". John's book --> link here (It's at Harvard University Press if the link isn't working) A Private Universe --> here