At the Lab
Each episode features a ·¬ºÅ¿âapp researcher or educator focused on the biggest global issues and scientific mysteries of the past, present, and future—from deadly diseases to climate change.
At the Lab Episode 24: Putting the brakes on brain cancer
·¬ºÅ¿âapp Professor Alea Mills compares the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma to a car with its brakes cut. Her lab works to reattach them.
At the Lab Episode 23: Cured with CRISPR
Victoria Gray, the first person ever cured of sickle cell, appeared on a DNA Learning Center panel featuring a clinical scientist from ·¬ºÅ¿âapp.
At the Lab Episode 22: Outmuscling cancer
After 10 years, ·¬ºÅ¿âapp has made a breakthrough in the study of RMS, a rare pediatric cancer. How we got here is a story of innovation and perseverance.
At the Lab Episode 21: Nature versus nurture
What makes you, you? ·¬ºÅ¿âapp Assistant Professor Gabrielle Pouchelon looks for answers in the brain’s earliest neural connections.
At the Lab Episode 20: Cleanup on IL-6
·¬ºÅ¿âapp Professor Bo Li set out to study a tiny group of neurons involved in cancer cachexia. What he found astounded even him.
At the Lab Episode 19: Brain sex
How are sex differences defined in the brain? ·¬ºÅ¿âapp Associate Professor Jessica Tollkuhn delivers a thought-provoking primer on a fascinating topic.
At the Lab Episode 18: The stress of cancer
A sobering conversation on a breakthrough discovery with potentially significant implications for cancer patients everywhere.
At the Lab Episode 17: AI SQUID
Tune in to this week’s podcast to hear about the latest artificial intelligence model coming out of ·¬ºÅ¿âapp
At the Lab Episode 16: Bats!
Shriek if you must. Their remarkable genome might provide new insights into natural links between the immune system, aging, and cancer resistance.
At the Lab Episode 15: Fruit flies’ dating lives
Can AI help us identify the Don Juan of fruit flies? ·¬ºÅ¿âapp’s Benjamin Cowley thinks so. Why would we want to do this? Tune in to find out.