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Prof. Holden Thorp is Chief Editor Science on Covid, Misinformation, JWST and discrimination
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Holden Thorp is Editor-in-Chief of Science family of journals. Before he was provost at Washington University where he holds appointments in both chemistry and medicine. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sci
Prof. Leah Krubitzer of University of California, Davis on the future of the brain.
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Leah Krubitzer is professor in the Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis. Her current research focuses on the impact of early experience on the corti
Prof Trey Ideker of UCSD on AI applications in Biology and Life Sciences
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof Trey Ideker is Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. He directs the National Resource for Network Biology, and the Cancer Cell Map and Psychiatric Cell
Prof. Alessandro Gavazza of London School of Economics on mortgages, cars and market friction
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Alessandro Gavazza is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is an applied economist, with main interests in industrial organization. Hi
Prof. Adriana Lleras-Muney of UCLA on the relationships between socio-economic status and health
The Persistent Effects of Decreasing Labor-Market Discrimination, Do Youth Employment Programs Work? Evidence from the New Deal, The association between educational attainment and longevity using individual-level data from the 1940 census, Discrimination
Prof. Louise Westling of the University of Oregon on Deep History and the Rhythm of Catastrophe
Deep History and the Rhythm of Catastrophe and Merleau-Ponty and the Eco-Literary Imaginary, Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Louise Westling is Professor Emerita of English and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon. Her re
Prof. Benedict C. Albensi of Nova SouthEastern University on Nuclear Factor Kappa B and Mitochondria
What Is Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NF-B) Doing in and to the Mitochondrion? Evidence for the Involvement of TNF and NF-kB in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity, NF-B p50 subunit knockout impairs late LTP and alters long term memory in the mouse hippocampus, E
Prof. Donna Ginther of the University of Kansas on biases in academic and research decisions
WOMEN AND STEM, Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards, Reflections on race, ethnicity, and NIH research awards, Gender, Race, and Academic Career Outcomes Does Economics Mirror Other Disciplines?, Does Mentoring Increase the Collaboration Networks of
Prof. Bonnie Firestein of Rutgers University on Cypin and Brain Injury
Cypin regulates dendrite patterning in hippocampal neurons by promoting microtubule assembly, Structural characterization of the zinc binding domain in cytosolic PSD-95 interactor, The Role of PSD-95 and Cypin in Morphological Changes in Dendrites Followi
Prof. Priscilla Wald of Duke Univ. on how genomics is rewriting race, medicine and human history
Blood and stories: how genomics is rewriting race, medicine and human history, and Replicant Being - Law and Strange Life in the Age of Biotechnology Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Priscilla Wald is Professor of English and Gender Sexualit