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Prof. Holden Thorp is Chief Editor Science on Covid, Misinformation, JWST and discrimination
December 20, 2022

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.
November 29, 2022

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
November 22, 2022

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
November 06, 2022

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
August 29, 2022

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
June 24, 2022

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
June 14, 2022

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
June 10, 2022

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
May 30, 2022

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
May 22, 2022

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