N Equals One Podcast
1) n=39 Science meets art — on a dress
By day, postdoctoral researcher Beata Mierzwa, PhD, studies cellular division. By night, she makes clothing — dresses, pants, shoes, backpacks — covered in colorful dividing cells. In this episode, sh...Show More
2) n=49 All the latest on COVID-19 and fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding
Despite strong recommendations from the CDC, pregnant people in the U.S. continue to show low vaccination rates against COVID-19. It's been a tough choice for many parents or soon-to-be parents, so in...Show More
n=49 All the latest on COVID-19 and fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding
33:04 | Nov 10th, 2021
3) n=48 Funding fairness: Racial disparities in research grant funding
Academic scientists rely on grants to fund their research, and the largest funder of biomedical research is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Unfortunately, many of the racial inequities i...Show More
4) n=47 From landscaping to the lab: David Gonzalez’s journey through academia
David Gonzalez, PhD, is an associate professor at UC San Diego, where his lab studies how bacteria affect our health. He’s also a first-generation Mexican-American from San Diego County. Gonzalez, lik...Show More
n=47 From landscaping to the lab: David Gonzalez’s journey through academia
29:46 | Aug 11th, 2021
5) n=46 Environmental justice: Where COVID-19 meets climate change
Climate change and COVID-19 are arguably the two greatest crisis of our time. The other thing they have in common is the fact that they disproportionately affect the same people — primarily underserve...Show More
6) n=45 A government in COVID-19 denial
Despite political risk to researchers and participants, a new study provides the first glimpse into the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on health care workers in Nicaragua, a country where the government r...Show More
7) n=44 Taking a stand for your health
More than 5 million people around the world die from causes associated with a lack of physical activity. The news comes as many people have transitioned to working from home, are dealing with local gy...Show More
8) n=43 COVID-19 Vaccines: Our shot at immunity from SARS-CoV-2
Around the world, at least 53 COVID-19 vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials. Four of the largest and most promising have reached the final Phase III stage. UC San Diego is a testing site ...Show More
9) n=42 How to prevent a “twindemic” (hint: get your flu shot!)
We don’t yet have a vaccine to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but we do have a vaccine for another respiratory virus: influenza. In this episode, infect...Show More
10) n=41 What mini-lungs in a dish might tell us about COVID-19
In this episode we speak with Aaron Carlin, MD, PhD, and Sandra Leibel, MD, assistant professors and physician-scientists at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Carlin studies viruses such as Zika virus ...Show More