Faculty Feature: Science Podcast
1) Neuroscience in the 21st Century: Brain Circuits, Technologies, Human Individuality, and Autism
Samuel Wang, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, discusses future directions in the study of neuroscience, child brain development, autism, and human ind...Show More
2) Finding Einstein in a Crowd
Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History; Director, Fung Global Fellows Program, considers how historians and biographers have approached Albert Einstein’s life and con...Show More
3) From Gene Expression to Tissue Mechanics during Drosophila Embryonic Development
Eric F. Wieschaus, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, presents a talk entitled “From Gene Expression to Tissue Mechanics during Drosophila Embryonic Development.” Presented on the occassion of the...Show More
From Gene Expression to Tissue Mechanics during Drosophila Embryonic Development
47:43 | Oct 18th, 2013
4) The Scientific Search for Life Beyond Earth
Christopher Chyba, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs and Director of the Program on Science and Global Security, explains the ways that we are searching for extraterrestria...Show More
5) Writing About Science
Michael Lemonick, Visiting Lecturer in Astrophysical Sciences and the Council on Science and Technology and former Senior Science Writer for Time magazine, discusses why it matters to write about scie...Show More
6) This is Your Brain on Exercise
Samuel Wang, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute explains neuroscience and the impact of exercise on brain function. Presented during the 2010 Fall Footba...Show More
7) New Life in a New Building: Synthetic Biology-Designing Novel Proteins and Building Artificial Genomes
Michael Hecht, Professor of Chemistry, shares his work about how to enable life with molecular machinery (proteins) derived in a laboratory. Presented during the 2010 Fall Football Lectures series.
8) A Tale of the Ends: Medical Impact of Basic Research in Telomere Biology
Virginia A. Zakian, Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biology, explains the history of telomere research from a scientific and sociological standpoint and descri...Show More
A Tale of the Ends: Medical Impact of Basic Research in Telomere Biology
1:00:17 | Feb 20th, 2010
9) Trick or Treat? Behavioral and Neurochemical Evidence for Sugar Addiction
Bartley G. Hoebel, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute explains the role of dopamine in drug addiction and the concept of addiction as it relates to food and candy.
Trick or Treat? Behavioral and Neurochemical Evidence for Sugar Addiction
1:04:49 | Oct 31st, 2009
10) Perils of Prejudice: Universal Biases in Brain, Mind and Culture
Susan T. Fiske, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, discusses the varieties of prejudices, the universal principles that people use to identify others, and the unique neural signatures for differe...Show More
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