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Episode 62: Keith Baar talks about muscle and explains mTOR, PGC-1a, dystrophin, and the benefits of chocolate

Posted April 24, 201801:03:27

Today’s episode is the first of a two-part interview with Dr. Keith Baar, the head of the Functional Molecular Biology Laboratory in the Department...

Episode 61: Chris McCurdy discusses kratom and the opioid crisis

Posted April 10, 201801:03:18

More than 90 Americans a day are dying from opioid abuse. Today’s guest, Dr. Christopher McCurdy, is at the forefront of research designed to help...

Episode 60: Marie Jackson talks about the amazing endurance of Roman concrete

Posted March 27, 201800:49:44

Why is it that modern marine concrete structures crumble and corrode within decades, but 2,000-year-old Roman piers and breakwaters endure to this day? Episode...