Episode 006: Sarcoma, Soft-Tissue, and Central Science

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitation006.mp3 Oneto, J.M.M., Khan, I., Seebald, L., & Royzen, M. 2016. In Vivo Bioorthogonal Chemistry Enables Local Hydrogel and Systemic Pro-Drug To Treat Soft Tissue Sarcoma. ACS Central Science 2(7): 476-482. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acscentsci.6b00150 In this episode, we talk about better living through chemistry.... Continue Reading →

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitation005.mp3 Ellis, J., Fosdick, B.K., & Rasmussen, C. 2016. Women 1.5 Times More Likely to Leave STEM Pipeline after Calculus Compared to Men: Lack of Mathematical Confidence a Potential Culprit. PLoS One 11(7). We found a study that took the shortage... Continue Reading →

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitation004.mp3 Pitman, R.L., et al. 2016. Humpback whales interfering when mammal-eating killer whales attack other species: Mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism? Marine Mammal Science. #TeamKillerWhale Today we talk about a paper that’s been making the pop-sci rounds. Some people have claimed that... Continue Reading →

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitation003.mp3 Savadis et al. 2016. Identification of Zika Virus and Dengue Virus Dependency Factors using Functional Genomics. Cell Press 16(1): 232-246. Kelsey is officially a PhD candidate! We celebrate by delving into a molecular bio paper and get horribly lost. Joe rants... Continue Reading →

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitationInterlude002.mp3 This episode was recorded at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Joe goes to Comic-Con every year. This year, he was adamant that he’d be able to find science at a science fiction convention, so he met up with his good... Continue Reading →

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitationInterlude001.mp3 This is the first part of a miniseries within the show on what graduate school is like. On this episode, Kelsey and Tyler talk about PhD Qualifying Examinations, or “quals” as they’re often called. They go in a little... Continue Reading →

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitation002.mp3 Rimfeld, et al. 2016. Genetics affects choice of academic subjects as well as achievement. Scientific Reports. In this episode, we discuss genetics, psychology, and how much Pokemon GO has ruined our productivity. We get really deep about what education means as... Continue Reading →

http://iamkuhan.com/ExpertCitation/ExpertCitation001.mp3 Higuchi, et al. 2016. Contribution of Visual Information about Ball Trajectory to Baseball Hitting Accuracy. PLoS ONE. In our very first episode, we discuss this paper about our favorite summer sport, baseball! With the All Star break coming up we’re... Continue Reading →