Cover image of iBiology Science Stories

iBiology Science Stories

iBiology Science Stories

Ranked #1

Podcast cover

Karl Deisseroth: Development of Optogenetics

Karl Deisseroth: Development of Optogenetics

Dr. Karl Deisseroth gives a retrospective on the development of optogenetics, a technology that has revolutionized neuro... Read more

21 Sep 2016

21mins

Ranked #2

Podcast cover

Ron Vale: Discovering Kinesin

Ron Vale: Discovering Kinesin

Ron Vale explains that serendipity played an important role in his discovery of the motor protein kinesin.https://www.ib... Read more

15 Dec 2016

19mins

Similar Podcasts

Ranked #3

Podcast cover

Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Chris Field

Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Chris Field

There are many challenges when it comes to addressing the destructive effects of climate change, and few people are bett... Read more

4 Jan 2017

15mins

Ranked #4

Podcast cover

Michael Hall: The Story of TOR (Target of Rapamycin)

Michael Hall: The Story of TOR (Target of Rapamycin)

Michael Hall describes the discovery of TOR (Target of Rapamycin) protein, the key controller of the size of both indivi... Read more

6 Sep 2017

24mins

Most Popular Podcasts

Ranked #5

Podcast cover

Ian Baldwin: Making scientific writing painless

Ian Baldwin: Making scientific writing painless

Dr. Ian Baldwin provides his perspective on the best scientific writing practices and gives some tips on how to improve ... Read more

21 Jun 2017

14mins

Ranked #6

Podcast cover

Taekjip Ha: How I became a Scientist - Korean with English subtitles & slides

Taekjip Ha: How I became a Scientist - Korean with English subtitles & slides

The excitement of doing experiments convinced Taekjip Ha to become an experimental biophysicist rather than follow his o... Read more

31 May 2017

9mins

Ranked #7

Podcast cover

Evelyn Witkin: The SOS Response in Bacteria

Evelyn Witkin: The SOS Response in Bacteria

Witkin provides a historical perspective on how working at Cold Spring Harbor shaped her scientific career and led to th... Read more

22 Feb 2017

16mins

Ranked #8

Podcast cover

Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Jennifer Doudna

Conversations in Science with Dan Rather and Jennifer Doudna

In the last few years, the term CRISPR has exploded on the global scene, and with it UC Berkeley professor Jennifer Doud... Read more

4 Jan 2017

37mins

Ranked #9

Podcast cover

Biology Behind Bars... The Prison University Project at San Quentin

Biology Behind Bars... The Prison University Project at San Quentin

Inmates at San Quentin State Prison share their excitement and gratitude at being enrolled in an introductory biology co... Read more

5 Jul 2016

8mins

Ranked #10

Podcast cover

Neil Shubin: Finding Tiktaalik, the fossil link between fish and land animals

Neil Shubin: Finding Tiktaalik, the fossil link between fish and land animals

Ever since he was a graduate student, Neil Shubin has been obsessed with finding fossils of the creature that marked the... Read more

19 Jan 2016

16mins

Ranked #11

Podcast cover

Cohen: Visualizing Activity in the Brain

Cohen: Visualizing Activity in the Brain

The pattern of electrical signals propagated through neuronal networks determines brain function. Adam Cohen examines th... Read more

20 Feb 2015

10mins

Ranked #12

Podcast cover

Walter Gilbert: Development of DNA Sequencing

Walter Gilbert: Development of DNA Sequencing

Walter “Wally” Gilbert talks to Ron Vale about developing one of the first methods for sequencing DNA. In the 1970s, Gil... Read more

2 Feb 2015

15mins

Ranked #13

Podcast cover

Jeffrey Friedman: The Causes of Obesity and the Discovery of Leptin

Jeffrey Friedman: The Causes of Obesity and the Discovery of Leptin

http://www.ibiology.org/ibiomagazine/jeffrey-friedman-causes-obesity-discovery-leptin.htmlTalk Overview: Obesity is a hi... Read more

29 Sep 2014

13mins

Ranked #14

Podcast cover

Erling Norrby: DNA and the Nobel Prize

Erling Norrby: DNA and the Nobel Prize

Erling Norrby takes us through the history of the discovery of DNA structure, starting in the 1940s and ending in 1962 w... Read more

12 Aug 2014

17mins

Ranked #15

Podcast cover

The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology: Meselson & Stahl, The Semi-Conservative Replication of DNA

The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology: Meselson & Stahl, The Semi-Conservative Replication of DNA

http://www.iBiology.orgTalk Overview: In 1958, Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl published the "most beautiful experimen... Read more

19 Jun 2014

7mins

Ranked #16

Podcast cover

Robert Ramirez: How I Became a Scientist

Robert Ramirez: How I Became a Scientist

About this talk: When Ramirez was a child, his family moved from northern California to rural Mexico. He did not attend ... Read more

11 Dec 2012

6mins

Ranked #17

Podcast cover

Julie Huber: Microbial Oceanography

Julie Huber: Microbial Oceanography

Huber explains that she was drawn to studying deep-sea microbes because she finds these organisms fascinating and also b... Read more

20 Sep 2012

Ranked #18

Podcast cover

McGee: On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

McGee: On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

McGee recounts how he moved from studying astronomy, to teaching literature and writing, to writing about the science of... Read more

29 Apr 2012

11mins

Ranked #19

Podcast cover

Huxley: How Muscle Contracts

Huxley: How Muscle Contracts

Using an combination of X-ray images, phase contrast light microscopy and electron microscopy, Huxley obtained the first... Read more

8 Nov 2011

14mins

Ranked #20

Podcast cover

Miller: #2 Defending Evolution

Miller: #2 Defending Evolution

Miller outlines his best strategies for engaging, rather than arguing with, those who say they don’t believe in evolutio... Read more

3 Nov 2011

8mins

“Podium: AI tools for podcasters. Generate show notes, transcripts, highlight clips, and more with AI. Try it today at https://podium.page”