Impact Series: Solving Medical Mysteries with Aperiomics
The BioScience Talks Impact Series focuses on the path from newly gained scientific knowledge to real-world effects, addressing questions such as How does a new vaccine find its way to physicians' off...
13 Marras 201929min
Threshold-Dependent Gene Drives in Wild Populations
By altering the heritability of certain traits, gene drive technologies have the potential to spread desired genes through wild populations. In practice, this could lead to mosquito populations that, ...
8 Loka 201925min
Bridging the Gap between Behavioral Science and Animal Ethics
In this episode of BioScience Talks, Christine Webb of Harvard University joins us to talk about the potential for widening the involvement of scientists who study animal behavior in ongoing discussio...
11 Syys 201923min
Readying the National Park Service for Change
In this episode of BioScience Talks, Mark Schwartz, of the University of California, Davis, joins us to talk about the National Park Service, and in particular, the challenges facing its oversight of ...
14 Elo 201937min
Better Governance for Better Resource Management
In this episode of BioScience Talks, Derek R. Armitage of the University of Waterloo, Jennifer J. Silver of the University of Guelph, and Daniel K. Okamoto of Florida State University come on the show...
6 Elo 201938min
Advancing Opportunities for Convergence at NSF BIO
Joanne S. Tornow was selected as assistant director for the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) in February 2019, following almost two decades with the foundation. ...
10 Heinä 201940min
The Makings of an Invasion: The Slender False Brome
Invasive species are a hot topic, both in scientific circles and among the public at large. Still, the mechanics of invasions are often opaque, and a broader understanding will be required in order to...
12 Kesä 201938min
Building a Better Understanding of "Resilience"
The concept of resilience is an important one in conservation science and resource management. However, the term itself is often poorly understood, or understood differently by different parties, with...
28 Touko 201931min
