Guest: Dr. Manuel Kleiner, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, NC State University
Topics: Gut microbes’ diet, microbial symbioses, metaproteomics, ecophysiology, plant root microbes
Dr. Manuel Kleiner
The Kleiner Lab: Microbial symbioses, Metaproteomics, Ecophysiology
Plant Soil Microbial Community Consortium (PSMCC)
Researchers Devise New Way to Discern What Microbes Eat
Guest: Dr. Jeffery Dick, assistant professor of chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Electrochemistry, nanoelectrodes, single cell biology, Forbes “30 Under 30” recognition
Dr. Jeffery Dick
Jeffery’s UNC Department of Chemistry faculty page
Guest: Dr. Merrie Mosedale, Assistant Director, Institute for Drug Safety Sciences; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Drug safety, genetics of adverse drug reactions, drug-induced liver injury, translational pharmacogenomics
Dr. Merrie Mosedale
UNC Institute for Drug Safety Sciences
Merrie’s UNC Eshelman faculty page
“The Benefits of a Mouse Population-based Approach”
“Mosedale receives Sternfel Prize”
“Mosedale Awarded Regulatory Science Award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund”
Guest: Dr. Randy Jirtle, Professor of Epigenetics, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
Topics: Epigenetics, gene imprinting, fetal origins of disease susceptibility, environmental epigenomics
Dr. Randy Jirtle
Geneimprint.com, Randy’s website
NIEHS Podcast with Randy: “The Epigenome”
Guest: Dr. Scott Commins, Associate Professor of Medicine, UNC Allergy and Immunology Clinic
Topics: Red meat allergy caused by Lone Star tick bite, allergic sensitization to Alpha-Gal
Dr. Scott Commins
Dr. Commins’ lab, Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Scott’s faculty page, Thurston Arthritis Research Center
USA Today: “Lone Star tick bites can cause rare meat allergy in some people”
NY Times: “What the Mystery of the Tick-Borne Meat Allergy Could Reveal”
Guest: Dr. Quantil Melendez, CEO, NIFP Technologies LLC, Durham
Topics: NIFP Technologies, PCSK9 protein, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, diagnostic test
Dr. Quantil Melendez
“Scientists Develop Quick Test for Cardiovascular Disease”
2017 publication: “Hypercholesterolemia: The Role of PCSK9”
NIFP Technologies gofundme page
Dr. Dayami Lopez NCCU faculty page
BRITE at NCCU (Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise)
Guests: Panaceutics, Inc.: Co-founders CTO Edison Hudson, CSO Staton Noel III
Topics: Panaceutics’ technology platform for robotic preparation of gel packs with personalized medication formulations and nutritional applications, establishment and progress of the RTP company
Panaceutics, Inc., “Personalized Formulations Produced in Innovative Forms”
Ivanhoe story: “Edible Gel Replaces 20 Heart Pills a Day
RTP Discover profile of Panaceutics, Inc.
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo July 25, 2018
Staton Noel III
Edison Hudson
Guest: Dr. Joshua Pierce, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, NC State University
Topics: Natural Products to Drugs Initiative (NP2D), Comparative Medicine Institute at NC State, drug discovery
Dr. Joshua Pierce
Comparative Medicine Institute
“Finding New Drugs, Faster” NCSU article about the Natural Products to Drugs (NP2D) initiative
Guest: Dr. Susan Lozier, Distinguished Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Topics: Physical oceanography, large scale ocean circulation, meridional overturning, North Atlantic overturning, oceans and climate change, ocean acidification
Dr. Susan Lozier
Oceans research at the Nicholas School of the Environment
Nature: “Ocean-wide sensor array provides new look at global ocean current”
Guest: Dr. Graham Diering, assistant professor, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Sleep and memory, learning, synaptic homeostasis hypothesis
Dr. Graham Diering
