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”
NCSU Epidemiology and Environmental Epigenetics Lab
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo October 10, 2018
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
Guest: Dr. Todd Cohen, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS, abnormal TDP-43 protein clumping, potential treatments
Dr. Todd Cohen
The Cohen Lab at UNC Chapel Hill
“Unraveling Alzheimer’s: New Study Documents How Brain Cells Go Bad”
Guest: Dr. Paul Byrne, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University
Topics: Paul Byrne 2.0 – his second RIV appearance, featuring an audio tour of the Solar System, Stephen Hawking
Dr. Paul Byrne
Paul’s NCSU Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences home page
Guest: Dr. Kelly Ferguson, Investigator, Perinatal and Early Life Epidemiology Group, NIEHS
Topics: Perinatal and early life epidemiology, environmental exposures, preterm births, phthalate exposure during pregnancy
Dr. Kelly Ferguson
NIEHS Perinatal & Early Life Epidemiology Group
CHE’s “20 Pioneers under 40 in Environmental Public Health”
NIH Intramural Research Program, Kelly Ferguson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
