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The mystery of long COVID
Lab Notes - August 16, 2023 22:00 - 21 minutesWhere are we with long COVID? Researchers at the Allen Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center are working to understand the science behind this new chronic disease. Behind every science headline, there is a human story. Hear about the scientific advancements aiming to shape the cures of t...
The mystery of long COVID
Lab Notes - August 16, 2023 22:00 - 21 minutesWhere are we with long COVID? Researchers at the Allen Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center are working to understand the science behind this new chronic disease. Behind every science headline, there is a human story. Hear about the scientific advancements aiming to shape the cures of t...
Cracking the code of addiction
Lab Notes - October 12, 2022 23:00 - 23 minutesReward is essential for life. Our brains flood with feel-good chemicals when we learn, eat, have sex. But these essential brain circuits are hijacked in drug addiction. Neuroscientists at the Allen Institute and the University of North Carolina are working to crack the biology of reward and addi...
Cracking the code of addiction
Lab Notes - October 12, 2022 23:00 - 23 minutesReward is essential for life. Our brains flood with feel-good chemicals when we learn, eat, have sex. But these essential brain circuits are hijacked in drug addiction. Neuroscientists at the Allen Institute and the University of North Carolina are working to crack the biology of reward and addi...
Bees suffer from social isolation too
Lab Notes - August 24, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutesIt is no secret that social isolation has major developmental consequences on humans, but what about other social creatures like bumblebees? Neuroscientist Z Yan Wang investigated how social isolation impacted young bumblebees, and it looks like they grow up to be a little ‘socially awkward.’ Dr...
Bees suffer from social isolation too
Lab Notes - August 24, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutesIt is no secret that social isolation has major developmental consequences on humans, but what about other social creatures like bumblebees? Neuroscientist Z Yan Wang investigated how social isolation impacted young bumblebees, and it looks like they grow up to be a little ‘socially awkward.’ Dr...
Building a consciousness meter with Christof Koch
Lab Notes - May 26, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutesCan we put a number on human consciousness? Neuroscientist Christof Koch is leading an effort to build a consciousness meter that could have real-world applications to determine whether coma patients are in a true vegetative state. Christof joined Lab Notes to talk about the science of conscious...
Building a consciousness meter with Christof Koch
Lab Notes - May 26, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutesCan we put a number on human consciousness? Neuroscientist Christof Koch is leading an effort to build a consciousness meter that could have real-world applications to determine whether coma patients are in a true vegetative state. Christof joined Lab Notes to talk about the science of conscious...
Why don't we understand the brain?
Lab Notes - March 14, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutesScientists have known for centuries that the brain is the seat of human thought, but we’re still in the dark about how it works. For Brain Awareness Week 2022, Lab Notes asked four neuroscientists to get into the weeds with us about why the brain is so complicated and hard to understand. Do we h...
Why don't we understand the brain?
Lab Notes - March 14, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutesScientists have known for centuries that the brain is the seat of human thought, but we’re still in the dark about how it works. For Brain Awareness Week 2022, Lab Notes asked four neuroscientists to get into the weeds with us about why the brain is so complicated and hard to understand. Do we h...
Fire Inside: The quest to understand & prevent rheumatoid arthritis
Lab Notes - May 17, 2021 18:00 - 19 minutesIn the early '80s, Linda Sloate was a 30-year old mom raising three little kids when she became one of an estimated 20 million people worldwide living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been a 40-year struggle filled with dozens of treatments and surgeries. Today there is new hope for patien...
Fire Inside: The quest to understand & prevent rheumatoid arthritis
Lab Notes - May 17, 2021 18:00 - 19 minutesIn the early '80s, Linda Sloate was a 30-year old mom raising three little kids when she became one of an estimated 20 million people worldwide living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been a 40-year struggle filled with dozens of treatments and surgeries. Today there is new hope for patien...
The novelist and the scientist
Lab Notes - March 01, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutesWhen neuroscientist Christina Kim published an important research study, her close friend, novelist Yaa Gyasi, wanted to understand more about her friend’s work, so she asked to shadow her in the lab. That experience eventually formed the basis for Gyasi’s moving novel about addiction and mental...
The novelist and the scientist
Lab Notes - March 01, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutesWhen neuroscientist Christina Kim published an important research study, her close friend, novelist Yaa Gyasi, wanted to understand more about her friend’s work, so she asked to shadow her in the lab. That experience eventually formed the basis for Gyasi’s moving novel about addiction and mental...
Starved but unable to eat: Life with Crohn's
Lab Notes - December 22, 2020 02:00 - 16 minutesAldan Beaubien was in high school when a smorgasbord of bagels, cream cheese and apple juice left him in agony. Months later, doctors diagnosed him with Crohn's disease. Now an IT engineer at a research institute studying the disease, Aldan has new hope for better treatments or even a cure. Beh...
Starved but unable to eat: Life with Crohn's
Lab Notes - December 22, 2020 02:00 - 16 minutesAldan Beaubien was in high school when a smorgasbord of bagels, cream cheese and apple juice left him in agony. Months later, doctors diagnosed him with Crohn's disease. Now an IT engineer at a research institute studying the disease, Aldan has new hope for better treatments or even a cure. Beh...
SCANning for coronavirus
Lab Notes - September 22, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutesIn the winter of 2019, a series of storms dubbed “Snowpocalypse” dumped more than 20 inches of snow on the Seattle area, forcing the closure of schools and businesses. This weather-induced social-distancing caused flu cases to plummet. What researchers learned from these snowstorms helped prepar...
SCANning for coronavirus
Lab Notes - September 22, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutesIn the winter of 2019, a series of storms dubbed “Snowpocalypse” dumped more than 20 inches of snow on the Seattle area, forcing the closure of schools and businesses. This weather-induced social-distancing caused flu cases to plummet. What researchers learned from these snowstorms helped prepar...
Taming the Beast
Lab Notes - August 04, 2020 23:00 - 24 minutesWhen the first U.S. COVID-19 cases began arriving at the hospital, doctors nicknamed the illness "The Beast" because of the way it attacked the body. Dr. Ryan Padgett treated several patients before he himself became infected and nearly died. How can this beast be tamed? A team of researchers in...
Taming the Beast
Lab Notes - August 04, 2020 23:00 - 24 minutesWhen the first U.S. COVID-19 cases began arriving at the hospital, doctors nicknamed the illness "The Beast" because of the way it attacked the body. Dr. Ryan Padgett treated several patients before he himself became infected and nearly died. How can this beast be tamed? A team of researchers in...
A face mask that detects coronavirus
Lab Notes - April 27, 2020 19:00 - 14 minutesWhat if there were a face mask that could tell you you're infected with coronavirus before you ever show symptoms? In this episode we chat with Allen Distinguished Investigator Jim Collins from MIT and the Wyss Institute, about a wearable diagnostic that could help in the fight to trace and cont...
A face mask that detects coronavirus
Lab Notes - April 27, 2020 19:00 - 14 minutesWhat if there were a face mask that could tell you you're infected with coronavirus before you ever show symptoms? In this episode we chat with Allen Distinguished Investigator Jim Collins from MIT and the Wyss Institute, about a wearable diagnostic that could help in the fight to trace and cont...
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