The eLife Podcast

The eLife Podcast, from eLife, the researcher-led, open access digital publication for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

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Episodes

Rats won't rat on rats

In this episode of the eLife podcast we discuss ants, rats, sharks and rays, and the pathogen that causes corn smut in maize. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Jan 31, 2014•28 min•Ep. 8

Sedatives, Maths and Evolution

In this episode of the eLife Podcast, the growing problem of drug resistance, severe brain damage, sugar versus sweetener, public dilemmas, and the evolution of translation... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Jan 06, 2014•29 min•Ep. 7

Bacteria and Rheumatoid Arthritis

In this episode of the eLife podcast we discuss doing protein crystallography with electrons, the discovery of a receptor for carbon dioxide, new insights into arthritis, how the brain responds to a missing hand, and the best shape for whiskers. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Nov 29, 2013•29 min•Ep. 6

Human Sperm, Gut Bugs and Decomposition

In this issue of the eLife podcast we discuss how chimpanzees use conceptual metaphors, the hyperactivation of spermatozoa, the use of bacteria to estimate the time of death, stem cells and smoking, and a new type of bacteria. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Oct 30, 2013•31 min•Ep. 5

Undead Cells

In this issue of the eLife podcast we discuss how flatworms can grow new heads and tails, how photosynthesis has evolved over time, social interactions between mice, the properties of "undead" cells, and interactions between steroids and genes. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Oct 06, 2013•30 min•Ep. 4

Now hear this!

The cocktail party effect and how the brain decides which sounds to attend to, genes dismissed as dead relics turn out to play significant roles in inflammation, iPS cells reproduce degenerative retinal disease, the genetic responses to flu jabs, and the discovery of stem cells in schistosomes... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Aug 15, 2013•34 min•Ep. 3

Plants keep Thyme, cancer drug resistance and clear corneas

How plants do molecular mathematics to thyme their starch consumption, how cancers evolve resistance to chemotherapy and how to combat it, how the retina and cornea keep themselves clear of blood vessels, watching T cell receptors in real time and do governments listen to scientists? Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Jul 15, 2013•34 min•Ep. 2

Multicellular life, potato blight and Hepatitis B

How multicellular life began, museum specimens surrender the identity of the bug behind the Irish potato famine, the Hepatitis B and D virus receptor discovered, why fog clouds driver judgement and where nucleosomes came from. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Jun 15, 2013•41 min•Ep. 1

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