Here’s to all the Dads out there. And their jokes Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sounds (Freesound.org) Baddum Tish - Comedy Rimshot by rodincoil Cricket Chirp by Sojan musical saw ascending UFO bu JohnsonBrandEditing
Jul 28, 2020•45 min
Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com Links: US FDA approved SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests (7/22/2020) ( link ) Types of tests - Chemiluminescent Microbead Immunoassay ( Youtube ) Lateral flow Immunoassay ( Youtube ) ELISA ( Youtube ) Sounds: https://lingojam.com/RobotVoiceGenerator...
Jul 22, 2020•5 min
Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com Links: This Week in Virology > https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-641/ COVID-19 PCR testing > https://youtu.be/Vd38iS_W7ww Note - I didn’t mention the “RT” part because… concision! The RT step just turns the viruses RNA into DNA and then the PCR starts on THAT. Sounds: https://lingojam.com/RobotVoiceGenerator...
Jul 17, 2020•6 min
Sydni is working on an amoeba that *farms* a bacteria! Sydni’s amazing art: SciDotArt Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience The Menu: Mango White Claw Peter Vella Vineyards Cab Sav Terrapin Hopsecutioner...
Jul 16, 2020•53 min
Rob & Jeff again pick two very different movies Southern Tier Brewing Double IPA ( here ) Liberty Creek Cabernet Sauvignon ( here ) Osmosis Jones ( IMDb ) The Satan Bug ( IMDb ) sound effects Freesound.org: Night Traffic by Oneirophile Archive.org: KTLA 5 - Movie Theater - 1986 - Theme Song...
Jul 10, 2020•57 min•Ep. 29
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References: Muniesa et al Microb Biotechnol. 2011 Nov; 4(6): 725–734. Carlton et al (Loessner) 2005 Reg. Tox. & Pharm Loessner 1991 App & Env Micro Zink & Loessner 1992 App & Env Micro Sounds (all from Freesound.org) Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav by Sepal 00311 crank winch handle 1.wav by Robinhood76 Running Water by harrybates01 Car key inserted i...
May 23, 2020•19 min
Episode 28 - Epidemic Movie Reviews Skeleton on Horse 1937 ( link ) Quarantine 2008 ( link ) Partners in Health ( link ) Alcohol: Naked Grape Cabernet Sauvignon Cloudwalker Hazy Juice IPA Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music: Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org Sounds: walking by railroad track by Jeff Mahr cinemato.wav by jlozano GE locomotive by kicknit79 drumroll.wav by adriann...
Apr 20, 2020•57 min•Ep. 28
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music & Sounds: Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org STE-013 train and bell.wav by tim.kahn (Freesound.or) Darth Vader Breathing.wav by 18hiltc (Freesound.org)
Apr 07, 2020•48 min
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References Original coronavirus study: 2020 van Doremalen et al (MedRxiv link ) Goldberg drum: Golberg et al. 1958 American Journal of Epidemiology ( link ) Ebolavirus and Goldberg drum: 2016 Fischer et al Journal of Infectious Disease ( link )...
Mar 23, 2020•12 min
Wherein Rob and Jeff talk about the COVID-19 pandemic. What are our students asking us? What are we doing different? What are *our* plans if we wake up tomorrow with a fever and a cough? Are men washing their hands more or is that just observer bias? Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Global Cases Dashboard Terrapin Brewing Rex Goliath...
Mar 13, 2020•52 min
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References: 1933 Bushnell and Brandly. Laryngotracheitis in chicks. Poultry Science 1962 Kendall et al. Virus isolations from common cold occurring in a residential school. British Medical Journal 1968 Coronaviruses. Nature (November 16, vol 220) 2005 Poon et al. Identification of a novel coronavirus in bats. Journal of Virology...
Mar 11, 2020•10 min
How serious is the nCoV-2019 outbreak? Will it spread much outside of China? Why does Jeff think he can DIY a clinical diagnostic lab? Why can’t we drink and think?. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Corona Familiar Riverhorse Hippos Hand Citrusey Double India Pale Ale Links Johns Hopkins CSSE nCoV-2019 Coronavirus Map Centers for Disease Control US case count Lancet paper with first d...
Feb 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Applying for jobs is a job. Good jobs go bad. Sometimes you need a priest. Bosses can turn into committees. Sometimes you need a marriage therapist. Clinical genetics positions are changing. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sounds: Evening Birds2 - Robins 03-30-2016.mp3 by kb7clx train03_long_composition_screeching.wav by aesqe CSX locomotive on crossing Montreal Rd by JM freight_train_2.flac...
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 24
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Map of rabbits in Australia ( here ) Sounds: Kookaburra.wav by pocket Laughing Kookaburra.wav by ERH DIDGERIDOO 05.wav by sandyrb Spinifex Wind #1 by kangaroovindaloo Desert at Night by kangaroovindaloo Bullroarer by Sonic-ranger Pirate Ship at Bay.wav by CGEffex Land_Ho by AnnB Vintage Ambience 1 (Red Lib) » R09-21-Western Town General Movement.wav by craigsm...
Dec 26, 2019•31 min
I interview science teacher and author of "How We Teach Science, What's Changed, and why it matters". John's book --> link here (It's at Harvard University Press if the link isn't working) A Private Universe --> here
Dec 11, 2019•58 min
Jerry Merryman (killer of the slide rule) June 1932 – February 27, 2019 ( obituary ) Sidney Brenner (cell biology & genetics) January 1927 – April 5, 2019 ( obituary ) Owen Garriot (engineer, scientist, astronaut) November 1930 – April 15, 2019 ( obituary ) Gerald Berenson (cardiologist) September 1922 – November 22, 2018 ( obituary ) Lamia Al-Gailani Werr (archeologist) March 1938 – January 18, 2019 ( obituary ) Links: book: Eighth Day of Creation Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: ...
Sep 02, 2019•48 min•Ep. 23
Coming out on the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, we talk about what we know about the mission, how it affected culture in the United States and how conflicted we would feel if Trump's desire for flashiness actually got us back to the moon. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sound credits: Apollo 11 landing radio chatter (NASA, archive.org) Windsdown by Jmayoff...
Jul 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Rob & Jeff interview Dan Mushalko, General Manager, host and alpha-Geek at WCBE in Columbus Ohio. Listen to how his science education show The Amazing Science Emporium was born from Hurricane Gloria and about his efforts while at NASA to convince America that Skylab wasn’t going to fall on their head. Drinks: Rex Goliath Cabernet Sauvignon Fernson Shy Giant IPA Ginger Tea Music: “Get Up and Give” (1952) Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five, Archive.org “Night Train” The Mad Caps (1952), Archi...
May 21, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 21
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music: Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav by Sepal (Freesound.org) Elevator Music 1 Hour (Archive.org) The Happy Monster by Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra (Archive.org) References: Peach yellow spot disease, Tymovirus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30923968 Lynx canadensis gammaherpes virus-1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31010021 Ntepes Virus https://www....
Apr 26, 2019•18 min
Founders Breakfast Stout Remedy Nonsense IPA Margaret Bright (Public Health) Nov 19, 1918 - Dec 28, 2018 ( obituary ) Martin Gore (Cancer Research) Feb 1951 – 10 Jan 2019 ( obituary ) Arthur Art Rosenfeld (Physics) June 22, 1926 - Jan 27, 2017 ( obituary ) Seung-Yull Cho (Parasitology) Nov 16, 1943 - Jan 27, 2019 ( obituary ) Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music: We Shall Walk Through the S...
Apr 19, 2019•36 min•Ep. 20
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music: La Cucaracha, The Castilian Troubadours. 1934. Archive.org References: Suto et al. 1979. Microbiology & Immunology. A new virus isolated from the cockroach, Periplaneta fuliginosa Mukha et al. 2006. Journal of General Virology. Characterization of a new densovirus infecting the German cockroach, Blattella germanica...
Apr 12, 2019•4 min
Our favorite lab techniques. Jeff, molecular, Rob, cellular? Rob HATES bio banks and Jeff just can’t wrap his mind around them. Special guest Devon makes her second appearance. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Favorites: Jeff: Expression screening phage libraries & 5’ Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (5’RACE) Rob: Plasmid Pigs & Microarrays for comparative genomic hybridization Least ...
Apr 09, 2019•59 min•Ep. 19
Promedmail: http://www.promedmail.org/ Front music - Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav by Sepal freesound.org End music – The Happy Monster by Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra. 1948 Sounds (all from Freesound.org): tappingMic.wav by susychristiansen Mic feedback fx short Mid 2.wav by chimerical Cocktail Sounds.wav by KenRT Cocktail Shaker.wav by KenRT shaken.not.stirred.wav by dobroide SheryT_mixdown.wav by sherytirados Spin Cycle.wav by Leafs67 centrifugado.wav by primisteka Microwave Beeps by joe_ande...
Mar 30, 2019•22 min
The tale continues as the drinks are drained. Rob turns down Guam and Jeff leaves Bristol Bay for good. Devon just rolls her eyes. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag And Smile, Smile, Smile! Bob Crosby And His Orchestra; The Bob-Cats; Felix Powell; George Asaf (1942), Archive.org Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org...
Mar 23, 2019•43 min•Ep. 18
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sounds: Warble Alarm Mono.wav by tombenedict (freesound.org) Africa, bushes, close birds and wind by Martin.Sadoux (freesound.org) Gnou-Beuglement.aif by roubignolle (freesound.org) Elephant.mp3 by geronimo83 (freesound.org) cows_mooing_mono_4824.wav by Mystikuum (freesound.org) Sheep_Bleat.wav by n_audioman (freesound.org) 06182 male crowd talking – looping.w...
Mar 15, 2019•25 min
Ghosts & genetic testing for infidelity? What IS the point of teaching? Why are students forgetting most of what Jeff teaches? Rob describes what sounds like the best class ever taught. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music: Night Train, Ernie Englund (1955), Archive.org Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org Sounds Youtube- Wishram, WA to Klamath Falls by ranoutonarail ~2:00 RIP ...
Mar 08, 2019•57 min•Ep. 17
email: tracksidescience@gmail.com References: https://viralzone.expasy.org/ Meyer's original paper: https://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Documents/2008/Mayer1886.pdf Beijerinck's translated paper http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Documents/1998/BeijerckSpotDiseaseTobaccoLeaves.PDF 1921 Federal Reserve Bulletin - https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/62/item/20527/toc/392907 Encyclopedia Virginia - https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filename=evm0000...
Mar 02, 2019•17 min
Mar 02, 2019•18 min
As you would expect from a 117 year old recording, the audio quality isn't the best, but here it is - their actual words. See for yourself ( link ) tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sound credits (all from freesound.org) polite_applause_01.wav by joedeshon chair scrape.aif by mredig gavel-double.flac by zerolagtime Indoor adult murmur, small group.wav by Splice Sound Clearing Throat.wav by johnnypanic Squeaky door opened quickly.wav by CastIronCarousel...
Feb 26, 2019•6 min
Are PhDs going to be of any use after the apocalypse? Is Rob forever trapped as a human geneticist? Should everyone be trained to clean their kitchen using radioactive chicken juice? Jimmy the Student joins the podcast! tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
Feb 23, 2019•42 min