October 15, 2014   Guest: Dr. Wesley Burks, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine; Physician-in-chief, North Carolina Children’s Hospital  Topics: Pediatric food allergies, food intolerance, peanut allergies, egg allergies, new therapeutic approaches

October 29, 2014  Guest: Marshall Brain – author, entrepreneur, NCSU professor, blogger, renaissance man, founder of HowStuffWorks.com, TV producer, speaker  Topics: Marshall’s varied career, including his books, websites, and TV shows; entrepreneurship, his concepts about the meaning of life and religion

November 5, 2014   Guest: Dr. Bruce Oberhardt, President, BJO Biomedical, LLC; author, Dragonfly Thinking  Topics: Problem-solving with Dragonfly Thinking, biomedical devices, biomedical engineering

November 12, 2014  Guest: Dr. James Bonner, Professor of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University  Topics: Nanotechnology health and safety, health effects of respiratory exposures to nanomaterials

November 19, 2014  Guests: James Green, Chairman and CEO, and Dr. William Wilkison, COO, Islet Sciences, Inc., Raleigh  Topics: Islet Sciences and its pipeline of treatments and diagnostics for metabolic disorders including diabetes and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us today and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

January 7, 2015  Guest: Dr. Stewart Witzeman, Director, Eastman Innovation Center, North Carolina State University  Topics: Eastman Innovation Center, Eastman Chemical Center of Excellence (NCSU and UNC-Chapel Hill), Eastman Chemical Company, public/private partnerships, fostering innovation in materials and design

February 4, 2015   Guests: Dr. Jim Thomas, Director, and Dr. Stephanie Watson-Grant, Deputy Director for Field Operations, MEASURE Evaluation  Topics: MEASURE Evaluation, monitoring and evaluation of global public health programs, global public health status, ethics in public health

March 11, 2015  Guest: Dr. Tim Reddy, Assistant Professor, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology  Topics: Gene regulation, recent human evolution, gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9, genetic/epigenetic mechanisms of action by glucocorticoid anti-inflammatory drugs, genetics of gestational diabetes

March 18, 2015   Guest: Dr. Don Rose, Director, Carolina KickStart  Topics: Commercialization of academic innovations, entrepreneurship, Carolina KickStart, start-up incubation, “research-to-revenue,” New Enterprise Opportunity (NEO) Program

April 15, 2015  Guest: Dr. Sönke Johnsen, Professor of Biology, Duke University  Topics: Optics of biology, transparent ocean creatures, bioluminescence, camouflage

April 22, 2015   Guest: Dr. Melissa Price, VP of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Heat Biologics, Inc., Durham  Topics: Cancer immunotherapy, Heat Biologics, a clinical-stage company with two drug candidates in clinical trials, allogeneic versus autologous immunotherapy, Heat’s ImPACT platform (Immune Pan-Antigen Cytotoxic Therapy)

April 29, 2015  Guest: Dr. Richard Di Giulio, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University; Director, Duke Superfund Research Center (SRC); Director, Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP)  Topics: Use of fishes as models for research on impacts of environmental contaminants, linkages between human and ecological health, the effects of nanomaterials on vertebrate development, ecological impact of mountaintop removal mining, Duke SRC, ITEHP

May 27, 2015  Guest: Dr. Flavio Frohlich, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Cell and Molecular Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill  Topics: Non-invasive brain stimulation to treat psychiatric disorders and enhance creativity, network neuroscience, alpha wave oscillations

June 10, 2015  Guest: Dr. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology; Director, Microbiome Core Facility, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine  Topics: The gut microbiome’s role in digestion and immunity, microbiomes of exclusively breastfed babies, probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics, the microbiome and colorectal cancer, UNC Microbiome Core Facility

July 1, 2015   Guest: Jivan Moaddeb, Pharm.D., clinical pharmacist, Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine  Topics: Pharmacogenetic testing, clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics, patient adherence, medication therapy management

July 22, 2015  Guest: Dr. Stephen Porges, Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill  Topics: Dr. Porges’ Polyvagal Theory – a theory that links the evolution of the autonomic nervous system to the emergence of social behavior, The Listening Project – a therapy using music to reduce sound hypersensitivity in children with autism and other psychiatric disorders

July 29, 2015  Guest: Dr. Kathleen Caron, Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine  Topics: Adrenomedullin – a potent vasodilator, and its role in preeclampsia, normal and abnormal pregnancy, fertility, and placental development, cardiovascular health, cancer, and the lymphatic vascular system; mentoring

August 12, 2015   Guest: Dr. Carol Colton, Professor of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center  Topics: The immune system and Alzheimer’s disease, arginine deprivation, microglia, inflammation and immune suppression in the brain

September 30, 2015   Guest: Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, Mescal Swaim Ferguson Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Co-Director, Carolina Institute for Nanomedicine, UNC-Chapel Hill  Topics: Novel nanomedicines and engineered cellular therapies for cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative disorders, and other diseases; nanotechnology in drug delivery; new training program to grow cancer nanotechnology work force

October 14, 2015  Guests: Dr. Charles Nunn, Director, TriCEM; Professor, Evolutionary Anthropology and Global Health, Duke University; Dr. Craig McClain, Deputy Director, TriCEM; Founder and Chief Editor, Deep Sea News  Topics: Rolling out TriCEM to the Triangle science community, succeeding NESCent; Charlie’s research on mammalian sleep; Craig’s oceanographic research, adventures, and his new blog, The Science of the South

October 28, 2015  Guest: Dr. Oliver Smithies, Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  Topics: Dr. Smithies’ distinguished career in science, his childhood, educational background, and outside interests; working with his wife, Dr. Nobuyu Maeda; gene targeting, gel electrophoresis, current work on pre-eclampsia

November 11, 2015   Guest: Matt Shipman, Research Communications Lead, University Communications, North Carolina State University  Topics: Matt’s new book, Handbook for Science Public Information Officers, Matt’s career, science writing and communications

November 25, 2015  Guest: Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer, Director, Computational Toxicology Group, Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc. (contractor to National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for Evaluation of Alternative Methods (NICEATM)  Topics: Computational toxicology, predictive modeling methods in toxicologyConnect with other like-minded individuals and stay up-to-date with the latest news and trends in our community. Join our online community today!

January 6, 2016   Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Kipp Campbell, Director, Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE), UNC Chapel Hill  Topics: History of and current trends in human research subject protections, Institutional Review Boards, research ethics, UNC OHRE

January 13, 2016  Guest: Dr. Holly Menninger, Director of Public Science, College of Sciences, North Carolina State University  Topics: Public science, citizen science, science literacy, science communication, CitSci 2017 (coming to Raleigh)

February 3, 2016  Guests: Dr. Douglas Call, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University; Dr. Orlando Coronell, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Public Health  Topics: Dr. Call and Dr. Coronell’s collaborative UNC ROI project, “Salinity Gradient Energy: An Inexhaustible Clean Energy Resource for North Carolina,” Dr. Call’s research on technologies to recover energy from unconventional sources, Dr. Coronell’s research on water treatment technologies

March 9, 2016  Guest: Dr. Tim Wiltshire, Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy  Topics: Pharmacogenomics, clinical implementation, pharmacy implementation, advances in the field

March 23, 2016  Guest: Dr. Janet Rubin, Professor, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine  Topics: Triggering bone formation from mesenchymal stem cells, mechanisms of exercise effects on bone quantity and quality

March 30, 2016  Guests: Dr. Shawn Hingtgen, Assistant Professor, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Dr. Matthew Ewend, Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, UNC, Group Leader, NeuroOncology, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center  Topics: Stem cell therapies for brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme), mouse models, real-time non-invasive imaging, clinical perspectives on brain tumor treatment

April 27, 2016  Guests: Mike Lisanke, Jim Rose, and Tom Randall, co-founders, TriDIYBio (Triangle DIY Biology)  Topics: TriDIYBio, DYIBio.org, Citizen Science and Jim, Tom, and Mike’s individual projects and interests

May 4, 2016  Guest: Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou, Associate Professor, Food Science, NC State University  Topics: Gene editing system CRISPR, its history and the explosion of research in CRISPR in biotechnology, food and agriculture, translational medicine, disease modeling, gene therapy, and more

May 11, 2016  A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo: “Science on the Campaign Trail,” a panel discussion presented by the North Carolina Science Festival, the North Carolina Newsroom Cooperative, and Science Communicators of North Carolina on April 13, 2016.  Panelists were Eugene Kiely, director, FactCheck.org, Laura Leslie, Capital Bureau chief, WRAL-TV, Sheril Kirshenbaum, executive director, ScienceDebate.org; director, The Energy Poll, University of Texas at Austin. and Bill Adair, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Politifact; Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. The event was moderated by Susan King, Dean, UNC School of Media and Journalism.  

June 29, 2016  Guest: Dr. Aaron Hipp, Associate Professor of Community Health and Sustainability, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management; Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University  Topics: Impact of the built environment on health behaviors, use of emerging technologies to study built environments and active living

July 6, 2016  Guest: Dr. Kurt Gray, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Mind Perception and Morality Lab, co-author, The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why It Matters  Topics: The Mind Club (by chapter), mind perception, co-author Daniel Wegner, free will, cryptominds, vulnerable feelers vs. thinking doers

July 20, 2016  Guests: Dr. Jonathan Serody, Elizabeth Thomas Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, Associate Director for Translational Research, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dr. Barbara Savoldo, Professor, Immunology, Virology, and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UNC School of Medicine, member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center  Topic: CAR-T cell cancer immunotherapy 

July 27, 2016   Guest: Dr. Fred Gould, Distinguished University Professor of Entomology; William Neal Reynolds Professor of Agriculture; Co-director, Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, North Carolina State University  Topics: 2016 NAS report on GMOs in agriculture, Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects (Dr. Gould co-chaired the authoring committee), gene drive technology, NC State GES

August 31, 2016  Guest: Dr. Janice Swab, Professor Emerita, Biology, Meredith College  Topics: Science education, Dr. Swab’s teaching career, and her science-related travels, including re-creating Charles Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage and a visit to the “doomsday” seed vault

September 21, 2016  Guest: Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, and Co-Director, Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, North Carolina State University  Topics: Gene drives, GES Center, NAS committee on future biotechnology products, governance systems for emerging technologies

November 9, 2016   Guest: Dr. Richard Bedlack, Associate Professor of Medicine/Neurology, Duke University; Director, Duke ALS Clinic  Topics: ALS therapies, alternative/off-label ALS treatment options, ALS reversals

November 16, 2016  Guest: Dr. Patty Van Cappellen, Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Center; Social Science Research Institute, Duke University  Topics: Effects of oxytocin on spirituality, sources of religiosity and spirituality, impact of religion/spirituality on behaviors, thoughts and health

January 4, 2017  Guest: Dr. Thomas Kash, John Andrews Distinguished Professor of Alcohol Studies, Department of Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine  Topics: Antidepressants triggering fear and anxiety, neuronal pathways associated with anxiety and depression, how stress and drug abuse can alter neuronal function

February 1, 2017   Guest: Dr. Sam McLean, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicinector, UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery  Topics: AURORA PTSD study, UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery, trauma and chronic pain research, better tomorrow network

March 15, 2017  Guest: Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly, Professor, Social Medicine, Associate Director, Center for Bioethics, Research Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UNC-Chapel Hill   Topics: Inclusion of pregnant women in clinical trials and clinical research, issues related to pregnancy and childbirth, Zika research

March 29, 2017   Guest: Dr. Roland Kays, Director, Biodiversity Lab, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Research Associate Professor, North Carolina State University  Topics: New technologies to track animal movements, particularly mammals; Roland’s book, Candid Creatures: How Camera Traps Reveal the Mysteries of Nature, citizen science camera trapping projects such as North Carolina’s Candid Critters and eMammal

April 5, 2017  Guests: Erica Levine, Programs Director, Duke Global Digital Health Science Center; Dr. Jon O’Donnell, Digital Health Strategist, Smashing Boxes; Michael Levy, Entrepreneur in Residence, UNC Center for Health Innovation  Topics: 5th annual mHealth@Duke Conference (April 12, 2017), Duke Global Digital Health Science Center, digital health, mHealth, UNC Center for Health Innovation, Smashing Boxes, digital health community collaborations, digital health maturation curve  Co-Host: Lee Anne McClymont, host/producer, The Courage Cocktail

May 3, 2017   Guest: Dr. Michael Bergin, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Energy, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University  Topics: Air pollution and human health, particulate matter, global assessment of climate and air pollution, Michael’s research travels to China, India, Nepal, Greenland, and Bolivia

May 17, 2017   Guest: Dr. Matthew Maciejewski, Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine; Research Career Scientist, Durham Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC  Topics: Bariatric surgery and long-term weight loss, mental health effects of bariatric surgery, VA health services research

June 14, 2017   Guest: Dr. Joel Collier, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University  Topics: Biomaterials and immune responses, self-assembled peptide vaccines, supramolecular systems, bioengineered gels

June 28, 2017  Guest: Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Associate Professor, Director, UNC Perinatal Psychology Program, UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders  Topics: Postpartum depression (PPD), social media app for PPD research, clinical trials for new PPD drug

August 9, 2017   Guests: Dr. Timothy Sheahan, Research Assistant Professor, and Dr. Amy Sims, Research Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill

Topics: New anti-viral drug (GS-5734) with potential to treat coronaviruses, in vitro lung epithelial cell model, working in a Biosafety Level 3 lab

August 23, 2017  Guest: Dr. Diego Bohorquez, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke Department of Medicine, Assistant Research Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine  Topics: Gut-brain neurobiology, enteroendocrine cells

October 18, 2017  Guest: Dr. Xiaohe Yang, associate professor, North Carolina Central University Nutrition Research Program, Kannapolis, NC  Topics: Re-purposing diabetes drugs for breast cancer prevention, the breast cancer “risk window,” genistein in breast cancer

November 1, 2017  Guest: Dr. Myla Lai-Goldman, Co-founder, CEO & President, GeneCentric Therapeutics, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC  Topics: Dr. Lai-Goldman’s career in science, medicine, and business; pathology; GeneCentric Therapeutics’ Cancer Subtype Platform, precision medicine, cancer drug development

December 6, 2017  Guest: Dr. Paul Byrne, Assistant Professor, Planetary Geology, North Carolina State University  Topics: Solar system planetary geology, planetary exploration, exoplanets, extraterrestrial life, volcanic and plate tectonic activity on Earth and other planets

February 7, 2018  Guest: Dr. Sven Eric Jordt, Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, Duke University

Topics: Tear gas, poison ivy, menthol, sensory mechanisms of pain, irritation, and itch

February 21, 2018  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

March 14, 2018  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

April 11, 2018  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

May 30, 2018  Guest: Dr. Graham Diering, assistant professor, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, UNC-Chapel Hill  Topics: Sleep and memory, learning, synaptic homeostasis hypothesis

June 6, 2018  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

June 27, 2018  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

July 25, 2018  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

August 15, 2018  Guest: Dr. Quantil Melendez, CEO, NIFP Technologies LLC, Durham  Topics: PCSK9 diagnostic test, NIFP Technologies, PCSK9 protein, cardiovascular disease, diabetes

September 5, 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

October 10, 2018  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

November 28, 2018  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

December 19, 2018  Guest: Dr. Jeffery Dick, assistant professor of chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill  Topics: Electrochemistry, nanoelectrodes, single cell biology, Forbes “30 Under 30” recognition

January 16, 2019  Guest: Dr. Manuel Kleiner, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, NC State University  Topics: Gut microbes’ diet, microbial symbioses, metaproteomics, ecophysiology, plant root microbes

February 13, 2019  Guests: Dr. Charlene Wong, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Dr. Chuck Scales, Jr., Associate Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine; Co-Directors, Behavioral Research Intervention Science Center (BRISC)  Topics: BRISC, behavioral economics, clinical trial participation incentives, Dr. Wong’s health services research, Dr. Scales’s research on kidney stones

March 6, 2019 Guest: Dr. Herman Pontzer, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University   Topics: Evolution of human metabolism, constrained energy expenditure model, physical activity and metabolism, the science of diet & exercise, cardiometabolic health in hunter-gatherers

April 24, 2019   Guest: Dr. Dwight Koeberl, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Medical Director, Pediatric Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Duke University  Topics: Gene therapy clinical trial for Pompe disease, gene therapy history and current practice, enzyme replacement therapy, newborn screening, Actus Therapeutics

May 22, 2019  Guest: Dr. Kenneth Poss, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Regeneration Next Initiative, Duke University School of Medicine  Topics: Tissue regeneration, zebrafish regeneration model; heart, appendage, and spinal cord regeneration, Regeneration Next Initiative

July 17, 2019  Guest: Dr. Ilona Jaspers, Professor, Departments of Environmental Science and Engineering; Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Curriculum in Toxicology; Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill   Topics: Vaping and E-cigarettes health effects research, cinnamaldehyde (e-cigarette flavoring additive), translational studies related to air pollution health effects, cigarette smoking, nicotine addiction, burn pit smoke exposure study

August 21, 2019   Guest: Dr. Xunrong Luo, Instructor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine; Director of Translation, Duke Transplant Center   Topic: Transplantation state of the science, transplantation tolerance, immunosuppression, non-chimeric approach, new technologies in transplantation

August 28, 2019   Guest: Dr. Andrew George, Community Engagement Coordinator, Center for Public Engagement with Science; Lecturer, Environment, Ecology & Energy Program, UNC Institute for the Environment; host of “Furious George” show on WCOM  Topics: Research on well-water contamination, environmental justice, community engagement in environmental problem-solving

October 23, 2019  Guest: Dr. Dan Costa, retired National Research Program Director for Air, Climate and Energy Research Program, USEPA; Adjunct Professor, Environment Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health   Topics: Air pollution research, air pollution toxicology, EPA, climate change, particulate matter

November 6, 2019  Guest: Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NC State University  Topics: Recent discovery of a sixth digit “pseudothumb” in aye-aye lemurs, Adam’s other research in functional morphology and comparative anatomy in vertebrates

February 5, 2020  Guest: Dr. Scott Donaldson, Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill; Associate Director, Marsico Clinical and Translational Research Center; Director, UNC Adult CF Care Center  Topics: Breakthrough new treatment for cystic fibrosis, CF diagnostics, other new CF therapies, CFTR mutations