Trackside Science: Recent Episodes
Trackside Science
Two scientists talking about science while enjoying some fermented beverages every other week. One sober scientist nerding out about viruses the other other week.
To those recently, and illegally, fired. Contains some strong language, because that is 100% appropriate.
Episode 51 - Our Down Under connection! In 2021 we got an email from a listener from New Zealand working in Australia as a Physics Science Communicator. It took years to get over the shock that someone we didn't already know was actually listening to us, but we did and now he is here!
Drinks
Jeff - Folgers
Rob - Austin Eastciders
Errol - Hop Nation Brewing
The Dish (2000) - IMDb
Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
Remember how you waited anxiously as a kid for it to come? Not having to go to school on that day? Family from all over pulling into the driveway with gifts and food for the International Podcast Day celebration? Yah, we don’t either.
#internationalpodcastday
Alcohol
Jeff - Southern Tier Brewing Imperial Pumking Ale
Rob - Canada Dry Black Cherry Sparkling Seltzer Water
Podcasts we mentioned
Deviant Criminology - https://deviantcriminology.squarespace.com
Hot Shot Wake Up - https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/
Sounds and Music
International Podcast Day 2024 promo (internationalpodcastday.com)
Remixed by Jeff with:
Breaks Dig It Beat by DCDJ (freesound.com)
trap loop by emceeiscokid (freesound.com)
Bass Drop Pitch Sweep FX by Stereo Surgeon (freesound.com)
Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
No plan or pre-recording preparation whatsoever…the difference between dentists & endodontists… old microscopes… Rob’s home office inspection… regulation of medical data.. college graduation in state prisons.. pubpeer.com… problematic paper screener … (https://www.irit.fr/~Guillaume.Cabanac/problematic-paper-screener)... Jeff’s anxiety about teaching in the federal prison (update, students were nice but it was way more difficult teaching there than the state prison)
RIP Vanessa, Rob’s former colleague in South Dakota
Alcohol
Jeff - All the Holiday Things, Wild Leap Brewing
Rob - Be Hoppy Pale Ale, Wormtown Brewing
Sounds & Music
All sound are from freesound.org unless otherwise noted
Opening bit:
Squeaky Car Door (coltures)
Car Acceleration Inside Car.wav (alexftw123)
City ambience with soft rain…(felix.blume)
Opening a door in the city and going inside (evsecrets)
engine_turn_signal_subaru_forester_1989. (mario1298)
G13-46-Abrupt Car Stop.wav(craigsmith)
Footsteps on tiled bathroom (brandonb1111)
service_elavator.mp3 by morgantj
Car Explosion w Debris.mp3 by PNMCarrieRailfan
We relive the highs and lows of graduate school through a spot-on video game.
PhD Simulator - A Text-Based Game by Mianzhi Wang (wmz.ninja)
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Alcohol
Jeff - Dekalb County’s fine tap water
Rob - Shark Jumper IPA Night Shift Brewing
Sounds & Music
Front Bumper - combination of:
A rapper in trouble - after he made a bad joke! by fmceretta (freesound.org)
Team Masaka - Sad Moan - by TeamMasaka (freesound.org)
Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
Episode 47 - What connects you to science?
Rob’s a conference guy, he likes interacting with people. Jeff’s a reading-papers-in-a-quiet-house kind of guy. Rob likes the cutting edge while Jeff gravitates towards the arcane. Rob’s beer is bigger than Jeff’s.
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Alcohol
Rob - Flemington Fog Juicy Hazy India Pale IPA, Flemington NJ
Jeff - Fluffiest Otter Stout, Sandy Springs GA
Sounds & Music
Matrix_RetroError
ThatJeffCarter_electro-magnetic-interference
Dangerbabe_Android-keypad-dialing
Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
Is it a Promethean kind of thing? An end of the world thing? It’s definitely a protecting people with Fecal Incontinence kind of thing. It’s definitely not able to cite it’s sources.
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Alcohol
Rob - Be Hoppy Indian Pale Ale Wormtown Brewery Worcester, Mass
Jeff - Gates of Smordor Stout Westbrook Brewing Mount Pleasant South Carolina
Sounds & Music
Spike Jones - The Tennessee Waltz
Pastabra - Squeaky office chair
MATRIXXX - Door, Closing.wav
Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
Should we pay scientists to speak? What do people in prison think about paid experts? Is the United Federation of Planets communist? Does getting paid fat stax help your work/life balance?
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Alcohol
Jeff - Dragon’s Milk
Rob - Fifty Million Dollar Man Double IPA
Sounds & Music
InspectorJ - door-front-opening, Letsmakemuffins - footsteps echo hall, SpaceJoe Coins Drop - 8, Johnnie_Holiday FX Mario Coin (JH),Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
If you are at all interested in stuff like this, take a look at https://promedmail.org/
In August of 2022 we had special guest Dr. Peter Haugen on to talk about work identity. By the end, we are just sappy Dads who miss our kids being little.
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Alcohol
Dr. Haugen - Gin & Tonic
Rob - Equilibrium Brewing - Strata Outta the Laboratory Triple India Pale Ale
JEff - Orpheus Brewing - Do or Die Chocolate Imperial Stout
Dr. Amy Wrezniewski
Sounds & Music
The game show theme and creepy church organ were straight-up lifted off Youtube
pickup coin by MusicLegends
Rear bumper
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
This one was recorded during the Spring Semester of 2021 and sat on my hard drive for a while.
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Alcohol
Bearded Flannel Cat India Pale Ale - Sunken Silo
Big F’in Stout - Scofflaw
Sounds Effects (all from FreeSound)
wanderful.flac by Timbre
Light Bulb Pops.mp3 by CGEffex
Wood burning in the stove by smand
Digital glitch_018.wav by Alien XXX
20100320.slide.projector.wav by dobroide
Projector Button Push.wav by GreekIrish
Flame thrower varying power.wav by natemarler
st_tos_phaser_01.wav by ironcross32
CommunicatorChirp_STTOS_recreated.wav by zimbot
Rummaging through cardboard boxes by Podsburgh
door opening, closing 1671067704651.mp3 by Mbytemama93
Rear bumper
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
Both of us have done a bit of citizen science over the years, and here are some very high-tech freely available tools that you can use too! We are serious about our offer to show anyone how to use these, just email us at tracksidescience@gmail.com. Enjoy!
Music & Sounds
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
Alcohol
2018 La Crema Pinot Noir
Escape from Reality Double Hopped Pale Ale
Free Online Citizen Science Tools
NCBI Virus
Retraction Watch Database (about)
NextStrain & NextClade
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
PromedMail
Personal Genome Project
Galaxy
Franklin
An interview with the acclaimed geneticist Dr Robert Pyatt about a set of diseases that is coming up in acclaimed educator Dr Jeff Mahr's class.
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Booze:
Chocolate Moon Pie Stout, Naked River Brewing
La Grange Point India Pale Ale, Flounder’s Brewing
Books:
The Last Stargazers, by Emily Levesque
Sister, Maiden, Monster, by Lucy Snyder
Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, by Steve Brusatte
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
Bright Galaxies Dark Matter & Beyond, the Life of Vera Rubin, By Ashley Jean Yeager
Broken in the Best Possible Way, Jenny Lawson
Annals of the Former World, by John McPhee
A Lab of One’s Own, by Rita Caldwell
Sounds:
Front - Class Door, Sliding (OroborosNZ) & Library Sounds (Artemis_ch) both freesound.org
Rear - Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
Because everyone is constantly dying. Also,we suck at virtual rochambeau.
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Rex Golliath - Cabernet Sauvignon
Redrum Double Milk Stout (couldn’t find the brewery)
Richard Lewonton (Mar 29, 1929 – Jul 4, 2021) - Geneticist
John Trojanowski (Dec 17, 1946 – Feb 8, 2022) - Neuroscientist & dedicated partner
Donald Caspar (Jan 8, 1927 - Nov 27, 2021) - Structural Virologist
Donald Gurnett (Apr 11, 1940 – Jan 13, 2022) - Physics, inventor of Space Plasma Wave Physics, Dad, Overall Dude - his Plasma Detectors are >14.5 BILLION MILES from Earth and still working!
How far are the Voyager probes: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
Academic Family Trees: https://academictree.org/
Sounds:
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
Can two words in the title change the number of downloads of an episode? We discuss downloads, podcast ratings and then decide to try a little experiment. Errol, I am eternally sorry that I forgot your name!
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Alcohol:
Rob - Hefeweizen by Flounder Brewing
Jeff - Cafe Stout by Prohibition Brewery
Sounds:
Front bumper -
Rubber duck small 1 by ermfilm, fireworks 3bursts sizzle by atomwrath (Freesound.org)
Rear bumper:
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
Rob hates it, Jeff loves it, and no one should publish their research in Hustler.
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Alcohol:
Rob - Hop Valley Bubblestash IPAwith CryoHops
Jeff - Rex Goliath Cabernet Savignon
Sounds:
Front bumper - 8 Bit Circus Music by bone666138 (Freesound.org)
Rear bumper:
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
Rob & Jeff return to talk scientifically about their old man health problems. Plus, what happened to 2021?
Episode 35 - Science Fairs (Rob hates them)
This episode sat on my hard drive for a year, I apologize.
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Alcohol:
Neshaminy Creek Brewing
Cheap Box Wine - unidentified, but I’m sure you can find some on your own
Sounds (Freesound.org):
coaster 01.aiff by martian
New_Recordingstatefair.mp3 by fkunze
Carnival and Crowd Ambiance by Ev-Dawg
Polka by Triciclo Circus Band my new favorite band, they rock
Spotify link here Twitter link here
Rear bumper:
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
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This Week in Virology (link)
NERVTAG paper (link)
English Robot Text-to-speech engine (link)
Lou is a writer and journalist who works with the Society of Professional Journalists and gives some of the most insightful and interesting analysis of journalism today.
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Links:
Lou Harry’s website (here)
Society for Professional Journalism (here)
Drinks:
Kroger Brand coffee (here)
Blueberry Tea (here)
Sounds (Freesound.org):
Running by Juandamb
Office/Store Door Bell Jingle (on a string) by EpicWizard
Grocery store cash register by jmayoff
Rear bumper:
Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org)
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)
Probably not, but that shouldn't change what you are doing now.
Nextstrain Twitter (here)
This Week in Virology (here)
What's in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine and why is a third of the population fatigued?
Ethanol:
Dragon’s Milk, New Holland (here)
Eye of the Storm Sitra, Jersey Cyclone Brewing (here)
1798 Brewery Okracoke (here)
Science:
Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document (here)
Moderna FDA EUA briefing document (here)
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (here)
Sounds (from freesound.org):
freight09dec.wav by Heigh-hoo
Locomotive 3 Approach Idle Exit.wav by patchen
The answer might surprise us.
Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document: link
Pfizer FDA EUA meeting: link
Moderna FDA EUA briefing document: link
Moderna FDA EUA meeting: link
VAERS: link
Just a short little episode to let you know we are back. We think.
An Exploration of the Structure of Effective Apologies (link) - Paywall.... sorry?
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Wherein Rob and Jeff do an experiment to see how quickly beer and red wine will degrade vaccine knowledge. Jeff uses disabled squirrels and broken-down cars as analogies for attenuated virus vaccines. Rob tries to pin Jeff down on SARSCoV2 vaccine predictions for 2020.
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Drinks:
Peter Cellers Comic Red Wine (here)
Neshamany Creek In Denial Lager (here)
Links:
Smithsonian’s vaccine seminar series (here)
New York Times Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (here)
5-10% of health people do not respond to the HBV vaccine (here)
Sounds (freesound.org):
Squeaky Car Door by Coltures
Parking Lot Ambient by brainwaves8
Office/Store Door Bell Jingle (on a string) by EpicWizard
Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com
Links:
This Week in Virology episode #640 (here)
Abbot ID Now (here)
English robot generator (here)
Here’s to all the Dads out there. And their jokes
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Sounds (Freesound.org)
Baddum Tish - Comedy Rimshot by rodincoil
Cricket Chirp by Sojan
musical saw ascending UFO bu JohnsonBrandEditing
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
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
Sydni is working on an amoeba that farms a bacteria!
Sydni’s amazing art: SciDotArt
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The Menu:
Mango White Claw
Peter Vella Vineyards Cab Sav
Terrapin Hopsecutioner
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
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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 into ignition by partykus2
Homemade hydraulic hoist.aif by FPJ666
Plywood_Prying_01.wav by dheming
disconcerting 0N_55mi by Setuniman
Explosion by Iwiploppenisse
Hope by tictac9
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
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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
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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)
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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)
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
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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
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?.
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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 description of transfer in China within a cluster (here)
Lancet paper with first clinical description of nCoV-2019 disease symptoms (here)
European CDC Jan 31 nCoV-2019 risk assessment (here)
Bat’s tolerating viruses (here)
Music
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org
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.
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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 by Zabuhailo
Music:
Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org
Free science swag - details at the beginning. Remember, there are two words in every species.
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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 craigsmith
2 Horse Carriage by Leo153
clearing throat.mp3 by fless005
G52-07-Horse Drawn Carriage.wav by craigsmith
The Wild Wild West ( No music) by craigsmith
Happy.wav by TheOmegaPixel
Popcorn_revisited_munching.wav by digifishmusic
Far Away City Traffic Ambience by Dpoggioli
00695 men crowd 1.wav by Robinhood76
horse's whinny by Kubuzz
aboiements.mp3 by Pierre Grandjean
SHOTGUN_SHOT_03.wav by MATTIX
typewriter22.ogg by tams_kp
Loop-Copy-Mutate » 1 strijken-p1-p1.aif by heumo
car horn 20.3.11.wav by toiletrolltube
horn stolen from the best movie ever (here)
End music: The Happy Monster by Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra (Archive.org)
Selected References:
Description of the release of myxomavirus:
Ratcliffe et al 1952 Nature
Myxomavirus general and evolution:
Fenner's Veterinary Virology 4th ed
Rivers TM 1930 J. Exp Med 1 June » 51 (6): 965 INFECTIOUS MYXOMATOSIS OF RABBITS
Kerr et al Myxoma Virus and the Leporipoxviruses: An Evolutionary Paradigm. Viruses 2015, 7, 1020-1061
Wang et al Nature Imm 2004 Disruption of Erk-dependent type I interferon induction breaks the myxoma virus species barrier
Wolfe et al 2018 J Virol Myxoma Virus M083 Is a Virulence Factor Which Mediates Systemic Dissemination
Condit, RC on The Red Queen meets the White Rabbit. (#457, 2017, September 3) This Week in Virology
Rabbits in Australia:
Coman, B (1999). Tooth & Nail – the story of the rabbit in Australia. Text Publishing Company: Melbourne.
Shepherd and Edmonds. The Victorian Naturalist v113 1996 page 98
Tomlinson, A. R. and Gooding, C. D., "THE ORGANISATION OF RABBIT CONTROL (Oryctolagus cuniculus) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA" (1970). Proceedings of the 4th Vertebrate Pest Conference (1970). 39. 1970
Stead DG. The Rabbit Menace in New South Wales, Dept of Agriculture, NSW 1925
Lange & Graham 1983 Australian Journal of Ecology
Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 2010, 29 (1), 103-111 Deliberate introduction of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, into Australia
Art and Architecture, mainly. (2011, January 21) [Blog post] Retrieved from: http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2011/01/louis-pasteur-rabbits-and-sex-in.html
Annual report of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria : with the addresses delivered at the annual meeting of the Society... 1st-7th (1862-1871). (link to Biodiversity Heritage Library)
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
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
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Music:
We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City (Dirge & March) 1980, Classic Sounds of New Orleans by Smithsonian Folkways (Archive.org)
Sound:
Train_Ext_Horn_1.wav by Cell31_Sound_Productions (Freesound.org)
car crash by Squareal (Freesound.org)
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.
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Sound credits:
Apollo 11 landing radio chatter (NASA, archive.org)
Windsdown by Jmayoff
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), Archive.org
Links:
Romulan Ale
The Amazing Science Emporium
Mercury in coal (in the ground)
Mercury in vaccines (FDA)
UCLA Galactic Center Group
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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-1https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31010021
Ntepes Virus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433041/
Aspergillus flavus Partitivirus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984147
Mud crab tombus-like virus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30651355
Tetrastichus brontispae RNA virus 1https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/3/257/htm
Yongsan bunyavirus 1, Yongsan picorna-like virus 3 and Yongsan sobemo-like virus 1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30841520
Horse Plasma Orthobunyavirus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30833612
Burpengary Virus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466430/
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)
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Music:
We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City (Dirge & March) 1980, Classic Sounds of New Orleans by Smithsonian Folkways (Archive.org)
Sound:
Train_Ext_Horn_1.wav by Cell31_Sound_Productions (Freesound.org)
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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
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.
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Favorites:
Jeff: Expression screening phage libraries & 5’ Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (5’RACE)
Rob: Plasmid Pigs & Microarrays for comparative genomic hybridization
Least favorites:
Jeff: Suiting up in the BSL3 lab
Rob: Biobanks
Music:
Front bumper: “Lonesome Railroad Blues” (1953) Firehouse Five, plus Two, Archive.org
Rear bumper: “Night Train” The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org
Commercial: Jazz Break • The Best Contemporary Smooth Jazz by Kuban, Archive.org
Sounds (Freesound.org)
train_horn.aif by tim.kahn
Train Yard Night Ambiance by ultradust
tarp flapping.wav by Huggy13ear
tarp flapping.wav by stormpetrel
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_anderson22
20061016.laboratory.flac by dobroide
Tiny rocks thrown in water.wav by natemarler
Short Click/Snap Perc by waveplay_old
Mechanical keyboard clicking. Different keys (1) by javierat
Schuetzenfest Kapelle.mp3 by prodepha
LuckyLittleMystery.flac by copyc4t
Atmosphere - Horror 1 (Loop) by julius_galla
Kick very low & deep.mp3 by steven169
mystery.wav by CyberMad
Screechy Toaster Oven by megmcduffee
bubbles-popping by aryanotstark
Boat Horn.aif by devy32
Ambience, Seaside Waves, Close, A.wav by InspectorJ (Freesound.org)
seagull 2 fx.wav by Snapper4298
References
Discovery
Philippe et al 2013 Science
Acanthomoeba diversity
Geisen et al 2014 Parisitology Res
Montoya et al 2018 Exp Parisitol
Molecular details of Pandoravirus
Legendre et al 2018 Nat Comm
Andrade et al 2018 Virology Journal
Brown et al Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982 Aug;44(2):491-3
http://tolweb.org/Eukaryotes/3/2008.09.02 (Phylogenetic tree including Acanthamoeba)
Viruses in ballast water of supertankers
Hwang et al Marine Pollution Bulletin 2018 December 137
Special thanks to Rob, Todd and Pete for last minute feedback
The tale continues as the drinks are drained. Rob turns down Guam and Jeff leaves Bristol Bay for good. Devon just rolls her eyes.
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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
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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.wav by Robinhood76 (freesound.org)
gavel-triplemad.flac by zerolagtim (freesound.org)
Chair.wav by Justeluis (freesound.org)
Cough by FrostyFrost (freesound.org)
BerlinGameScene.com Crowd Mumble 2 by BerlinGameSene (freesound.org)
Low Ambient by Kelewin (freesound.org)
CowsInBarn.wav by Herbert Boland (freesound.org)
Cow moos by josephsardin (freesound.org)
ATM.wav by BeeProductive (freesound.org)
Slide Whistle, Descending, B (H1).wav by InspectorJ (freesound.org)
Short Crunchy Splat by TomchikRec (freesound.org)
Peeeerfect.wav by Digifishmusic (freesound.org)
Haiku - einsame silbe - Leon Gommers.wav by klankbeeld (freesound.org)
rowling different sized ceramic amphoras.wav by Thalamus_Lab (freesound.org)
Orchestral Strings, Warm, A.wav by InspectorJ (freesound.org)
Warm Ambient Drone by Satellites (freesound.org)
Harp by guzusuzu_aqua_Harp (archive.org)
Crackling Fire by samarobryn (freesound.org)
Fire.wav by Adam_N (freesound.org)
Damp Wood Burning by tomaradze (freesound.org)
References
General FMDV virology:
Fields Virology 2013
Adams and Bonami, Atlas of Invertebrate Viruses, 2017
Dillon, Proc Roy Soc B 2011
Jamal & Belsham, 2013 Vet Research
Historical:
Bos 1999 Phil Trans Royal Soc B
1982 Spear DP. Agricultural History "California Besieged: The Foot-and-Mouth Epidemic of 1924 " 56(3) 528-541
News articles from Newspapers.com
African prevalence:
Epidemiol Infect. 1993 Dec;111(3):559-63.
Ayebazibwe et al, 2010 BMC Vet Res
Pathology:
Gailiunus and Cottral, 1966 J Bacteriol 91
Gloster et al 2005 Epidemiol Infect 133 767
Molecular details:
Rodriguez & Saiz 2017 Front Cell & Infection Microbiology
Campbell 1965 J Exp Med
Other:
United States Dept Agriculture Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness & Response Plan – Foot & Mouth Disease Standard Operating Procedures: Overview of Etiology & Ecology. Nov 2016
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.
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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 Hobo Stobe
Phoenix, AZ to Nogales, SO - Trainhopping The Arizona Sun Corridor by ranoutonarail
Barstow BNSF freight yard, live recording 3/7/2019 from virtualrailfan live feed
Freesound.org - train screech.wav by incognito_perceptu, Beer bottles clinking inside a box by jmayoff,
Freight train & crossing: Sailor55
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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=evm00003159mets.xml
Scholthof - http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Pages/TMV.aspx
Rampersad 2006 Plant Management Network. Relative Distribution and Incidence of Viruses Associated with Disease Outbreaks in Tomato Fields in Trinidad
https://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/php/research/2006/pymtv/
Alishiri et al 2013 Plant Pathol J. 2013 Sep; 29(3): 260–273.
Trinidad and Tobago – Agriculture. https://www.export.gov/article?id=Trinidad-and-Tobago-Agriculture. Published 6/21/2017. Accessed 8/1/2018 Broadbent, L. 1976 Epidemiology and Control of Tomato Mosaic Virus Ann Rev Phytopathology 14 (75-96)
Pitek et al 2017 Mol Pharm. 2017 Nov 6;14(11):3815-3823.
Frail et al 1997 J Vir. 71(11) 8316
Murray et al 2018 Mol Pharm 2018 May 25
Polischuk et al 2006 FEMS Microbiol Ecol 59 (409-417)
The Rosalind Frankin Papers. https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/KR/p-nid/188
Sounds:
Music - “”Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav” by Sepal freesound.org
Beep – “cleanansweringbeep.flac” by kwahmah_02 freesound.org
Bubbles popping - “Bubbles Popping.wav” by AryaNotStark freesound.org
Copier - “Copy Machine 2.aiff” by Brotherprovisonal freesound.org
Slide whistle modified from - “Slide Whistle, Descending, A.wav” by InspectorJ freesound.org
Lab Ambience is a mix of Glass_Bottles_03.wav (dheming), 01648 short bubbles.wav (Robinhood76), magnetic_valves.wav (holger.schwetter), Pouring water (MrAuralization)
Kathotiya, manual wheat harvest 1.mp3 (JordiF)
Locomotive 2 Near horn approaching.wav (patchen)
End music – The Happy Monster by Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra
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)
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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
I hate it when you find an amazing new podcast only to find that the most recent episode was put on in 2016. Oh well, they have a good back-catalog. https://soundcloud.com/physics-central/star-chaeology-the-next-generation
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!
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Rob backpacks through Europe for his first conference and Jeff makes a random left hand turn into the best taco shop ever. Conferences - you either love ‘em, hate ‘em or feel somewhere in between about ‘em.
Front bumper: “Lonesome Railroad Blues” 1953 Firehouse Five, plus Two
Sound effect: Freesound.org - Mr. Tea
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Thracken and Turis are trying to figure out whats up with all the force choking in the Imperial Navy. And wondering about the limits of ethics on the Death Star.
Apollo 11, Space Shuttle launch and Apollo 14 sounds from archive.org
Music - Blue Rain (Lluvai Helancolica) by Terry Snyder Trio; Mercer; Van Hensen
A science pub bloomed in Sioux Falls and Edisto Beach was discovered. Cubic wombat poop was solved and Voyager 2 finally escaped.
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Sound effects from Freesound.org:
kangaroovindaloo, BWSmithATL, Ornery, cognito perceptu, Jwill259, nicStage
Rob’s trying to refute a published finding and Jeff is still hanging on to an authorship shuffle from over 15 years ago. Arsenate can naturally build up to 3mM and some authors are publishing an unfair number of papers.
Felisa Wolfe Simon’s 2010 Science paper (here)
2018 Astrobiology paper that cites the Wolfe paper without qualification (here)
2018 Chemistry (European Journal) paper that cites Wolf paper without qualification (here)
Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s web page (here)
Natural arsenate levels in the deserts of eastern California and Nevada can be ~3mM (here)
Rosemary Redfield’s blog (here)
http://retractionwatch.com/
Sep 12, 2018 Nature Comment - “Thousands of scientists publish a paper every 5 days” (here)
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors policy on authorship (here)
Galadriel Mirkwood, the dog who helped write a paper (here)
Note - Galadriel lived in Lothlorien, which is across the Anduin and separate from Mirkwood
Lack of sleep erodes your blood-brain-barrier (here)
Dr. Arnold J. Berk, still going strong (here)
Rob thinks about serving up celebrities while Jeff contemplates cannibalism. Regulatory, ethical and gustatory roadblocks galore!
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Its happening already...Memphis Meats
I Like Cows by Johnny Socko, live in Atlanta 1996
In a random turn of events, we resurrect the 116 year-old voices from the International Congress of Genetics which was happening at the very same time that we recorded them. Plus, bad accents.
The 1902 Conference Proceedings
The American Florist, Aug 1919
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Who knew? Golly, they sounded so dignified and smart back then huh?
Sound credits (all from freesound.org)
polite_applause_01.wav by joedeshon
chair scrape.aif by mredig
gavel-double.flac by zerolagtime
Heavy Door Pounding.wav by mrh4hn
Floor_trading2.wav by touchassembly
Shhhh_ses2.wav by freesound
door - open 01.wav by Anthousai
Intrigue at the post Board of Health Meeting discussion: a dangerous virus is a-foot and Dr Salmon wants to kill 'em all. Rob channels Rich Little and Jeff just tries to keep up.
1903 Journal of the Mass. Board of Health from Google Books here
Great history of the history of the outbreak I found after we recorded (here)
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The Coming Plague catalyzes both of our decisions to go to graduate school. We pull out our dissertations and compare sizes. Rob describes unstable sequences associated with colon cancers. Jeff describes an adenovirus promoter. We were experts. #glorydays
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English & Canadian pop songs are getting more depressing and the Herp is (not) waking up in the Siberian permafrost. Also, Carly Rae Jepson is fettered by her happy songs. And for some reason, we didn't curse the entire time.
Links:
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Jeff’s BBC article
Rob’s Royal Society of Open Science article and the Jezebel hit piece
Toilet flush from Polytest at Freesound.org
From passive aggressive urination to unintentional oral sampling one's fecal microbiota and moon rocks - this episode's a roller coaster of emotions.
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Rob's robots, where we get our information, finishing up with a bit of analysis of pornographic consumption patterns. And beer.
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Sites & blogs we mentioned:
Small Things Considered
Neurologica
Sandwalk
John Hawks
History of the Earth
The Junto
Paul Sutter
Science magazine
Science Daily
Livescience
Journals
PLOS Medicine, Genetics & Biology
AJHG
National Association of Science Teachers
Journal of Cell Biology Education
Research for All
Podcasts
This Week in Virology
Medieval Death Trip
PusCast
Imaginary Worlds
Annals of Improbable Research
Pod Stallions
DNA Day
Promedmail
iO9
Wiki Top25 report
Pornhub insights (I’m on my work computer, you can go ahead and Google that yourself)
Soundeffects:
Freight train & crossing: Sailor55, Freesound.org
Music: Night Train, The Mad Caps, Archive.org
Sorry for the weird quality of the sound from my end, there were weird audio surges that I tried to edit out.
Tolkien move aside, now we have a trilogy too. We talk about our science heros and the influential people in our science lives. And: a short bonus discussion of the potty talk in Ready Player One!
Rob’s Heros
Carl Sagan
Marty Crouch
Marlin Perkins & Jim (Wild Kingdom)
Stephen J Gould
NASA Astronauts
Museums docents
(Museum docents training programs)
Jeff’s Heros
Marie Tharp
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
Ignaz Semelweis
Henrietta Lacks
(Howard Jones - the doctor who first cultured her cells)
Rosalind Franklin
Rob’s influences
Mr Effinger & Dr Saxman
Dr. Eddie Srour & Dr. Christie Traycoff
Tom Prior & Jim Waldman
Jeff’s influences
Dad & Mr Fernandez
Brad and Sue
Linda & Jerry Boss
We each share science fields that, while we would look like boobs talking about in a roomful of people, fascinate us. Plus - a commercial!
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Rob & Jeff talk about the paths they followed into science and to their Bachelor's degrees. Scuba diving in the Florida Keys (he counted them) and commercial fishing in Alaska (I killed them).
Original Cosmos with Carl Sagan on Youtube
Updated Cosmos with Neil Degrasee Tyson at National Geographic
Yes Jeff, Joni Mitchell did sing it before CS said it (here)
The NOAA diving program (here)
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science