THEOHARIS THEOHARIDES on neurogenic inflammation     Theoharis Theoharides is Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences in Boston, MA. Here he discusses the mandatory role played by neurogenic inflammation in the development of a number of diseases. He has been named a Current Classics scientist (Pha. & Tox.) for Jun. 2008.  Podcast added Nov. 1, 2008. Listen: MP3| WMA   MARCELLA CALFON from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston     Marcella Calfon is the lead author of a citation classic article on the protein IRE 1. Here she discusses her career and research in the field of cardiovascular physiology. She has been named a Current Classics scientist (Multi.) for Apr. 2008. Podcast added Oct. 9, 2008. Listen: MP3|WMA   R AFAEL IRIZARRY - Professor at Johns Hopkins     Rafael Irizarry is a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Here he discusses his work on the development of quantitative methods and software for genomics and epigenomics. He has been named a Current Classics scientist (Math.) for Apr. 2008. Also view a commentary from a past New Hot Paper feature. Podcast added Sep. 16, 2008. Listen: mp3 ¦ wma   RON KESSLER & JIM HUDSON discuss binge eating disorders     Ron Kessler, Professor of Healthcare Policy & Jim Hudson (pictured), Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, discuss binge eating disorder and the link to obesity. This podcast accompanies their New Hot Paper commentary on the same topic (May 2008). Podcast added Sep. 1, 2008. Listen: MP3| WMA
Berkeley's DAVID TEECE
	David Teece is Professor in the Haas School of Business at UC, Berkeley and also Director of the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization. Here he discusses his concept of “applied industrial organization.” Teece has been named a Current Classics scientist (Eco. & Bus.) for Apr. 2008. Podcast added Aug. 19, 2008. Listen: MP3| WMA

OLIVIER GASCUEL - from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Olivier Gascuel leads a research group at LIRMM-CNRS, Montpellier, France. Here he discusses his work in bioinformatics and comparative genomics. Gascuel has been named a Current Classics scientist (Env./Eco.) for Aug. 2008, and has provided commentary in a Fast Breaking Paper in the same field. Podcast added Aug. 9, 2008.
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CHRISTOPHER LIPINSKI - Scientific Advisor to Melior Discovery, Inc., Exton, PA

Here he discusses his 1997 article from Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, "Experimental and Computational Approaches to Estimate Solubility and Permeability in Drug Discovery and Development Settings." Also, read a New Hot Paper comment from Jan. 2006. In addition he also appeared as a Current Classics scientist (Pha. & Tox.) for Feb. & Apr. 2008 (podcast added Aug. 1, 2008).
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Zbyszek Otwinowski - Professor of Biochemistry

From the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, Zbyszek Otwinowski discusses mathematical crystallography, the primary method used to determine three-dimensional structures of large biological molecules, namely proteins and nucleic acids and the principal tool for studying single crystals, x-ray diffraction (podcast added Jul. 18, 2008).
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RUSSEL REITER on Melatonin and its Metabolites

Russel J. Reiter, Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, discusses the uniqueness of the antioxidant melatonin. View Reiter's Fast Breaking Paper commentary (with figures) about this subject from Feb. 2008 (podcast added Jul. 10, 2008).
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ANTHONY WESTERLING on Increased Wildfire Activity

Anthony Westerling is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced. Here he discusses climate-ecosystem-wildfire interactions and climate change impact assessments. Westerling has a corresponding Fast Breaking Paper comment (with figures) from Feb. 2008 regarding this research (podcast added Jul. 1, 2008).
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Health Statistics Professor MARTIN BLAND

Martin Bland is a Professor of Health Statistics at the University of York in the UK. He’s an applied statistician who here describes the design and analysis of measurement studies as outlined in an article which he coauthored with Douglas Altman, entitled: “Measuring agreement in method comparison studies,” from the journal: Statistical Methods in Medical Research 8 [2], 135-60, 1999. He is a Current Classics scientist (Soc. Sci., gen.) from Feb. 2008. (podcast added Jun. 20, 2008).
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Physics Professor SIR JOHN PENDRY

Professor Sir John Pendry, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics at The Imperial College, London, discusses his work with magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena. Pendry has a corresponding Emerging Research Front Comment from Oct. 2007 regarding this research. He is a Current Classics scientist (Eng.) from Feb.- & Apr. 2008. (podcast added Jun. 10, 2008).
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University of Utrecht's SARA BURT

Sara Burt, a research scientist at the Institute for Risk Assessment Services of the Division of Veterinary Public Health at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, discusses her current work on the antibacterial properties of essential oils obtained from plants. Burt has a corresponding Fast Moving Front Comment from May 2008 regarding this research. She is a Current Classics scientist (Agr. Sci.) from Feb. 2008. (podcast added Jun. 1, 2008).
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Berkeley's PEIDONG YANG

Peidong Yang is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. Here he discusses his lab’s interdisciplinary research in semiconductor nanowires. Yang is a Current Classics scientist (Mat. Sci.) from Apr. 2008 (podcast added May 15, 2008).
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ROBERT SAMPSON on Neighborhood Violence

Robert J. Sampson, Department Chair of Harvard University’s Department of Sociology, talks about his interest in criminology and urban sociology and the linkage of urban neighborhoods with violence. Sampson is a Current Classics scientist (Soc. Sci, gen) from Apr. 2008, and has a Fast Breaking Paper comment. View an article from PNAS (podcast added May 9, 2008).
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GEOFFREY HODGSON on Darwinian Principles

Geoffrey M. Hodgson is a Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK; here he discusses core Darwinian principles for the analysis of social and economic evolution. Read his New Hot Paper comment from Jan. 2008 (podcast added May 1, 2008).
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YOUNAN XIA, is the James M. McKelvey Professor for Advanced Materials

The Xia group at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis is pursuing cutting-edge research in three major frontiers: nanotechnology, materials chemistry, and photonic devices. Current Classics scientist in Mat. Sci., Dec. 2007 & Jun. 2008 (podcast added Apr. 15, 2008). See also: 1|2|3.
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Queen’s University's PAULA REIMER

Dr. Paula J. Reimer is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology (GAP) and Director of the 14CHRONO Centre for Climate, the Environment, and Chronology at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. A Current Classics scientist in Geo., Apr. 2008 (podcast added Apr. 1, 2008).
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IBRAHIM DINCER - from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Prof. Dincer discusses how the use of exergy combines the conservation of mass and conservation of energy principles together with the second law of thermodynamics for the design, analysis, and performance improvement of energy systems. Read the complete Emerging Research Fronts comment, Aug. 2007 (podcast added Dec. 2007).
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MATIAS ZALDARRIAGA - Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Harvard University

Prof. Zaldarriaga discusses 21 centimeter cosmology and the theoretical framework for a new frontier in observational cosmology. Read the complete Fast Moving Fronts comment, Nov. 2007 (podcast added Dec. 2007).
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