Profiting from Disinformation: The Case of Genetically Modified Organisms
As people are now spending a substantial amount of time online, traditional businesses and other vendors try to attract new customers by gaining traction on social media platforms, capturing the atten...
13 Mar 20209min
Targeting the Brain in Type 2 Diabetes: Therapeutics to Induce Remission - Dr Jarrad Scarlett, University of Washington
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is among the most impactful and costly biomedical challenges confronting society. Current treatment regimens for T2D rely upon daily drug dosing and frequent glucose monitoring t...
6 Mar 202011min
Identifying Ways to Make the BEST Program Even Better - Professor Stephanie Wengert Watts, Michigan State University
Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training – or ‘BEST’ – is a program that aims to help biomedical students to explore and pursue expanded career options beyond traditional academic positions. Whil...
6 Mar 20208min
From Machine Learning To Machine Understanding - Dr Yan M Yufik
Despite dramatic advances in neuroscience and biology in the 20th and 21st centuries, our understanding of the brain remains very limited. Dr Yan M Yufik, Head at Virtual Structures Research Inc, USA,...
28 Feb 202016min
ADBCAP A Human Approach To Improving Biosecurity
Foreign animal disease outbreaks in livestock systems have far-reaching economic, trade and food security implications. Biosecurity strategies can enhance the resilience of livestock production; howev...
14 Feb 202031min
Improving Mentoring Relationships in Science: Mentors Need Mentors - Dr Christine Pfund
Dr Christine Pfund is a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. With a strong network of colleagues and collaborators, her work focuses on developing, implementing, documenting, and st...
14 Feb 202012min
Artificial Intelligence Predicts The Worsening Of Chronic Kidney Disease - Professor Eiichiro Kanda, Kawasaki Medical School
Our kidneys are primarily responsible for filtering waste out of the body and into urine. However, with aging, kidney dysfunction begins to develop. Although no symptoms appear for years, this dysfunc...
6 Feb 20208min
A Deep Learning Model to Predict Student Dropout
Identifying students who are at risk of withdrawing from higher education is of key importance, as it allows educators to devise and implement intervention strategies that could support students in co...
30 Jan 20208min
