Life Lines - The Podcast of The American Physiological Society
Life Lines is a general interest monthly science podcast of The American Physiological Society. Visit us online at www.lifelines.tv.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2010
Episode 9: Physiology of Marine Animals
Two segments, total time: 25:48. The second segment 14:40.Segment 1: Warm body, cold heart: Barbara Block of Stanford University talks about her research with the bluefin tuna, one of the few fish sp…
Episode 8: World War II Aviation Physiology
Jay B. Dean, a professor at the University of South Florida, discusses the aviation research that physiologists did during World War II. This research helped the Allies win the Air War. Dr. Dean has …
Episode 7: Nanoparticles and Disease
This is a re-issue of Episode 7!Nanoparticles, which are 1,000 times smaller than a bacterium, are being manufactured and incorporated into some commercial products such as cosmetics and clothing. Wh…
Episode 6: The Mystery of Serotonin & Hypertension
We continue our coverage of Experimental Biology 2008 with an interview with Michigan State University Professor Stephanie W. Watts, who has been investigating whether serotonin plays a role in high …
Episode 5: Research on Heart Hormones and Cancer
Episode 4: Severe Asthma, Video Games, 'One Physiology'
In this episode, we'll talk to Ronald Sorkness (1:29) about his study on severe asthma that appears in the Journal of Applied Physiology. We'll also ask David Spierer (13:23) whether there might be p…
Special Edition: Hillary's Contribution to Physiology
In this special episode of Life Lines, we talk to John West, a professor of medicine at the University of California, who shares his memories of the late Sir Edmund Hillary. West accompanied Hillary …
Episode 3: Physiology of the Season
In this special holiday edition of the podcast, we’ll talk to Perry Barboza of the institute of arctic biology at the university of Alaska in Fairbanks and Lisa Leon of the U.S. Army Research Institu…
Episode 2: Prosthetic Arms, Frozen Frogs and Alligator Hearts
In this episode of Life Lines, we speak with Todd Kuiken, a doctor at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and a professor at Northwestern University, about his efforts to develop a prosthetic arm…
Episode 1: Snorkeling Elephants
In this episode, APS Executive Director Martin Frank talks with University of California physiologist John West about snorkeling elephants, galloping race horses and flying pigeons.
Marshall Montrose…