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This year, Thursday, May 21st will be the official celebration date for "ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY." (It is now observed annually on the 3rd Friday in May.) Why would we need an official day to study the...
diSCovering Science
The “diSCovering science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities.
Grades 7-12
The “diSCovering science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities. These scientists explain the societal impacts of their work and describe their day-to-day jobs. The series focuses on a broad range of scientific subjects including biology, chemistry and physics and multidisciplinary fields such as bioengineering, chemical engineering, high performance computing, and nanotechnology.
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Vladimir Mironov, MD, Ph.D., describes the process of organ printing - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and...
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Richard Visconti, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. in Dept. of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology at MUSC, talks about stem cell research in study of regenerative medicine & what it means for potential cures...
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Their research is mainly cell interaction and they focus on: heart muscle cells, Neurons, cancer cells and stem cells. They study those cells due to the complicity of the diseases. Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D...
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Richard Visconti, Ph.D., talks about stem cell research in the study of cardiovascular disease - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South...
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Melissa A. Moss, Ph.D., shares her life-long interest in mathematics and science and how that led to a career in Biomedical Engineering - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with...
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Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., gives a quick Real Time PCR demonstration - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities...
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Delphine Dean, Ph.D., discusses making nanoparticles safe for consumers -The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and...
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Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D talks about cyber research and how different cells are put together to form a tissue that treats disease. Through fundamental research they are using a biochip as a tool to create...
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Delphine Dean, Ph.D., a bioengineer at Clemson University, gives an overview of the science of bioengineering - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers...
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Delphine Dean, Ph.D., talks about her career in science - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities. These...
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Richard Visconti, Ph.D., talks about stem cell research and what it means for potential cures for injury/disease - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers...
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Melissa A. Moss, Ph.D., talks about Size-Exclusion Chromatography and how this process aids in studying protein aggregates involved in Alzheimer’s Disease - The “diSCovering Science” series features...
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Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D describes the characteristics of lasers. There are 2 meanings of laser: first, it is a device that generates a laser; second, there is an optical beam generated by this laser...
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Delphine Dean, Ph.D., talks about the science of nanotechnology - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities...
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Melissa A. Moss, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at USC-Columbia, talks about the field of Biomedical Engineering and advancements being made in Alzheimer’s Disease research - The...
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Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., talks about his lab’s research of genes involved in fungal development - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s...
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Vladimir Mironov, MD, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. & Dir. of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center in the Dept. of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology at MUSC, talks about research on human organ printing...
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Vladimir Mironov, MD, Ph.D., talks about challenges faced in organ printing & possible breakthroughs in field - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers...
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John Weidner, Ph.D., looks at catalysts for fuel cells - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities. These...
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Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D explains biochips. A biochip is very close to a computer chip but they put it in a cell culture dish to make it very clean to culture a cell. The chip is made of silicone which is...
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John Weidner, Ph.D., and his researchers explore the efficiency of biofuels - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and...
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Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., a biologist at Coker College in Hartsville, SC, talks about his lab’s research of fungal pathogens that affect food crops - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews...
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Richard Visconti, Ph.D., gives a quick overview of the significance of stem cell research - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s...
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