Hey! I Got a Question About That

VACCINES: Too many guests to fit into our tiny studio this month! So, Nate and Sam take a trip to the Millennium Science Complex at Penn State to talk to Scott Lindner, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology; Matt Ferrari, associate professor of biology and of statistics; and Troy Sutton, assistant professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences, about vaccines. What are vaccines? Are they safe and effective? Spoiler alert: YES!
Links to Scott's work:
- @LindnerLab on Twitter - https://twitter.com/LindnerLab
- Scott's Website - http://sites.psu.edu/lindnerlab
Links to Matt's work:
- @TheFerrariLab on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheFerrariLab
- Scott's Website - http://www.theferrarilab.com
Links to Troy's work:
- Troy's Website - http://huck.psu.edu/people/troy-sutton
More sites:
Epidemics: http://epidemics.psu.edu/
CIDD: https://www.huck.psu.edu/institutes-and-centers/center-for-infectious-disease-dynamics
CMaR: https://www.huck.psu.edu/institutes-and-centers/center-for-malaria-research
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/

NITTANY LION GENOME: Nate and Sam are in their new studio for this conversation with Shaun Mahony, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, and George “PJ” Perry, Harry J. & Elissa M. Sichi Early Career Professor in Anthropology and associate professor of anthropology and of biology at Penn State, joins via satellite all the way from Germany. Can DNA sequencing tell us if the “Nittany Lion” is an actual separate species of mountain lion?
Links to Shaun's work:
- @MahonyLab on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MahonyLab
- Shaun's Website - http://www.mahonylab.org
Links to PJ's work:
- @Grg_Perry on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Grg_Perry
- PJ's Website - http://www.anthgenomicslab.com
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/

STRUCTURAL COLOR: Nate and Sam visit Lauren Zarzar, assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State, to talk about color and a cool kitchen science experiment. Where does color come from and what makes things like opals and butterfly wings iridescent?
Links to Lauren's work:
- @LaurenZarzar on Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaurenZarzar
- Lauren's Website - http://www.zarzarlab.com
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/

PANDEMIC: Nate and Same talk to Doug Cavener, the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science at Penn State via Zoom about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the college. Can the dean work from home? How did remote learning work for science classes? Did research continue?
For more information on the response to Covid-19 or to find ways to support Penn State and our students:
- https://science.psu.edu/covid-19-contingency-resources
- https://raise.psu.edu
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/

GENETIC TESTING: Cheryl Keller, associate research professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, stops by the studio to talk about genetic testing and direct-to-consumer genetics. What can these genetics tests tell us? How are tests for things like Tay-Sachs disease or Sickle-cell disease different from direct-to-consumer genetic tests? How reliable are they?
Links to Cheryl's work:
- @KellerCaponePhD on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KellerCaponePhD
- Cheryl's Website - cherylkellercapone.wordpress.com
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/