What Was The Nittany Lion?

07/01/19 • 33 min

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/

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Where Does Color Come From? What Causes Iridescence?

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/

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How Do Our Genomes Differ? What Does That Variation Mean?

GENOME VARIATION: Nate and Sam talk to Santhosh Girirajan, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and of anthropology at Penn State, about what variation in the human genome means and how it relates to complex neurodevelopmental disorders like autism. How do genomes differ between individuals? What can these differences tell us about disease risk? What is normal and is bigger better when it comes to genomes?
Links to Santhosh's work:
- @girirajan16 on Twitter - https://twitter.com/girirajan16
- Santhosh's Website - http://autism.bx.psu.edu
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateSci...
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatesc...
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/