The Science Lab

Episode 5: Elizabeth Blackburn

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:00:22 GMT

Written by Madeleine AaronsReferences:Blackburn, E. (n.d.). Elizabeth Blackburn. TED. Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://www.ted.com/speakers/elizabeth_blackburnElizabeth Blackburn facts for kids. Elizabeth Blackburn Facts for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://kids.kiddle.co/Elizabeth_BlackburnElizabeth Blackburn • UCSF profiles. UCSF Profiles. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://profiles.ucsf.edu/elizabeth.blackburnElizabeth Blackburn, ph.D.. Academy of Achievement. (2020, April 17). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://achievement.org/achiever/elizabeth-blackburn/Elizabeth Blackburn, ph.D.. Society for Science. (2020, May 16). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://www.societyforscience.org/people/elizabeth-blackburn-ph-d/Elizabeth Blackburn. Salk Institute for Biological Studies. (2020, May 7). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://www.salk.edu/scientist/elizabeth-blackburn/Encyclopedia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Elizabeth Blackburn. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-BlackburnHistory of scientific women. Elizabeth BLACKBURN. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://scientificwomen.net/women/blackburn-elizabeth-16The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2009. NobelPrize.org. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2009/blackburn/biographical/The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2009. NobelPrize.org. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2009/blackburn/facts/

Episode 4: Heart anatomy

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 05:01:14 GMT

Written by Tyler HooverReferences:Anatomy and function of the heart's electrical system. Anatomy and Function of the Heart's Electrical System | Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2021, August 8). Retrieved November 29, 2022, from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/anatomy-and-function-of-the-hearts-electrical-system Bianco, C. (2004). How your heart works. Cleveland Clinic. (2021, August 26). Heart: Anatomy and function. Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved November 29, 2022, from https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21704-heart#:~:text=Heart%20chambers&text=The%20superior%20vena%20cava%20carries,lungs%20through%20the%20pulmonary%20artery. Columbia University Irving Medical Center. (2021, July 1). Heart valves, anatomy and function. ColumbiaDoctors. Retrieved November 29, 2022, from https://www.columbiadoctors.org/treatments-conditions/heart-valves-anatomy-and-function#:~:text=The%20valves%20prevent%20the%20backward,other%20side%20of%20a%20ventricle. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2022, March 24). How blood flows through the heart. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Retrieved November 29, 2022, from https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heart/blood-flow

Episode 3: Age related changes to bone

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:28:03 GMT

Written by Angelo Buff and Zheng WanReferences “Aging changes in the bones - muscles - joints” Joints: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, medlineplus.gov/ency/article/004015.htm. Accessed 30 Nov. 2022 Annexstad, E J et al. “The role of delayed bone age in the evaluation of stature and bone health in glucocorticoid treated patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.” International journal of pediatric endocrinology, vol. 2019, (2019). doi:10.1186/s13633-019-0070-0 Bailey, A J et al. “Age-related changes in the biochemical properties of human cancellous bone collagen: relationship to bone strength.” Calcified tissue international, vol. 65, 3 (1999). doi:10.1007/s002239900683 “Bone Anatomy” Ask A Biologist, askabiologist.asu.edu/bone-anatomy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2022. Ebbesen, E.N., Thomsen, J.S., Beck-Nielsen, H., Nepper-Rasmussen, H.J. and Mosekilde, L. “Age- and Gender-Related Differences in Vertebral Bone Mass, Density, and Strength.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, vol 14, 8, (1999). https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.1999.14.8.1394 Moore, Keith L., et al. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 8th ed., Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017. Mosekilde, L. “Age-related changes in bone mass, structure, and strength--effects of loading.” Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, vol. 59, 1, (2000). doi:10.1007/s003930070031 Wittman, Anna Blackburn, Wall, L. Lewis, and D. Phil. “The Evolutionary Origins of Obstructed Labor: Bipedalism, Encephalization, and the Human Obstetric Dilemma.” Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, vol. 62, 11, (2007). Yavuzer, Melek. "Evolution of bipedalism." Comparative Kinesiology of the Human Body, 2020, pp. 489-497

Episode 2: Tuberculosis in Milwaukee County

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 18:34:49 GMT

References Cited:

1838 Wis. Terr. Law 22, Milwaukee County Historical Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1910 Wisconsin Census http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse. dll?indiv=try&db=1910usfedcen&h=27965134, accessed February 12, 2019.

Baron, H., Hummel, S. and Herrmann, B. 1996 Mycobacterium tuberculosiscomplex DNA in ancient human bones. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23(5): 667-671.

Bell, E.L. 1990 The historical archaeology of mortuary behavior: coffin hardware from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Historical Archaeology, 24(3): 54-78.

Buikstra, J.E., Cook D.C, and Bolhofner K.L. 2017 Introduction: Scientific rigor in paleopathology. International journal of paleopathology 19: 80-87.

Connolly, C. 2008 Saving Sickly Children The Tuberculosis Preventorium in American Life, 1909-1970 (Critical issues in health and medicine Saving sickly children). Piscataway: Rutgers University Press.

Holloway, K.L., Link, K., Rühli, F. and Henneberg, M. 2013 Skeletal lesions in human tuberculosis may sometimes heal: an aid to palaeopathological diagnoses. PloS one, 8(4): e62798.

Kraut, A.M. 1994 Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace. Nature, 368(6469): 371.

Kroeber, A.L. 1927 Disposal of the dead. American Anthropologist, 29(3): 308-315.

Kumar, K. 2016 Spinal tuberculosis, natural history of disease, classifications and principles of management with historical perspective. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 26(6): 551-558.

Leavitt, J. 1982 The Healthiest City: Milwaukee and the Politics of Health Reform. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Archives, 1873 – 1990 2019 Online database. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=jvrRlaHg2sAC. Accessed, October 18, 2018.

Richards, P.B. 1997 Unknown Man No. 198: The Archaeology of the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery. Doctoral dissertation, Department of Anthropology, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Richards P.B. et al. 2016 Nine For Mortal Men Doomed to Die: The archaeology and Osteology of the 2013 Milwaukee Country Poor Farm Cemetery Project. Archaeological Research Laboratory Report of Investigations No 381. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Werner, H.M. 2015 Molecular Identification of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in the Milwaukee County Institution Grounds Cemetery (Masters thesis, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).

Episode 1: Ossification

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:46:21 GMT

References Cited:

White, Tim D., Michael T. Black, and Pieter Arend Folkens. Human osteology. Academic press, 2011.