How to Test for COVID
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2020-07-08

A new way for Covid-19 Testing? Find out all about it in this episode 781 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) with Dr. Kiki, Justin, & Blair, and their guest, Dr. Enrique Lin Shiao!

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:56) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(1:22) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin 
(2:19) - Opening Theme Music
(2:53) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair, Justin & our special guest, Dr. Erique Lin Shiao. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(4:48) - Quick Science Bytes!

(4:57) - The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/covid-19-risk-neanderthal-gene
(6:47) - Our animal inheritance: Humans perk up their ears, too, when they hear interesting sounds, Justin - https://bit.ly/perky-ears 
(9:31) - Coconut confusion reveals consumer conundrum, Blair - https://bit.ly/coconut-confusion
(13:56) - White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/white-dwarfs-carbon  
(16:08) - A scientific measure of dog years, Blair - https://bit.ly/dog-years-in-science
(18:17) - Do we know what we want in a romantic partner? No more than a random stranger would, study says, Justin - https://bit.ly/we-dont-know-what-we-want-in-dating
(23:36) - Mitochondrial genome editing gets precise, Dr. Kiki - https://go.nature.com/2ZcupRw

(27:24) - Start of Interview with Dr. Enrique Lin Shiao

Dr. Lin Shiao is a postdoctoral fellow in the Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley developing novel methods for CRISPR gene editing, a technical co-lead for the team developing the Innovative Genomics Institute’s COVID-19 testing lab process, and the co-founder of CaminoCiencia, a Latinx science podcast.

(1:23:06) - Where to find Dr. Enrique Lin Shiao?

• https://www.caminosenciencia.org/
• https://innovativegenomics.org/covid-19-testing/
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-020-0583-3
• https://twitter.com/enrique_lins
• https://www.facebook.com/enrique.lin
• https://www.instagram.com/elinshiao/

(1:23:52) - Interview Wrap Up & Thank you's.

(1:24:44) - And we're at the break!

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(1:26:01) - Back from the break!

(1:26:05) - Update on the Flu Season in the U.S., and SARS-CoV2 Globally, Dr. Kiki - 
NY Times Coronavirus U.S. Map - https://nyti.ms/3cY0fW0
Our World in Data's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths - https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths
Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Tracker - https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
STAT News The Covid-19 Tracker, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/stat-covid-19-tracker

(1:28:02) - Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/us-covid-19-deaths-march-to-may
(1:29:39) - Delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke linked to Covid-19, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/covid-19-and-the-brain
(1:32:17) - The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/silent-transmission-covid-19 

Science News —

(1:35:44) - Massive Variable Star Mysteriously Disappears from Distant Dwarf Galaxy, Justin - https://bit.ly/massive-variable-star-mysteriously-disappears
(1:45:54) - Numerical ordinality in a wild nectarivore, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/numerical-ordinality-in-wild-nectarivore

(1:54:59) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:55:15) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme (with a brief cameo by Justin!)
(1:55:38) - 'Fang'tastic: Biologists report snake-like dental glands in amphibians, Blair - https://bit.ly/amphibian-snake-like-dental-glands
(2:03:43) - Light pollution gives invasive cane toads a belly full of grub, Blair - https://bit.ly/cane-toads-late-night-snackers

(2:12:21) - TWIS User Question???!! - TWIS Minion Ashlynn Antrobus has a question about the reports that Covid-19 has a higher mortality rate in males and why that is?

(2:21:52) - Show wrap up

(2:21:31) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors & the Burroughs Welcome Fund (https://www.bwfund.org).

(2:24:01) - NEXT WEEK! An Interview with Dr. Brian Hare on How to be Happy... & Dogs!

(2:26:21) - End Theme

And that's all, folks! Except, we still have...

(2:29:47) - The After Show!