Ep.15: Melanoma and Zebrafish Featuring Dr. Leonard Zon

Guest: In this episode, we bring on an internationally recognized stem cell and cancer researcher Dr. Leonard Zon from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hosital. Dr. Zon talks to us about his work using zebrafish as a model to study cancer and melanoma and tells some really funny stories on his experiences with these fish. Resources and Links Trends In Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide In Mauna Loa, Hawaii Gel Protects Monkeys from H.I.V. after Sex, Study Finds Genetic Modification and Screening in Rat Using Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells Telescope Captures View of Gravitational Waves Structures of Cas9 Endonucleases Reveal RNA-Mediated Conformational Activation Environmental and State-Level Regulatory Factors Affect the Incidence of Autism and Intellectual Disability Respiratory Failure, Cleft Palate and Epilepsy in the Mouse Model of Human Xq22.1 Deletion Syndrome CDC Warns Untreatable Gonorrhea Could Spread Like Wildfire In Rare Case, Woman with H.I.V. Infects Female Sex Partner, C.D.C. Says Obesity-Associated Variants within FTO Form Long-Range Functional Connections with IRX3 Hydrous Mantle Transition Zone Indicated By Ringwoodite Included within Diamond Human C-Tactile Afferents Are Tuned to the Temperature of a Skin-Stroking Caress Shorter Telomeres with High Telomerase Activity are Associated with Raised Allostatic Load and Impoverished Psychosocial Resources Biomarkers Could Predict Alzheimer's Before It Starts Confusions About Totipotency: Stem Cells Are Not Embryos Mechanical Memory and Dosing Influence Stem Cell Fate Cell-Autonomous Correction of Ring Chromosomes in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells C9orf72 Nucleotide Repeat Structures Initiate Molecular Cascades of Disease Haematopoietic Stem Cells Require a Highly Regulated Protein Synthesis Rate High-Efficiency Motor Neuron Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and the Function Ofislet-1 Photo Reference: Courtesy of Dr. Leonard Zon #footable_5807 { font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; } #footable_parent_5807 thead { display: none; } #footable_parent_5807 a.nt_edit_link { display: none; } #footable_parent_5807 td { border-color: #fff; } #footable_parent_5807 img { margin-top: 0px; } .semantic_ui .ui.table { border: 0px solid !important; } .semantic_ui .ui.table td { padding: 0em; } #footable_5808 { font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; } thead { display: none; } #footable_parent_5808 a.nt_edit_link { display: none; } #footable_parent_5808 td { border-color: #fff; } #footable_parent_5808 img { margin-top: 0px; } .semantic_ui .ui.table { border: 0px solid !important; } .semantic_ui .ui.table td { padding: 0em; } #footable_5807 { font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; } #footable_parent_5807 thead { display: none; }