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30 Second Science: Ian Lipkin

30 Second Science: Ian Lipkin

Season 2012 Episode 8
0:46
10 Questions for Ian Lipkin

10 Questions for Ian Lipkin

Season 2012 Episode 9
2:11
30 Second Science: Tom Yang

30 Second Science: Tom Yang

Season 2012 Episode 10
0:41
Tom Yang: Appetite For Music

Tom Yang: Appetite For Music

Season 2012 Episode 11
3:07
10 Questions for Tom Yang

10 Questions for Tom Yang

Season 2012 Episode 12
1:28
30 Second Science: Bruce Jackson

30 Second Science: Bruce Jackson

Season 2012 Episode 13
0:45
Bruce Jackson: A DNA Mystery

Bruce Jackson: A DNA Mystery

Season 2012 Episode 14
2:21
10 Questions for Bruce Jackson

10 Questions for Bruce Jackson

Season 2012 Episode 15
1:47
30 Second Science: Robert Lynch

30 Second Science: Robert Lynch

Season 2012 Episode 16
0:51
10 Questions for Robert Lynch

10 Questions for Robert Lynch

Season 2012 Episode 18
1:43
10 Questions for Mayim Bialik

10 Questions for Mayim Bialik

Season 2012 Episode 19
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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers

Ian Lipkin: Catching the Hollywood Bug

Season 2012 Episode 7

Ian Lipkin is a self-described “microbe hunter.” A professor at Columbia University, he does research on a wide array of infectious diseases. When Ian’s not in the lab, he helps Hollywood put science up on the silver screen. Among his many other contributions to the film "Contagion," Ian taught Gwyneth Paltrow how to have a seizure.

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