Have you ever tried Bubble Tea? Take a sip and discover how the tiny balls you are slurping are connected with smart drug delivery systems, breast implants, cancer, and live… Read More »Hydrogels: from Bubble Tea to Cancer Therapy
Did you know that there are killer electrons in space? No need to panic though, here on the ground you are quite safe! The Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere shield… Read More »3.25 Killer electrons in space – w/ Eleanna, Tomàs & Harriet George
Medical research and practice have historically focused on male physiology, leading to significant gaps in understanding the female body and the potential sex-specific differences in disease presentation and response to… Read More »The Invisible Patient: Women’s Health in Medicine & Research
In this episode Katja and Pritakshi interview Jason Rissanen about his PhD centred around insects familiar to us all: ants!Have you ever thought that just like us humans, ants might… Read More »3.24 Self-medicating ants – w/ Katja, Pritakshi & Jason Rissanen
Can scientists use humour in science communication and benefit from increased engagement of the non scientific audience? Can we make math funny?
Interested in doing a PhD?Or curious to hear PhD advice from fellow students?Just feel like listening to a conversation?Well, you’re in luck, as Anastasiia, Katja and guest Laura Suominen discuss… Read More »3.23 The ups and downs of doing a PhD – w/ Anastasiia, Katja & Laura Suominen
What is neurofeedback and something science fiction-y called a brain-computer interface? How can you learn to control your mind? Did you know you can indirectly measure brain…
Anecdotes about roommates who change their usual voice, vocabulary and even grammar structure when on the phone with their parents. Social media threads discussing whether it is normal to unconsciously… Read More »Why do we talk differently to different people?
Strap in for a fun episode on a very serious topic: diabetes. This week, postdoc researcher Tom Barsby joins in to discuss how diabetes could be treated with lab-grown cells.… Read More »3.22 Diabetes: can stem cells be a solution? – w/ Giuliano, Rhiannon & Tom Barsby
“We tried to calm him in every possible way, but he cried and shouted all night”, desperately declared the Coopers about their three-year-old suffering from severe atopic dermatitis. Stories like… Read More »Calming the itch: the skin microbiome & atopic dermatitis