Background in Sustainable Food Systems, currently finishing a MSc in Human Nutrition and Food-Related Behavior. Particularly interested in food literacy, nutritional value chains, and how they can be both linked to a sustainable food system. Avid reader of broad-range science and fiction/non-fiction presenting new perspectives. Creative cook, board game player, and proud Servas traveler.
Ada, a curious seven-year-old, looks outside the window. It is a relatively humid day in Mansa, a city in northern Zambia, but it appears as though it isn’t going to… Read More »A modern pathologist: Artificial Intelligence
How do Polypedilum vanderplanki larvae survive without water, and what role alternative splicing plays in this? Who the hell is Polypedilum vanderplanki and why should I be interested…
Most people associate virtual reality (VR) with videogames that offer an immersive experience. Raise a hand, and your avatar will raise its hand; turn your head, and your avatar will… Read More »Can virtual reality (VR) help fight prejudice?
We all know the discomfort of having a wound after a fall: the throbbing pain when our skin is first injured, the care we must take to keep it covered… Read More »Chronic wounds: a silent epidemic requiring urgent attention
It is estimated that every 2.6 seconds, a new chemical substance is isolated or synthesized, adding to nearly 200 million identified chemical substances in the world. While many of these… Read More »Why study microbes in polluted environments?
If you venture into the woods in Southern Finland, around the Hanko area, you’ll find groups of mounds with hundreds of ants dwelling on top that will spit acid at… Read More »Are hybrid ants the answer to adaptation to climate change?
You may not realise it, but many of the medicines sold in pharmacies are either directly sourced from nature or have an underlying operating principle drawn from a natural process.… Read More »Mining nature for drugs in the Anthropocene
By Jadwiga Buchwald and Otso PerÄkylÄ (@peacelovestatistiX) To read part I, click here The Great food transformation: Turning the problem into a solution? So, is the planetary health diet the… Read More »World Changing Diet –Part II
By Jadwiga Buchwald and Otso PerÄkylÄ (@peacelovestatistiX) The Planetary Boundaries: Have we pushed our planet to the limit? “It is a planetary emergency,” says world-renowned Professor Johan Rockström in his… Read More »World Changing Diet – Part I
While the Polish man battled for his life, something intriguing was happening in a lab 800 km away at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. Jean Rommelaere and his team… Read More »The story of a man, some rats, a virus, and a cancer