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In this episode, Bea talks to Dr. Lukas Nattmann, who did his PhD at the Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung. They talk about the topic that occupies the thoughts of every Doctoral Researcher: what do you do after your PhD?
Lukas talks about the process of getting a patent while still doing your PhD, players involved, the role of Max Planck Innovations, and about what to expect once you have the patent on your hands.
The two talk in detail about founding a company fresh out of PhD. Lukas tells the story of how Loc Check came to be, the idea behind it, what co-founding a company means, how to address the question of funding, and what working for your own company is like, with all the positives of being your own boss and difficulties of starting and growing the company in the times of COVID-19. Lukas provides some advice for people who might consider a similar career path after their PhD and talks in detail about what you can expect from such a job on a daily basis.
Lukas also tells the story of his illustrious swimming career, what it was like training for nationals and the Olympic Games, why he left, and how the mindset he acquired from rigorous training and competitions helped him with his work now.
Connect with Lukas on his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-lukas-nattmann-aa7047125
And find out more about his company here: https://loc-check.com/
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The Anthropocene is the current epoch in human history, proposed as a time period, during which human activities produced enough impact to constitute a distinct change on Earth’s geology and ecosystems, for example, climate change.
In this episode, Srinath and Leonie talk to Dr. Thomas Bruhn, a research group leader at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, where his projects focus on how cultivating mental qualities, such as mindfulness, can contribute to sustainability.
They discuss the difference between simply generating knowledge and integrating the already existing forms of knowledge into the society outside academia. Thomas talks about the importance of sustainability in relationships and how the larger systemic change happens through the emergence of relationship patterns that manifest in small changes in every one of us.
Thomas talks about the role of meaningful conversations in generating new insights and the challenge of establishing such connections. They also discuss the lack of utopian outlooks for the future that we could get excited about.
Learn more about Dr. Bruhn and his work: https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/people/thomas-bruhn
Dr. Bruhn’s book: “Mehr sein, weniger brauchen – Was Nachhaltigkeit mit unseren Beziehungen zu tun hat“ (Bruhn, T. & Böhme, J., 2021): https://www.beltz.de/sachbuch_ratgeber/produkte/details/45242-mehr-sein-weniger-brauchen.html
How to experiment with different forms of communication in a scientific context: Creating space for reflection and dialogue: Examples of new modes of communication for empowering climate action (Fraude et al., 2021) https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/rest/items/item_6001281_1/component/file_6001282/content
Dr. Bruhn’s research at the climate negotiations:. Enabling new mindsets and transformative skills for negotiating and activating climate action. Lessons from UNFCCC conferences of the parties. (Wamsler et al., 2020) https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/rest/items/item_6000224_2/component/file_6000225/content
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In the first episode of season 3, Bea talks about diabetes and obesity to Professor Jens Brüning, a Director of the Max Planck Institute for Metabolic Research in Cologne, as well as head of the clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine at the University Hospital in Cologne.
About 10% of the people worldwide have diabetes and it is one of the leading causes of death in the world, with its prevalence steadily increasing over the past few decades.
Bea and Jens talk about the diabetes epidemic and the link between diabetes and obesity. Jens explains the two types of diabetes, the function of insulin, ghrelin, and leptin, and the role genetics and lifestyle play in diabetes and obesity. He also clarifies pre-diabetes and gestational diabetes, and sheds some light onto the connection between diabetes and COVID-19.
Jens emphasises the importance of sports for metabolism, in general, and in diabetes, in particular. The two also discuss how realistic the plans for a miracle pill that could replace sports are and the importance of eating with your circadian rhythm.
Professor Brüning’s lab: https://www.sf.mpg.de/research/bruening
Max Planck Institute for Metabolic Research: https://www.sf.mpg.de/en
Facts in the description from: https://www.who.int/health-topics/diabetes
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In this bonus episode, our hosts (Adrian, Allison, Bea, Emanuele, Niko, Renee, and Srinath) officially close Season 2 of the podcast.
They talk about the experiences they made when creating their episodes, their areas of interest, how they go about finding and inviting their guests, the feedback they receive, and, most importantly, about their plans for Season 3.
If you want to see the faces behind the voices, head over to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet
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Adrian Lahola-Chomiak: https://twitter.com/AdrianLahola
Allison Lewis: https://twitter.com/OswaldsMom
Beatrice Lansbergen: https://twitter.com/BeatriceLansbe1
Emanuele Antico: https://twitter.com/Antico1E
Nikolai Hörmann: https://twitter.com/HoermannNikolai
Renee Vieira: https://twitter.com/VieiraRenee
Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar
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In this episode, Srinath talks to Hang Liu - PhDnet Spokesperson 2022, Lea Heckmann - PhDnet Spokesperson 2021 and Sarah Young - PhDnet Deputy Spokesperson 2021, but this time, its not about policy or about the network but about their science.
As Doctoral Researchers, scientific work is our primary objective and with these interviews we aim to show what science we pursue and how we balance scientific and extracurricular activities to manage time, thereby helping the network develop further as well.
Episode Art: Photo by Robynne Hu (https://unsplash.com/@robynnexy) on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/)
You can follow the guests here:
Hang Liu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hang-liu-20771b115/?originalSubdomain=de
Lea Heckmann: https://twitter.com/HeckmannLea
Sarah Young: https://twitter.com/SarahAEYoung
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In this episode, Bea talks to Prof. Benjamin List, director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and 2021 Chemistry Nobel Laureate "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".
Benjamin talks about his work, the pivotal point on the way to the discovery of organocatalysis, and what it means for pharmaceutical research as well as medicine and industry.
We talk about mRNA technology, transition-metal catalysis and organocatalysis, basic research in organic chemistry, advances in the field, and questions that are yet to be answered. Benjamin talks about the role of creativity in chemical research, making chemistry greener, and the biggest challenge that is global warming.
We also discuss the importance of communicating chemistry and the difficulty in translating its special language to illustrate its ubiquity in every part of our lives.
Check out Benjamin’s lab: https://www.kofo.mpg.de/en/research/homogeneous-catalysis
And read more about the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry here: https://www.kofo.mpg.de/20210910-chemistry-nobel-prize-for-ben-list?c=219043
and here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2021/list/facts/
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In this episode, Srinath talks to Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist, author, and one of the most famous science communicators about the biggest topic there is: the Universe.
We talk about Neil’s new book, A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour, and the fundamental questions that he hopes to ask and answer to stoke curiosity. We also talk about quantum physics, identifying planets with alien civilizations, and the concept of the Multiverse, and Neil tells the story of how he got into physics from his early childhood, as well as how mathematics is the language of the universe.
And finally, we discuss his approach to communicating science, and our responsibility to communicate it effectively as early career researchers. We also discuss how to talk science without being patronising, and how to encourage critical thinking.
Video podcast: https://youtu.be/kv0Eb8DvzPc
Check out Neil’s website: https://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/index.php
You can purchase his new book, A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour here:
(Amazon-DE): https://www.amazon.de/dp/069121994X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_NQ9AM5EJB8JJFWNR0S6A
(Amazon-US): https://www.amazon.com/dp/069121994X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_NNVZXNZT75SQ1FZ4TB0A
His book, Cosmic Queries: https://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/books/2021-05-cosmic-queries.php
And his podcast: https://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/shows/2015-04-startalk.php
Episode Art: Background Photo by Enric Cruz López from Pexels
Neil Tyson : © Amazon (https://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/about/publicity-photos.php)
A Brief welcome to the universe: (https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691219943/a-brief-welcome-to-the-universe)
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This is the second part of our episode dedicated to Mental Health Awareness Week.
In this episode, Bea continues her conversation with Dr. Mathias V. Schmidt, a Research Group Leader at the MPI of Psychiatry, this time focusing on the environmental factors that cause stress and how lifestyle changes can help us mitigate our stress.
We discuss how stimulation might be beneficial for stress resilience, and talk about the possible interventions and ways to take control in stressful situations.
Mathias highlights some of the most common symptoms of chronic stress and the signs that should encourage you to seek help. We specifically focus on the power of social interactions as a buffer and on social conflicts as one of the strongest stressors.
We also discuss the differences between anxiety and stress, and the problems that could be caused by long-term exposure to either one.
Check out Dr. Schmidt’s Research Group: https://www.psych.mpg.de/1496026/schmidt_m
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This is the first part of our episode dedicated to Mental Health Awareness Week.
In this episode, Bea talks to Dr. Mathias V. Schmidt, a Research Group Leader at the MPI of Psychiatry, about the science of stress.
Mathias gives us an introduction to stress, how it is defined, the effect it has on our bodies, and how the stress response can be measured. We talk about the evolutionary importance and different types of stress, some that can be beneficial, as well as the traumatic and chronic stress that can arise when we are not in control of the situation. Matthias gives some examples of how stress can affect our system, leading to a higher risk for a number of metabolic, cardiovascular, as well as psychiatric diseases.
Mathias also discusses the reasons behind the major differences in people’s resilience and sensitivity to stress, and talks about the mixture of biomarkers that are starting to be used to detect vulnerability to stress.
Check out Dr. Schmidt’s Research Group: https://www.psych.mpg.de/1496026/schmidt_m
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In this episode, Niko and Srinath talk to Philipp Dettmer, the founder, CEO and head writer of Kurzgesagt, the biggest YouTube science channel producing short humorous animations to tell scientific stories and inspire people to learn about space, technology, biology, history and philosophy.
Philipp talks about how Kurzgesagt came to be: from a Bachelor thesis explainer animation to a video going viral on YouTube to a hardworking team of researchers, writers, designers, animators and producers that is behind the videos you see now.
We discuss using YouTube as the platform for science communication and working in an uncertain environment overflowing with constantly updating information and major controversies. And Philipp explains the process that an idea goes through in over a thousand working hours before it comes onto the screen, and the role of the scientists in this pipeline.
Check out Kurzgesagt’s website: https://kurzgesagt.org/
Keep an eye out for Philipp Dettmer’s upcoming book: Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive. https://www.philippdettmer.net/immune
Also check out the latest teaser from Philipp’s book from Kurzgesagt: https://youtu.be/0FRVx_c9T0c
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In this episode, Bea and Srinath talk to Benjamina Bollag, founder and CEO of HigherSteaks, a UK-based cultured meats company that aims to recreate meat, starting with their first project, pork. Benjamina talks about the process of recreating meats: from taking a cell through guiding its growth in a bioreactor to creating the meat itself.
Benjamina’s main motivation for founding HigherSteaks was to create a business that would have a high positive impact on people, and to this end, the cultured meats are a way to get rid of the dependency on the meat industry, while also targeting animal cruelty, antibiotic resistance, and related environmental issues.
Together, our hosts and Benjamina discuss what it is like competing with a huge industry and founding a company with specialists from a diverse range of areas to enter a completely new market.
To learn more about HigherSteaks, visit their website: https://www.highersteaks.com/
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In this episode, Niko and Srinath talk about staying in science after the PhD, focusing specifically on the funding for PostDocs, the short- as well as the long-term options.
They go into more detail about some of the most common funding bodies, among them European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships (MSCA IF), Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP), and more. They discuss the grants’ eligibility criteria, time constraints on the applications, and moving to different countries for a PostDoc.
To learn more about funding opportunities for a PostDoc, see:
https://www.hfsp.org/sites/default/files/Sciences/fellows/2022%20LTF%20application%20guidelines.pdf
https://www.graduatecenter.uni-muenchen.de/foerderung/weiterfuehr_inform/index.html
https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/research-careers/stage-postdoctoral-research
https://spo.berkeley.edu/Fund/hpostdoc.html
https://research.fas.harvard.edu/postdoc_opportunities
https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/einzelfoerderung/walter_benjamin/index.html
https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en
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In this episode, Allison talks to MPG PhDs, Jonatan Malis, Shengnan Zhao, and Vasanth Murugesan, who share some of their experiences of doing science in Germany, and talk about the role that names might play in shaping those experiences on a day-to-day basis.
They discuss mispronunciations and unconscious biases, how these experiences differ from one person to another, and from one situation to the next, and how such small things might help in creating an inclusive work environment, in which people know that their values are recognised and respected.
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In this episode, Bea talks to Dr. Thomas Fessard, founder and CEO of SpiroChem, a Swiss fine chemicals company that specialises in the design, synthesis, production, and commercialisation of novel building blocks for use in drug discovery.
Thomas tells the story of SpiroChem, from founding it 10 years ago to growing into its current state of having a worldwide customer base of the top pharma companies and one of the largest, most diverse collections of building blocks that can be used by pharma to assemble.
Thomas gives an introduction into spirocyclic molecules and the use of AI in computational chemistry to generate novel molecules in silico. He also talks about the automation of the chemical industry and how a company can protect its intellectual property from being lost.
To learn more about SpiroChem, visit their website at https://spirochem.com
For examples of the spirocyclic molecules, see:
https://ibb.co/Jy1x4rChttps://ibb.co/f1gJq8v
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This is a recording of the live episode we did on Twitter Spaces on 25-08-2021. We hope you enjoyed it. You can follow us on:
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In this episode, Allison is talking to Dr. Cristian D. Magnus, a queer coach, trainer, and social researcher, who coaches individuals and helps institutions create more inclusive environments.
They talk about gender (non)-conformity, gender identity and gendered language, sexual diversity, and LGBTQIA*. They address heteronormativity, barriers, and institutionalised forms of discrimination in academia, and talk about fighting these discriminatory effects and biases by challenging norms and thinking patterns.
Education is a very powerful tool in being an ally, and you don’t need to be a teacher to educate. The work of making academia more queer-friendly starts with you, help us challenge discrimination and call out discriminatory behaviours and practices!
To learn more about Cristian’s work, visit https://www.thequeercoach.com/
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In this episode, Srinath talks to Dr. Pooja Sagvekar, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lungs Research, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on epigenetic factors in Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Pooja talks about the diagnosis of the disorder, its symptoms and their treatment, as well as triggering environmental factors. Together, they discuss the lack of awareness of PCOS among the general public and the stigma associated with it.
September 2021 is POCS awareness month, learn more here: https://pcosawarenessmonth.org/
You can learn more about Dr. Pooja Sagvekar here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pooja-Sagvekar
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health: https://nirrh.res.in/
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lungs Research: https://www.mpg.de/149809/heart-lung-research
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In this episode, Sandra and Alli are joined by Dr. Nadine Gogolla, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology.
They talk about family and research and how to successfully combine the two while staying true to yourself. They discuss what being a good ally means and include some tips that are applicable to the scientific work environment. They talk about sensitivity training and why equal opportunity and diversity are still far from being “no-brainers”.
Having lived both in the US and in Germany, Nadine shares her experiences of being a family with two moms and a woman in science in these countries.
You can find more about Nadine’s work here. https://www.neuro.mpg.de/gogolla
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Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/offspring-blogIntro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar
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In this episode, Niko and Beatrice continue their conversation to Dr. Jean-Francois Sassi, international expert and R&D manager at the Algae Processes and Technologies at CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission).
They deep dive into the topic of plastics, discussing the move away from single-use plastics, the efforts to decrease the amount of non-degradable plastic in the environment, and why not all petrol-based plastics can be substituted by bioplastics.
Jean-Francois illuminates the ways, in which microalgae can be used to build a more sustainable future, making plastics bio-based, bio-produced, biodegradable, and natural.
To learn more about CEA and what they do, visit https://www.cea.fr/english.
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Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus
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In this episode, Bea and Niko talk to Dr. Jean-Francois Sassi, international expert and R&D manager at the Algae Processes and Technologies at CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission).
Jean-Francois works at the intersection of science and industry, with the mission of assisting industry and increasing the technology readiness level of research. His job requires translating the business requests of the consumers, i.e. different companies in the industry, into the needs that can be addressed using microalgae.
Today, Jean-Francois provides an introduction to the world of algae, specifically microalgae, and talks about their uses in the production of a variety of items, such as food and food supplements, cosmetics, fuel, and numerous materials, among them bioplastics.
To learn more about CEA and what they do, visit https://www.cea.fr/english.
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If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, reach out to us at [email protected]
Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/offspring-blog
Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar
Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus
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