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Turns out, pigeons are way more interesting than your average street critter. Their ability to navigate has been known and used by people for centuries, but we still don't know how they are able to sense the earth's magnetic fields.
Greg Nordmann (@GregNordmann) is a PhD student in the lab of David Keays (@keays_lab) at the IMP in Vienna (@IMPvienna), where he is trying to answer this question, by studying the pigeon brain's response to magnetic stimuli.
Check out keayslab.org for more about Greg's (and the rest of the Keays lab's) research!
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Dr Nadine Gloss is an anthropologist/sociologist studying the sociology of sex work and sex work activism. Despite sex work being the "oldest job", there are many barriers in place that treat sex workers unfairly compared to other industries. Nadine shares her experience in observing and participating in sex work activism, debunking common tales about who does sex work and why, and why, at the end of the day, they deserve the same working rights as any other job.
For more information about sex work activism, see the Network of Sex Work Projects: https://www.nswp.org/
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Dr Iromi Wanigasuriya is a molecular biologist studying epigenetics, or how our genes are regulated, in embryos. We talk about sex differences in gene expression, but also in medical research and for being an international student.
For more info on the gender gap in medical studies, I encourage you to check out this article, by Kelly Burrowes in The Conversation > https://theconversation.com/gender-bias-in-medicine-and-medical-research-is-still-putting-womens-health-at-risk-156495 <or the book that Iromi recommends, Pain and Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson.
You can follow Iromi on Twitter or Instagram @ciromiw and her adorable Cavoodle @oliverwooof
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Prof Sommer Gentry is a mathematician working in the area of Operations Research, and her husband, Prof Dorry Segev, is a transplant surgeon and epidemiologist. Together, they use their research to improve organ transplant policies in the USA, with the goal of improving the health and equity of healthcare for people requiring organ transplantation.
Sommer (@shelikesmath) is a Professor of Mathematics at the US Naval Academy, and Dorry (@Dorry_Segev) is Professor of Surgery and Associate Vice Chair for Research at John Hopkins Medicine. If you liked this episode, you'll love their YouTube Documentary, 'The Right Match' > check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttMQECKQ3DQ&t=75s
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A brief monologue / verbal essay on some interesting things I learned while reading about the evolution of human ageing.
See https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-019-09896-2
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Michael Borg (@dr_borg) is a developmental biologist and expert in the molecular workings of plant reproduction.
In this episode, he tells me how different organisms reset their DNA in order to start again with the next generation. We also talk more broadly about why we should care about plants and study biology in general.
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Dan Quintana (@dsquintana) combines biology, neuroscience and endocrinology (the study of hormones) to study how the so-called "cuddle hormone" oxytocin influences behaviour. Turns out, it's more than just cuddling!!
Dan is also co-host of the podcast Everything Hertz: https://everythinghertz.com/about
You can also check out his blog (https://www.dsquintana.blog/) and his free book on how to Twitter for scientists: https://t4scientists.com/
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A selection of my favourite Nice to Know moments from Season 1, covering episodes 10 - 18.
Timestamps:
01:26 Ep. 10: Proteins & PhD Life with Dr Rhiannon Morris02:51 Ep.11: Cancer, COVID, and Childcare with Dr Margs Brennan
04:34 Ep. 12: Doing Tai Chi with Drones with Design Researcher Joseph La Delfa
06:35 Ep. 13: Negative Results to Positive Interactions with Dr Bernhard Hochreiter
07:48 Ep. 14: TEAbacco, and use of other illicit drugs, with Dr Cheneal Puljevic
09:16 Ep. 15: Ancient Mesopotam-a-what? with Céline Debourse
11:09 Ep. 17: 40g of Fibre with Hamdi Jama13:10 Xmas Special 2020: Studying Climate Change at the North Pole with Bruce Vaughn
Season 2 starts soon! For more information on Nice to Know, follow me on Twitter @RobynSciences or Instagram @nicetoknowapodcast. You can also email me at [email protected]
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A selection of my favourite Nice to Know moments from Season 1, covering episodes 1 - 9.
Timestamps:
01:33: Ep. 1: Fat, immunity, and winning the Nobel Prize with Dr Hatoon Baazim03:45: Ep. 2: From cocktails to chemistry with Giovanni Di Mauro
05:09: Ep. 3: Empathising with neuropsychologist Kate Bray
06:10: Ep. 4: Bone-eating cells and Blue Monday with Dr Julia Brunner
07:57: Ep. 5: 23 and me and Dr André Rendeiro
09:41: Ep. 6: Squids dealing with climate change with Dr Casey Zakroff
11:43: Ep. 7: Seeing the light - nanophotonics & social change with Dr Idris Ajia
13:32: Ep. 8: Into the Unknown Gut Stuff with Dr Amy Shepherd
15:10: Ep. 9: Philosophy? Technology? Quantum Physics with Philip Taranto
Episodes 10-17 coming next week, followed by Season 2!
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Climate change - we all know that it's happening, but how do we actually know this scientifically? Bruce Vaughn studies glaciers up at the North Pole, looking at ice cores to study how our climate has changed over the Earth's history. We talk about how this is done, and also how we are now entering uncharted territory of atmospheric CO2, warming, and what we as a species can do about it.
Bruce Vaughn runs the stable isotope lab at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado.
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Hamdi Jama (@HamdiAJama) is here to tell you why you should be eating 40g* of fibre a day!! Hamdi is a PhD student in the Marques Lab (@FZMarques), a lab specializing in hypertension research. How does eating fibre relate to blood pressure?? Listen to find out!
*subsequent to recording, Hamdi informed me it should have been 30g. But since most people only get 15g, the message is still the same
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This is the last episode of Season 1 - stay tuned for more in January 2021!
This series was made with the support of the Marie Curie Alumni Association. -
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their major discovery of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology. Listen to find out how they discovered it, how this technology works, and the huge potential it has for the future!!
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Céline Debourse is an Assyriologist - which means she's an expert on Ancient Mesopotamia! What happened in this ancient place and time, and what can it tell us about humanity today?
If you want to find out more about Ancient Mesopotamia, check out Céline's fantastic blog: https://tuppublog.wordpress.com/
For more information on Nice To Know, follow me on Twitter @RobynSciences or email me at [email protected]
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Dr Cheneal Puljevic (@ChenealPuljevic) is a public health researcher at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane Australia, studying substance use and mental health amongst disadvantaged populations, such as people who have been to prison.
We talk about why people smoke cigarettes, the crafty ways in which prisoners managed to turn nicotine patches into smokable cigarettes, and the decriminalization of other substances.
For more information on Nice To Know, follow me on Twitter @RobynSciences or email me at [email protected]
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Dr Bernhard Hochreiter combines biology and physics to study how the proteins in our cells behave and interact with each other. In this episode, we talk about what it's like to be straddling multiple disciplines, and discuss the issue of how negative results are rarely published.
Bernhard recently completed his PhD in the lab of Johannes Schmid, at the Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, which is part of the Medical University of Vienna (@MedUni_Wien).
For more information about Nice To Know, follow me on Twitter @RobynSciences or email [email protected]. I'm always on the lookout for new scientists to talk to!
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Joseph La Delfa is an industrial designer doing his PhD in design research, where he has developed a drone that responds to bodily movements, to be used as a meditation tool for the practice of Tai Chi. Although he's not a scientist, I find out what design research is, and the similarities and differences to scientific research.
See for yourself what DroneChi looks like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjaTtLwhwY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2ndjBNtADervJkcDJR9TKMo71e7wkx8a0qpYaO1iIgnE1e6T9186XXXu8
Connect with Joe: https://www.cafeciaojoe.com/
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Dr Margs Brennan is a cancer researcher, studying how blood cancers develop and how cells avoid dying. She's also currently living in Melbourne during the second COVID-caused lockdown, balancing research and care for an 8 month old baby.
Margs and I did our PhD in the same lab (the Herold lab at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute. You can find out more about that here: https://www.wehi.edu.au/people/marco-herold/322/dr-marco-herold-lab-team or via Twitter @WEHI_research @MarcoHerold_J
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The now Dr Rhiannon Morris (@Scientist_Rhi) is a biochemist, using "structural biology" to search for new cures for blood cancers. Rhiannon explains what structural biology is, and we talk about what she's learned during her PhD beyond the proteins.
Rhiannon did her PhD in the Babon lab at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute (@WEHI_research), but she's also a science communicator herself! Check out her blog here: www.rhiannonmorris.net.
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Quantum Physics - sounds like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie, right? And, honestly... maybe it is! Or maybe it isn't... or maybe it's both! Philip Taranto (@tarantophilip) explains to me what this weird word "Quantum" actually means, how quantum physics and philosophical questions overlap, and how exciting new technologies are being developed based on this physical theory.
Phil is a PhD student in the group of Marcus Huber at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna.
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Dr Amy Shepherd (@amylasenz) is a triple threat - her background in neuroscience, immunology, and working with the gut is being combined for her postdoc to learn about the enteric nervous system, or the brain in your gut (into the unknoooown!!!).
Amy did her PhD at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (@TheFlorey) and is now working in the Rao lab at Boston Children's Hospital (@BostonChildrens).
For more information about Nice to Know, follow me on Twitter @RobynSciences or email [email protected].
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