Latest Stem Life Sciences Podcast Episodes
Ep 39: The Art of Science with Laura Canil - The Work
We Love Science - December 17, 2023 20:00 - 18 minutesSend us a Text Message. We Love Science is closing out 2023 with another spectacular interview. In this episode we speak with Dr. Laura Canil, a freelance scientific illustrator with her own company, CanilVisuals. As a scientific illustrator, Laura takes on a variety of projects like creating f...
The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 2: Souped Up Computing
Genome Insider - December 07, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutesThis series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets with the assembler program MetaHipMer2. Oak Ridge National Lab is home to two supercomputers — Summit and Frontier — that pr...
The Secret Behind CRISPR Gene Editing
We Love Science - December 04, 2023 02:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. Humans have ~6 billion bases of DNA in each cell. But every gene has a specific and unique sequence that serves as a kind of genetic address. Before any gene can be edited, the editor must first find the gene's location within the genome. Luckily CRISPR-Cas has a built-i...
Ep 38: The Secret Behind CRISPR Gene Editing
We Love Science - December 04, 2023 02:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. Humans have ~6 billion bases of DNA in each cell. But every gene has a specific and unique sequence that serves as a kind of genetic address. Before any gene can be edited, the editor must first find the gene's location within the genome. Luckily CRISPR-Cas has a built-i...
Diverse roots: Investigating youth mental health
Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists - November 24, 2023 04:36 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 87 ratingsThis time on Naked Neuroscience, James Tytko explores the miracle of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with Stephanie Brown from the University of Cambridge, including a new innovation to decrease 'scan-xiety' amongst children. Then, we'll be investigating the complexities of the current youth men...
Diverse roots: Investigating youth mental health
Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists - November 24, 2023 04:36 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratingsThis time on Naked Neuroscience, James Tytko explores the miracle of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with Stephanie Brown from the University of Cambridge, including a new innovation to decrease 'scan-xiety' amongst children. Then, we'll be investigating the complexities of the current youth men...
The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 1: Many, Many Mers
Genome Insider - November 21, 2023 19:00 - 26 minutesLake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works. So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest pr...
Ep 37: Sista, Sista! Graduate School Years - The Journey
We Love Science - November 19, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode Shekerah and Fatu continue their discussion with Ijeoma Kola, a public health historian of race and medicine. When she was younger, Ijeoma didn’t exactly have a science spark moment, but she was positively influenced by her mother’s career as a nurse. She...
Sista, Sista! Graduate School Years - The Journey
We Love Science - November 19, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode Shekerah and Fatu continue their discussion with Ijeoma Kola, a public health historian of race and medicine. When she was younger, Ijeoma didn’t exactly have a science spark moment, but she was positively influenced by her mother’s career as a nurse. She...
Experimenting with EcoFABs for Student Labs - Jill Bouchard & Ying Wang
Genome Insider - November 09, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutesTo set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. ...
Sista, Sista! Graduate School Years - The Work
We Love Science - November 05, 2023 20:00 - 29 minutesSend us a Text Message. The good conversations just keep coming! In this episode we meet Dr. Ijeoma Kola, a historian of public health with an emphasis on race and medicine; her current research focuses on the evolution of the understanding of asthma in Black urban communities in the 20th centu...
Ep 36: Sista, Sista! Graduate School Years - The Work
We Love Science - November 05, 2023 20:00 - 29 minutesSend us a Text Message. The good conversations just keep coming! In this episode we meet Dr. Ijeoma Kola, a historian of public health with an emphasis on race and medicine; her current research focuses on the evolution of the understanding of asthma in Black urban communities in the 20th centu...
How CRISPR Gene Therapy is Bringing Hope to the World
We Love Science - October 23, 2023 03:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. Every year, approximately 8 million children are born with a serious genetic disorder, and 3 million of them die before the age of 5. This disease burden is about to change. In this episode, we launch the CRISPR Chronicles series that will run throughout season 3. Since ...
Ep 35: How CRISPR Gene Therapy is Bringing Hope to the World
We Love Science - October 23, 2023 03:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. Every year, approximately 8 million children are born with a serious genetic disorder, and 3 million of them die before the age of 5. This disease burden is about to change. In this episode, we launch the CRISPR Chronicles series that will run throughout season 3. Since ...
In the brain of the beholder: Music across cultures
Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists - October 21, 2023 08:42 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratingsKicking off a new series of Naked Neuroscience, James Tytko serves up the latest research making waves in brain science with the help of Stephanie Brown and Francis Madden. This month, the brain networks linked with addiction, and why suppressing negative thoughts might be the best way to look af...
In the brain of the beholder: Music across cultures
Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists - October 21, 2023 08:42 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 87 ratingsKicking off a new series of Naked Neuroscience, James Tytko serves up the latest research making waves in brain science with the help of Stephanie Brown and Francis Madden. This month, the brain networks linked with addiction, and why suppressing negative thoughts might be the best way to look af...
JGIota: A Surprise for Chloroflexota — The First Flagella!
Genome Insider - October 19, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutesTo understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more about the history of the Chloroflexota phylum and a new way of moving: a tail-like flagella. Submit your own proposal to wo...
Ep 34: Get Your LifeBack: How to Honor the Human Being Behind the Employee - The Journey
We Love Science - October 08, 2023 19:00 - 37 minutesSend us a Text Message. There's more from Dr. Cari Skrdla on her journey in becoming a neuroscientist and successful business woman, as we continue season 3. In her youth, Cari was always drawn to the world around her; she constantly asked questions to better understand how and why things are t...
Get Your LifeBack: How to Honor the Human Being Behind the Employee - The Journey
We Love Science - October 08, 2023 19:00 - 37 minutesSend us a Text Message. There's more from Dr. Cari Skrdla on her journey in becoming a neuroscientist and successful business woman, as we continue season 3. In her youth, Cari was always drawn to the world around her; she constantly asked questions to better understand how and why things are t...
Ep 33: Get Your LifeBack: How to Honor the Human Being Behind the Employee - The Work
We Love Science - September 25, 2023 03:00 - 51 minutesSend us a Text Message. We Love Science Podcast kicks off season 3 with Dr. Cari Skrdla, a passionate neuroscientist and accomplished businesswoman. As the founder and CEO of LifeBack Consulting, Cari uses her research findings to guide employers in bringing the human experience to the forefron...
Get Your LifeBack: How to Honor the Human Being Behind the Employee - The Work
We Love Science - September 25, 2023 03:00 - 51 minutesSend us a Text Message. We Love Science Podcast kicks off season 3 with Dr. Cari Skrdla, a passionate neuroscientist and accomplished businesswoman. As the founder and CEO of LifeBack Consulting, Cari uses her research findings to guide employers in bringing the human experience to the forefron...
Get Your LifeBack: How to Honor the Human Being Behind the Employee
We Love Science - September 25, 2023 03:00 - 51 minutesWe Love Science Podcast kicks off season 3 with Dr. Cari Skrdla, a passionate neuroscientist and accomplished businesswoman. As the founder and CEO of LifeBack Consulting, Cari uses her research findings to guide employers in bringing the human experience to the forefront in the workplace. Thro...
JGIota: A Tool to Find the Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt - geNomad
Genome Insider - September 20, 2023 19:00 - 5 minutesA quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change. Episode T...
Ep 32: We Love Birds too!
We Love Science - July 16, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. We are doing some summer reading y’all! In this special book review episode, Fatu and Shekerah learn about birds, from the book Crazy for Birds by Misha Maynerick Blaise. In this book, Misha takes the reader on a whirlwind trip into all things birds–how they fly, how the...
We Love Birds too!
We Love Science - July 16, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. We are doing some summer reading y’all! In this special book review episode, Fatu and Shekerah learn about birds, from the book Crazy for Birds by Misha Maynerick Blaise. In this book, Misha takes the reader on a whirlwind trip into all things birds–how they fly, how the...
Ep 31: Quantum Biology with Clarice Aiello - The Journey
We Love Science - July 02, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. Our conversation with Dr. Clarice Aiello continues! In the beginning, Clarice actually didn’t have a passion for science; she was a big reader and had little interest in math and related subjects. She originally wanted to be a journalist and when she didn’t get into a jo...
Quantum Biology with Clarice Aiello - The Journey
We Love Science - July 02, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. Our conversation with Dr. Clarice Aiello continues! In the beginning, Clarice actually didn’t have a passion for science; she was a big reader and had little interest in math and related subjects. She originally wanted to be a journalist and when she didn’t get into a jo...
Methane Makers in Yosemite's Lakes - Mike Beman and Elisabet Perez Coronel
Genome Insider - June 29, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutesMeet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystem...
A Shrubbier Version of Rubber - Andrew Nelson and Colleen McMahan
Genome Insider - June 22, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutesRight now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis. It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule. This episode was mad...
Ep 30: Quantum Biology with Clarice Aiello - The Work
We Love Science - June 18, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutesSend us a Text Message. Meet Dr. Clarice Aiello! She is a principal investigator at the quantum biology tech lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. Clarice has a background in quantum engineering, which means she studies the teeniest, tiniest particles that behave under their own spe...
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