BioPOD - The biology podcast from the University of Edinburgh

BioPOD - March 2016

March 03, 2016 09:30 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MB

In this episode of BioPOD we talk to Professor Keith Matthews about his Sanofi - Institut Pasteur award for studying Trypanosomes. We also talk to the Edinburgh iGEM team who developed a paper-based biosensor for screening illicit drugs as well as to Professor Catherine Kidner about her work on how a novel sequencing approach can help to understand why the genus of Inga plants is so diverse. The winner of our logo competition is also announced.

BioPOD - September 2015

September 09, 2015 09:30 - 20 minutes - 23.7 MB

In this edition of BioPOD, we'll be learning about how studying fundamental enzymes can help to tackle parasitic disease from Professor Malcolm Walkinshaw. We'll also be hearing a bit more about the Excellence with Impact winners before finding out how a group within the school are coming up with new strategies to reduce the spread MRSA. We also announce our logo competition.

BioPOD - April 2015

April 09, 2015 09:30 - 20 minutes - 23.2 MB

We talk to Gytis Dudas about his work on the Ebola genome. We also meet the team from CIIE and ASCUS Art & Science behind a micro-residency featuring in the 2015 Edinburgh International Science Festival, and learn about some fascinating behaviour reported in vultures by Dr Luke McNally.

BioPOD - Autumn / November 2013

November 18, 2013 09:30 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

In this episode, BioPOD finds out about begging in beetles and altruism in guppies as well as rams on St. Kilda and the famous Edinburgh alumni Dr. James Young Simpson. We also take a visit to the school of physics to find out about astrobiology and microbes on Mars. These stories and others...

BioPOD - May 2013

May 14, 2013 12:30 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

In May, BioPOD visited the Edinburgh International Science Festival, found out about inbreeding in beetles and a fly that?s threatening fruit crops, spoke to an Honorary Professor about his 30 year long career in science as well as taking one last trip to Millport's research station. These stories and others...

BioPOD - February 2013

February 07, 2013 12:30 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

In this episode, BioPOD finds out about an infertility gene in fruit flies, learns how algae will be affected by climate change, investigates how we can save our urban pollinators, and hears about the work done by the famous Edinburgh scientists that our new library is named after. Listen now to these and other stories...

BioPOD - December 2012

December 04, 2012 12:30 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

n this episode, BioPOD discusses phenology, climate change and citizen scientists with Dr. Ally Phillimore, talks to Dr. Andrew MacDonald about the immune system and some media mishaps, and find out about two new discoveries that could help fight black fever disease (Prof. Malcom Walkinshaw ) and muscular dystrophies (Dr. Eric Schirmer). All those stories and more...

BioPOD - October 2012

October 02, 2012 12:30 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

October 2012: We hear from Dr. Alex Rowe (IIIR) about the cellular processes involved in severe malaria and Prof. Mark Blaxter and Dr. John Davey (IEB) about how butterflies avoid being eaten by predators. And we head to the sub-Antarctic to find out about doing field work on Albatrosses in 'BioPOD on the road', and in 'BioBITE' we learn how our bodies control cholesterol levels and how climate change could affect Colombian Ground Squirrel populations.

BioPOD - April 2012

April 26, 2012 12:30 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MB

In April's episode, Biopod goes on the road to speak to Dr Eric Fèvre in Kenya about his research on locally transmitted zoonotic diseases. We also speak to Mar Carmena about new targets for cancer therapy and find out about novel software for better understanding genetic data.

BioPOD - February 2012

February 03, 2012 12:30 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

In February's episode Keith Matthews describes a new cattle vaccination and Kelly Jobling explains how she found ubiquitin in bacteria. We hear how stem cells could lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease, and find out how the university has been engaging with the public.

BioPOD - November 2011

November 04, 2011 12:30 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

Dr Katie Stopher tells us about infidelity in red deer and Dr Ben Longdon explains how viruses jump between hosts. We hear about the work of the University Press Office with Catriona Kelly and get some laughs with Bright Club Edinburgh.

BioPOD - August 2011

August 02, 2011 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MB

Paul sharp sheds new light on the origins of the Malaria parasite, Patrick Walsh explains whats what we can learn from observing nest building in weaver birds, and we talk to the producer of the Nature Medicine podcast, who some listeners might just recognise.

BioPOD - June 2011

May 31, 2011 11:00 - 1 hour - 84 MB

Judy Allen sheds new light on Inflammation, BioPOD visits the Edinburgh International Science Festival, and Dan Nussey tells of his research trip to St Kilda in Science on the Road. Plus Biology World News Round Up, and PHD in the pub.

BioPOD - Winter 2007

December 19, 2007 11:00 - 29 minutes - 9.99 MB

Warm up to the winter BioPOD! Dan Nussey rages about ageing, Richard Milne orates about orchids, Alastair Wilson runs the course on horse stud fees, and Ruth Corrigan gives a research round-up from the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research.

BioPOD - October 2007

October 23, 2007 22:00 - 30 minutes - 10.4 MB

It's getting colder in Edinburgh, but BioPOD is just heating up. This month, Tom Little answers about cancer, Paul Hunt has a persistence for malarial resistance, Rolf Kümmerli proclaims on social games, and Sarah Hollingshead flavours the podcast with the taste of genetically engineered yogurt.

BioPOD - September 2007

October 01, 2007 22:00 - 27 minutes - 9.51 MB

In the first episode of the new academic year, Judi Allen impresses about immunity, Valerie Wilson offers a tale about tail cells, Andy Gardner socializes about bacterial social traits, and Ivan Semeniuk ponders the potential of science podcasts.

BioPOD - Summer 2007

July 24, 2007 22:30 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MB

BioPOD's summer special: Alex Rowe muses on malaria, Alexander Medvinsky broods over blood stem cells, Jenny Bangham converses about coevolution, and Ed Sykes gabs about FameLab.

BioPOD - June 2007

June 12, 2007 11:50 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

An Institute of Evolutionary Biology special! Graham Stone has the gall to discuss gallwasps, David Schindel and Mark Blaxter decode the promise of DNA barcoding, and Adin Ross-Gillespie cooperates with the podcast by talking about cheats.

BioPOD - May 2007

May 08, 2007 14:57 - 30 minutes - 43 MB

This month on the podcast, Karen Halliday gets to the root of plant growth, Ana Coutinho moderates a discussion to stem the controversy surrounding stem cells, and Ed Sykes marvels about Nature Superheroes.

BioPOD - Full Stem Cell Debate

May 08, 2007 14:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MB

The debate about Stem Cells in full (the debate featured on the May 07 Podcast)

BioPOD - April 2007

April 10, 2007 16:03 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

This month on the podcast, Chris French on anti-arsenic eco- E. coli, Andrew Millar clocks in on plant clocks, Heather McQueen gets personal about personal response systems, and a research round-up from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology with Ed Sykes.

BioPOD - March 2007

March 12, 2007 15:30 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

Welcome to BioPOD. This month on the podcast, Adrian Bird reverses the symptoms of Rett's Syndrome, Kelly Dyer identifies a selfish X-chromosome that promotes its own spread, and Steve Millam develops a new greenhouse with green credentials.

BioPOD - February 2007

February 13, 2007 15:30 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

Welcome to BioPOD. Today's podcast features interviews with research staff in the School - Keith Matthews, Peter Keightley and Katelyn Fenn and also with Aubrey Manning

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