Episode 13 - "One of my best friends is a poet" Phoebe Cohen

Don't Panic Geocast

English - April 17, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
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This week we are joined by paleontologist Dr. Phoebe Cohen (@PhoebeFossil) from Williams. She studies microscopic single-cell fossils from before there were animals.

Undergrad at Cornell, wanting to be in biology… landed in earth system science
Strongly influenced by the book “Life on a young planet”
Grad school at Harvard
1/2 post-doc, 1/2 education-outreach at MIT
Gigapan Photography
Cambridge Science Festival
The Story Collider Podcast
Phoebe’s TEDed video

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Fun Paper Friday

This week we read about the nutrition of gut bacteria in a baby and how it can influence their behavior. You can also follow the author on Twitter: @MammalsSuck

Allen-Blevins, C. R., Sela, D. A., & Hinde, K. (2015). Milk Bioactives May Manipulate Microbes to Mediate Parent-Offspring Conflict. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, eov007. http://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eov007

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