In Situ Science
103 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSharing the stories behind scientific discovery. Each episode James O'Hanlon meets a different scientist and hears their 'behind the scenes' stories.
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Ep 98. Bird feeding and book publishing with Darryl Jones
October 01, 2020 00:55 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Darryl Jones (Griffith) Don't feed the birds! Well.. OK, if you must make sure you do it properly. Dr Darryl Jones is an urban ecologist who has spent years studying the interactions between humans and animals in towns and cities. One of the most common and widespread interactions between animals and humans is bird feeding. Despite how common it is, there has been very little research into the impacts of this interaction on birds' behaviour and ecology. Darryl has turned his...
Ep 97. Mozzie bites and urban sprawl with Cameron Webb
August 14, 2020 20:43 - 42 minutes - 33 MBCameron Webb, to put it simply, is the mozzie guy. He has built his career studying the diversity and ecology of mosquitoes and also their interactions with humans and how they can be vectors of significant human diseases. His expertise in mosquitoes requires him to be in one moment a champion for mosquito appreciation and understanding, whilst simultaneously understanding the need to control their populations and their impact on people. When he’s not out in swamps surveying mosquito popula...
Ep 96. Ugly animals and scientific illustration with Sami Bayly
June 08, 2020 00:10 - 42 minutes - 30.8 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Sami Bayly (Author and Illustrator) Sami Bayly is the author and illustrator of the award winning children’s’ book ‘The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals”, published by Hachette Australia. This book features full page illustrations and fun facts about some of the world’s strangest animals, who are all beautiful in their own very special way. Sami studied natural history illustration at university and is now forging a career publishing books that highlight weird and wo...
Ep 95. COVID-19, mental health and therapals with Pod Therapy
May 21, 2020 23:23 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBSPECIAL GUESTS: Dr Jim Jobin and Nick Tangeman (Pod Therapy) How are you handling isolation and COVID-19? If you feel like you need some support and want to talk to someone about it, our two special guests today are here to tell you that you definitely should. In this very special episode of In Situ Science we chat to the hosts of Pod Therapy - a podcast dedicated to raising awareness of mental health and breaking down stigmas surrounding therapy. Dr Jim Jobin and Nick Tangeman are clinica...
In Situ Science UPDATE
April 26, 2020 09:33 - 7 minutes - 8.76 MBWhats next for In Situ Science? In the weird new world we are living in things have changed quite a bit. Here's a quick update to let you know that we're still here and we're so happy to have your support during these crazy times! Take care, stay safe, and we'll see you all again soon! Find out more at www.insituscience.com Follow us on Twitter @insituscience Follow us on Instagram Like us on Facebook Music: ‘Strange Stuff’ by Sonic Wallpaper - www.sonicwallpaper.bandcamp.com
Flashback episode with Dr Charlotte Mills
March 29, 2020 21:40 - 32 minutes - 26.5 MBWay back on episode 39 Charlotte Mills was a PhD student at UNSW. She has since completed her PhD and is now Dr Charlotte Mills. Charlotte describes her time as a PhD candidate as a ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ experience. This experience has taken her across the magical desert landscapes of inland Australia and continues to be an exciting adventure. Follow Charlotte on Twitter @EcologistMills Music: ‘Strange Stuff’ by Sonic Wallpaper – www.sonicwallpaper.bandcamp.com
Flashback episode with Dr Dieter Hochuli
March 15, 2020 21:26 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBThis flashback episode takes us back to episode 60 where we chat with Dieter Hochuli, an invertebrate biologist and urban ecologist from the University of Sydney who studies how nature survives in towns and cities. His research investigates the ecological, economical and psychological benefits of nature in cities, and how our modern way of life affects the plants and animals around us. In an interview with In Situ Science Dieter chats with us about how connecting with nature is being shown...
FLASHBACK EPISODE with Dr Heather Hendrickson
March 01, 2020 21:03 - 45 minutes - 18.8 MBOur next flashback episode goes all the way back to Episode 11 where we chatted with Dr Heather Hendrickson about the battle against anti-biotic resistant bacteria. Dr Hendrickson is a research scientist and science communicator from Massey University in New Zealand. Her research group is at the front line of understanding how other forms of treatment can be used as alternatives to broad spectrum antibiotics. In an interview with in situ science she takes us through her research into bacteri...
FLASHBACK EPISODE with Dr Karl
February 18, 2020 04:43 - 48 minutes - 36.8 MBFor the next few episodes In Situ Science will be revisiting some old classics while James takes a break from podcasting to tackle a very important job :-) First off the rank is Episode 47 with the one and only Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. Dr Karl is perhaps Australia’s most prolific and well known science communicator. He has written over 43 books, and has appeared regularly on national radio for over 30 years. In an interview with In Situ Science we chat about the immense amount of research and ...
Ep 94. Painkillers, opioids and addiction with Adam Hamlin
February 03, 2020 00:09 - 53 minutes - 38.5 MBAdam Hamlin is a neuroscientist at the University of New England who studies how drugs, such as painkillers, affect brain neurochemistry. These chemicals can have wonderful affects and are miracles of modern medicine, however if used improperly can lead to dependencies and addictions. In this interview with Dr Hamlin we talk about how these painkillers work and what make them such effective and potentially dangerous substances. We also chat about what makes lab rats such effective models fo...
Ep 93. Cannabis, legalisation and pill testing with Samuel Banister
January 19, 2020 22:44 - 55 minutes - 41.7 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Samuel Banister (USyd) The cannabis plant is useful for everything from textiles to medicine, however our ability to use these plants has been hampered by its association with illegal drugs. People are beginning to make very big claims about the use of cannabinoids to treat almost every ailment under the sun, however the evidence still just isn’t there. Samuel Banister is a medicinal chemist at the Lambert Initiative at the University of Sydney that studies how drugs affect o...
Ep 92. Bird brains, documentaries and serial killers with Lucy Farrow
January 05, 2020 22:32 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Lucy Farrow (UNE) Humans have the biggest brains of any animals… well, kind of… only if we correct for body size… which is important… we think. Understanding animal intelligence is difficult, especially when brains are so complex that our own brains might be incapable of understanding themselves. When it comes to animals, brain size has been a primary indicator of intelligence, however showing that having bigger brains leads to greater intelligence is harder than it sounds. Y...
Ep 91. Forensics, photography and the CSI effect with Glenn Porter
December 22, 2019 10:11 - 48 minutes - 34.3 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Glenn Porter (UNE) The science of forensics has popularised by the success of TV crime shows, but the reality of how criminal investigations occur, and the science behind evidence gathering is often nowhere near as glamorous as these shows imply. While we may not be able to work the magic they show on TV, new technologies are aiding forensic scientists in more effectively gathering and presenting evidence. With advances in imaging technology and the ubiquity of digital came...
Ep 90. Beards, phobias and implicit biases with Belinda Craig
December 08, 2019 07:33 - 53 minutes - 39.9 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Belinda Craig (UNE) How well can we read other people’s faces? And how good are we at faking our own emotional responses? Turns out not to great. In the absence of other contextual cues people are not very good at reading peoples facial expressions. Add to that the fact that cultural differences can have a huge impact on what emotions are expressed and how. As humans we are inherently biased towards favourably reading the expressions of people within our own groups. Even thi...
Ep 89. Tiny gardeners and environmental educators with Matthew McKenzie
November 25, 2019 06:05 - 49 minutes - 37.4 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Matthew McKenzie (Thalgarrah EEC) Support In Situ Science on Patreon Matthew McKenzie is the principal and head teacher of a public school with a difference. Thalgarrah Environmental Education Centre is located in the woodlands outside of Armidale in regional NSW. It is part of a network of environmental and zoo education centres across NSW that provide other schools with a base for excursions, camps and experiences focussed on using nature as a learning and teaching resourc...
Ep 88. Video games, dentistry and ageing basketballers with Michael Kasumovic
November 10, 2019 09:06 - 50 minutes - 37.6 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Michael Kasumovic (UNSW) Support In Situ Science on Patreon After a brief stint trying to become a dentist, Michael Kasumovic found his true calling studying the ecology and evolution of spiders. That was until he found another calling studying everything else from performance in professional athletes, how income can affect facial preferences, and how sex and social status can influence people’s behaviour in online videogames. Not content with simply being a prolific researc...
Ep 87. Communication, education and science speed dating with Isabelle Kingsley
October 27, 2019 10:18 - 45 minutes - 33.1 MBSupport In Situ Science on Patreon SPECIAL GUEST: Isabelle Kingsley (UNSW) From school teacher, to science communicator, to events producer, and now researcher, Isabelle Kingsley has spent her career spanning widely different areas of science education and outreach. She founded the Sydney Science Festival in 2015 which has grown into an annual festival attended by over 80,000 people. While she was running the Sydney Science Festival she began to wonder what sort of educational impact publi...
Ep 86. Science puns and stand-up comedy with Benji Kessler
October 13, 2019 10:01 - 49 minutes - 36.4 MBSupport In Situ Science on Patreon SPECIAL GUEST: Benji Kessler (UC) Benji Kessler is a man of many talents, he studies the behaviour of spiders, teaches mathematics to school kids, does stand-up comedy and looks great in a Spider-Man costume. Benji is currently visiting Australia from the USA where he is doing his PhD at the University of California. He was nice enough to sit down for a chat to talk about how a severe arachnophobe managed to forge a career in science studying the visual a...
Ep 85. Theory vs reality, and dancing in the middle with Alva Curtsdotter
September 29, 2019 10:46 - 57 minutes - 40.5 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Alva Curtsdotter (UNE) Support In Situ Science on Patreon Some scientists go out in to the field, collect data and conduct experiments to test their hypotheses. Other scientists conduct their experiments inside a computer. Alva Curtsdotter is a theoretical ecologist that studies the behaviour of animal populations across natural landscapes, but instead of spending her time surveying and measuring real world populations she runs computer simulations to see how animal populat...
Ep 84. Barns, broilers and big things with Natalie Morgan
September 15, 2019 20:25 - 40 minutes - 28.4 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Natalie Morgan (UNE) Support In Situ Science on Patreon Chicken is big business and the science behind poultry nutrition is an incredibly precise mix of chemistry and biology. As the market for poultry continues to increase worldwide there is ongoing need to industry to improve the efficiency and sustainability of chicken feed. Natalie Morgan is a poultry nutrition expert who works to understand how the diets fed to livestock can be modified to improve overall animal health ...
Ep 83. Life Vs Science 2019
September 01, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBLive from the Django Bar Support In Situ Science on Patreon In Situ Science returned to the Django Bar to celebrate National Science Week and the Sydney Science Festival. This year we we’re joined by Cameron Webb (USyd and NSW Health), Katherina Petrou (UTS), Fonti Kar (UNSW) and Samuel Bannister (USyd) who shared stories about everything from studying marine algae in Antarctic sea ice, to fishing for komodo dragons with giant genetically engineered mosquitos. We asked our panel ...
Ep 82. Emu farming, pregnancy tips and Bill Nye the Science Guy with Andrew Katsis
August 19, 2019 01:43 - 35 minutes - 27 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Andrew Katsis (Deakin) Support In Situ Science on Patreon A single tweet can make all the difference, or at least it did for Andrew Katsis, who decided to get involved in the #billmeetsciencetwitter trend. Little did he know that his tweet would be seen by American television producers, who decided to fly Andrew over to LA to talk about this research on the Netflix show ‘Bill Nye Saves the World’. Andrew’s research looks at how bird calls can affect the development of chicks...
Ep 81. Harry potter, taxonomy and academic publishing with Tom Saunders
August 03, 2019 19:40 - 36 minutes - 27.4 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Tom Saunders (U of Auckland) Support In Situ Science on Patreon Tom Saunders experienced a burst of scientific fame after naming a newfound species of wasp Lusius malfoyi, after the beloved and maligned Harry Potter character Lucius Malfoy. Naming new species after pop culture figures has become a useful tool for enhancing public awareness taxonomy and biodiversity research. Taking this strategy though has to be handled delicately as paying homage to beloved fictional charac...
Ep 80. Deception, maths and parental expectations with Amy Martin
July 21, 2019 06:57 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Amy Martin (UoA) Support In Situ Science on Patreon Amy Martin is a researcher at the University of Auckland that studies the incredible private lives of orchids that trick male wasps into mating with them. By depriving these wasp populations of male sperm they can actually have long term effects on the wasp populations. Amy says that this is why deceptive orchids the world over tend to use haplodiploid insects as their pollinators as their unique mating systems make them id...
Ep 79. Meteorites, volcanoes and Armageddon with Tim Chapman
July 07, 2019 08:30 - 42 minutes - 33.1 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Tim Chapman (UNE) Support In Situ Science on Patreon This episode sees our first ever geologist on the podcast. Tim Chapman is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of New England. He studies the high energy geological reactions, such as the formation of volcanoes and meteorite impacts, and what influence these have had on our landscape. As we discuss the cutting edge of geological science, Tim answers such pressing questions as ‘what is a rock?’ We cover hot top...
Ep 78. Lizard fights and crafternoons with Fonti Kar
June 23, 2019 08:25 - 46 minutes - 33.3 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Fonti Kar (UNSW) Support In Situ Science on Patreon Fonti Kar is a behavioural ecologist from the University of New South Wales. She studies the life history of skinks and how the conditions they are born in can affect their behaviour and development later on in life. In this interview Fonti we dive deep into what it takes to be a productive scientist and the pros and cons of forging out a career in such a competitive field. And, as always, it seems that the answer involves...
Ep 77. Craft beers, trilobites and Lagerstätten with John Paterson
June 09, 2019 07:45 - 44 minutes - 35.1 MBSPECIAL GUEST: John Paterson (UNE) John Paterson is a professor of paleontology and earth sciences at the University of New England. He studies the evolution of life during the Cambrian explosion. Some of his recent research has shown that during this time some of the largest predators around, Anomalocaris, had wonderfully complex eyes and they were likely to be incredible visual predators of their time. In this interview we also hear about his work studying the fossils found in the Emu Ba...
Ep 76. Spinifex, fires and Aboriginal languages with Boyd Wright
May 26, 2019 12:44 - 56 minutes - 42.4 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Boyd Wright (UNE) Boyd Wright is an arid zone ecologist from the University of New England that studies the life history of the sturdy plants that make their homes in Australia’s dry deserts. Boyd has spent many years working with Indigenous communities in these areas and has made it his mission to find as many opportunities as he can to work in his true desert home. This includes finding odd jobs on farms, in aged health care and even as a Pintupi-Luritja language interprete...
Ep 75. Small shelly fossils and paleo tattoos with Marissa Betts
May 12, 2019 21:57 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Marissa Betts (UNE) Palaeontology isn’t just about Dinosaurs! Marissa Betts is a researcher at the University of New England that studies the evolution of miniscule animals that existed during the Cambrian explosion. During this era animals evolved hard shelled bodies that made them much more likely to fossilise. By looking at these tiny fossils Marissa can investigate how lifeforms on earth have changed over millions of years and how this information can be used to trace the...
Ep 74. Cotton, moths and kleptoparasites with Mary Whitehouse
April 28, 2019 10:28 - 39 minutes - 14.9 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Mary Whitehouse (CSIRO) Farmers have learned that the widespread use of pesticides is a dangerous strategy as it can lead to the evolution of highly pesticide resistant crop pests. Land managers are moving towards ‘Integrated Pest Management’ techniques that use a multitude of strategies to more responsibly control pests, including fostering populations of natural pest predators. Mary Whitehouse has (in her own words) been masquerading as an entomologist with the CSIRO for ...
Ep 73. Poetry, Poop and Peron’s Tree Frog with the Dudleys
April 14, 2019 09:12 - 1 hour - 32 MBSPECIAL GUESTS: Alexander and Jane Dudley (Faunaverse) Alexander and Jane Dudley are passionate defenders of the natural world. They have written two poetry books showcasing Australia’s unique animal life. Alexander travels all across Australia as a wildlife surveyor. His passion for animals and poetry has led him, with some firm encouragement from Jane, to compile his poetry together and share it with the world. Jane has been taking things one step further and putting her passion for wildl...
Ep 72. Honey bees, slime moulds and velvet worms with Tanya Latty
March 31, 2019 09:19 - 37 minutes - 15.4 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Tanya Latty (USyd) Urban beekeeping is all the rage but its not the only thing you can do to help pollinators. Tanya Latty from the University of Sydney says being a lazy gardener may be the best thing you can do to help your local bees, beetles and butterflies. Tanya’s work was recently featured on ABC’s Catalyst as part of the Great Australian Bee Challenge. Tanya and her lab work on understanding how social organisms work together to solve problems like navigation, predat...
Ep 71. Science Meets Design Live at the Django Bar
March 16, 2019 03:09 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBLIVE FROM THE SYDNEY DESIGN FESTIVAL Can science explain what makes good design? Are designers and scientists really that different? Or are they both just explorers searching for truth in different ways? We celebrated the intersections of Science and Design at the Sydney Design Panel with a celebrity panel featuring Tom Gordon, Chris Reid, Wendy Davis and Laura Jade Hindes. We explored everything from optical illusions to corpse piles to redneck science. Audience members got a sneak peek...
Ep 70. Coeliac disease and carnivorous plants with Richard Charlesworth
March 04, 2019 22:50 - 42 minutes - 15.9 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Richard Charlesworth (UNE) Is gluten actually bad for you? Is all the hype surrounding gluten free diets justified? According to Dr Richard Charlesworth, its complicated. People's responses to gluten can range from severe coeliac disease, through to a whole spectrum of intolerance syndromes, to not reacting to it at all. And diagnosing which of these conditions people are susceptible to is a complex challenge. In an interview with In Situ Science Richard chats about his own ...
Ep 69. Horseshoe crabs and hot pink theses with Russell Bicknell
February 16, 2019 23:59 - 57 minutes - 23.6 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Russell Bicknell (UNE) Horseshoe crabs, firstly, are not crabs, nor do they make effective horseshoes. They are a unique animal more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crustaceans. They are highly valued due to the coagulant properties of their blood, which is harvested as a pharmaceutical product to identify impurities in medicinal products. This sadly also places them under threat as their populations are routinely harvested and their numbers are declining. Russ...
Ep 68. Steampunk, crazy ants and early childhood with Kirsti Abbott
February 03, 2019 21:00 - 52 minutes - 20.7 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Kirsti Abbott (UNE) Have you ever wanted to visit a Steampunk themed scientific learning space aimed at all ages in a regional university. We’ll guess what!? The Boilerhouse Discovery Space is currently under construction at the University of New England and is on track for completion in 2022. In this interview we chat with Kirsti Abbot the manager of UNE Discovery. She talks to us about how making learning experiences accessible to kids in regional communities is essential f...
Ep 67. Sharks, magnets and paternity leave with Vincent Raoult
January 21, 2019 02:23 - 52 minutes - 24.7 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Vincent Raoult (UoN) Sharks are cool! Thats about all there is to it. Gone are the days of viewing sharks as bloodthirsty killers, we're now all on board with the fact that they are an incredibly diverse group of animals with amazing biology. Vincent Raoult from the University of Newcastle studies the biology of sharks and is looking at ways we can improve fisheries practices to work more efficiently and protect sharks at the same time. In this interview with In Situ Scienc...
Ep 66. Lizard Brains, Sir David and Winnie the Dog with Martin Whiting
January 05, 2019 17:30 - 55 minutes - 28.2 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Martin Whiting (MQ) Martin Whiting is a true natural historian. He has spent his life studying reptiles across the world as far as Australia, Asia and Africa. In an interview with In Situ Science we delve into the secret lives of social skinks and their incredible intelligence and the incredible flat lizards that signal their quality using UV colour patches. Martin’s work has been featured in BBC documentaries and he had the opportunity to work alongside Sir David Attenboro...
Ep 65. Livestock, genetics, and science ninjas with Sonja Dominik
December 23, 2018 20:00 - 46 minutes - 21.6 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Sonja Dominik (CSIRO) In this special Christmas episode we chat to Sonja Dominik from the CSIRO who has just been named one of Australia’s ‘Superstars of STEM’; a nationwide initiative focussed on increasing the visibility of women in STEM and addressing the gender gap in scientific careers. Her research focuses on using genetic technologies to improve the health and productivity of livestock animals such as sheep, cows and even fish! In an interview with In Situ Science So...
Ep 64. Powerlifting, resistance training and microbiomes with Mandy Hagstrom
December 08, 2018 21:46 - 41 minutes - 18.6 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Mandy Hagstrom (UNE) Lift heavy, but not too heavy. Don't eat too much, unless you need to eat a lot. Cardio is great, until it isn't. Sports science is a relatively new field of science and there is lots of conflicting information out there that can leave people very confused about how best to approach healthy decisions. Sports scientist Mandy Hagstrom from the University of New England tends to agree and says that we are really only scratching the surface in terms of our kn...
Ep 63. Marine biology, coral reefs and tiny fishes with Chris Goatley
November 26, 2018 06:26 - 44 minutes - 21 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Chris Goatley (UNE) What do animals do? It may sound like a very simple question but for many biologists it can be very hard to answer. For marine biologist Chris Goatley studying small, elusive cryptobenthic fish, understanding what they get up to is both an incredible challenge and adventure. Teeny tiny fish make up a huge amount of biomass in coral reefs across the globe and we actually know very little about how they survive and what role they play in coral reef ecology. ...
Ep 62. Machine learning and digital bricklayers with Will Billingsley
November 11, 2018 05:20 - 56 minutes - 27.4 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Will Billingsley (UNE) With computer technology processing rapidly, and the proliferation of the internet into all aspects of our lives and businesses, you can't blame people for feeling a little bit out of control. With technologies such as 'machine learning' and 'artificial intelligence' becoming more common place we are beginning to ask questions about how much we actually understand what their effects are. In this episode we sit down for a chat with technologist and compu...
Ep 61. Wetlands, waterbirds and food webs with Lindsey Frost
October 30, 2018 03:36 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Lindsey Frost (UNE) Wetlands aren't always wet. Sounds strange but in an arid country like Australia, wetlands may be dry for decades at a time until water arrives via rain and flooding events. These unique habitats provide crucial resources for diverse ecosystems that thrive under dynamic boom-and-bust situations. Lindsey Frost is a wetland ecologist from the University of New England who is setting out to answer the question, 'how much water does it take to grow a duck?'...
Ep 60. Green cities, mole crickets, and impostor syndrome with Dieter Hochuli
October 14, 2018 01:20 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Dieter Hochuli (USyd) “A society grows great when men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” - Greek proverb Dieter Hochuli is an invertebrate biologist and urban ecologist from the University of Sydney that studies how nature survives in towns and cities. His research investigates the ecological, economical and psychological benefits of nature in cities, and how our modern way of life affects the plants and animals around us. In an interview with...
Ep 59. Stem cells, scicomm and fatty tubes with Naomi Koh Belic
September 30, 2018 05:34 - 36 minutes - 17.6 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Naomi Koh Belic (UTS) The potential for using stem cells in medical treatments is really only just being explored. Despite this there are already unsubstantiated claims being shared and predatory cosmetic stem cell treatments on the market. Naomi Koh Belic is a PhD researcher at the University of Technology, Sydney who studies the biology of human stem cells and how they differentiate into other cell types. In an interview with In Situ Science Naomi chats to us about her re...
Ep 58. Droughts, drones and data with David Lamb
September 16, 2018 05:30 - 34 minutes - 17.2 MBSPECIAL GUEST: David Lamb (UNE) Living and working in a regional town is having your cake and eating it too! David Lamb is a distinguished professor at the University of New England and Chief Scientist of the Food Agility CRC. He has spent his professional career at regional universities throughout Australia and wouldn’t have it any other way. The research he does on food production in agriculture can contribute straight back to the community that he lives in. In an interview with In Situ ...
Ep 57. Medical foot-soldiers and shiny bugs with Scott Fabricant
September 02, 2018 07:13 - 54 minutes - 27.2 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Scott Fabricant (Rutgers Medical School) Boffins, tinkerers, deep-thinkers, these are terms people often use to describe the stereotypical scientist, sitting away in the lab slowly piecing together facts and data. And for a lot of scientists this is true, but not all scientists are the same, and for some this long-game of piecing together complex puzzles simply isn’t satisfying. So what type of science do these people do? Scott Fabricant started off his scientific career wit...
Ep 56. Life Vs Science 2018
August 19, 2018 03:28 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBLIVE AT THE CAMELOT LOUNGE!!! Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a scientist? Do they really wear lab coats? Are they really all timid nerds, like in the movies? All these questions and more were answered at In Situ Science's annual Life Vs Science live podcast recording. Each year we celebrate National Science Week and the Sydney Science Festival with a live podcast at the Camelot Lounge in Sydney's inner west. This wear we we're joined by Dieter Hochuli (USyd), Michael Kasumovic...
Ep 55. Searching for the 'lost' Desert Rat Kangaroo with Karl Vernes
August 06, 2018 01:54 - 38 minutes - 19.2 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Karl Vernes (UNE) The Desert Rat Kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), or ‘oolaculnta’ was last seen by scientist Hedley Herbert Finlayson in the 1930’s. Since then there have been a number of accounts which suggest that this rare and elusive creature may still be out there, in the stony deserts of South Australia. In Australia, which has one of the worst records for mammal extinctions due to human activity, finding this marsupial alive would be a great boon for Australian conse...
Ep 54. Dinosaur detectives and frozen crocodiles with Ada Klinkhamer
July 23, 2018 02:27 - 37 minutes - 16.9 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Ada Klinkhamer (UNE) The enormous, long-necked Sauropods are some of the most iconic dinosaurs, and its no surprise given the almost unfathomable sizes that they grew to. Ada Klinkhamer is a palaeontologist from the University of New England that studies how these ancient beasts could have moved and how their skeletons supported such enormous bodies. In an interview with In Situ Science Ada chats with us about what its like being a dinosaur detective and piecing together st...