Please explain!
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -We are Anaëlle and Helena, third year Microbiology Phd students at the University of Copenhagen. To distract ourselves from the dauntingly fast approaching deadline, we decided to produce a podcast series called “Please explain!”, where we talk about different science topics in an easily digestable way.
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Please Explain! ... gender gap
April 29, 2021 12:12 - 27 minutes - 49.5 MBEver heard of Flossie Wong-Staal or Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgin? No? Those were two pretty cool scientists, having a lot of impact on our today's world. And they are by far not the only impressive female researchers! However, only 1 out of 3 employees in research&development is female! In this episode of "Please Explain!" we looking at this imbalance between male and female researchers, what gender bias has to do with it and how you can yourself help to close the gender gap! For furthe...
Please Explain! ...Merry Microbes
December 21, 2020 13:36 - 20 minutes - 24.6 MBMerry Microbes, everyone! This episode is all devoted to the jolliest of the seasons! Independant of you counting yourself to the group of people starting to indulge in mulled wine and cookies with the first cold day of the year (guilty!) or are more a supporter of Team Grinch, we hereby serve you 20min of wintery fun facts about microbes! Interesting for people with and without previous knowledge about microbiology! In case we tickled your fancy, here some links where you can read more ab...
Please explain! .... viruses and vaccines
November 25, 2020 12:25 - 19 minutes - 22.4 MBIn our second episode of "Please explain!", Helena explains why eating hot soup might be the only cure for your obligatory autumn cold. We also talk about how vaccines work and why they are so important for global health. Bonus: showing off our incredible sound effect skills while taking you on a time travel to 17th century England. And of course here as well some links in case you want to know more about some of the topics we touch upon: - How do vaccines work? https://www.who.int/emergen...
Please explain! ... antimicrobial resistance
November 18, 2020 09:38 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBIn our very first episode of "Please explain!" we are talking about what antimicrobials are, how they work and why you should always follow the prescription advice. And yes, there might or might not be fun facts about squids (#Schroedinger's squid). Since we take our science serious, here a list of the references we used to produce this episode: - The evolution of the peppered moth : https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-008-0107-y - Antimicrobial resistan...