Science and Beers
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Beer fuelled science talk, with scientists. A new hot topic each episode.
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Fat Cells
July 03, 2021 12:51 - 53 minutes - 69.9 MBFat cells are specialised to store large amounts of fat that act as metabolic energy depots. However, fat cells carry out many other vital functions such as appetite regulation. Fat cells can talk to each other, the brain and the other organs. In this episode, Professor Susanne Mandrup talks about fat cells, as well as the epigenetics and DNA associated with fat cells and metabolic disease. Ph.D. Susanne Mandrup is Professor at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at SDU where ...
Football is Medicine
June 25, 2021 09:47 - 53 minutes - 62.9 MB"Football is medicine, football is for everyone, football is for life." That's the message from Peter Krustrup as we have a beer and a chat at the Euro 2020 Fan Zone is Copenhagen. Episode recorded June 24th, 2021. You can find some pictures of the meeting here. Peter is Chair of Health Sciences at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. He is Professor of Sport and Health Sciences at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at SDU and Honorary Visiting Professor at Unive...
Educational Philosophy
June 18, 2021 05:50 - 41 minutes - 55.4 MBIn this episode, I speak with Professor Nina Bonderup Dohn about education and knowledge transfer. Nina is a Senior Fellow og Humanities and the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS). For further insights into her research, watch her DIAS lecture "Designing for situated knowledge in a world of change." MA, Ph.D, Dr.phil Nina Bonderup Dohn is Professor in Learning and ICT at the Department of Design and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark. She is Head of the Center for...
The history of the universe in a glass of beer
May 14, 2021 07:30 - 1 hour - 116 MBProfessor Francesco Sannino is the Founder and Director of the Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology (CP³-Origins) at the University of Southern Denmark. He is also the founder of the Danish Institute for Advanced Study, where is Chair of Physics. He is also currently Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University Federico II in Napoli and the Scuola Superiore Meridionale in Italy. In this episode, we look inside a glass of Weißbier to see what the universe is made of. B...
Nuclear Bombs and Polio Interventions
May 06, 2021 21:54 - 1 hour - 96.5 MBMy guest this week is Dr Keith Andrew Meyers. We talk about two of his research interests, the economic consequences of atmospheric nuclear testing conducted in the Nevada desert during the 1950s, and the socioeconomic effects of the Salk polio vaccine. We later digressed into the nature of conspiracy theories, morality, and the phenomena of epistemological decline. Here's a timestamp (hh:mm) (00:04) Nuclear Bombs (00:26) Polio (00:47) The economy of health (00:51) Importance of investi...
What if we kept a 0.05% blood alcohol concentration?
April 30, 2021 15:04 - 21 minutes - 22 MBWhat would be the short and long term effects of maintaining a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05%? This question was inspired by the Oscar-winning Danish film, Druk. To answer this and more alcohol related questions is Dr Aleksander Krag. Dr Krag is Professor and senior consultant of Hepatology and Director of Odense Liver Research Centre at SDU and Odense University Hospital (OUH). He is also a Chair of Heath Science and the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. Read more about his res...
Marine Ecology
April 18, 2021 19:58 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBHow thick is the sea ice at the North Pole? What is it like to scuba dive in leopard seal hunting grounds? And what does a marine biologist think of the Seaspiracy documentary? Our guest, Dr Karl Attard answers these questions and more. Karl's research interests include the productivity of coastal waters and the factors that drive fundamental ecosystem processes such as primary production and respiration. Seafloor habitats are a key focus of his work, as they represent hotspots of biodiver...
Byzantine Literature
April 12, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBHow was literature enjoyed during the Byzantine Empire? How were emotions portrayed / made sense of in Byzantium? And what is it like to read autobiographical text from 1000 years ago? Assistant Professor Aglae Pizzone from the Danish Institute for Advanced Study and the Centre of Medieval Studies at the University of Southern Denmark joins podcast host, Michael Magee for a chat about life and literature in Byzantium. Aglae Pizzone is a Byzantinist with a training in classics. In her resea...
Write your future
March 26, 2021 09:28 - 1 hour - 72 MBI'm joined by Assitant Professor Bryan Yazell and Professor Christine Stabell Benn from the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS). They come from two different research areas. Christine's work has shown how vaccines and vitamins affect the immune system in a much more general way than previously thought. Bryan investigates the way literature stages, reflects on, or otherwise intervenes in public debates about migratory populations. Together they came up with an idea to inspire people t...
The Economic History of Denmark
March 19, 2021 21:00 - 57 minutes - 60.4 MBPaul Sharp is professor of business and economics at the Historical Economics and Development Group (HEDG) at the University of Southern Denmark. He is a senior fellow at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. Paul is recognised as a leading authority on Danish economic history. In this episode, Paul shares his knowledge of how new technology and ways of thinking took Denmark from being one of the poorest countries in Europe 300 years ago, to being one of the richest today. His insights ca...
Synaptic Science Solutions: From a new brain disease to Covid19
November 26, 2020 22:55 - 1 hour - 104 MBDr Eivind Segtnan is part of the team behind Synaptic Science Solutions. During his PhD, Eivind worked towards the development of a method to test for brain diaschisis - where damage to an area of the brain effects other regions of the brain. Eivind also is part of a team that developed an app and an Artificial Intelligence that can help mass test for Covid19. This episode is divided into two parts, the first 30 minutes is on brain diaschisis and the second half is on the Covid19 app. It w...
Flooding of a coastal lagoon.
October 09, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBFive years ago, the Aage V. Jensen foundation deliberately flooded a piece of drained, coastal land at Gyldensteen on North Funen in Denmark. The dikes were opened in three places, the seawater flowed in and quickly covered a 214 ha area which had previously been agricultural land. Furthermore, a freshwater lake was created of 144 ha. Ever since, biologists from the University of Southern Denmark have followed the return of nature and observed how nutrients, greenhouse gases, flora and fauna...
A coastal restoration project
October 09, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBFive years ago, the Aage V. Jensen foundation deliberately flooded a piece of drained, coastal land at Gyldensteen on North Funen in Denmark. The dikes were opened in three places, the seawater flowed in and quickly covered a 214 ha area which had previously been agricultural land. Furthermore, a freshwater lake was created of 144 ha. Ever since, biologists from the University of Southern Denmark have followed the return of nature and observed how nutrients, greenhouse gases, flora and fauna...
Quantum Gravity
October 05, 2020 09:37 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MBAssociate Professor, Astrid Eichhorn is part of the CP3-Origins group at the University of Southern Denmark. She received the 2020 Villum Young Investigator Grant for the project "Probing the Quantum Nature of Gravity." In this episode we talk about quantum gravity and other quirky quantum quandaries. Follow Astrid on Twitter @AstridEichhorn and read more about her work at www.cp3-origins.dk/people/eichhorn-astrid/ Support this podcast at patreon.com/scienceandbeers Hosted on Acast. See...
The Beer Making process
September 25, 2020 10:31 - 48 minutes - 53 MBDr Claus Christensen has a PhD from the University of Copenhagen. He is also a master brewer at the Munkebo Brewery in Odense, Denmark. Claus uses his knowledge of microbiology to hunt for and culture wild yeast. Some of his beers are made with yeast from the legs of honey bees, flowers or wild fruits picked up from places of historical significance. The story of the Munkebo Brewery and their beers is steeped in a rich viking history. Check out munkebobrewery.com/ or facebook.com/munkebobr...
FestiVersities
September 05, 2020 13:53 - 50 minutes - 58.4 MBProfessor in cultural sociology Ian Woodward, and PhD researcher in market anthropology, Signe Banke, are based at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), where they both work on the FestiVersities project. FestiVersities is a multi-sited research project led by Professor Woodward from SDU. It is funded by the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) Joint Research programme under the Horizon 2020 scheme Public Spaces: Culture and Integration in Europe (2019-2022). The project crit...
Climate Change and Gaian Feedback systems
August 22, 2020 12:12 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBDr Carolin Löscher is Associate Professor at the Nordic Centre for Earth Evolution (NordCEE) at the University of Southern Denmark, where she is also a Fellow of Geobiology at the Danish Institute of Advanced Science (D-IAS). She is a climate scientist, with a focus on oceanic ecosystems. In this podcast we talk about climate change, biogeochemistry, Gaian feedback cycles, her current projects and how she became inspired to pursue a career in marine biology. You can read more about her wo...
DNA
August 07, 2020 08:20 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBDr Philip Hallenborg is a molecular biologist and research advisor at the University of Southern Denmark. He is also an author, having published two novels of fiction with science based storylines. In this episode, Philip shares his knowledge of DNA, gene editing and evolution. He also tells of how he was inspired to pursue a career in science. His first book,Og jeg så en ny himmel can be found at bit.ly/3gBkOd9. An English version can be found at amzn.to/3kiQ7vA. His second book, Fenris is a...
Impact of literature on society
June 26, 2020 10:52 - 36 minutes - 51.5 MBAssociate Professor, Emily Hogg (@emilyjhogg) examines the relationship between contemporary literature and precarity, alcohol consumption and feminist theory. She works at the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. Become a patron of this podcast at patreon.com/scienceandbeers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Vaccination in Guinea-Bissau
June 19, 2020 06:00 - 41 minutes - 36.9 MBAssociate Professor Ane Fisker examines the vaccine programme in Guinea-Bissau. Data suggests there are non-specific effects from vaccines.She works with the Bandim Health Project and the University of Southern Denmark. Read more at bandim.org Become a patron of the podcast at patreon.com/scienceandbeers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Russian influence in the West
June 12, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBWhat is Russia’s influence in the West? What is Soft Power? Is liberal democracy the thing everybody wants? Our guest this week, Vincent Keating will be addressing these questions as well as talking about his own career path. Vincent is an Associate Professor at the Centre of War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. His research topics include: The politics of human rights during the war on terror; How issues of trust and distrust shape alliance politics; The problems of trustwor...
On the Organisation of Culture
June 05, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 51 MBHow is culture organised. How do museums, theatres, concert halls and underground players function together as a system. And how does the interaction of the state work in this system. Our guest, Thomas Burø is working on his PhD at Copenhagen Business School. In this episode, Thomas talks about the history of state funded culture in Denmark. He also talks about Opps! Festival, the Festival for Failure and F-ups. Failures are essential to science and they should be embraced :) When not worki...
Thomas Burø
June 05, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 51 MBHow is culture organised. How do museums, theatres, concert halls and underground players function together as a system. And how does the interaction of the state work in this system. Our guest, Thomas Burø is working on his PhD at Copenhagen Business School. In this episode, Thomas talks about the history of state funded culture in Denmark. He also talks about Opps! Festival, the Festival for Failure and F-ups. Failures are essential to science and they should be embraced :) When not worki...
Dr Daniel Mills on The Biosphere
May 29, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 69.4 MBDr Daniel Mills is a Post-Doc at Stanford University. His research primarily concerns the co-evolution of the Proterozoic biosphere (Earth’s ‘middle age,’ 2.5-0.541 billion years ago) and eukaryotic life — a topic he approaches by studying modern organisms and environments. As we chat, we give credence to the discoveries of Vladimir Vernadsky, a Russian mineralogist who, in the early 20th century published a book called The Biosphere. Vernadsky realised that the geology, chemistry and biolo...
Trailer
May 25, 2020 18:47 - 3 minutes - 3.97 MBIntroduction to the concept: We talk science and we drink beer! In this episode I talk about the idea for the podcast. The first episode will be released on Friday the 29th of May. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.