Science for Progress
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57 Ready for a Change? – with Jennifer Polk
December 31, 2020 22:57 - 30 minutes - 23.9 MBJennifer Polk coaches PhDs ready to make a career change. It's the time of the year when many of us slow down and think about our career decisions. Are you happy with yours? Are you considering a change? I am, in fact, going to make a change in 2021. On this podcast, I talked about careers outside of academia a couple of times. This time I talk with Dr. Jennifer Polk from Toronto, Canada. She's a career coach for PhDs. I came across her Twitter account a while back and thought this would ma...
56 Food System Transformation – with Gesa Maschkowski
October 27, 2020 15:57 - 32 minutes - 15.8 MBFood production, transportation, and consumption habits have an immense impact on health, biodiversity, and the climate. Which food we eat influences our risks for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases; but also the use of land, water, fertilizers, and pesticides, Prices are the main driver for our decisions at the grocery store, but - just as we discussed in the context of mobility and industry as a whole in earlier episodes - the true costs from damages done to the environment by unsustain...
55 Are you FIT 4 RRI?
October 14, 2020 08:45 - 29 minutes - 15.4 MBResponsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is the idea of bringing stakeholders to the table when we plan our research strategies. The EU-funded project "FIT4RRI" was tasked with finding out why aspects of RRI - such as citizen science projects or the adoption of open science - are applied only little by European research institutes and their researchers. Experiments were conducted to find out how research projects can implement RRI principles right from the beginning. Based on that knowledge ...
54 Flatten the Global Temperature Curve – with Maria-Elena Vorrath
September 14, 2020 13:42 - 38 minutes - 19.9 MBMy guest in this episode is Dr. Maria-Elena Vorrath, a geologist who studies the history of climate change, who just finished her PhD. Besides her work as a researcher she is a science communicator with Scientists for Future. Her message is clear: we can't stop climate change, but we can slow the temperature rise. Every bit of reduction in carbon dioxide emissions saves lives down the line. And: A low-carbon society cannot rely on low-emission-technologies, only, but it also has to reduce ...
53 A Neuroscientist’s View on Artificial Intelligence
August 20, 2020 18:55 - 39 minutes - 19.6 MBOne of my favorite topics is artificial intelligence, or - more specifically - what we can learn from neuroscience about artificial intelligence. So, when I was gifted the book "Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" by Max Tegmark I enjoyed the read thoroughly. But, several scenarios envisioned in the book as paths to human-like artificial intelligence didn't make sense to me, as a neuroscientist. So a bestseller book on artificial intelligence completely ignored the vi...
52 B&D Online Teaching, SciComm, and the Populist Fringes
August 03, 2020 14:18 - 38 minutes - 18.3 MBMy co-host Bart Geurten and I had a rather spontaneous conversation, again. We talk about remote teaching, how science communication and science journalism could be supported by the public, and speculate about how the political fringe might be missing a sense of belonging. Following a catch-up about our lives in the pandemic, we talk about taking lectures online. Should we do it? Are there circumstances when it makes sense? Or does it remove important social interactions among students? We ...
51 Extended Throwback: Precarious Postdocs – with Gary McDowell
June 29, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBPostdocs are, besides graduate students, the main workforce in academic research. Following the PhD, the postdoc position is the only way to follow a research career within academia. Many PhDs around the world are advised to go to the USA for a postdoc - or two - because it is known for its large research output and high-quality research institutes. Around two-thirds of postdocs in the USA are foreign-born. In this episode, I talk to Gary McDowell, a UK born scientist in protein research wh...
50 Sustainable Mobility – with Jonathan Koehler of Scientists for Future
June 20, 2020 15:27 - 44 minutes - 22.8 MBFor this episode, I spoke with Dr. Jonathan Köhler who studies the transformation of the transportation and mobility sectors using computational models at Competence Centre Sustainability and Infrastructure Systems of Fraunhofer Institute. He discusses how ships and aircraft can become carbon neutral, and answers some common questions on the topic. He then talks about his experience with Scientists for Future and Fridays for Future. In the end, he gives us a vision of how mobility could loo...
49 Times of Crisis – Conspiracy Myths and SciComm – with B&D
June 01, 2020 13:24 - 41 minutes - 20.5 MBFor this episode, Bart and I had a rather spontaneous chat about conspiracy beliefs and science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide conspiracy myths about SARS-CoV-2 appear to be on the rise, and conspiracy narrators team up with other cranks in demonstrations - 'hygiene demos' they call it in Germany. And the far right is taking advantage of them. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! At the same time, science communication is at the center of the social discussio...
48 SciComm as Career Development Tool – Dmitry Kopelyanskiy
May 22, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 15.8 MBFor this episode, Dennis talked to Dmitry Kopelyanskiy, a contest-winning science communicator who gives entertaining science talks on stage – mostly about his own research on tropical diseases. But here, Dmitry also talks about his academic career odyssey (from Russia to Switzerland via Israel and Germany), his path to science communication, and his involvement in “Skills for Scientists” – a career development program at the University of Lausanne. Over the past two years, Dmitry Kopelyansk...
47 Extended Throwback: Insecurity and Uncertainties for Early Career Academics – with Maria Pinto
May 15, 2020 18:30 - 1 hour - 31.7 MBDuring this season, once every 4 weeks, I pick one of the 13 most popular episodes from the first two years and post the original interview. These extended editions contain a couple of parts that didn’t make it into the final cut and give an insight into the underlying conversation. Supporters on Patreon have immediate access to these versions, btw. If you are one of them, thank you very much! If not, think about it! Find the final edition here! Academics are Spoiled. Right? The stereotyp...
46 Scientists for Future – with Thomas Loew
May 09, 2020 07:19 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBThe initial statement of Scientists for Future in support of Fridays for Future came out just at the right time. In the public debate, it was a swift response to politicians who were trying to mute the student strikes by telling them to "leave it to the experts". In reality, scientists who had been concerned about the climate and the ecological damages human activities for decades had been working on the statement for a while. Among the authors was our guest Thomas Loew. Listen to the Full ...
45 Animal Research During the COVID-19 Lockdown – with B&D and Daniela Buchwald
March 24, 2020 17:49 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode, Bart and I invited PhD candidate Daniela Buchwald from the German Primate Center – a private research institute. We compare how the University of Göttingen and the German Primate Center (GPC) responded to the impending shutdown of most research activities - with a focus on how the animals are being cared for. The conversation was recorded on Tuesday, March 17, just after the German local government began to take serious action to reduce public life to slow the spread of SARS...
44 Green Biotechnology – with David Spencer
March 16, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutes - 17.9 MBDennis’s guest for this episode is David Spencer, a researcher in plant physiology and phytopathology in Germany. In his Ph.D., David uses genetic engineering to fortify soybeans against fungal infection. They explain why we need more resilient crops fast, why this would be great for the environment, and how genetic engineering can help achieve this. The episode complements the previous one (extended throwback with Hélène Pidon) which focused on explaining different breeding methods and how ...
43 Extended Throwback: Genetically Modified Crops and the European Union – with Hélène Pidon
March 10, 2020 08:21 - 59 minutes - 29.2 MBDuring this season, once every 4 weeks, I pick one of the 13 most popular episodes from the first two years and post the original interview. These extended editions contain a couple of parts that didn’t make it into the final cut and give an insight into the underlying conversation.Supporters on Patreon have immediate access to these versions, btw. If you are one of them, thank you very much! If not, think about it! This time I present to you the full conversation to 11: Genetically Modifie...
42 Entering Year Three, Dawkins and Eugenics & Ranking Unis – with Bart and Dennis
March 01, 2020 22:22 - 40 minutes - 19.2 MBThis episode marks the official end of the second year of this podcast! (unfortunately, there was still no present for Bart - consider becoming a Patron to help!) Apart from the plans for year 3, Bart & Dennis discussed the hot topic of the week: a provocative tweet by Richard Dawkins on Eugenics, and the dos and don’ts, and pros and cons of university rankings. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! AN AMBIGUOUS(?) TWEET Richard Dawkins (a famous evolutionary biologist and member of ...
41 @RealScientists Tweet their SciComm – with Upulie Divisekera
February 09, 2020 14:15 - 31 minutes - 14.8 MBFor this episode, Dennis talked to Upulie Divisekera, the Australian molecular biologist and accomplished science communicator who co-founded “@RealScientists”. She shares how she got access to platforms with large audiences, and lessons from her SciComm experiences: that you should use storytelling and never underestimate your audience. If you are on Twitter and like to learn about science and the people behind it, you probably know @Realscientists, the Twitter rotating curation account....
40 What does Society Think about Science? – B&D
January 29, 2020 16:10 - 38 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode, Bart and I talk about Wissenschaftsbarometer or “science barometer”. This annual survey in Germany and Switzerland is about the public’s trust in science and scientists. Afterward, we talk about a similar survey in the USA, published by the Pew Foundation a few months earlier. For each survey, we picked a couple of questions and interpret the answers. As a side note: The extended version of this episode has two parts. Each one is more than an hour long. You can access both ...
39 From Cosy(?) Academia to Harsh(?) Industry! – with John Stowers
January 05, 2020 20:56 - 37 minutes - 18.9 MBLife as an Early Career Researcher is rather uncertain. The conditions for most postdocs aren’t really great and the availability of professorships isn’t increasing at the same rate as the number of PhDs entering the academic career path - we talk about this, regularly. So it makes sense to seriously consider other career options, and we do so every now and then, too. For this episode, I talk to Dr. John Stowers, engineer, neuroscientist, and founder of "LoopBio", about the transition from ...
38 A Split in the Human Species: ANYA the Movie – with Carylanna Taylor and Jacob Okada
November 24, 2019 19:03 - 37 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this episode, I talk about the science fiction movie ANYA with its creators, Anthropologist Dr. Carylanna Taylor, and Jacob Okada of First Encounter Productions (not a sponsor). The plot of ANYA could happen today! It all starts with a couple in New York that has difficulty having a baby. The groom is a member of the Narval People who keep to themselves - mostly because they think there is a curse that prohibits them from having children with anyone but other members of the community. The...
A Split in the Human Species: ANYA the Movie – with Carylanna Taylor and Jacob Okada
November 24, 2019 19:03 - 37 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this episode, I talk about the science fiction movie ANYA with its creators, Anthropologist Dr. Carylanna Taylor, and Jacob Okada of First Encounter Productions (not a sponsor). The plot of ANYA could happen today! It all starts with a couple in New York that has difficulty having a baby. The groom is a member of the Narval People who keep to themselves - mostly because they think there is a curse that prohibits them from having children with anyone but other members of the community. The...
37 NOT IN MY BACKYARD! – with Bart and Dennis
November 18, 2019 13:04 - 32 minutes - 17 MBAfter an unforgivable delay this episode is finally out. We had some personal and technical delays. Sorry about that. Anyways, in this episode Bart and I continue a conversation about the Energiewende. Based on the latest episode we spoke about which solutions we think should work well. The big problem seem to be the “Not In My BackYard” stance of many people who live where the new infrastructure need to be built. Since Brexit was supposed to happen, we also talk about Brexit, and how it is...
36 Energiewende II: Power Distribution
October 20, 2019 22:32 - 29 minutes - 14.5 MBThis summer climate change has finally made it back into public discussion in Germany. In the last episode on climate change, Rüdiger Eichel and I spoke about Fridays for Future and how the results of the election for the European Parliament reflected the increased awareness for environmental topics in the EU. In this episode I talk to Tom Brown from the Karlsruhe Insttitute of Technology. He models how we can use different energy distribution systems to balance the fluctuating power produc...
35 Why Academia Fails – with Bart and Dennis
October 06, 2019 18:43 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBThe main topic for this episode is Why Academia Fails… or better, what we may learn from the book “Why Nations Fail” (Acemoglu & Robinson) about the shortcomings of academia. But before we get to it, we will talk briefly about what happened over the last month - most importantly, I will give you my report on the Global Climate Strike as I experienced it in Lisbon, on September 27th.This episode is special, in the sense that we decided to make it a 2-Part episode. In this first part we basica...
34 Community SciComm: The Addictive Brain – with Chinmaya Sadangi
September 22, 2019 20:39 - 24 minutes - 13 MBIn this episode I talk with Dr. Chinmaya Sadangi about his Science Communication Project "The Addictive Brain". Science Communication is of major importance. This becomes increasingly clear as we are witnessing the climate action demonstrations which are still being met with rather disappointing responses from the governments. Because of this, I regularly feature science communicators on this podcast. The goal is to inform academics about the possibilities of contributing to science communi...
33 Mandatory Open Access & E****ier – with Bart & Dennis
September 01, 2019 18:27 - 32 minutes - 16.1 MBPhoto by Miriam Berger and Bart Geurten We are back from the summer break! So, we resume the “Bart and Dennis” Talk format! Bart and I briefly talk about Bart’s research, because he just published an article! And it appeared in a journal that is actually quite good, but it is pay-walled and published by Elsevier. We then talk about the upcoming Open Science mandate that cOAlition S is trying to establish in Europe. cOAlition S includes some of the biggest funding agencies in Europe, lik...
32 Harassment — Speak Up in Academia — with Alice Hertzog
August 18, 2019 17:34 - 33 minutes - 17.2 MBThat sexual harassment, bullying, but also academic misconduct such as advisers plagiarizing their student’s work, happen in academia has never been a big secret. Rumors and scandals over the mistreatment of students, grad students, postdocs, and so on, have been accompanying my whole career. So called ‘whisper networks’ warn each other to stay away from certain professors. And, where power differentials between members of a community are so large, abuse of power is probably not completely ...
31 The Liberation of Science – with Jon Tennant
July 28, 2019 20:59 - 34 minutes - 16.3 MBOpen science for some people it is just science done correctly. For others it is the revolutionary change in the whole academic culture. These different perspectives are highly dependent on your views on the role of science in society, who your advisers were which fields your were in, which career stages you reached, and where you live and work. In this episode I talk with Dr. Jon Tennant about open science. He is a paleontologist who is now predominantly active in building an Open Science c...
30 B&D LIVE: Pseudoscience Game
July 10, 2019 15:51 - 36 minutes - 17.7 MBPseudoscience is like a thorn in my brain. Besides being potentially dangerous when people rely on “alternative” “medicine” instead of finding actual help, sometimes it just bothers me when somebody is wrong on the internet. So it was time to relax a bit about it. For this episode Bart and I tried something new. On Sunday, July 7th, we went on YouTube and played a game! We read pseudoscience stories to each other, trying to make the other guy laugh about it! And among the people who sent us ...
29 Climate Action: Energiewende – with Rüdiger Eichel
June 23, 2019 17:02 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBFor this episode I speak with Dr. Rüdiger Eichel, professor for Materials and Processes for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage at the RWTH Aachen University, and Scientific Director for the Institute for Energy and Climate Research at the Research Center Jülich in Germany. Dr. Eichel gives us an insight into the chances and challenges of the Energiewende. The new found interest in climate issues in the public that can be seen in the Fridays for Future movement and the outcomes ...
28 B&D: The Rise of the Greens in the EU, Homeopathy, & Postdocs
June 09, 2019 11:27 - 40 minutes - 19.9 MBOnce a month Bart Geurten and I talk about current topics in the Bart and Dennis (“B&D”) series. This time we talk about the success of the Greens in the EU parliament elections, homeopathy, and postdocs. Announcement And we have a big announcement: On July 7th we will do a live episode on YouTube! For the show we want to play a little game. And for this to work, we need you cooperation! Send us your weirdest/funniest parascience or pseudoscience stories or soundbites! You can support eit...
27 Precarious Postdocs. A Future for Research? – with Gary McDowell
May 26, 2019 11:17 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBPostdocs are, besides graduate students, the main workforce in academic research. Following the PhD, the postdoc position is the only way to follow a research career within academia. Many PhDs around the world are advised to go to the USA for a postdoc - or two - because it is known for its large research output and high quality research institutes. Around two thirds of postdocs in the USA are foreign born. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! In this episode I talk to Gary McDowell,...
26 B&D: Conferences. What are they good for?
May 12, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBIn March, Bart visited the bi-annual meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (NWG) in Göttingen. And he took his brand new digital audio recorder with him! So this is the first time we can present impressions from the field! Bart interviewed professor Karin Nordström, graduate student Robert Kossen, and a former researcher and now entrepreneur John Stowers about what brings them to the conference, and when and why students should begin attending. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patre...
25 SciComm: Pint of Science – with Elodie Chabrol
April 28, 2019 11:42 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBIn May will be the next Pint of Science event! Pint of Science is an annual festival that was founded by Michael Motskin and Praveen Paul. Every May scientists present their research to a public audience in a pub or a bar. It started in the UK in 2014, and it’s now spread throughout the world, with official events in 24 countries. In 2018, 120 000 people visited Pint of Science events. The events are planned by local teams, which make up the 3000 volunteers. In this episode I spoke with P...
24 Brexit: Its Impacts on Science and Scientists – B&D with guests
April 15, 2019 20:12 - 51 minutes - 23.4 MBBart and I invited three scientists from both sides of the canal to talk about Brexit and how it impacts scientists and the scientific endeavor. Our guests are Andrew Phillipides (British citizen, and professor at Sussex University, UK), Thomas Nowotny (German citizen, and professor at Sussex University, UK), and Clare Hancock (British citizen, and PhD student at Göttingen University, Germany). Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! The goal of the EU is to promote peace, freedom, secu...
23 Don’t ‘Sleep Faster’ – with Lars Dittrich
March 31, 2019 17:41 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBArnold Schwarzenegger famously (and half-jokingly) proclaimed that if you need more than 6 hours of sleep, you should sleep faster. Many successful people claim to sleep very little and use the extra time to be productive. But is this sound advise? I talked with Dr. Lars Dittrich, neuroscientist and former sleep researcher, about sleep. Lars answer questions like What does sleep do? How is it regulated? What are the side-effects of acute and chronic sleep deprivation? How do I know if I s...
22 B&D: Peer Review & #ScienceTwitter
March 17, 2019 21:26 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode we talk about our experience with peer review and the importance of kindness and the advantages and disadvantages of the authors knowing the identity of peer reviewers. And in the second part we talk about how twitter can be a great place for science and scientists! Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! Peer Review Peer review can be a pretty tense process. We talk about how misunderstandings can lead to very negative reviews, and how authors a prone to take critique ...
21 Altmetrics: A Better Way to Evaluate Research(ers)? – with Steffen Lemke
March 03, 2019 08:30 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBWho gets positions and funding in academia should depend on the merit of the researcher, project, or institute. But how do we assess these merits fairly, meaningfully and in a way that makes it comparable? I talked about metrics with Steffen Lemke, PhD student at the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW), in Kiel, Germany. He is part of the *metrics project, which investigates new research metrics and their applicability. The project is funded by the German Researcher Association, ...
20 B&D: 1st Anniversary! Podcasts, and Trusting Scientists
February 26, 2019 21:41 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBThis episode of Bart and Dennis Talk is actually our first anniversary episode! While Science for Progress was founded in July 2017, the podcast went online on February 20th 2018! Announcement At the beginning of the episode I announce that I will be on the Twitter “rotating curation account” @RecovingAcad, which belongs to the Recovering Academic Podcast. We had a crossover episode with them, last November. I will be tweeting about leaving academia and transitioning into industry from Febr...
19 Insecurity and Uncertainties for Early Career Academics – with Maria Pinto
February 03, 2019 09:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBAcademics are Spoiled. Right? The stereotype of academics is that they live a well protected life in the ivory tower. But this is not the case for most of them. Maria Pinto from Portugal is a PhD student in marine microbiology in Austria. With the final stages of her work approaching, Maria is beginning to think about the future. Forgoing Salaries, Benefits, and Life Planning Security in your Late 20s to 40s. We talk about the many uncertainties in academia, particularly for early career r...
18 B&D Animal Use and Statistics of Equivalence
January 20, 2019 09:48 - 32 minutes - 15 MBIn the light of the latest animal use numbers in Germany (2017), Bart and I are having a conversation about animal use in fundamental research. We then move on to talk about a new statistical method that might help researchers get some of their data out of their drawers and into an article! Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! Animal Use in Germany 2017 Numbers in short (as presented by tagesschau.de): Total: > 2 Million1.37 Million Mice255.000 rats240.000 fish3300 dogs718 cats3472...
17 From PhD to SciComm via BookTube – with Deboki Chakravarti
January 06, 2019 09:00 - 31 minutes - 15.2 MBScience Communication is one way academics can apply themselves outside of academia. But how does one transition between careers? I talked with Dr. Deboki Chakravarti, a biomedical engineer who worked on cancer treatments. She graduated in 2018 and then did an internship with Scientific American, a leading brand in Science Communication in the USA. First we learn a little bit about her scientific work, and her personal experiences in graduate school. Already during graduate school she began ...
16 B&D: CRISPR Babies
December 23, 2018 10:26 - 37 minutes - 17 MBAt the end of November 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced that he had genetically modified human embryos which were then brought to term. The resulting twin sisters appear to be healthy. But this experiment was not greeted with enthusiasm by the scientific community. The critique attacks every aspect of the experiment: the treatment’s medical necessity, the reasoning behind the treatment approach, the way it was conducted, the ethical implications, and it also wasn’t legal. Listen...
15 Animal Welfare in Scientific Research – with Nuno Franco
December 09, 2018 09:00 - 32 minutes - 15 MBI talked with Dr. Nuno Henrique Franco about animal welfare in scientific research. The questions we address are Why do we do animal experiments?What can be done to reduce the amount of animal experiments?What are the regulations for animal research?What do scientists think about the ethics of animal experimentation?What is being done for outreach? Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! Nuno Franco is an expert on animal wellbeing in scientific research. He works as an assistant resea...
14 B&D: Journals, SciComm, and GMOs
November 25, 2018 18:07 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBOnce a month I sit down with my friend and co-host Bart Geurten. We talk about things within and around academia, and exchange opinions on earlier episodes. In this episode, we first talk about the concept of overlay journals in the context of the newly founded community based journal "Neurons, Behavior, Data Analysis, and Theory". NBDT is a journal for computational neuroscience, and it's community lead, completely free, open, and not for profit. We then talk about the role researchers sho...
13 Is there Sunshine Outside the Ivory Tower? – The Recovering Academic Podcast
November 11, 2018 09:09 - 30 minutes - 13.7 MBWhile the number of PhD graduates per year is rising worldwide, the number of proper long-term or permanent positions in academia isn't. This leaves PhDs with ever decreasing chances of staying in academia. And it means that increasing numbers PhDs stay postdocs for a decade or longer, only to have to leave after all. Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! Amanda (center in the picture), Cleyde (left in picture), and Ian (right in picture) are three former life science postdocs who lef...
12 Q&A Meritocracy in Academia
October 28, 2018 10:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBThis episode is the first 'Q&A' episode, where my new co-host Dr. Bart Geurten (see episode 8) and I talk about what's new in academia. Our conversations are free form and may lead us astray here and there. We discuss the concept of 'merit' in the natural sciences. And we begin with a quick recap on episode 9, where I talked to Dr. Björn Brembs about the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). The JIF is a metric designed to measure the impact a journal had in the scientific community. There are many p...
11: Genetically Modified Crops and the European Union – with Hélène Pidon
October 14, 2018 21:12 - 32 minutes - 15 MBPlant geneticists are not happy with the European judgement on gene editing Dr. Hélène Pidon is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research. She searches for genes that give plants resistance to diseases. She wants to use these genes to fortify cultivated Barley against these diseases, and thus reduce the amount of pesticides used to grow the plant. When the European Court of Justice ruled on the status of crops modified with gene editing meth...
We are on Patreon! – and other announcements.
September 30, 2018 09:48 - 9 minutes - 4.54 MBJust some announcements this time In contrast to what was promised in the last podcast episode, we don't have a full question and answer episode this time. I hope this will not happen too often, in future. Dennis is a freelancer now. First thing is that I quit my postdoctoral fellowship to become a freelancer. You can see how I approach this on my website. Basically I want to offer my skills and expertise in scholarship and neuroscience to help people with their academic writing, be it paper...
9: The Journal Impact Factor: how (not) to evaluate researchers – with Björn Brembs
September 16, 2018 11:05 - 33 minutes - 16.5 MBWhat is the Journal Impact Factor? The Journal Impact Factor is widely used as a tool to evaluate studies, and researchers. It supposedly measures the quality of a journal by scoring how many citations an average article in this journal achieves. Committees making hiring and funding decisions use the 'JIF' as an approximation for the quality of the work a researcher has published, and in extension as an approximation for the capabilities of an applicant. Listen to the Full Conversation on P...