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The Alba Diversity PodcastS1E12 Maryam Ziaei – Embracing science and religious faithDr. Maryam Ziaei received her PhD in Neuroscience from School of Psychology, the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. Following completion of her postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Imaging, UQ, she joined Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Norway to establish her own research group. She is currently an associate professor, and her primary focus is to understand neurocognitive mechanisms underlying social and emotional processing in aging.
She tells us about her journey in neuroscience as a practicing Muslim and about her unique experiences as an immigrant scientist in Australia.
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2021-10-2532 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E11 Suraj Honnuraiah - Facing discrimination in Translational scienceDr. Suraj Honnuraiah is a postdoctoral scientist in the laboratory of Prof. Greg Stuart at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He grew up in India and did his Masters in Neuroinformatics with Prof. Rodney Douglas at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland.
A tragic accident in childhood led to his friend losing his vision at an early age. Suraj talks about how he used this incident as his motivation to study and work in vision neuroscience and neuroinformatics for his PhD. He also talks to us about some subtle and covert forms of discrimination t...
2021-09-2623 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E10 Dan Ohtan Wang - Being a Chinese woman neuroscientist in JapanDr. Dan Ohtan Wang is a neuroscientist trained in Japan and US. Her work connects genetic information to cognitive brain functions through the regulation of RNA. Her work centers on live-cell imaging techniques in visualizing RNA molecules and characterizing the diversity of RNA molecules at neuronal synapses. Currently, she is leading a team to study "Neuroepitranscriptomics" at RIKEN BDR, to decipher RNA information in the context of cognitive development and decline, and harness RNA biology for mental health.
She talks to us about her multiple identities as a woman neuroscientist - originally from China, trained in the...
2021-08-3020 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E9 Mehmet Kurt - Intersectionality and LGBT in STEMDr. Mehmet Kurt is the director of Kurtlab (www.kurtlab.com) and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology since January 2017. He also hold an adjunct faculty position at the Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. My primary research area of interest is brain biomechanics and neuromechanics imaging.
He speaks eloquently about the importance of intersectionality and the need to provide help and accessible mentorship for STEM researchers who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. He is also part of S...
2021-07-2629 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E8 Merima Šabanović - The nomadic life of scientistsMerima Šabanović is a PhD student in the Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Programme in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. She grew up in Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to sunny Abu Dhabi to study Biology, with specialization in Brain & Cognitive science and a minor in Psychology, at New York University Abu Dhabi. Her interest in behavioural neuroscience has led her to study psychedelics and focus on how these can impact cognition and brain structure in the long term after a single dose.
She gives us some candid insights about the ever-changing and temporary nature of academic lif...
2021-06-2828 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E7 André Mecawi - The importance of representation in STEMAndré Mecawi is an Adjunct Professor of Biophysics at the Federal University of São Paulo. His laboratory is focused on understanding the role of the vasopressin and oxytocin producing hypothalamic neurons in physiological and pathological conditions.
He talks to us about the importance of good teaching and mentorship provided by exceptional teachers. He also tells us his experiences of growing up in Brazil as the son of an Egyptian father and a Brazilian mother and about the importance of representation and inclusivity in academia across career stages.
Born in Vitória Brazil, André got his u...
2021-05-3119 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E6 Noèlia Fernández Castillo - Pushing the limitsDr. Noèlia Fernández Castillo was awarded her PhD in Genetics from the University of Barcelona in 2011. She is currently a researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras(CIBERER) and an Associate Professor of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics at the University of Barcelona.
The main focus of her research is on the genetic basis of neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Addiction, Autism, ADHD and aggressive behavior, using different methodological approaches that include genomics, transcriptomics, methylomics, association studies, animal and cellular models and functional studies.
As a person with rheumatoid arth...
2021-04-2621 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E5 Nancy Padilla-Coreano - Cultural immigrant in STEMDr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano is a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Science with Prof. Kay Tye. She did her graduate thesis work at Columbia University in the laboratory of Prof. Joshua Gordon on functional connectivity in hippocampal-prefrontal pathway during anxiety behavior and collaborations on the role of interneurons in the prefrontal cortex during cognition. She talks to us about her experiences as an immigrant from Puerto Rico navigating American STEM academia.
Along with being a recipient of many awards and fellowships, she was recently nominated as a L’Oreal USA Women in Science Fell...
2021-03-2927 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E4 Huda Yahya Zoghbi – Winner of Brain Prize 2020Prof Huda Yahya Zoghbi is a Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Her work has led to the discovery of the genetic cause of Rett syndrome and provided insight into the function of the gene in various neurons. Along with training over 90 scientists and physician-scientists who have gone on to successful careers, she is the recipient of many prizes including the Breakthrough Prize in Li...
2021-02-2228 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E3 Basma Radwan - Empowering women in scienceBasma Radwan is a postdoctoral research associate in the Biology department at New York University, Abu Dhabi. She talks to us about her experience as a woman scientist and single mother. She credits her time in NYU, New York as formative for her personal and scientific growth. As an Egyptian woman, she shines a light on the kind of cultural messaging that young Egyptian girls receive while growing up.
Basma Radwan received her B.S. degree in neural science from New York University, New York, the M.S. in biomedical engineering from Boston University, and Ph...
2021-01-2517 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E2 José Zepeda - Academia needs a culture changeJosé Zepeda is a poet-scientist hybrid and originates from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora in México. He talks about his experiences as a first generation immigrant making his way in academia. As a DREAMer, he recounts incidents of his life when he first recognized racism and racist attitudes. During the conversation, he shares poignant insights on how academic institutions need to change their power structures to better reflect the diversity of today’s society.
During the day, he is interested in how neural circuits within the brain can rewire themselves within the context of experience, both...
2020-12-2819 minThe Alba Diversity PodcastS1E1 Ibukun Akinrinade - Pursuing your dreams: a career in neuroscienceDr. Ibukun Akinrinade just concluded her PhD from Prof. Rui Oliviera at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, trying to understand the role of oxytocin in social behaviour in Zebrafish. She talks to us about being an African woman neuroscientist and a mother. Ibukun credits her mother-in-law as her personal mentor, who constantly champions her work and efforts to become a scientist. She also tells us about TReND in Africa, a charity organization that gave her the exposure and skills she needed to become the neuroscientist she is today.
Originally from Nigeria, She has a background in Anatomy...
2020-11-3023 min
The Pragati PodcastEp. 145: Science: From Publishing to CommunicationNeuroscientist and Science Communicator Shruti Muralidhar is on Episode 145 of The Pragati Podcast to talk about the challenges of science publishing and science communication in 2020. Shruti also talks to host Pavan Srinath about how Scicomm can be transformed in India.Announcement: The Pragati Podcast will now be releasing new episodes every Thursday morning, India time. The Pragati Podcast is also now available in a new rich and interactive format that goes beyond the audio, and enables listeners to explore contextual links, take polls, and more. Listen to this episode on the IVM Podcasts Android App at https...
2020-07-1600 min
IndSciComm podcastsVigyaan-Vichaar – Janasuddi with Dr. Kollegala SharmaDespite the multitude of languages that exist in India, communication of science is often limited to only a few and often centred around major cities. This obviously leads to the problem of scientific knowledge and ideas not reaching those who would benefit from it the most.
But all is not doom and gloom. Armed with the reach of social media, open source softwares and local networks, several individuals are attempting to fill these gaps by innovative yet low cost alternatives.
This podcast series is aimed at sharing such efforts and to inspire many more to...
2020-04-1100 minIndSciComm podcastsShoot the shit – A yearly round-upListen to our first ever yearly round-up of what we do for work, in our free time, our favourite shows and our scientific, nerdy and geeky pet peeves.
2020-04-1100 minIndSciComm podcastsLifting the veil off a strange parasiteFeatured in Newslaundry on July 25th 2017
While Toxoplasma causes long-lasting infections that resist treatment, research on this neglected parasite promises to unveil new ways to treat malaria. But there is more to this microbe than meets the eye. Listen to our podcast to find out.
References:
1. General introduction
2. TORCH member
3. CDC assigned category NPI
4. Early research and establishment as parasite: Ferguson, David JP. “Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore.” Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 104.2 (2009): 133-148.
5. U...
2020-04-1100 minIndSciComm podcastsGMOs: What you need to knowPublished in Newslaundry on April 18th 2017
References:
The Regulatory Status of Genome-edited Crops: Wolt, Wang and Yang (2015) Plant Biotechnology JournalGreen European Journal: New Breeding Techniques, New GMOs in a legal LimboGenetic Literacy Project FAQs Legal Briefing Paper: Regulatory Status of Plants resulting from NBTs : NBT PlatformRegulatory Status of NBTs outside the EU: NBT PlatformCommittee formed in USA to redefine genetic modificationHow some GMOs have escaped US regulation; non-browning white mushroomsResearch paper on crop domesticationSafety testing of GMOs
2020-04-1100 minIndSciComm podcastsஅறிவியல் கடல் – தோலின் குருத்தணுக்கள் – கிஃப் லியாகத்-அலி / Ariviyal Kadal – Skin Stem Cells – Kif Liakath Aliஇது, அறிவியல் கடல் வலையொலி தொடரில் ஒரு சிறப்பு அத்தியாயம்.
This is a special episode within our Sea of Science podcast series.
இந்த சிறுதொடரில், இந்தியா மற்றும் இந்திய நாட்டை சார்ந்த விஞ்ஞானிகளோடு, அவர்களின் அறிவியல் ஆர்வம் மற்றும் வாழ்க்கைப்பயணத்தை பற்றி உரையாடுவோம். இந்த முயற்சியை முன்பு ஆங்கிலத்தில் வேறு விஞ்ஞானிகளோடு, இண்ட்சைகாமின் இணைய ஸ்தாபகி ஷ்ருதி முரளிதர் செய்திருக்கிறார் (சூப்சோன் ஆஃப் சைகாம்).
In this mini-series, we will talking to Indian and Indian-origin scientists about their scientific interests and their life stories (in Tamizh). IndSciComm’s co-founder Shruti Muralidhar has previously completed a similar project, in English, with other scientists (Soupcon of Scicomm).
தமிழ்நாட்டில் பிறந்து வளர்ந்த உயிரியல் ஆராய்ச்சியாளர் டாக்டர் கிஃப் லியாகத்-அலி, தற்போது அமெரிக்காவின் ஸ்டான்போர்டு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் மூளையின் நரம்பு உயிரணுக்கள் அதாவது செல்கள் மீது ஆராய்ச்சியில் ஈடுபட்டுக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார். இதற்கு முன், அவர் இங்கிலாந்தில் தோலில் செயல்படும் செல்கள் மீது ஆராய்ச்சி செய்தார். அவர் வாழ்க்கை மற்றும் வேலையைப் பற்றி நான் கேட்ட சில கேள்விகளுக்கு, அவரளித்த பதில்கள் அவர் குரலிலேயே இப்போது கேட்கலாம்.
Born and brought up in Tamilnadu, biologist Dr. Kif Liakath-Ali is currently working at Stanford University in USA, where he is engaged in conducting research on neurons in the brain. He has previously worked, in England, on stem cells in the skin. You can now hear some of his responses to my questions, about his life and work, in his own voice.
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வலையொலியின் உரை கீழே, படிப்பதற்கு:
The podcast transcript is below, if you would like to read:
அபிஷேக்: இந்த வலையொலியை கேட்கும் நேயர்களுக்கு, என் மனமார்ந்த வணக்கம். என் பெயர் அபிஷேக் சாரி. நான் இண்ட்சைகாம் என்கிற தொடர்புக்குழுவின் இணைய ஸ்தாபகன். இந்திய மக்களுக்காக சுவாரசியமான அறிவியல் கட்டுரைகள் மற்றும் வலையொலி தொடர்கள் தயாரிக்கும் முயற்சியில், இது எங்கள் புத்தம்புதிய முயற்சி. இந்த தொடரில், இந்தியா மற்றும் இந்திய நாட்டை சார்ந்த விஞ்ஞானிகளோடு, அவர்களின் அறிவியல் ஆர்வம் மற்றும் வாழ்க்கைப்பயணத்தை பற்றி உரையாடுவோம். இந்த முயற்சியை முன்பு ஆங்கிலத்தில் வேறு விஞ்ஞானிகளோடு, இண்ட்சைகாமின் இணைய சஸ்தாபகி ஷ்ருதி முரளிதர் செய்திருக்கிறார். (சூப்சோன் ஆப் சைகாம்).
தமிழ்நாட்டில் பிறந்து வளர்ந்த உயிரியல் ஆராய்ச்சியாளர் டாக்டர் கிஃப் லியாகத்-அலி, தற்போது அமெரிக்காவின் ஸ்டான்போர்டு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் மூளையின் நரம்பு உயிரணுக்கள் அதாவது செல்கள் மீது ஆராய்ச்சியில் ஈடுபட்டுக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார். இதற்கு முன், அவர் இங்கிலாந்தில் தோலில் செயல்படும் செல்கள் மீது ஆராய்ச்சி செய்தார். அவர் வாழ்க்கை மற்றும் வேலையைப் பற்றி நான் கேட்ட சில கேள்விகளுக்கு, அவரளித்த பதில்கள் அவர் க...
2020-04-0100 minIndSciComm podcastsEmotions & Hindustani Music – Part 2This is the second episode of a two-part series on Neuroscience and Hindustani Music.
It explores a research program on understanding the emotions that Hindustani music can evoke in people. This research is guided by Dr. Nandini Singh Chatterjee, a scientist at the National Brain Research Centre at Manesar, India, where she heads the Language, Literacy and Music Laboratory.
This episode specifically focusses on the second study that was published in 2019, based on the responses of Indian participants to a set of Hindustani music samples.
The music used in this podcast is a...
2020-02-1000 minIndSciComm podcastsEmotions & Hindustani Music – Part 1This is the first episode of a two-part series on Neuroscience and Hindustani Music.
It explores a research program on understanding the emotions that Hindustani music can evoke in people. This research is guided by Dr. Nandini Singh Chatterjee, a scientist at the National Brain Research Centre at Manesar, India, where she heads the Language, Literacy and Music Laboratory.
This episode explores the first study that was published in 2015, based on the responses of Indian participants to a set of Hindustani music samples.
The music used in this podcast is a part of...
2020-01-2900 min
PhDrinkingHow we hear, with beerHave you ever returned home after a loud concert, only to notice everything sounds muffled and a bit more quiet? In those moments, I usually think of my mom chastising me by saying that I can't recover lost hearing. But thanks to Amrita's research, there's a chance we may be able to recover our hearing after all!
Suggested Reading:
Article Amrita wrote about her research: https://indscicomm.blog/2018/05/01/music-in-the-time-of-hearing-loss/
Funding organization's description of research: https://hearinghealthfoundation.org/blogs/tag/cell+regeneration
Amrita's advisor's talk about regeneration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-7MMkqY7iE
Follow Amrita Anand: @amritallsmiles
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2019-11-0439 minIndSciComm podcastsవిజ్ఞాన సాగరం – నమూనా జీవులు This is our first podcast in Telugu – the sixth in an ongoing series titled ‘Sea of Science’, or ‘ విజ్ఞాన సాగరం ’.
This podcast is a joint venture with Deepthi Tadepalli and Sumana Chavali.
Deepthi works as a freelance writer with a background in biotechnology and communication. Sumana is an engineer working at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
This episode is part of our ongoing effort to make science podcasts in many Indian languages. Click and listen to this podcast in Tamizh, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada and Assamese.
Here is an English transcript for this Telugu podcast:
Deepthi: Hello...
2019-05-1300 minIndSciComm podcastsবিজ্ঞান সমুদ্ৰ – জীৱবিজ্ঞানৰ গৱেষণাত আৰ্হি জীৱ This is our first podcast in Assamese – the fifth in an ongoing series titled ‘Sea of Science’, or ‘ বিজ্ঞান সমুদ্ৰ ’.
This podcast is a joint venture with Dr. Joli Rumi Borah and Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan.
Dr. Joli Rumi Borah works as a Conservation Officer at the Royal Society for Protection of Birds in Northern Ireland. She also communicates the latest developments in scientific research (in Assamese) through Twitter and blogging. Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan is a Phd student in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
This episode is part of our ongoing effort to make science podca...
2019-05-0600 minIndSciComm podcastsವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಾಗರ – ಮಾಡೆಲ್ ಜೀವಿಗಳುThis is our first podcast in Kannada– the fourth in an ongoing series titled ‘Sea of Science’, or ‘ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಾಗರ’.
This podcast is a joint venture with Mr. Kollegala Sharma and Dr. J. R. Manjunatha. They have taken the lead in producing this Kannada version from our original English script.
Mr. Sharma specialises in science communication in multiple formats. He is the force behind ‘Janasuddi’, a science news podcast in Kannada. Dr. J.R. Manjunatha is an NMR expert and Senior Technical Officer at CSIR CFTRI in Mysuru.
This episode is part of an effort to make science podcasts in many...
2019-03-0600 minIndSciComm podcastsविज्ञान सागर – शास्त्रीय संशोधनामध्ये प्राण्यांचा वापरThis is our first podcast in Marathi – the third in an ongoing series titled ‘Sea of Science’, or ‘विज्ञान सागर’.
We talk about on the use of model organisms in research with Dr. Dhanashree Paranjpe, who is a DBT Ramalingaswami Fellow at the Biodiversity department in Abasaheb Garware College in Pune, Maharashtra.
This episode is part of an effort to make science podcasts in many Indian languages.
Click here to listen to our first episode focused on the same topic in a different Indian language – Tamizh and read the script in English.
Intro, Interlude and Outro music –...
2019-01-2300 minIndSciComm podcastsA Seasonful of Soupçons – The end of SeasonsWhere we wind up our second and final season of ‘Soupçon of SciComm’, in view of transitioning to a non-seasonal and more spontaneous format! Listen to all three of us chat about all the science in this season, what caught our fancies and what we thought was cool!
Strap in for a 1 hour episode that hopefully captures all the magic of our Season 2!
Intro and Outro Music – In a Moment by Lee Rosevere from Music for Podcasts 2 on Free Music Archive
2018-12-1100 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Leena Ali Ibrahim on thinking about the brainReferences:
Gord Fishell’s laboratory
Leena on Google Scholar
Leena on Twitter
The cerebral cortex – Wikipedia
A primer on the interneurons in the cortex – By Leena on ‘Knowing Neurons’
The publication of the discovery of Rosehip neurons (Please contact IndSciComm if access not available)
Intro and Outro music – Let’s start at the beginning by Lee Rosevere from Music for Podcasts on Free Music Archive
2018-12-0600 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of Scicomm with Rohini Singh on SocialityReferences:
Rohini’s website
Rohini’s work and laboratory at University of Pennsylvania
Doing an Ant PhD – More details about Rohini’s ongoing thesis
What is Sociality?
An introduction to Eusociality
The Secret Society of Superorganisms – on All Things Considered by NPR
The Ant superorganism – Youtube video
Empire of the Ants – A BBC documentary by David Attenborough
Planet Ant – Life inside a Colony on BBC Scotland
Intro and Outro music – Everywhere by Lee Rosevere from ‘Music for Podcasts 5’ on the Free Music Archive
2018-11-2900 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Abhilasha Joshi on how space and time are important in the organization of the brainReferences:
Abhilasha’s profile and publications in the Department of Pharmacology in Oxford
Abhilasha’s paper where Teevra and Komal cells are described. (Please email Indscicomm@gmail.com for a copy if you hit a paywall)
Abhilasha on twitter
Intro and Outro Music from ‘Telecom‘ by Lee Rosevere on Free Music Archive
2018-11-2200 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Arun Mahadevan on the Emergence of Behavior from the BrainReferences:
Arun on Twitter
Arun’s article on ‘The Society of Stem Cells‘
Emergence on Wikipedia
Understanding complexity in the human brain by Danielle Bassett and Micheal Gazzaniga
Is Neuroscience limited by tools or ideas? By Partha Mitra in Scientific American
Intro and Outro music – ‘4th Ave Walkup‘ by Lee Rosevere from Music for Podcasts 3 on Free Music Archive
2018-11-1500 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Sharbatanu Chatterjee on viewing Language through NeuroscienceReferences:
Sharbatanu’s personal website and Google Scholar profile
The Tell-Tale Brain by V. S Ramachandran
The FOXP2 gene
Intro and Outro Music ‘As I was saying’ by Lee Rosevere on Music for Podcasts 4 at the Free Music Archive.
2018-11-0800 minIndSciComm podcastsविज्ञान का सागर – प्रतिमान जंतुThis is our first podcast in Hindi – the second in an ongoing series titled ‘Sea of Science’, which translates in Hindi as ‘विज्ञान का सागर’.
The title of this podcast is ‘प्रतिमान जंतु ’ which is Hindi for model organisms. Here, we will be focussing on the use of these organisms in biological research.
This episode is part of an effort to make science podcasts in many Indian languages.
Click here to listen to our previous episode focussed on the same topic in a different Indian language – Tamizh and read the script in English.
We plan to continue this series in many other Indian languages.
Intro...
2018-10-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Prasanna Venkatesh on Group TheoryReferences:
Prasanna Venkatesh on LinkedIn
What is a Group? Youtube
What is Group theory? Wikipedia
Rubik’s Cube group Wikipedia
Notes for a 2-week course on Rubik’s Cube and Group Theory taught by Janet Chen – a senior preceptor at Harvard University
A course on Modern Algebra
Intro and Outro music by Lee Rosevere ‘Here’s the thing‘ from Music for Podcasts 3
Corrigendum: A 180 degree rotation for a rectangle is also a symmetry. A zero degree rotation is the identity element for the rectangle symmetry group.
2018-10-2500 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Swetha Godavarthi on Neurotransmitter switchingReferences:
Swetha on LinkedIn
Swetha on Twitter
What is a Synapse?
What is Neurotransmission?
Neurotransmitters – Glutamate, GABA
Neuromodulation – Acetylecholine
Neuromuscular Junction
Intro and Outro music from ‘Knowing the Truth’ by Lee Rosevere in ‘Music for Podcasts 5‘ on Free Music Archive
2018-10-1800 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Sugosh Prabhu on Microscopy and SpectroscopyReferences:
Atomic Force Microscopy on Wikipedia
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy on Wikipedia
Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on Wikipedia
Sugosh Prabhu on Google Scholar
Intro and Outro music – Sad Marimba Planet by Lee Rosevere from Music for Podcast 4 on Free Music Archive
2018-10-1100 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Mohit Dubey on Glial Cells in the BrainReferences:
Mohit’s website
Mohit’s research group at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience – Kole Group
Glial Cells – Wikipedia
Intro and Outro Music – South Side by Lee Rosevere from Music for Podcasts 4
2018-10-0400 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Parul Chachra on NeuroplasticityReferences:
Parul on Google Scholar
Neuroplasticity on Wikipedia
Activity dependent plasticity of the brain on Wikipedia
Parul on LinkedIn
Intro and Outro Music – All the Answers by Lee Rosevere at the Free Music Archive
2018-09-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Srikanth Iyengar on Euler’s numberReferences:
Srikanth’s homepage at the University of Utah
Vertices, Faces and Edges
Euler’s characteristic
Cutting squares into equal area triangles – Youtube
P-adic numbers – Wikipedia
Intro and Outro – Puzzle Pieces by Lee Rosevere from the album ‘Music for Podcasts 2‘
2018-09-2000 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Manisit Das on cancer immunotherapy
References:
Manisit’s citations
What is ComSciCon?
ComSciCon Triangle
Oncobites
Manisit on Oncobites writing about Cancers and Immunotherapies
Manisit on The Pipettepen
Intro and Outro Music from the Free Music Archive by Lee Rosevere – Tech Toys
2018-09-1300 minIndSciComm podcastsScience and Society with Dr. Soumitra Pathare (Part 2)We continue our discussion on the Mental Health Care Act with Dr. Soumitra Pathare.
Interview by: Navneet A Vasistha
Podcast edited by: Shruti Muralidhar
Links:
APA resolution against homosexuality as a mental disorder
Depathologizing homosexuality Drescher et al., 2015
WHO statistics about Psychiatrists and Nurses per 100,000 across the world (2014)
Low number of psychiatrists in India
Music Credits – ‘Curiosity’ by Lee Rosevere from the ‘Music for Podcasts‘ album. Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
2018-07-1300 minIndSciComm podcastsScience and Society with Dr. Soumitra Pathare (Part 1)Mental illnesses are conditions that affect our thinking, perception or emotional response to events. They do not manifest similarly in all individuals and can develop as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia among others. While the precise biology of these disorders is unknown, scientists believe that genetics, environmental causes and psychosocial stress have a role to play.
Mental illnesses are usually treatable but require proper care and therapy. However, social stigma and a lack of understanding has affected the way individuals with mental illnesses seek professional and medical help. Additionally, previous laws did not provide adequate support f...
2018-07-0800 minIndSciComm podcastsஅறிவியல் கடல் – உதாரண உயிரினங்கள்This is our first podcast in Tamizh – the first in a new series titled ‘அறிவியல் கடல்’ which means ‘Sea of Science’.
The title of this podcast is ‘உதாரண உயிரினங்கள்’ which is Tamil for model organisms. We will be focussing on the use of these organisms in biological research.
Following is an English transcript.
Abhishek: Hello! My name is Abhishek Chari and I am a member of IndScicomm, a science communication collective. In our ongoing efforts, we have created podcasts as well as written articles that discuss interesting aspects of scientific research, the researchers involved in this effort, their discoveries and the effects of scientific progress on the past...
2018-07-0500 minIndSciComm podcastsA Seasonful of SoupçonsHow fast can you say the name of our summary episode without stopping? Feel like trying? This is what its called – A Seasonful of Soupçons! Listen to our banter and discussions on what we learnt from our first clutch of episodes!
Links:
Intro and Outro music are samples from “Que Paciencia” by Los Sundayers from the album Disco Pirata
2018-05-1000 min
IndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Dr. Ramesh Laungani on resource allocation in plantsDr. Laungani is the first ever Associate Professor to be featured in our series! Listed as we chat about Plant Ecology, Biochar and his work at Doane University in Nebraska.
Links:
Dr. Ramesh Laungani at Doane University
The Laungani Lab
Biochar
The 100Women STEM project
2018-05-0300 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of Scicomm with Manan Gupta on Evolution and Niche constructionManan Gupta talks to us about how reading Richard Dawkins helped him change his interests, how subject boundaries are artificially created and his current graduate work on Evolution and Niche construction. Tune in!
Links:
Manan’s Google Scholar
Nandini’s work on Asian Elephants
Dawkins’ The Blind Watchmaker
JNCASR’s Evolutionary Biology Unit
Further reading on Niche construction
Background sounds from the BBC Sound effects archive Copyright 2018 BBC
Episode music from the Free Music Archive. Springish by Gillicuddy
2018-04-2600 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Reema Jayakar on the Universality of human emotionsCan you feel somebody else’s emotions? Pain, frustration, relief and even happiness? Humans might be one of the very few species that can do this with remarkable fidelity! Reema Jayakar explains how understanding this universality of emotions was a turning point for her as a neuropsychologist.
Links:
Reema on Twitter
2018-04-1200 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Vijay Ramesh on using history to study ecologyVijay Ramesh talks to us about why its important to learn from the past so that we can effectively predict our future – not just for global warming, but also for bird migrations!
Links:
Vijay Ramesh on Twitter
Vijay Ramesh’s website
National Geographic’s interactive article on bird migrations in the Americas
2018-04-0500 min
IndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Anusha Shankar on hummingbirds and energy budgetsHummingbirds are some of the tiniest birds with one of the highest metabolism rates ever found in the animal kingdom. Listen to Anusha Shankar explain how they manage to sleep at night and not die of starvation!
Links:
Anusha’s website
Anusha’s twitter
Anusha is a National Geographic Explorer!
End music – “Hawaiian Winter” from Hooksounds
2018-03-2900 minIndSciComm podcastsShoot the Shit – 2Listen to our first ever yearly round-up of what we do for work, in our free time, our favourite shows and our scientific, nerdy and geeky pet peeves.
2018-03-2700 min
IndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Arnab Dasgupta on CosmologySpace. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Starship IndSciComm. Its continuing mission – to explore strange new science. To seek out new scientists and new explanations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.
Links:
Six Easy Pieces
Feynman’s lectures
LIGO , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO
Baryonic asymmetry
Beauty factory
Quark
Antimatter (from NASA Science News)
Higgs Boson
General Relativity
2018-03-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Deeptha Vasudevan on Zebrafish and NeurogenesisDeeptha thinks Zebrafish are the coolest fish in the world. Probably even the coolest animal ever? Do you know why? Listen!
Links:
Zebrafish are native to the Himalayan region!
The Dorsky Lab at the University of Utah
General introduction to Zebrafish and studying their brain – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZDwo20hl1E
Zebrafish embryogenesis – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ6vkDr_Dec
2018-03-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Shrinivasan Raghuraman on cone snails that huntShrinivasan Raghuraman studies some really shy animals. But they hunt, taser, harpoon and even suck blood! Want to learn more? Press Play!
Related links –
Shrini’s work on cone snail toxins and other cellular profiling
Baldomero “Toto” Olivera’s laboratory
A hunting cone snail
A net hunting cone snail
Vampire snails
Artist: All Free Sound Effects
Song: Telephone Ring Pick Up
Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/UcwwPO9I
2018-03-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Chintan Sheth on Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Chintan Sheth can fly to any spot on the planet, whenever he wants. In fact, he can even fly to Mars if he so wishes! He can do this with a click and a scroll. He wants to tell you that you can too! Listen to him talk about his work!
Links –
Chintan on Twitter
Global Explorer
Chintan’s writing in The Wire
Chintan’s work featured in The Indian Express
2018-03-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Devayani Khare on Citizen ScienceDevayani Khare is a Geomorphologist who talks to us about Citizen Science and all the different ways in which normal everyday people can get involved in doing science.
Links –
Devayani on Twitter – https://twitter.com/Geo_Sophist
Devayani’s posts on the Travel Scope blog – http://travelscopeindia.com/blog/?author=2
India Biodiversity Portal – http://indiabiodiversity.org/
Article on Citizen science projects in India – https://indiabioscience.org/columns/indian-scenario/how-citizen-science-is-helping-solve-indias-environmental-challenges
Seasonwatch – run by the NCBS
Zooniverse – an archive of citizen science projects
Eyewire – Reconstructing neurons in 3D
2018-03-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Vaishali Rawat on the importance of GeographyIn this edition of our mini-podcast series, we talk to Vaishali Rawat who is a writer and conservation advocate at Wildlife Conservation Society in India. She is also Sanctuary Asia Magazine’s Young Naturalist of the year for 2017. She talks to us about the importance of ecology, wildlife conservation and geography in our everyday lives.
References:
Wildlife Conservation Society India – http://www.wcsindia.org/
Prerna Singh Bindra – http://prernabindra.com/
Tiger Link – http://ranthambhorefoundation.org/tiger-link/
http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/people/earth-heroes/10742-vaishali-rawat.html
2018-03-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Parshati Patel on planet formationWe talk to Parshati Patel who is an Astronomer turned Science Communicator and currently works as an Education and Outreach Program co-ordinator at Western University in London, Ontario in Canada. Parshati talks to us about visualising and understanding how planets form.
2018-03-2700 min
IndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Arnab Dasgupta on CosmologySpace. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Starship IndSciComm. Its continuing mission - to explore strange new science. To seek out new scientists and new explanations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.
2018-03-1511 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Deeptha VasudevanDeeptha thinks Zebrafish are the most amazing fish in the world. Probably even the most amazing animal ever! Do you know why? Listen!
2018-03-0810 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of SciComm with Shrinivasan RaghuramanShrinivasan Raghuraman studies some really shy animals. But they hunt, taser, harpoon and even suck blood! Want to learn more? Press Play!
2018-03-0117 minIndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of Sciomm with Chintan ShethChintan Sheth can fly to any spot on the planet, whenever he wants. In fact, he can even fly to Mars if he so wishes! He can do this with a click and a scroll. He wants to tell you that you can too! Listen to him talk about his work!
2018-02-2212 min
IndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of Scicomm with Devayani KhareDevayani Khare is a Geomorphologist who talks to us about Citizen Science and all the different ways in which normal everyday people can get involved in doing science.
2018-02-1412 min
IndSciComm podcastsA Soupçon of Scicomm with Vaishali RawatToday we talk to Vaishali Rawat, who is the media manager for Wildlife Conservation Society, India. She tells us about some ongoing ecology and conservation efforts in India, how she came to be interested in them and her love for geography.
2018-02-0415 min
IndSciComm podcastsSoupçon of SciComm with Parshati PatelWe talk to Parshati Patel who is an Astronomer turned Science Communicator and currently works as an Education and Outreach Program co-ordinator at Western University in London, Ontario in Canada. Parshati talks to us about visualizing and understanding how planets form.
2018-02-0108 minIndSciComm podcastsThe Curious Case of Dr.Nobel and Mr.IgNobelListen to our new podcast where we talk about our favourite Nobel and IgNobel science – all with a dash of nerd-ery, geekiness and lots of science jokes!
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2017-04-1034 minIndSciComm podcastsShoot the Shit – 1Here is our first ever Shoot the Shit episode – we talk about Smart watches, the now-defunct company Pebble and Shruti’s father’s new love – Alexa, Amazon’s personal assistant.
2017-03-2700 minIndSciComm podcastsAbout usHere is a 35 min podcast if you want to know more about who we are.
We are a trio. We owe our childhood to growing up in different Indian cities – on a staple of books, street-food, music and of course, science. We met during our undergraduate years at Acharya Narendra Dev College, in the University of Delhi. We went on to do different things after completing our Bachelors degrees’ in Biomedical Science.
We are passionate about science in its various forms and beyond our immediate research interests. We hope to enthuse people with our fondness...
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