Shows
Bobcats with BeakersBorrelia, Bacteriophages, & Becoming a “College Professor in New England”: Meet Dr. EggersMeet Dr. Eggers!Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Eggers Lab, which mainly investigates the genetic makeup of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent of Lyme disease), including the role bacteriophages play in their genetic makeup and how this potentially influences disease pathogenicity.QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/christian-eggers/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-08-1834 min
Bobcats with BeakersA Man of Many Passions – Teaching, miRNAs, and C. elegans: Meet Dr. de Lencastre!Meet Dr. de Lencastre!Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the de Lencastre Lab which utilizes C. elegans as a model to help investigate the roles of miRNAs in adults on aging and neurodegenerative diseases. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/alexandre-de-lencastre/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-08-1340 min
Bobcats with BeakersThe Opposite of a Toxic Trait- Performing Toxicology Research! Meet Dr. McGinnisMeet Dr. McGinnis!Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the McGinnis Lab whose main research focus is investigating the effects of the chemical spill- containing PFOS ‘forever chemicals’- into the Farmington River in CT, on the ecosystem and human health on the molecular level.QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/courtney-mcginnis/Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-08-0437 min
Bobcats with BeakersShining Light on Rare Tropical Diseases: Meet Dr. Pilotte!Meet Dr. Pilotte!Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into Pilotte lab in which the overarching goal is working to create more sensitive and specific molecular tests for diagnosing rare tropical diseases. QU page : https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/nils-pilotte/Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-07-2819 min
Bobcats with BeakersA Pipette in One Hand and a Laptop in the Other: Dr. Wolujewicz!Meet Dr. Wolujewicz!Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Wolujewicz lab, whose focus is to gain a deeper understanding of genetic disorders using computational genomics.QU page : https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/paul-wolujewicz/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-07-2131 min
Bobcats with BeakersA Journey from Monkeys to Microbes: Meet Dr. Reed!Meet Dr. Reed! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Reed Lab, whose main research focus is investigating the mechanisms by which Coxiella burnetii evades host immune defenses and “takes over” the host’s cellular machinery for its own survival—bad for us, good for them. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/shawna-reed-phd/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-07-1132 min
Bobcats with BeakersDr. KaplanMeet Dr. Kaplan! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Kaplan lab which researches the effects of a group of plasticizer chemicals, phthalates, on behavior. Her lab uses a variety of model organisms such as fish, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, amphipods, and more! QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/lisa-kaplan/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-04-1528 min
Bobcats with BeakersDr. SamarakkodyMeet Dr. Samarakkody! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into Dr. Samarakkody’s research which seeks to find small molecules that may help to better equip human cells in performing DNA damage repair, damage that otherwise left unresolved, can contribute to breast cancer pathogenesis. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/sanoji-samarakkody/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/
2025-04-0822 min
Bobcats with BeakersDr. MagieMeet Dr. Craig Magie! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Magie lab which explores the development of the early embryo, using sea anemones as a model organism. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/craig-magie/
2025-04-0119 min
Bobcats with BeakersDr. LawsonMeet Dr. Sarah Lawson! 🐝 Bobcat 🐯: We get a peek into her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: We also learn about the main topics of her research lab, how nutrition affects native pollinator health and gaining a better understanding of the evolution of social behavior. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/sarah-lawson/
2025-03-2532 min
Bobcats with BeakersDr. HanlonMeet Dr. Caitlin Hanlon! 🪰Bobcat 🐯: We get a peek into her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: We also learn about the main topic of her research lab, G-protein coupled receptors during embryonic development using fruit flies as a model organism. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/caitlin-hanlon/ LabMath app: https://rpubs.com/cahanlon/LabMath
2025-03-1735 min
Bobcats with BeakersMeet the Host!Curious of how this podcast came to be? 🐯In this episode, join me for a storytime of my journey thus far at QU which has inspired the creation of this podcast.
2025-03-1514 min
Bobcats with BeakersBobcats with Beakers Podcast TrailerTune in to the new podcast Bobcats with Beakers! I’m your host, Teddi Matthews, a current graduate student with a passion for making science accessible and fun. Starting at my very own college campus, Quinnipiac University, join me on my journey as I interview professors who conduct life science research. We’ll learn about their stories—what led them into the lab and the research they’re conducting now. Whether you’re interested in pursuing research yourself or simply curious about science, join us, because curiosity doesn’t kill Bobcats.
2025-03-1001 min
Space Trash: Lifestyles of the Rich and UranusBIP Week 8: Eliza rejected, Andrew mourns Teddi, Ency vs Jessenia, Itching vs. Pain, Erich & Gabby break-up & more! Greetings Trashelor Nation! Sara Armour & Casey Bunker are back with the astrological recap of Week 7 & 8 of Bachelor in Paradise. Justin-Eliza-Rodney resolved. The beach is in mourning for beloved Aries leader Rodney Matthews. Taurus Eliza Isichei flies to Baltimore surprise Gemini/Leo Justin Glaze who ultimately is no longer interested as the wanted to be chosen first — as Leo moons do. Self-proclaimed “WOWER” Taurus Kate Gallivan continues to put Sagittarius Logan Palmer through the ringer after Rachel & Gabby come down to beach and Rachel trashes him. Sister in Christ, just break up with him.
2022-11-171h 04Space Trash: Lifestyles of the Rich and UranusBIP Week 8: Eliza rejected, Andrew mourns Teddi, Ency vs Jessenia, Itching vs. Pain, Erich & Gabby break-up & more! Greetings Trashelor Nation! Sara Armour & Casey Bunker are back with the astrological recap of Week 7 & 8 of Bachelor in Paradise. Justin-Eliza-Rodney resolved. The beach is in mourning for beloved Aries leader Rodney Matthews. Taurus Eliza Isichei flies to Baltimore surprise Gemini/Leo Justin Glaze who ultimately is no longer interested as the wanted to be chosen first — as Leo moons do. Self-proclaimed “WOWER” Taurus Kate Gallivan continues to put Sagittarius Logan Palmer through the ringer after Rachel & Gabby come down to beach and Rachel trashes him. Sister in Christ, just break up with him.
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