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The ScienceRoadie PodcastEvelyn CoolsEvelyn Cools is a NYC/New-Jersey-based singer-songwriter born in Belgium. Evelyn has spent time in Hong Kong as well as mainland China, studied cultural and creative industries in London, and she recorded her latest EP, Misfit Paradise, while working as a sound engineer in LA. Enjoy the conversation!
Listen to Evelyn's latest EP here:
https://vydia.ffm.to/misfitparadise_ep
More info about Evelyn Cools' music:
Website: www.ecoolsmusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ecoolsmusic
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ecoolsmusic
2021-07-2656 min
The Dream Job046 - Dr. Isabel Van De Keere - Founder of Immersive Rehab, a Virtual Reality Healthcare StartupDr. Isabel Van De Keere is the CEO and Founder of Immersive Rehab, which is a health technology startup. Through her personal experiences of going through rehab, she decided to create a company that uses games, virtual reality, and immersive technology to improve physical and neurological rehabilitation. To follow Dr. Van Der Keere, find her on Twitter @ScienceRoadie. To learn more about Immersive Rehab, check out https://immersiverehab.com. In this podcast, we discuss Dr. Isabel’s journey with Immersive Rehab, how she started her business venture, what she has learned so far and what sh...
2021-03-0853 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastKerstin Leder MackleyKerstin Leder Mackley is a qualitative social researcher with a background in cultural studies audience research and more recent specialism in visual and sensory ethnography as applied to the study of digital technologies and everyday life. As a Senior Research Associate on the IN-TOUCH project at the UCL Knowledge Lab, she explores the social impact of digital touch technologies on human communication.
Kerstin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kayle10
Website IN TOUCH project: https://in-touch-digital.com/
Twitter IN TOUCH project: https://twitter.com/IN_TOUCH_UCL
Book IN TOUCH project: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030245665
2020-11-2948 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastJessie Maryon DaviesJessie Maryon Davies is an amazing musician with a passion for collaboration. She works for leading arts organisations as musical director, pianist, concert-presenter and workshop-leader – engaging people of all ages and abilities in making music. Her all-female pop choir LIPS has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and she performs regularly in story-telling ensemble TROUPE. Jessie also set up a charity called Girls Rock London which aims to build girls’ self esteem and confidence through song-writing and music.
More about Jessie's projects below:
Girls Rock London: http://www.girlsrocklondon.com
Troupe Ensemble: http://www.troupecollective.co.uk
Lips Choir: http://www...
2020-09-0959 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastEstella AdeyeriEstella Adeyeri is a musician based in London. She currently plays bass guitar in Black Feminist punk band Big Joanie, as well as lead guitar in poppy punk band Charmpit.
She has been performing in bands since 2013, and is an active member of organisations that aim to diversify the music scene, namely Girls Rock London and Decolonise Fest.
More about Estella here:
Twitter/Instagram: @EstellaAdeyeri
Website: https://linktr.ee/EstellaAdeyeri
2020-06-111h 08
The ScienceRoadie PodcastNiobe HaitasNiobe Haitas is a PhD candidate in biomedical sciences at the Université de Montréal and the Centre de Recherche de l’Institut de Gériatrie de Montréal and she investigates the science of aging.
Niobe has extensive global health programmatic experience and has worked on global health issues from grass-roots to policy-making level, from global health & knowledge transfer in Low- & Middle-Income countries to new technologies & research e-Infrastructures in pan-European & Canadian projects. Her focus is on innovation in global health, research & scientific discovery.
More info here: https://joanettelab.com/120-2/
2020-05-3100 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastSelma UamusseSelma Uamusse is a Mozambican singer living in Lisbon, Portugal. Singing professionally since her teens, with a path from gospel, to rock, soul, afrobeat and jazz, and singing with bands like The Legendary Tiger Man, Selma decided to challenge herself and record her first original solo project between Portugal and Mozambique. She released her first solo album Mati in 2018 and it is absolutely amazing! Hope is one of my favourite songs on the album.
More info on her instagram: @selma_uamusse (https://www.instagram.com/selma_uamusse/)
Also, make sure to tag Selma using #liwoningochallenge for the challenge at the...
2020-03-211h 00
The ScienceRoadie PodcastNina SalomonsNina Salomons is an award-winning filmmaker whose work spans across various platforms. From a YouTube gaming channel to short films, feature films, documentaries and branded content. She was chosen as an emerging filmmaker as part of Modern Tales in 2017.
Besides knowing how to tell evocative stories, she is also an XR expert after working for Europe’s largest XR media website, VRFocus for two and a half years. Nina is a keen community grower with a strong belief in inclusion and diversity in emerging technology. This is clear in her organising, judging or curating for film festivals, to planning of ha...
2019-07-291h 16
The ScienceRoadie PodcastLucy Di SilvioLucy Di Silvio is Professor of Tissue Engineering, based in the Centre of Oral, Clinical and Translational sciences at King’s College London.
Lucy’s research is focussed on high quality science based on the regeneration of tissues using stem cell technology and its translation and application for specific clinical problems related largely to oral, craniofacial and orthopaedics. Also, studying the biocompatibility of novel materials, 3D cell models (Bioreactor), and cell-material interactions are part of her research.
Lucy develops regenerative medicine strategies for musculoskeletal conditions relating to bone, articular cartilage damage and osteochondral defects e.g. cell-seeded scaffolds to direct diffe...
2019-05-161h 02
The ScienceRoadie PodcastAbbie Gobeli - Radio DJ at KEXPAbbie Gobeli is radio DJ at KEXP and music manager for the band Actors. Archaeological music digging became an intense hobby of Abbie requiring late night hours watching music videos on MTV, scouring the internet for deep cuts of New Order, and learning all about Bjork's music repertoire at a CD store located in the Surf Ballroom where Buddy Holly played his last show on Earth.
She escaped from the cornfields of Iowa after high school and settled in the promised land of Prince (Minneapolis) where she graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Theatre and Psychology. Abbie joined...
2019-02-2555 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastGhislaine BoddingtonGhislaine is an artist-curator, researcher and director, a specialist in body responsive technologies and immersion experiences. She is recognised as an international pioneer, having strongly advocated the use of the entire body as a digital interaction canvas for over 25 years.
From a performing arts background, Ghislaine has directed numerous international projects, creating unique convergences between the physical body, telepresence, motion capture, robotics, wearables, sense/gesture tech and virtual worlds. Her work examines the representation of our physical selves and our identities in virtual environments and the hyper enhancement of our human senses through the digital transmission/reception of body data...
2018-12-101h 08
The ScienceRoadie PodcastKatriona BealesKatriona Beales is a London-based sculptor who makes digital artefacts, moving image and installation, stressing the continuing role of the object in digital life. Her work responds to the experience of slipping between offine and online worlds, information overload, online behavioural addictions, experiences of the technological sublime and notions of a Digital Baroque. Katriona’s interdisciplinary project ‘Are we all addicts now?’ is supported by The Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England and will be exhibited at Furtherfield, London in 2017. Katriona received an MA from Chelsea College of Arts and has an artist profile on Rhizome.org - www.katrionabeales.com.
W...
2018-11-1251 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastMeForQueenMe for Queen aka Mary Erskine is inspired by people and their stories. Growing up feral in rural Fife/Scotland in a big old house near the sea, years of classical training together with a Blues guitarist for a father make for an interesting mix of Soul and Folk, drawing comparisons to a range of artists from Regina Spektor to Carole King, Kate Bush and This is the Kit.
Of her latest single, Jessica, released on Seahorse Music, Folk Radio UK wrote, “The combination of rich poetic lines and one of most beautiful, emotive voices I’ve heard in a long...
2018-10-151h 05
The ScienceRoadie PodcastSummer Challenges - End of Series 1Summertime means time for some fun summer challenges!
Challenge 1 : Delve into some new science or technology you are fascinated about!
Challenge 2 : Take on a new creative challenge, whether it is in music, dance, the arts, etc. Everything creative applies!
And then tell other people about your scientific discoveries or creative journey! Let's get that ripple effect started!
Hope you will join the challenges! Looking forward to reading all about them, just tag us in your tweets :)!
Happy summer!
2018-07-1604 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastProfessor Carey JewittProfessor Carey Jewitt is the Director of UCL Knowledge Lab, a research centre based in the faculty UCL Institute of Education (IOE). The UCL Knowledge Lab team undertakes leading interdisciplinary digital research and design in education and beyond, including research on games and playful learning, smart technologies, creativity and coding, digital cultures and media literacy, multimodal interaction, and designing for diversity.
Based on research evidence, the team devises new pedagogies, designs and implements innovative digital media and technologies for teaching and learning, and informs policymakers and educational stakeholders. Carey’s own research explores how technologies shape the ways that people inte...
2018-06-2552 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastEmma Harvey-Hughes - Bass Player & MusicOverMatterUKEmma is a freelance electric bass player. She plays bass, guitar and sings backing vocals for Brit-award winning singer song writer Kate Nash. Since 2011 she has toured across North America, South America, Europe and Canada. She has also played many prestigious festivals such as Glastonbury, Coachella, Reading & Leeds, Bestival, Rock AM Ring and many more.
Recently Emma has been writing, recording and touring with Electric Pyramid. They supported Queen & Adam Lambert on their European tour in June 2016 and are currently working towards their debut album.
Previous artists worked with include: Charli XCX, Magalie, Emma Stevens, and she has performed TV shows su...
2018-06-041h 09
The ScienceRoadie PodcastKat Five from Feral FiveKat Five is the singer & guitarist at Feral Five, a band she fronts together with bassist, composer, and throat-grabbing beats creator Drew. They are from London and Kent, write, mix and produce at Feral HQ and their music features in acclaimed drag queens film Dressed As A Girl.
Feral Five make electro-punk dance music with bite, fusing snarling guitars, jittery synths, and ferocious beats.
Raised by wolves on a diet of punk rock, disco and roots, the duo have been championed by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe, and Eddy Temple-Morris on The Remix. They’ve been BBC...
2018-05-2854 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastGirls Rock London Charity Shout OutGirls Rock London (GRL!) is a music project for girls and women in London. They are part of a movement of rock camps that take place all over the world, united by a desire to achieve gender equality in the music industry and to ensure that all girls and women get the chance to make music. The aims of the project are to empower girls and women – regardless of previous musical experience – to write and perform music, and to build self-confidence.
The programme Girls Rock London runs is a mixture of musical/technical tuition and workshops, which together help to build...
2018-05-2304 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastMerritt Moore - Quantum Physicist & Ballet DancerMerritt Moore is a ballet dancer and quantum physicist, continually jumping from lab shoes to pointe shoes, from lab goggles to tutus. She has danced as a member of the Zurich Ballet, Boston Ballet, English National Ballet and London Contemporary Ballet Theatre while graduating with honours in physics at Harvard, and graduating with a PhD in Quantum Optics at Oxford University.
She was award Forbes 30 under 30 in 2018 and featured in "Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls", alongside inspiring women such as Oprah, Angela Merkel, JK Rowling and Audrey Hepburn. She was one of the 12 selected astronaut candidates, out of thousands of...
2018-05-1459 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastVicki Callahan - USC School of Cinematic ArtsCheck out my very interesting and thought-provoking conversation with Vicki Callahan who is a media activist and scholar. She is Professor of Practice at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in the Division of Media Arts + Practice. Her research and teaching are focused on the integration of theory and practice with attention to issues in film and media history, feminist studies, digital culture, media strategies for social change, and public scholarship.
She is the author of Zones of Anxiety: Movement, Musidora, and the Crime Serials of Louis Feuillade (WSUP 2005), editor for the collection, Reclaiming the Archive: Fe...
2018-05-0758 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastEden Hennessey - #DistractinglySexist #DistractinglyHonestI was very fortunate to have a chat with Eden Hennessey, who is a researcher and data-driven artist completing a PhD in Social Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University with Dr. Mindi Foster. Her dissertation focuses on the costs of confronting sexism in science versus other fields. Eden researches diversity promotion and discrimination reduction and transforms her research findings into thought-provoking photo-research exhibits (#DistractinglySexist and #DistractinglyHonest) that have reached international acclaim. She is inspired by her ongoing work with the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS).
Connect with her on Twitter at:
https://twitter.com/EdenHennessey
https://twitter.com/LaurierWinS
2018-04-301h 22
The ScienceRoadie PodcastWhat? Why? Who?Welcome!
I am Isabel, your host of The ScienceRoadie Podcast. Having worked in science and tech for a long time as a scientist, academic & healthtech entrepreneur and following my own amazing & life-changing music experience in a band, I am starting a podcast talking to women in science & music and learn about how they ended up where they are now, who inspired(s) them and their journey from when they started out in science/music until today.
Who am I?
I am a Healthtech Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Immersive Rehab, an Engineer & Scientist, Consultant, Mentor & Advisor and amateur Musician. I am...
2018-04-2603 min