Podcasts about chemical sciences

A disturbing report from the University of Johannesburg has uncovered alarming levels of cancer-causing chemicals in the Klip River, a vital water source in Gauteng. The study reveals high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, which pose a significant threat to aquatic life, livestock, and human health. To elaborate further on the research, Elvis Presslin spoke to Dr. Mathapelo Seopela, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Johannesburg

Dr Aoife Morrin from the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU on the science when to eat.

A recent study at the University of New Mexico has found that there could be a spoon's worth of microplastics in the human brain. The study found that the extent of the harm to human health is unclear, although an increased inflammation and risk of future adverse cardiovascular events is likely. Amani spoke to Dr Joel Rindelaub, Senior Lecturer of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland about the prevalence of microplastics in the human body, and what its impacts might be.  

For their weekly catch up with the Green Party, Oto spoke to Ricardo Menendez March about US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians in Gaza. We also spoke about the Overhaul of the Public Works Act and The government's plan to change climate reporting laws for companies. And, for this week's Get Action! He spoke to Brenda Leeuwenberg, a resident of Ruakākā who started a petition to stop a sand mining proposal in the Bream Bay Area by the McCallum Brothers. Sasha spoke to Burt Burmester, from University of Auckland Business School, speaking to us about the government's foreign investment strategy. And Amani spoke to Dr Joel Rindelaub, Senior Lecturer of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland, about the prevalence of microplastics in the human body, especially in brain tissue.

A recent study at the University of New Mexico has found that there could be a spoon's worth of microplastics in the human brain. The study found that the extent of the harm to human health is unclear, although an increased inflammation and risk of future adverse cardiovascular events is likely. Producer Amani spoke to Senior Lecturer of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland, Dr Joel Rindelaub, about the prevalence of microplastics in the human body, and what its impacts might be.

Guest: Dr Lokesh Joshi, Stokes Professor of Glycosciences at the Infectious Diseases Section of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of Galway.

This week, we bring you two stories about the science of morality. Or morality in science. Either way you want to look at it. Part 1: Political scientist Ethan Hollander interviews a Nazi war criminal as part of his research. Part 2: As a graduate student, Cather Simpson is excited to present her work -- but then her adviser lies about it. Ethan J. Hollander is a professor of political science at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He is also the author of Hegemony and the Holocaust: State Power and Jewish Survival in Occupied Europe. Hollander's published scholarship also includes research on democratization in Eastern Europe and on the Arab Spring. At Wabash, Dr. Hollander teaches courses on the Politics of the Middle East, Ethnic Conflict and Genocide, European Politics, and Research Methods and Statistics. He is a native of Miami Beach, and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2006. When Cather Simpson graduated from high-school in the USA, she was certain she was going to become a neurosurgeon. She was very, very wrong. In her first year at uni, she discovered scientific research and got completely hooked. She is now a Professor of Physics and Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland, where she started and directed a super-fun ultrafast laser lab called the Photon Factory. These days, she's morphed into an entrepreneurial academic. The first company she co-founded, Engender Technologies, uses lasers to sort sperm by sex for the dairy industry. The second, Orbis Diagnostics, uses lasers for infectious disease testing at point-of-care – she is currently CEO there. The latest, Luminoma DX, uses light to screen more effectively for skin cancers. When she's not enjoying the pleasure and satisfaction from using lasers to solve the knotty problems presented by Mother Nature, she's doing 5000 piece puzzles and being “Schrodinger's Mom” – simultaneously the world's best and worst mother – to two lovely sons. Note: Ethan's story was produced as part of our partnership with Springer Nature's Springer Storytellers program. Find out more at beforetheabstract.com. Cather's story was produced as part of our partnership with SCANZ, Science Communicators Association of New Zealand. Find out more at www.scanz.co.nz. And look for more Story Collider shows in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2018! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Monday Wire... News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to Global Innovator, Matt Hart, about grappling with moving back home, in a new segment beginning on the show. For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Joel also speaks to Simon Court about the hīkoi mō te tiriti, the Treaty Principles Bill passing its first reading, and the haka protesting this. Producer Yesenia speaks to Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland, Alex Sims, about the concerns regarding facial recognition. Joel speaks to Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at the University of Canterbury, Sally Gaw, about a study published in Science discussing global plastic waste. And Yesenia speaks to Child Poverty Action group Researcher Harry Yu Shi about newly released statistics showing there is currently 99,000 New Zealand children in persistent poverty. Whakarongo mai!

Have you ever wondered why - if you bite your cheek or burn the roof of your mouth - it heals quickly with no scarring. It's a bit of body repair magic which a group of Canterbury University researchers have mimicked to create a medicine to help heal wounds on horses. And they're hoping one day it will be used to treat painful human conditions like bed sores, diabetic foot ulcers and burns. Mark talks to Dr Rudi Marquez from the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at Canterbury University

Why do we sweat? Why do some of us sweat more than others? Does it help us expel toxins? Why does it seem to smell? What are pheromones? And is it bad to use anti-perspirants? Those are just some of the questions that Brendan got to ask Dr Aoife Morrin, from the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU.

The energy transition is complex. That complexity tends to be papered over with simplifications and beliefs, even myths, both within the sector and the broader public on both sides of the debate. Yet, to make the right investments and decisions as companies and societies, it requires careful analysis and ultimately managing the inherent trade-offs. In this episode, we zoom in on the reality of the energy transition, the science required and the competing philosophies. Our guest is Marco Raugei, Senior Lecturer and Researcher at Oxford Brooks University. He is an Environmental Scientist with a PhD in Chemical Sciences and lectures on energy systems and Life Cycle Assessments. Marco has spent his career researching the very energy systems, particularly in transportation, that drive our economies today and in those of the future. 

Dr. Robert S. Langer is the David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Being one of the eight Institute Professors is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member at MIT. Much of Bob's research is at the interface between materials and medicine. His lab has created nanoparticles and drug delivery systems, engineered tissues and organs for things like artificial skin for burn victims, and made organ-on-a-chip technology to help develop and test new drugs that may someday help patients. When he's not working, Bob enjoys spending time with his family, taking his kids to sporting events, lifting weights, and going on walks with his wife. He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University and his Sc.D. in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Afterwards, Bob worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Children's Hospital Boston and at Harvard Medical School. He joined the faculty at MIT in 1978. Since then, Bob has accepted more than 220 major awards and honors, including the U.S. National Medal of Science, the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation (he is one of 3 living individuals to have received both these honors), the Charles Stark Draper Prize (often called the Engineering Nobel Prize), Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Albany Medical Center Prize, Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Kyoto Prize, Wolf Prize for Chemistry, Millennium Technology Prize, Priestley Medal (highest award of the American Chemical Society), Gairdner Prize, Hoover Medal, Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences, BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine, Balzan Prize, and the Dr. Paul Janssen Award. In 1998, he received the Lemelson-MIT prize, the world's largest prize for invention for being “one of history's most prolific inventors in medicine,” and he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006. He is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Inventors, and the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has been awarded over 1,000 patents and has received 42 honorary doctorate degrees, including degrees from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Northwestern. In our conversation, he shares more about his life and science.

Dr. David O'Connor, Assistant Professor in Dublin City University in the School of Chemical Sciences

Michael Medeiros is a Presenter and Content Creator who left Clongowes in 2018. Having attained a BSc in Chemical Sciences with Medicinal Chemistry, Mick decided to go down a different route and pursue his passion for social media. Having worked with many notable brands such as BBC, Virgin Media, Premier League, Adidas, EA Sports and LADBible to name a few, Mick's contagious energy has enabled him to interview and create content with some high profile individuals such as Ian Wright, Rio Ferdinand, Jazzy, Eddie Hearn and KSI amongst many others. As a result of his achievements, Mick was nominated and shortlisted for 2 Awards (Content Creator of the Year & Personality of the Year) at this year's Black & Irish Gala Awards powered by RTE. Today, Mick speaks with us to reminisce about his time in Clongowes and how it's played a massive part in helping him become the man he is today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/portraitsofclongowes/message

Scientists in Maryland in the United States are exploring what a lab-grown retina can tell us about how we can see millions of colours. Joining Jonathan to explain more about the research is Robert J. Johnston Jr. Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Johns Hopkins University.Also joining Jonathan for this week's Newsround is Dr. Susan Kelleher, School of Chemical Sciences, DCU & Dr Fergus McAuliffe, Communications and Engagement Manager, iCRAG.

Professor Silvia Giordani, Lead researcher School of Chemical Sciences at DCU.

When it comes to the end of humanity, there are numerous ways it might come to pass - be it a wayward asteroid, the eruption of a super volcano, the ever-growing presence of Artificial Intelligence in our lives, or the unseen spores of a killer fungus. But which one of these poses the greatest risk? This is the question posed by Jonathan in this very special episode of Futureproof which was recorded in front of a live audience at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre.Joining us to discuss is:Dr. Robert Ross, Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at TU DublinProfessor Chris Bean, Senior Professor and Head of Geophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesProfessor Caitriona Jackman, Senior Professor of Space Physics at Dunsink ObservatoryJerry Clancy, PhD student at the School of Chemical Sciences in DCUDr. Shane Bergin, physicist and an assistant professor in science education at UCD's School of Education & Immunologist, Dr. Lara Dungan, also join Jonathan for this week's Newsround.With thanks to Science Foundation Ireland.

Synthetic compounds are found in a multitude of items that we manufacture. They can help us create newfound or superior chemical composites that go into the everyday items we take for granted like non-stick and water-resistant materials. But these synthetic compounds are now being detected in drinking water sources worldwide, being dubbed ‘Forever Chemicals'.So, what can be done about it?Dr. Ruairí Brannigan, Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU joins Jonathan to discuss.

Today, Xiaoran talks to Prof. Dr. Raffaella Buonsanti, a tenured Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). In her research, Professor Buonsanti implements a highly interdisciplinary approach, spanning from Chemistry to Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, to address fundamental challenges in energy technologies. Through the core expertise in colloidal synthesis, her team develops novel approaches to controlled and tunable nanomaterials to drive chemical transformations.   In this conversation, they shed light on the real life of a scientist. They talk about the routine in Raffaella's work and life, the concept of “ life-work integration”, the rules she manages her team and the methods she keeps a great mind always for science.   For more details, listen to this episode!    If you would like to know more information about Prof. Dr. Raffaella Buonsanti, check out here: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lnce/buonsanti/   Twitter: @lnce_epfl   Episode Art: Raffaella's photo © BM PHOTOS      Background photo Photo by Hans Reniers on Unsplash   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro-Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

We talk to Dr Susan Kelleher, Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences in Dublin City University

Methamphetamine has been detected in the air in downtown Auckland in the first study of its kind in Australasia. Traces of the illicit drug, as well as nicotine, caffeine and THC, were found at a pollution monitoring site on Customs Street near the bottom of Queen Street. At the concentrations found in Auckland's air, it would take more than 8-thousand-years to actually inhale an active dose of methamphetamine, but the concentrations were higher than overseas cities such as Barcelona. University of Auckland School of Chemical Sciences research fellow Dr Joel Rindelaub spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.  

Fungal spores can cause chronic respiratory disease and have become increasingly resistant to treatments. Keeping them out of the air we breathe indoors is vital.In this episode, we discover more about bioaerosols and how they work. We also learn how some countries can create forecasts to mitigate the effects of pollen allergies and improve our overall well-being.Our guest David O'Connor is an expert in this area through his work and personal family experience. He is the author of several high-level reports in this area. TOPICS WE COVER00:53 What is a bioaerosol?01:29 How important are they to humans.03:50 Pollen vs Fungal Spores vs Your Lungs05:20 How they affect our day-to-day health.06:33 How national authorities measure bioaerosols.08:28 Can forecasting mitigate health symptoms.10:00 Allergens which lurk indoors in workplaces.13:30 What to look out for in your own office or facility.ABOUT OUR GUESTDr. David O'Connor is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences in Dublin City University, where he is involved in physical chemistry undergraduate lecturing and laboratory demonstration.He formerly worked at Technological University Dublin and has previously held post-doctoral positions at the University of Denver (Marie Curie Fellowship) and the University College Cork, which involved numerous field and laboratory studies on atmospherically relevant species and processes.Website: https://www.dcu.ie/chemistry/people/david-oconnorTwitter: @DOC_at_DCUABOUT CAMFIL'S CAO INITIATIVEThe Chief Airgonomics Officer initiative is started by Camfil, a leading manufacturer in premium clean air solutions and an advocate for access to clean air.The Chief Airgonomics initiative is being driven at a time of urgency: sensitivities over air have heightened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, air pollutants are well known to damage the environment and the newly published WHO Air Quality Guidelines show us that air pollution is more damaging to human health than previously understood.The initiative is a direct response to these realities while also bringing to life Camfil's mission of protecting people, processes and the environment. It also puts into practice Camfil's knowledge and expertise built over more than half a century and that it is eager to share with its peers and wider audiences to improve people's lives.Our VisionClean and healthy Indoor Air should be a Human rightOur MissionWe want all companies and organisations to put clean and healthy indoor air on the agendaCamfil believes that real change can only happen through collaborative effort and wants your organisation to join the clean air movement and community. Start your clean indoor air journey today!CAO Website: https://www.chiefairgonomicsofficer.com/CAO Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12679402/

We talk to Dr David O'Connor, Assistant Professor of DCU's School of Chemical Sciences and lead researcher on this project.

Summer is around the corner and for hay fever sufferers – panic is about to set in! However, help may be at hand! Ireland's first independently generated pollen forecast could offer fresh hope to the thousands of people with hay fever out there. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Dr. David O'Connor, assistant professor in the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU, who is a lead researcher on the project.

Summer is around the corner and for hay fever sufferers – panic is about to set in! However, help may be at hand! Ireland's first independently generated pollen forecast could offer fresh hope to the thousands of people with hay fever out there. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Dr. David O'Connor, assistant professor in the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU, who is a lead researcher on the project.

Recent Ministry of Education publications bring mātauranga Māori concepts into the school curriculum. While concepts like mauri, a Māori term meaning “vital essence” or “life force”, may have something to offer science as a reflection of ecosystem health or the “life-supporting capacity” of rivers, any interpretation that equated mauri with chemical properties, or as “the binding force between the physical and the spiritual”, had no place in the chemistry curriculum and proposals to incorporate traditional knowledge in science curricula need a lot more reflection, with nobody excluded from the conversation. In this week's podcast James Kierstead talks with Paul Kilmartin (Ngāi Tahu), Professor of Chemistry in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland, about mātauranga Māori, science and the school curriculum. To read the article referred to in the podcast click here: https://nzic.org.nz/unsecure_files/cinz/2022-86-4.pdf

Operations require good relationships and communication. In this episode, Anzhelika Kabro, Associate Director of Chemical Sciences at Paraza Pharma, provides advice and examples of taking care of work relationships with clients and operations employees to develop new medications. Anzhelika talks about the importance of communication, appreciating lab operations employees, planning, contacts, and personal drive as key factors for success. Tune in to learn tips from Anzhelika to create a healthy and smooth-functioning work environment in the lab! Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health

In this episode, Tim and Andrew talk with paleontologist, writer, and scientific consultant of all things dinosaur Dr. David Hone from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London. Tune in to hear all about Dr. Hone's field expeditions and fossil discoveries which have paved the way for our understanding of dinosaur behavior, as well as his recent popular science books on dinosaurs!   Cranbrook Institute of Science |   David Hone (davehone.co.uk)   #DavidHone #PaleoPodcast #QueenMaryUniversityofLondon #dinosaurs #pterosaurs #cranbrookinstituteofscience  

Cristina Iglesias is a Spanish born artist who studied Chemical Sciences at the University of the Basque Country and Ceramics and Sculpture at the Chelsea College of Art in London. Her museum exhibitions include Centro Botín, Santander, Spain; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid; Ludwig Museum, Cologne; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. She additionally has been commissioned to create major projects and installations at Bloomberg headquarters, London; Mexican Foundation of Environmental Education, Baja, California; Museo del Prado, Madrid; and Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, among many others. She and Zuckerman discuss studio spaces, collaboration, being with ourselves, dreaming, constructing landscape, memory and imagination, transiting, and remembering!

Susmita Pati has an A.B. in Chemical Sciences from Harvard and an MPH in Epidemiology from Columbia. She specializes in population health analytics, innovation, and system transformation to achieve health equity. Susmita is currently a Professor of Pediatrics & Chief, Division of Primary Care Pediatrics at Stony Brook University and an external advisor for McKinsey. You can reach out to Susmita on LinkedIn. Key points include: 07:14: Research projects Sumita is working on 28:04: Exercises in communication skills for health workers 36:00: Examples of theatre-based training

This week we welcome Dr. Dave Dorman, Dr. Rima Habre, and Dr. Megan Harries for Part 1 of our 2 part show on the National Academy of Sciences Report called “Why Indoor Chemistry Matters”. We will focus on what the findings mean for practitioners!   David C. Dorman, DVM, PhD is a professor of toxicology in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences at North Carolina State University. Dr. Dorman's research interests include neurotoxicology, nasal toxicology, pharmacokinetics, and cognition and olfaction in animals. Dr. Dorman is an elected fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Dr. Dorman is a diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology and the American Board of Toxicology. He has chaired or served on several National Research Council committees and is a National Associate of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He completed a combined PhD and veterinary toxicology residency program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University.   Rima Habre, ScD is an associate professor of environmental health and spatial sciences at the University of Southern California (USC). She leads the Exposure Sciences Research Program in the USC National Institute of Environmental Health P30 Center. Her expertise lies in environmental health, air pollution, and exposure sciences. Her research aims to understand the effects of complex air pollution mixtures in the indoor and outdoor environment on the health of vulnerable populations across the life course. Dr. Habre's expertise spans measurement, spatiotemporal and geographic information system–based modeling, and mobile health approaches to assessing personal exposures and health risk. She co-chairs the Geospatial Working Group in the nationwide National Institute of Health's Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program. Dr. Habre received her ScD in environmental health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.   Megan E. Harries, PhD is a program officer with the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She is the director of the Committee on Emerging Science on Indoor Chemistry, which authored the recently released report on Why Indoor Chemistry Matters. Trained as an analytical chemist, Dr. Harries received a BA from Fordham University and a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder. Prior to joining the National Academies, she was the recipient of a National Research Council Research Associateship, which she spent at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developing methods for more sensitive and repeatable chemical characterization of trace forensic evidence.   LEARN MORE at IAQ Radio!

Ali Lowrey, PhD candidate from the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland, speaks to us about wine and climate change today. To read more about her work check this out!.   

Chris Knight is the Founder of The Blind Pig, a collection of bars and breweries located in Champaign, Illinois. Chris moved from England to the Champaign–Urbana metro area to attend the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois. He opened the first Blind Pig location in 1990 and has since expanded to four different locations and a prominent brand of craft beer. Michael Heldebrandt is a sales representative at The Blind Pig. He is widely known for delivering beer in a dinosaur costume during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode… Craft beer is an industry that thrives on individuality. The core demographic chooses craft beer not just because of the niche flavors, but also because of the people behind the breweries. With so many faceless corporations, it's often a breath of fresh air — and a great marketing strategy — to see local breweries being so personable.  Brewery founder Chris Knight has a unique story that plays a big part in his brand's success. After moving from Britain to Champaign, Illinois, he created The Blind Pig, one of the most refreshing and distinct breweries in the area. Since then, the brand has continued to grow thanks to its quality drinks and individual style. If you want to see what a one-of-a-kind brewery looks like in action, this is it. Darren Fox sits down with Chris Knight and Michael Heldebrandt of The Blind Pig to talk about how they carved out a unique identity for their brewery. They discuss the origins of The Blind Pig, how they market the business, and the hurdles they've had to overcome along the way. They also talk about Michael's experience delivering beer in a dinosaur costume and how it boosted the brand. Hear it all on this episode of Pitcher This!

Susan Kelleher, Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University

Kripasindhu Karmakar is M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences and has qualified CSIR NET JRF with an AIR-2, he is also All India Rank 36 in GATE 2021. He has qualified IIT-JAM, BARC, TIFR, WBSET, FSSAI, UPSC Geoscientist Prelims Examinations. Here he shares his story and his experiences with competitive exams. ____________________________ Register for my course on Improving Communication Skills here: https://torqseminars.com/courses1/ ____________________________ Time Stamps: 1. Following Torq 4712 in it's early days 0:00 2. A motivating journey 3:28 3. How to overcome Exam fear 12:40 4. Decision making 18:225. Hard work takes time 21:16 6. How to focus on studies for years 24:45 7. CSIR NET strategy for AIR2 27:17 8. Overloading of guidance 35:40 9. GATE strategy for AIR-38 37:58 10. Sir aap kitna ghanta padhte the 42:15 11. Message to those who experienced failures 45:47 Instagram: ashish_torq Video Version on Youtube Channel: Torq4712 | Title of Video: Kripasindhu Karmakar | CSIR NET AIR-2 | GATE AIR-36 | Momentum podcast Ep. 27

In this episode we are joined by Dr Jerelle Joseph, a Research Fellow in Physical & Chemical Sciences at King's College, Cambridge and Founder of carischolar.com. We learn about her journey into the world of scientific academia from her upbringing in Dominica and discuss her comparative experience living and studying in the UK, navigating the space as a Black Caribbean woman and the fundamental importance of mentorship and guidance for students to realise their full potential academically and professionally. Follow Jerelle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jerelleaj Check out carischolar.com

Dr. Ted White, researcher and Dean of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at UMKC, takes us through his journey of becoming a scientist. Collaboration and innovation are significant attractions to the field. There is so much great advice that I can't wait for you to hear! Download to hear the full episode! 

Chemical Sciences is a primeval forest full of the most intriguing phenomena that gets one thinking hard and deep about what they observed. From our kitchen shelves to prodigious laboratories, from our own bodies to the interstellar medium, chemistry takes parts in all frames. (Organic Chemistry helps us resolve Alkynes of problems we have been Diene to figure out.) We discussed the captivating aspects of the discipline with Dr. Sreejalekshmi K.G., currently an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, who leads the group on organic molecules and functional materials at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. Touching over multi-disciplinary fields of her work including combinatorial chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, and drug discovery, with a strong relation to the biological sciences, she also gave a beautifully vivid perspective of her current research work and collaborations, and what it takes to thrive for our deepest passions. Dive in to hear an elaborate conversation about the details that go into building a career with such multidimensional interests. The team for Zeroing In for this episode included Manish Chauhan, Fenil Shah, Shreya Mishra, Prajwal Patnaik, KVNG Vikram, and Naman Jain. Featured artwork for the episode cover courtesy of Akshita Arora. Zeroing In season's theme song featured herewith, 'Longing', created by Ethan Phangcho.

An innovative project led by Maynooth University that will use virtual laboratories as a teaching tool for the experimental sciences has been awarded almost €3 million funding by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). Led by Prof Denise Rooney, Head of the Department of Chemistry at Maynooth University, the project was awarded a total €2,971,700 under the Human Capital Initiative Pillar 3 programme. The ambitious and timely project will develop an innovative approach to teaching students in the experimental sciences through the use of virtual laboratories. The Maynooth-led initiative brings together five geographically spread Higher Education Institutes: Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT), Dublin City University (DCU), Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and University College Cork with education technology providers, to develop courses in which a virtual laboratory experience is complemented with a real laboratory experience, through a blended approach. The project also will give students the opportunity to experience a real-work environment through virtual training and engagement with enterprise partners, and to help reinforce practical techniques and concepts, as well as management and project work. Prof Denise Rooney said: “By piloting the scheme across the five HEIs, we have the capacity to implement the virtual labs simultaneously in different year groups, different sub-disciplines and using different teaching methodologies. No one institution would have the capacity to carry out this project alone. “In a relatively short period of time, we will develop a road map for rolling out virtual laboratory teaching across the experimental sciences, enabling replication.” The target learners of the initiative are first to fourth year chemistry undergraduates, and taught M.Sc. students in the Chemical Sciences. Such a large scale trial, impacting over 2,500 students conducted through a well-managed collaborative project, will enhance the exchange of best practices and mitigate risks over the course of the project. The biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and chemical sector plays a massive role in Ireland’s economy, producing 60% worth of Ireland’s exports, directly employing more than 30,000 and supporting a further 30,000 across other industries. The input of industry partners is central to the initiative. These involve education technology providers that develop virtual laboratory simulations for STEM students, and Mindconnex, an Irish SME developing digital learning software, who will give time to provide expertise on how students can best learn in a virtual environment. Industry partners who are employing chemistry graduates will work with the institutes to enhance the students’ experience. Each institute has established enterprise contacts who will contribute to this initiative, including Analog Devices, Alltech, Avectas, Abbott Diagnostics, Hovione and Janssen. Speaking at the announcement of a total 22 projects to be funded under the Human Capital Initiative, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris said: “These projects will develop and change teaching and learning. This global pandemic has reinforced the need for us all to be agile and diverse. “Crucially though it requires us to develop new skills and equip the next generation with the critical importance to the economy and the workplace of the future.” For more information on this and other projects awarded HEA funding under the Human Capital Initiative Pillar 3 programme see HEI website here

Duncan McGillivrary, Principal Investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute and Associate Professor in Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland gives us his scientific take on Baakonite from Star Trek - a strong, reinforced metal used for traditional Klingon weaponry such as the bat'leth.

The Arctic has experienced a dynamic change in the last couple of decades. Ice is disappearing at alarming rates, and the ocean is experiencing harmful acidification. With all of these ongoing environmental issues, what are some of the upcoming issues and difficulties that the planet and our society will experience? What can we do to mitigate or reverse the damage being done to our oceans? Dr. Jeremy Mathis is the director of the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology at the National Academy of Sciences. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Mathis previously served as the Director of the Arctic Research Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He also spent time as the director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Ocean Acidification Research Center. Dr. Mathis earned his PhD in Marine Chemistry attending the University of Miami. Prior to that, he earned his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from McNeese State University. What You’ll Hear On This Episode of When Science Speaks [2:10] How Dr. Mathis came to work in the Arctic [5:02] What has changed in the environment since Dr. Mathis started his work [10:45] Acidification of the ocean [14:52] What is happening in the Arctic is a window into the future [18:22] What Dr. Mathis is working on now Connect with Dr. Jeremy Mathis Bio for Dr. Jeremy Mathis Ocean acidification is not reversible The Industrial Revolution has led to a massive increase in carbon emissions, and all of that carbon dioxide continues to find its way into the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. As Dr. Mathis points out this week, the abundance of liberated CO2 has led to alarming acidification of the oceans. So do scientists have a means of pulling that carbon dioxide out of the oceans? Can we reverse the trend and return the oceans to prior levels of acidification? Unfortunately, Dr. Mathis says no. There are geoengineering solutions for pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but we don’t have any current technology to do the same for our oceans. There are natural cycles that will pull that CO2 out of the oceans, but those take place over periods of thousands of years. Even if we were to completely stop emitting carbon, acidification will still continue for some time. Educating the next generation One of the greatest catalysts for change is the actions of the upcoming generations. This is amplified right now by the fact that our society has experienced an incredible transition over the last few decades. The internet and social media are powerful tools, and the younger generations have grown up with them in their lives from birth. They will be the next generation of policymakers that will shape the future of our culture and planet. In this episode, Dr. Mathis talks about how he has made it his focus to help teach the next generation of policymakers. He hopes they will not repeat the mistakes of prior generations and wants them to be better communicators. One of the greatest difficulties of creating positive change for the planet is communicating science to those who have deeply held beliefs that run counter what climate scientists are learning about the state of our environment.  Learn more about Dr. Jeremy Mathis, his work, and the acidification of our oceans in this week’s episode of When Science Speaks. Connect With Mark and When Science Speaks http://WhenScienceSpeaks.com https://bayerstrategic.com/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/BayerStrategic On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bayer-Strategic-Consulting-206102993131329 On YouTube: http://bit.ly/BSConTV On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdanielbayer/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bayerstrategic/ On Medium: https://medium.com/@markbayer17 Subscribe to When Science Speaks on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher

This week Dr Viji Draviam talks to us about why she studies cell division, what chromosomal stability is, why is it so important to understand this and some tips for starting your own lab! Following a PhD from Trinity College, University of Cambridge (with Prof. Pines, Gurdon Institute, Cambridge, UK, 1998-2001), and Post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School (with Prof. Sorger, Cambridge, USA; 2002-07), Viji started her own research group as a Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellow at the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge (2008-15). Viji’s group moved to the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, QMUL in August 2015. Her research group uses a combination of high-resolution microscopy and molecular biology techniques to understand the molecular mechanisms that ensure chromosomal and genomic stability in normal and cancerous human cells. For more information about her research follow the link: http://www.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/staff/vijidraviam.html

This week, we bring you two stories about the science of morality. Or morality in science. Either way you want to look at it. Part 1: Political scientist Ethan Hollander interviews a Nazi war criminal. Part 2: As a graduate student, Cather Simpson was excited to present her work -- but then her adviser lies about it. Ethan J. Hollander is a professor of political science at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He is also the author of Hegemony and the Holocaust: State Power and Jewish Survival in Occupied Europe. Hollander’s published scholarship also includes research on democratization in Eastern Europe and on the Arab Spring. At Wabash, Dr. Hollander teaches courses on the Politics of the Middle East, Ethnic Conflict and Genocide, European Politics, and Research Methods and Statistics. He is a native of Miami Beach, and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2006. Note: Ethan's story was produced as part of The Story Collider's partnership with Springer Nature. Find out more at beforetheabstract.com. When Cather Simpson graduated from high-school in the USA, she was certain she was going to become a neurosurgeon. She was very, very wrong. In her first year at uni, she got discovered scientific research and got completely hooked. She is now a Professor of Physics and Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland, where she runs a super-fun laser lab called the Photon Factory. The Photon Factory uses exotic pulsed lasers to enable all New Zealand scientists accomplish their goals, from improving products for industry to helping school students with science fair projects. Working with the Photon Factory’s 25+ extraordinary physicists, chemists and engineers, Cather gets to study everything from how molecules convert light into more useful forms of energy to how to sort sperm by sex for the dairy industry. When she’s not enjoying the pleasure and satisfaction from using lasers to solve the knotty problems presented by Mother Nature, she’s doing puzzles with her partner Tom and being “Schrodinger’s Mom” – simultaneously the world’s best and worst mother – to two lovely teenage boys. Note: Cather's story was produced as part of our partnership with SCANZ, Science Communicators Assocaition of New Zealand. Find out more at www.scanz.co.nz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins, development and uses of chromatography. In its basic form, it is familiar to generations of schoolchildren who put a spot of ink at the bottom of a strip of paper, dip it in water and then watch the pigments spread upwards, revealing their separate colours. Chemists in the 19th Century started to find new ways to separate mixtures and their work was taken further by Mikhail Tsvet, a Russian-Italian scientist who is often credited with inventing chromatography in 1900. The technique has become so widely used, it is now an integral part of testing the quality of air and water, the levels of drugs in athletes, in forensics and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals. With Andrea Sella Professor of Chemistry at University College London Apryll Stalcup Professor of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University And Leon Barron Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science at King's College London.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins, development and uses of chromatography. In its basic form, it is familiar to generations of schoolchildren who put a spot of ink at the bottom of a strip of paper, dip it in water and then watch the pigments spread upwards, revealing their separate colours. Chemists in the 19th Century started to find new ways to separate mixtures and their work was taken further by Mikhail Tsvet, a Russian-Italian scientist who is often credited with inventing chromatography in 1900. The technique has become so widely used, it is now an integral part of testing the quality of air and water, the levels of drugs in athletes, in forensics and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals. With Andrea Sella Professor of Chemistry at University College London Apryll Stalcup Professor of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University And Leon Barron Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science at King's College London.

Dr. Donna Nelson is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Oklahoma. She received her PhD from the University of Texas, Austin and completed her postdoctoral training at Purdue University before joining the faculty at the University of Oklahoma. Donna has received many awards and accolades during her career, including the Oklahoma Chemist Award, the American Chemical Society Stan Israel Award for Diversifying the Chemical Sciences, the American Chemical Society Ann Nalley Volunteerism Award, the NSF ADVANCE Leadership Award, the National Organization of Women Woman of Courage Award, and she was inducted to the Minority Health Professions Foundation Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Higher Education hall of Fame. She was also been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship as well as the Ford Fellowship, and has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Donna also served as the science advisor for the recent TV Show Breaking Bad. Donna is with us today to tell us about her journey through life and science.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Thomas Rosenbaum, Provost, The University of Chicago; Stephen Streiffer, Associate Laboratory Director, Physical Sciences & Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory; Amanda Petford-Long, Division Director, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory; and Emilio Bunel, Division Director, Chemical Sciences & Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, discuss the partnership between the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory that will support the Institute for Molecular Engineering.

Richard Osgood is the Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University. He co-founded the Columbia Microelectronics Sciences Laboratories, and serves on the DARPA Defense Sciences Research Council in the area of Materials Research and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Visiting Advisory Board for the Chemical Sciences and Technology Division. He speaks about his long professional association with Steve Brueck and some of the research activities they have shared.

Parallel Session I-A, Saturday Morning, 2 August 2008, Human Gender, Sexuality, and Sex: Gender Issues in the Sciences