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Facetime with Scientists
This show dives into the world of science (and art!) with behind-the-scenes chats with researchers in their natural habitats. Get ready to hear and see the scientific process in new detail!
Episodes
- Facetime with Scientists
Surprising lessons from rotting alligators about life after death, with Hannah Noel
What happens to our bodies when we die? Which microbes help cycle nutrients from our bodies back into the environment? At what stage of decomposition do these…
- Facetime with Scientists
A snake species named after a rock star and other slithery science
Is fear of snakes innate or learned? How do scientists discover and describe new species, including snake species? What IS a species, anyway? Why did Sara name…
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How do you figure out the structure of a protein? Seraya explains!
In this FaceTime With Scientists podcast episode, I interview Seraya Jones, a PhD student in a structural biology lab, about her research and daily lab…
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She became an Engineer to make Art: A chat with MandyDraws
Art and engineering are more similar than you'd think. Exploring one improves your skills and accelerates innovations in the other! On this episode of the…
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Hunting Deep-Sea Symbioses with the Bald Biologist on the Alvin Sub
For Min Khant Han, a PhD student at the University of Georgia studying symbiosis, none of us are individuals. We are all living amalgamations of various…
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A View Through The Telescope with Astrophysicist Andrea Henderson
Why is the night sky dark? How and where do stars form in galaxies? What other planets may hold life? These are some of the questions that keep an…
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Alaska Marshes, Earthquakes & Mud Cores with Kendall Valentine
On this episode of FaceTime with Scientists, I go into the field with coastal ecogeomorphologist Kendall Valentine! (Yes, ecogeomorphologist is a mouthful!…
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How Drugs Are Formulated and Tested, with Amanda Plunze
This FaceTime With Scientists episode covers everything you might not know about how drug molecules are formulated into the final products you get from your…
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What We Breathe Can Impact Asthma Risk Across Generations: Dr. Noel Explains!
In this episode of Facetime with Scientists, I interview Dr. Alexandra Noel, an inhalation toxicologist at LSU’s vet school. Dr. Noel studies how inhaled…
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This Acoustician Solves Deep-Sea Mysteries... with Sound!
Haley Glasmann is an acoustician. If it sounds a bit like a superhero label, well, maybe it is. Haley is a PhD student studying the power of sound to "see" to…
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Physicist Professor Diva Makes Celebrities of Scientists
Reres Fota is a theoretical physicist who also goes by another name: Professor Diva! The Diva was born when Reres started combining his two loves, in the…
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Dissecting Fruit Fly Brains to Understand Microcephaly
Taylor Hailstock recently defended her PhD at Emory. Her study organism? The fruit fly! Her study target? Microcephaly and brain development! You'd be amazed…
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This biochemist helps natural killer cells fight cancer
For Zee, turning the body's own immune system into a more efficient killer of cancer cells isn't science fiction; it's what she works on daily! Zainab Hakeem…
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A Scientist with Type 1 Diabetes Aims to Cure this Disease with Beta Cells in a Dish
Caterra Leavens in a cell and molecular biologist who is studying type 1 diabetes. Specifically, she is creating gene-edited insulin-producing beta cells from…
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Mini Spinal Cords in a Dish Help Neuroscientist Nuri Study ALS
Nuri Smith is a researcher working to better understand ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease)... by growing tiny spinal cords…
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All about ants, with ant researcher Dr. Jane Waters
Jane Waters leads the ant lab at Providence College. Her lab studies ants and other insects, exploring their natural history, collective behavior, and…
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What rockets are made of, a chat with materials scientist Emma McCarthy
Emma has always dreamed of designing rockets. What she didn't expect was that she wouldn't design their shape, but the materials they are made of (and the…
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Love Letters to Insects, with Science Artist Manuela Guzman
Manuela Guzmán, is a visual Artist and illustrator born in Bogotá, Colombia. She recently completed her MFA program of the Rhode Island School of Design. Her…
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The science of hair hanging, with Stephanie Morphet
Stephanie Morphet is a biomedical scientist turned circus artist and hair hanger. She studied tuberculosis in the lab, working to develop point-of-care…
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Getting to the root of pain, with pain researcher Malaika Mahmood
Malaika Mahmood is an expert on pain. She studies not just how pain is registered by our nerves at the site of injury, but how it is processed in the brain…
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The deadliest animal on the planet, with Cassandra Fieldson
Cassandra is a research associate at Seattle Children’s Center for Global Infectious Disease Research. She's been known to dissect hundreds of mosquito…
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Flexibility is the key to survival for copepods... and maybe humans, too.
Isabelle Neylan studies copepods - think the little green Plankton from SpongeBob! - and how they deal with stressors like excessive heat in the splash pools…
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Did we evolve to create art? Artist Shelby Prindaville discusses creativity, art material innovation, and evolution.
Shelby Prindaville is an interdisciplinary artist who works across painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, and installation to create artwork…