95bFM: Ready Steady Learn

This week on Ready Steady Learn, Jonny chats to Phyllis Ohene-Agyei about her research into the

Just like humans, honey bees have a complex social structure controlled by a circadian rhythm. Guy Warman's research focuses on this clock at the heart of the colony structure, as without it, a colony cannot function.

Thanks to Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland. 

This week Professor Nicholas Rowe from the School of Dance talks to Jonny about his work on INTRACOMP - (Intercultural and Transcultural Competence Through Collaborative Cultural Expression). The three-year project aims to create learning resources and policy guidelines to assist individuals', communities' and organisations' engagement in transcultural collaboration. Thanks to Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland.

Jonny chats to PhD candidate Kingsley Spargo about his research on artist collaboration at the School of Music. Thanks to Waipapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland. 

On this round of Ready Steady Learn, brought to you by Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, Dr Kiri Dell speaks about the Faculty of Engineering and Business School's collaboration with iwi in the Whareponga Valley to address climate change related challenges facing the Ruātoria region of Tai Rawhiti. 

Dr Gertjan Verdickt talks the relationship between people and A.I. when it comes to investment forecasting on Ready Steady Learn. 

Thanks to the smart folks at Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland.

Jarod McTaggart is a Masters student at the School of Biological Sciences. Jarod is studying towards a Masters in Science, Biosecuirty and Conservation. Jarord and Jonny chat about pekapeka/bats, echolocation and the co-evolution between pekapeka and moths. 

Thanks to The University of Auckland!

Alesha Wells a Doctoral student at the School of Psychological Medicine joins Jonny for Ready Steady Learn to yarn about a current trial of LSD microdosing in late-stage cancer patients at the University of Auckland. 

Thank to the smart folks at the University of Auckland!

PhD candidate Isurie Akarawita gives us the info on her doctoral thesis on Smart Chewing Robots ~ and how robots can help circumvent the emotional bias present in human studies on how we enjoy our kai. 

Thanks to The University of Auckland!

Professor Melinda Webber from the Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland talks to Jonny about Mātauranga Māori, the bodies of knowledge within Te Ao Māori, and modern health treatment. Professor Webber's new research looks specifically at Haora and how people's wellbeing is impacted and benefited by cultural practices and participation.