Our guest this week is Alexander Albury, PhD candidate in Psychology at Concordia University. His research is focused on uncovering the relationship between complexity, predictability and liking of music! Tune in for:

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Our guest this week, Stephanie Mouchbahani-Constance, is working towards her PhD in Physiology at McGill University. Her current research is focused on characterizing the sensation of pain inflicted by lionfish stings, as well as the pathways through the nervous system along which they travel. She's an endless repository of animal facts and has nearly boundless knowledge of the peripheral nervous sytem, it's kinda scary, and very impressive. Need I say any more? Keep reading...

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Our guest this week, Audrey Kassardjian, is completing her PhD in Immunology at the University of Toronto. Join us this week for a hyper-relevant discussion surrounding vaccine design, antibodies, spike proteins, parasites and the immune system! 

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Audrey's Publication: Here (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33252273/)

Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith (Book): Here

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Our guest this week, Sam Shulman, is completing his Master's of Sustainable Engineering in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia (UBC). His research is focused on developing an advanced, multi-material connection for prefabricated mass timber buildings that allows for efficient assembly/disassembly at the building’s end-of-life. 

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Our guest this week, Andrew Saydjari, is midway through his PhD in Astrophysics at Harvard University. Andrew's research lies at the intersection of Astrophysics and Machine Learning, and he's studying the massive dust clouds in our very own galaxy. Tune in to tap into the wealth of knowledge that Andrew's bringing to Episode 31!

Why should you care about interstellar dust clouds that are a million times as wide as the earth's orbit around the sun?

Our guest this week is a McGill University PhD in Bioorganic Chemistry. Say hello, to James Thorpe. "Hi James!" On today's episode we answer the big questions, like:

How does a farmer's definition of Organic differ from that of a chemist?

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Rapstract is a rap album study tool, conceived, written, recording and performed by yours truly (Jeremy Ullman AKA Pcenna) for the McGill University undergraduate Psychology course PSYC 211: Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience.

This is a compilation of some highlights from the album. 

All 10 tracks are available on the Abstract podcast page.

I also released an album this year called Life As We Know It, available now on SoundCloud, BandCamp and YouTube for your listening pleasure.

I'd love to hear what you think, so PLEASE send any and all feedback, whether positive, constructive or outright malicious to: [email protected].

Thank you, and enjoy! 

Jeremy // Pcenna

Our guest this week is Ilya Demchenko, a graduate from McGill University's MS Neuroscience program. With a strong background in biology, he ventured into the world of the brain sciences, gaining a keen interest in psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience with a research focus on the Neurobiology of Mental Disorders. Join us for a winding discussion from interventional psychiatric programs, to social role playing, brain imaging and beyond! 

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Our guest this week is Andrea Sanchez, and she comes fresh with tales from the OR, and insights on the future of heart surgery!

School: McGill University

Our guest this week is M.Sc. Lauren Tracey, coming to us live from beautiful Montreal, Canada. She holds a graduate degree in Exercise Science and just started McGill Medical School! Her primary research focus was on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), taking an exercise testing perspective, looking at risk factors for, and the human experience of, the disease. I met Lauren in High School and have known her for well over a decade. It was a real treat to have her on the show, and let me tell you, she delivered. Check it out for yourself, and feel free to peep the Topics & Concepts below to get an idea of what to expect on this week's episode!

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