Behind The Beaker

This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Daniela Zarnescu about how her lab uses fruit flys to study neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS. She also discusses the challenges of getting funding and research projects she wants to do in the future.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Rebekah Keating Godfrey about her research of studying neural traits in insects. She also talks about her challenges through her education journey and the importance of taking a break. 

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Laura López-Hoffman about her research with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). López-Hoffman discusses how the public is able to have a voice on every policy relating to the environment.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Matthew Grilli, assistant professor for the department of psychology, about his research on autobiographical memory. Grilli discusses his project on on how autobiographical memory is affected in several populations including older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Mary-Frances O' Connor, associate professor for the department of psychology, on her research of looking into grief and how the brain comes to understand loss. She also discusses misconceptions of grief and the different techniques she uses for her research.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Eleni Hasaki, associate professor of anthropology and classics, on her research with ceramics and how she has excavated pottery workshops in Greece. As well, Hasaki dives into what it is like to direct the WebAtlas of Ceramic Kilns in Ancient Greece.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Diana Liverman, regents' professor for the school of geography, development and environment, about her research on climate change and how it affects vulnerable groups of people. Liverman also discusses the challenges she faced going into the field and with the media’s perception on climate change.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Jillian Bartsch talks with Kathleen "Katy" Prudic, assistant professor of citizen and data science at the University of Arizona. In this episode, Prudic discusses the importance of taking action to help prevent species from being affected by warming temperatures and what we can do in our own homes to help. As well, she talks about the importance of taking advantage of all opportunities, never giving up, and being passionate about what you do.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Udbhav Venkataraman speak with Dr. Victoria Murrain, Vice Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (ODEI) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson. We talk about the work of the ODEI, lessons she has learned as a Family Practice Physician, her experiences working in the Plainview Community Center in the pan handle of Texas and the COM Mobile Clinic, implicit bias in health care, the importance of being PRESENT and ACTIVELY LISTENING, and more.

https://diversity.medicine.arizona.edu/ - ODEI website

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html - harvard implicit bias test

https://diversity.medicine.arizona.edu/education-training/diversity-trainings

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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This week, Host Udbhav Venkataraman talks with Will Humble, the executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, former director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, and an adjunct faculty at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. In this episode, we talk about Professor Humble’s journey to becoming the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, reforms to the Behavioral Health System, his current work providing independent information on public health and decisions, the importance of being patient and  “smelling the roses” and more.

Behind the Beaker is a podcast about the unbelievable science and even more unbelievable scientists behind it at the University of Arizona. Weekly episodes will feature scientists from across the board. This podcast is a Daily Wildcat production created by Alexandre Pere in association with Arizona Student Media. The Daily Wildcat "Online all the time, at dailywildcat.com." Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @DailyWildcat

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