Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize by herself! Dr. Daniel Cunnama will rejoin her with the next show. Season Two of The Cosmic Savannah is on it’s way! But in the meantime, our science-savvy listeners can get their fix at a very exciting live event that happened in Cape Town!

Soapbox Science South Africa happened on Saturday 28th September 2019 at the Pierhead V&A Waterfront in Cape Town from 12pm until 3pm. It is a pop-up event where incredibly talented female scientists will stand on soap boxes and tell passers-by all about their jobs. Science topics ranged from astronomy to archaeology, forensics to atomic physics, gut bacteria to sea creatures, vaccines to renewable energy, and more!

Today we hear from some of our speakers:

 

Ms. Harshna Jivan (@HershiesJ), School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, “At the centre of it all: The Atomic Nucleus.”

 

Dr. Kerryn Ashleigh Warren (@kerryn_warren / https://bonevolution.wordpress.com/ ), Dept of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, “There and back again: Excavating at Rising Star Caves.”

 

Ms. Mieke du Plessis (@the_patient_scientist / https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieke-du-plessis-71014183/ ), the Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, University of Cape Town, “Bugs and brains: how your microbes influence your mind.”

 

Dr. Michelle Lochner (@doc__loc / http://doc-loc.blogspot.com/ ), African Institute for Mathematical Sciences/ South African Radio Astronomy Observatory “Mysteries of the universe unravelled by the rise of the machine.”

 

Dr. Marise Heyns ( http://www.forensicscience.uct.ac.za/ ), Division of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, “CSI: Cool Science Interrogates.”

 

Dr. Edina Amponsah-Dacosta (@eddiedacosta2 / http://soapboxscience.org/we-should-all-be-talking-about-vaccines-meet-dr-edina-amponsah-dacosta/ ), Vaccines for Africa Initiative, University of Cape Town, “Vaccines Are Us!”

 

Dr. Natasha Karenyi (@Natasha_Karenyi / http://www.biologicalsciences.uct.ac.za/bio/staff/academic/karenyi ), University of Cape Town, “What lies beneath the waves: small players on a large stage.”

 

Dr. Natasha Ross (@NatashaUWC), Department of chemistry, University of the Western Cape “It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude # Unlike protons, I don’t deal with negativity! :-)”

 

Associate Professor Liesl Zuhlke (@lieslzuhlke / http://www.chdru.uct.ac.za/ ), Red Cross war memorial children’s hospital, “Peas, almonds and fists: saving children’s hearts.”

 

Ms. Edith Phalane  (@EdithPhalane1 / http://www.nwu.ac.za/ ), North-West University, “Keeping your heart healthy: five easy steps to follow.”

 

Dr. Lucia Marchetti, Chief organizer of Soapbox Science South Africa.

 

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