Drop the STEM podcast

🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🎧

Hey there, Drop the STEM podcast followers! We've got an awesome episode lined up for you. 🌟

Join us in welcoming Elisha Johnston, a brilliant researcher in the field of molecular biology. 🧬

Elisha's journey through science has been nothing short of extraordinary. From craniofacial development to cartilage regeneration, he's explored a wide range of research projects. Currently, he's diving deep into the world of osteoarthritis at UCLA, where he's deciphering crucial pathways both computationally and in the lab. 🦴

But his passion doesn't stop there! Elisha is also a dedicated volunteer at the West Los Angeles CalVet Senior Living Home and the Arthritis Foundation in LA. 🤝

You'll be inspired to know that Elisha is part of the ISEF gang and an STS scholar, boasting an impressive track record of science fair awards, recognized speaking engagements, and a remarkable 8 scientific papers already published. 📚

We delved into some exciting topics with Elisha on the pod! Tune in and join us for this knowledge-packed episode. 🎉

Rishab Jain is a teen innovator, researcher, and content creator. At 13, he was already named America's Top Young Scientist for his novel research in improving radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer patients. In 2018, he was named one of TIME Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens. In 2022, Rishab won the Regeneron Young Scientist Distinction for his work to improve the efficiency of recombinant DNA technology. Recently at ISEF, he not only won 1st place in Biomedical Engineering but also received the second Regeneron Young Scientist Award of $50,000 for developing an AI-based model to enable rapid and cost-effective production of drugs.

He is the founder and President of the Samyak Science Society — a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting STEM education among youth.

Rishab is also a YouTuber and online content creator with around 100 k subs on YouTube, creating videos for students to improve their productivity with technology.

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The pod’s back again with an encouraging and edifying episode coming your way: let me introduce you Dev Lochan, who is a multi-award-winning young researcher in biomedical engineering.

Dev developed a novel shoe using magnetic levitation and machine learning to reduce ground reaction forces and correct overpronation to alleviate joint pain and make a remarkably soft shoe! His mission is to combine modern research with everyday technologies to develop innovative solutions to joint and orthopedic problems on a global scale.

He’s been participating in science fair for 6 years, and won 2nd award at International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Biomedical Engineering. Dev’s helped mentor all the budding young scientists in his area, helping his local fair, CASEF, to encourage children to join science fair and embrace STEM in every aspect of their lives. Among many volunteering activites, he’s also the president and volunteer opportunity coordinator at IndiYouth.

According to Dev, you don’t always need to be running around, searching for a complex project to be successful. All you need is a question / a problem and your brain! You just have to put your mind to it and take that first step!

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Christopher Emdin, Ph.D., is the Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum Theory and Professor of Education at the University of Southern California, the creator of the #HipHopEd social media movement and Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S, the founder of Rap Genius and author of the New York Times bestseller For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood . . . and the Rest of Y’all Too. 🎤

His work has been featured in the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Beyond being 2015, Multicultural Educator of the Year, Minorities in Energy Ambassador for the US Department of Energy, he also holds various degrees - a Ph.D in Urban Education, Masters degrees in Natural Sciences and Education and Bachelors degrees in Physical Anthropology, Biology, and Chemistry. 🧪Talk about a modern-age renaissance man! His most recent book, STEM, STEAM, Make, Dream, which we’ve talked about during the episode among many fascinating topics, explores how STEM can transform young people’s lives. 🧑‍🔬

Chris also expanded on embracing your STEM identity, what ‘ratchetdemic’ or ‘pentecostal pedagogy’ means, the importance of the maker movement, and why authenticity is the way to go! 💯 It’s been challenging to pick a highlight moment from this episode because truly, every minute of it was one! If you want to feel inspired and galvanized in your life to take action, make sure to check this conversation out! 🌟

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Our guest for this episode powered by the Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) is Asztalos Leó! 👏 Leó’s the CEO of Better Dose and medical student at the University of Szeged! 🏥

BetterDose is a MedTech startup formed in 2020 by three enthusiastic university students during the HSUP program. Their aim is to develop new technologies in the field of clinical trials that are able to optimize patient adherence. Their core product is an automatic and smart pill dispenser so that you could be at ease when it comes to the health your loved ones! 🤗

Leó also researched in the field of immunology, specifically tumor immunology, which was also an interesting topic to expand upon during the episode!

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A Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) által támogatott epizódban vendégünk Asztalos Leó! 👏 Leó a Better Dose vezérigazgatója és a Szegedi Tudományegyetem orvostanhallgatója! 🏥

A BetterDose egy MedTech startup, amelyet 2020-ban alapított három lelkes egyetemi hallgató a HSUP program során. Céljuk olyan új technológiák kifejlesztése a klinikai vizsgálatok területén, amelyek képesek optimalizálni a betegek terápiahűségét. Alaptermékük egy automata és intelligens tabletta-adagoló, így nyugodt lehetsz, ha a szeretteid egészségéről van szó! 🤗

Az immunológia, azon belül is a tumorimmunológia területén is kutatott Leó, ami szintén érdekes téma volt az epizód során!

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A Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) az első online, egyetemi startupképzés, melynek célja a hazai egyetemisták megismertetése az innováció világával, a modern vállalkozói ismeretekkel és a startupok működésével egy új, közös oktatási platformon keresztül.

The Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) is the first online, university startup course, that aims to acquaint Hungarian students with the world of innovation, modern entrepreneurial knowledge and the operation of startups through a new, common educational platform.

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Emily Tianshi is an internationally recognised environmental advocate, scientist and co-founder of ClearWater Innovation. 💧

Emily’s invented a moisture harvesting device that biomimicks the micro-patterns of Torrey Pine Needles, contributing to helping drought-stricken but foggy areas, which was featured in a National Geographic World Water Day documentary series, “Join the Millions.” 🌎 Emily is a multi-award winning inventor, including national Stockholm Junior Water Prize runner-up, ISEF 2nd Place Grand awardee, and winner of a grand prize at Broadcom MASTERS. 🏆 Whether it might be about creating YouTube videos, hosting free STEM Events, standing up for matters close to her heart - she is on the go for making an impact in the lives of many! 💚

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We're starting Season 2 with a BIG surprise! 🔥 You can now not only listen to but also watch the podcast episode on YouTube! 📺 🔻

And what better way to hit this new season off, than with Fionn Ferreira, a globally recognised Irish scientist, innovator and keynote speaker who invented a non-harmful way to extract microplastics from water using vegetable oil and rust powder. 🇮🇪🌊 He was named the Grand prize global winner of the Google Science Fair 2019, won Second Prize in Chemistry at ISEF, spoke at the World Economic Forum 2020 and was awarded a Straubel Leadership Award. 🏆 His story has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Bloomberg and CNN. Fionn is currently starring in a Global HP Commercial, and he is also working on his first book!

We've talked about the future of sustainability, roadblocks and highlight moments, sciencey-sounding fake news, the importance of playing with junk and embodying the spirit of a curious child in research among many fun and stimulating topic! 🌎🌠

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Siya Goel @_siyagoel_ is a passionate researcher in biology and computer science! 🧬💻 Her first project on Alzheimer's focused on finding a treatment of the genetic effects of Alzheimer's through lauric acid. 🧠 Her current research is on finding an affordable, clinical treatment of pancreatic cancer through the expression of miRNAs. She is an ISEF 2019 and 2020 finalist, a National Center for Woman & Information Technology (NCWIT)'s 2019 and 2021 National Honorable Mention, and a 2020 Silver Award Winner in the North American Insposcience Fair. 🏆 @insposcience @society4science She is also an invited speaker at conferences such as the Sigma Xi Annual Conference (where she won first place in the math and computer science category), American Association for Cancer Research Society, Cancer London, and is a TedX speaker. 🎤She is also undergoing a review on her first-authored paper by PLOS One and is an alumnus from the incredibly selective Summer Stem Institute Research Program. She is an independent researcher and officer in a program called miRcore where she conducts research projects using RNAseq and leads mentorship for 65 research chapters with a total of 1000 students. She is also the establisher and executive director of Buzz Online, an interdisciplinary educational initiative that has reached 1,000 students and members. Siya is an activist and the co-leader of West Lafayette Climate Strikes and cofounder of Confront the Climate Crisis Campaign, an initiative that has gotten support from 9000 people. Siya has also earned the Girl Scout Gold Award by founding a virtual art studio that aims to promote accessibility to art therapy for Alzheimer's and dementia patients. 🎨In her free time, Siya loves to play her piano, dance, and her favorite band is ... Tune in to find it out 😉 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳.

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Celebrating the pod’s 2nd birthday with a new episode and with expressing a deep appreciation for all the listeners who have followed DTS - some from the very beginning! 💙Aravind Krishnan @aravind.m.krishnan is a young researcher in Bio- and Genetic Engineering, Plant and Computational Biology. He devised a new system that harnesses the response of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant to bacterial endotoxins and a method of analyzing the expression of the FRK1 gene. His genetically engineered plants luminesce at different intensities based on the applied endotoxin concentration. 🧬The system is environmentally friendly and substantially cheaper than the current method. For his project he was awarded: Regeneron STS (Science Talent Search) Scholar, National JSHS Finalist, InspoScience IRIC Bronze Medal, TKS Special Award @theksociety , at 2021 Regeneron ISEF: @society4science Third Award in Plant Sciences, and Second Award from Serving Society Through Science. 🏆He also did a research project related to COVID-19. His team used computational molecular and protein modelling methods to analyze the binding of various ligands with key functional proteins from SARS-CoV-2. 🦠They identified six candidate molecules and even designed two novel molecules that show high efficacy in silico to be further investigated and developed into COVID-19 treatment medications. Aside from his research work, he leads Simply Neuroscience @simplyneuroscience with Chinmayi Balusu (who was also on the pod 😉 @chinmayi_balusu ). They are an international organization focused on interdisciplinary neuroscience and psychology education, outreach, and awareness. 🧠 Within his community, Aravind leads a research program for high schoolers where he teaches microbiology and bioinformatics and guides students in conducting research!

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We've had talented many talented scientists, startuppers on the pod, but never a PROFESSIONAL DREAMER! 🦅🤩 Staffan Taylor @staffantaylor lectures companies, organizations, and schools about the importance of training their self-leadership. Every year he meets thousands of driven young people who constantly take action to follow their dreams, organizing Ungdrive camps @ungdrive in Sweden since 2010. 🇸🇪 Beyond student entrepreneurship, Staffan drops the mic quite a few times, let alone the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar @siyss_stockholm or Helsingborg's business week before 1500 people. 🎤 He has played in Britain's national floorball team since 2011, where he found a connection between elite sport and mindset. You'll also discover how Staffan lives out the Yes Theory @yestheory principles and says YES to the most unexpected invitations for a ride of a lifetime, even swapping lives with a stranger across the world for 72 hours! 😉 If you want to know how to score on life's playing field, feel galvanized and ready to take on your audacious ambition, tune in to Episode 48! ✈️LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 You can tune in to more episodes on www.dropthestem.com ! #dropthestem #dropthestemgang #dropthestempodcast #stem #science #seekdiscomfort #yestheory #entrepeneurship #dreambig #siyss