Einstein A Go-Go

New research findings into Neanderthals; cool new facts about rhinoceroses; and what the discovery of ancient teeth in Peru means. Also: Professor John Dewar, Vice-Chancellor of Latrobe Uni, discusses the role of the University in a pandemic; Dr Holly Barker, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute talks about the Stafford Fox Rare Cancer Program (SFRCP); and Eliza Colgrave, PhD Scholar from the Royal Women’s Hospital discusses her research on endometriosis. With presenters Dr. Shane, Chris KP, Dr Jen and Dr Euan.

Remember, Science is everywhere.

Einstein A Go Go - Sunday 5th April 2020

Dr Lynden, Dr Ray, and Dr Shane.

Science news: Backstreet boys harmonise but not just boy bands – dolphins, the analysis of the sound of soap popping, Dr Shane facts – Cut the number of times news sites are accessed, how much and how fast optical fibre being laid, how to employ a healthy scepticism in news feeds. Environmental reaction to isolation.

First Guest: Professor Sara Mojarad, University of Southern California

Science Communication & Medical Education Lecturer, specializing in social media. Helping the Medical and Engineering community better communicate.

Second and Third Guests: Tara-Lyn Camilleri-Carter PhD candidate/researcher School Biological Sciences, Monash University and Professor Sara Mojarad. Epigenetic research in fruit flies, in particular, exposure to sugar.

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Dr Shane, Stacey are in the studio and Dr Laura in her home for this episode. In the news segment they cover Colombia’s hippo population and the corona virus.

First guest: Dr Barbara R Cardoso, Lecturer, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Monash University, discusses the role of the nutrient selenium in dementia and her strong interest in elucidating the involvement of this nutrient in oxidative stress and inflammatory pathways.

Second guest: Gilad Bino (PhD), Research Fellow, Centre for Ecosystem Science,

School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, talks about how Australia’s devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with increasing reports of rivers drying up and platypuses becoming stranded.

Dr Shane, Dr Ray and Stacey discuss the week’s hottest science, including drones playing dodgeball, the latest on the COVID-19, and the discovery of more iron than expected in the region of space closest to Earth.

The team interview Renée C. Firman, ARC Future Fellow with the Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Western Australia, about her research into how rodent species are likely to form social groups and work cooperatively, to reduce the severity of stressors associated with rapid adjustments in climatic conditions.

They also chat with comedian and public health practitioner Alanta Colley, about her insights into gut bacteria and poo.

Finally they talk with Associate Professor Karli Verghese, Principal Research Fellow, School of Design at RMIT University, about the logistics and environmental impacts of operating Antarctic research stations.

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In the studio this week are Drs Linden, Lauren (online) and Shane who discuss what's been in the news:

Limb transplants, Mentawai Island, coral and historical sea temperatures and Mercury and ice.

Today's First Guest (online) is Stuart McFarlane from RMIT University who talks about alarms and sleep inertia.

Today's Second Guest (online) is Associate Professor Roger Pocock from Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute who talks about a worm - Caenorhabditis elegans - and how that relates to humans, autophagy (degenerative diseases) and how brains are formed.

Today's Third Guest (online) is Matt Boarder from La Trobe University who talks about anti-biotic path discovery using big data and AR/VR.

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Einstein A Go Go - 8th March 2020

Dr Linden, Dr Krystal, Dr Liv on Panel and Dr Gen

International Women’s Day, Katherine Johnson NASA mathematician

First and Second Guests: Professor Virginia Kilborn Dean of Science, PhD (Astrophysics), University of Melbourne, Australia; BSc (Hons), University of Melbourne, Australia and Dr. Rebecca Allen Project coordinator for Swinburne Space Office, Manager for Swinburne Astronomy Productions.

Encouraging more women in STEM.

Third Guest: Dr Erin Matchen, Geo chemical researcher, School of Earth Sciences University Of Melbourne, Australian volcanic Eruption Histories and risk.

Fourth Guest: Lily Brown Community engagement Ranger and Forrest Firelighter Parks Victoria. Conservation of Australian wildlife fire ecology and teaching.

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Dr Ray and Dr Linden joins Dr Laura in the studio with Dr Shane attending an international archery competition.

Two studio guests from the Bionics Institute:

Associate Prof James Fallon, Research Director), whose research strength is chronic stimulation and electrophysiology in pre-clinical models. his work examines the changes in the central auditory pathway as a result of long-term deafness and cochlear implant use, and has extended his research to include visual prostheses.

Dr Maureen Shader, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, her current project aims to address the poor outcomes of new cochlear implant users, by developing diagnostic tests and piloting novel sound processing strategies that are matched with the individual diagnoses.

Third guest is Dr Kathryn Snow from the Justice Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. Visiting to discuss COVID19, and cover the following:

· Basic facts about the virus

· The likelihood of a "pandemic" - what does that actually mean?

· What should people do if they're worried

· What can we expect in the coming months?

· What should we learn from this?

Dr Shane, Dr Ailie, Dr Krystal and Dr Linden are in the studio for this episode. In the news segment they cover contrails effect at lower altitude, critical thinking when reviewing a cancer study and a new species of dinosaur.

First guest: Dermot Henry, Head of Science, Museum Victoria discusses how the Directors/CEOs of Australia’s leading natural history museums today issued a joint statement in support of increased funding and co-ordinated national action to address the impacts of climate change on the nation’s biodiversity following the bushfires which ravaged the continent over the past few months.

Second guest: Dr Aaron Elbourne, RMIT University, talks about antibiotic resistance and the future devastating projections that could cause around 10 million deaths per annum by 2050. Also how his team is investigating the use of magneto-responsive gallium based liquid metal (LM) droplets as a new-class of anti-biofilm materials.

Third guest: Dr Tia Cummins, Founder | Neuroscientist at VR Corp tells us about VR CORP’s mission is to empower and save the lives of uniformed service personnel through the prevention, detection and intervention of service-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). To do this, VR CORP is developing an end-to-end integrated mental health service, that will use Virtual Reality (VR) to aide those at risk of and living with service-related PTSD.

Einstein A Go Go - Sunday 9th February 2020

Dr Euan, Dr Ailie, Dr Kris KP, Dr Liv on Twitter feed and Dr Shane.

Science news: The Marshmallow Test with cuttlefish, Rogue waves, Pluto’s butt,

First Guest: Dr Orlagh Feeney, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (MIPS) Delivery of drugs to various parts of the body.

Second and third Guests: Deena Ebaid, Department of Psychology and counselling College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University. Cognitive processing in healthy aging.

Fourth Guest: Dr Euan talks about extreme drought and the recent fires and habitat loss including regeneration of 11 million hectares.

Remember, “Science is everywhere”, including:

Program page: Einstein-A-Go-Go
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and live every Sunday at 11:00a.m AEST on RRR 102.7mHz FM.

Dr Shane, Dr Euan, and Chris KP bring the week’s hottest science, including the marshmallow test for cuttlefish, rogue waves, new findings about Pluto’s retro-rotation effect, and the effects of the recent bushfires on the ecosystem.

The team talk with Dr Orlagh Feeney from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University, about her research in how medicine gets delivered to the required parts of the body.

They also interview Deena Ebaid from the Department of Psychology and Counselling at La Trobe University, about her study of “healthy aging” brains.

Program page: Einstein-A-Go-Go
Facebook page: Einstein-A-Go-Go
Twitter: Einstein-A-Go-Go
and every Sunday at 11:00a.m AEST on RRR 102.7FM.