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Fun lit update on Monika's favorite topic haha!!

References

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-022-00798-8#Sec5

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/07/leading-experts-suggest-guidelines-assessing-emerging-transistor

Breast and ovarian cancer are some of the most common cancer for females worldwide. As cancer treatment technology continue to advance, scientists in Israel learned that the physiological processes during the different menstruation phases can affect the efficiency of breast and ovarian cancer treatment! 

Reference:

Poley, M.; Mora-Raimundo, P.; Shammai, Y.; Kaduri, M.; Koren, L.; Adir, O.; Shklover, J.; Shainsky-Roitman, J.; Ramishetti, S.; Man, F.; de Rosales, Rafael T. M.; Zinger, A.; Peer, D.; Ben-Aharon, I.; Schroeder, A. Nanoparticles Accumulate in the Female Reproductive System during Ovulation Affecting Cancer Treatment and Fertility. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 5246-5257.

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Did you know that the physiological processes during the different menstruation phases can affect the efficiency of breast and ovarian cancer treatment? Tune in to learn how scientist in Israel learned about this!

Today we will be talking about safety in nanoscience and technology labs!!! 

Reference:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-019-0375-x

https://www.labsafety.org/lab-safety-terrifying-statistics

https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/10-years-Sheri-Sangjis-death/97/i1

https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/tert-butyl-lithium-or-t-buli/3007986.article

We conclude the end of Season 1 with a special interview episode with soon-to-be Dr. Simone Pengue, who is pursuing his PhD in biophysics and an avid science communicator. This passion led him to be the Grand Prize winner of the Prix Media Newcomer 2021 for the FORGOTTEN DATA: the Leftovers of Science documentary. He will share his experiences as a science journalist while being a PhD candidate at the University of Basel as well as decoding scientific phenomenon in literary arts. 

Below are the links to some of his work!

Forgotten Data Documentary: trailer and full movie

Dante’s Divine Comedy and quantum mechanics (main manuscript in Italian and abstract in English)

Background of his PhD Project:

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Intro/Outro - minwbu from Pixabay

Background - JuliusH from Pixabay

In his spare time, Simone enjoys finding parallels between literary arts work and scientific phenomenon. It's a real life scientific mystery adventure! 

Data classification, organization, and utilization is a pretty dry topic but Simone successfully made an engaging documentary about it! What made him explore this topic in the first place?

Today we will be discussing superhydrophobics coatings using nanofluids, and what is special about this research is that that is comes from easily accessible materials such as silica!

References:

https://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=39211

Esmaeilzadeh, P. et al. (2022). Tuning the Wetting Properties of SiO2-Based Nanofluids to Create Durable Surfaces with Special Wettability for Self-Cleaning, Anti-Fouling, and Oil–Water Separation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 

Many researchers now are working on miniaturizing and simplifying laboratory processes so that they can be easily used in places such as bed-side hospitals, pharmacies, and ambulances. In this lit update, researchers from UC Davis developed a sensitive nanofiber based immunoassay patch! Tune in to learn more!

Reference:

Cunyi Zhao, Bofeng Pan, Minyuan Wang, Yang Si, Ameer Y Taha, Gangyu Liu, Tingrui Pan, and Gang Sun. ACS Sensors 2022 7 (5), 1458-1466. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c00208

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Tune in to this episode to learn more about how researchers simplify and miniaturize laboratory techniques to be used outside the lab!