IndSciComm podcasts

IndSciComm podcasts

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IndSciComm podcasts episodes

  • A Soupçon of Scicomm with Vaishali Rawat
    Today we talk to Vaishali Rawat, who is the media manager for Wildlife Conservation Society, India. She tells us about some ongoing ecology and conservation efforts in India, how she came to be interested in them and her love for geography.
    16 min
  • Soupçon of SciComm with Parshati Patel
    We talk to Parshati Patel who is an Astronomer turned Science Communicator and currently works as an Education and Outreach Program co-ordinator at Western University in London, Ontario in Canada. Parshati talks to us about visualizing and understanding how planets form.
    9 min
  • Lifting the veil off a strange parasite

    While Toxoplasma causes long-lasting infections that resist treatment, research on this neglected parasite promises to unveil new ways to treat malaria. But there is more to this microbe than meets the eye. Listen to our podcast to find out.

    https://indscicomm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/toxo_mp3_podcast.mp3

    References:

    1. General introduction

    2. TORCH member

    3. CDC assigned category NPI

    4. Early research and establishment as parasite: Ferguson, David JP. “Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore.” Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 104.2 (2009): 133-148.

    5. Use of the Sabin-Feldman test to find Toxoplasma infections worldwide

    6. The life cycle of Toxoplasma

    7. Toxoplasmosis as zoonosis

    8. Studies in India to measure Toxoplasma infection

    9. Concerns about sexual transmission of Toxoplasma (here and here)

    10. Malaria in India (Searo, NCBI, NCBI, WHO)

    11. Resistance of malaria to standard medication

    12. Whitehead Institute’s use of CRISPR on Toxoplasma

    13. Apicomplexans

    14. Crippling host invasion protein CLAMP (here and here)

    15. Aid to research on inflammation

    16. No obvious symptoms of Toxoplasma infection in otherwise healthy 

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  • Shoot the Shit – 1
    Here is our first ever Shoot the Shit episode - we talk about Smart watches, the now-defunct company Pebble and Shruti's father's new love - Alexa, Amazon's personal assistant.
    0 min
  • About us
    Here is a 35 min podcast if you want to know more about who we are.
    We are a trio. We owe our childhood to growing up in different Indian cities - on a staple of books, street-food, music and of course, science. We met during our undergraduate years at Acharya Narendra Dev College, in the University of Delhi. We went on to do different things after completing our Bachelors degrees' in Biomedical Science.
    We are passionate about science in its various forms and beyond our immediate research interests. We hope to enthuse people with our fondness as we experienced from a family member, a teacher or a scientist.
    Our belief is that stripping of science from the constructed notions of a scientist (bookish, nerdy, lab-coat wearing and loner) will go a long way to get the general public interested. This is hence an attempt to open a dialogue on scientific issues... be it an interesting article from a research group or an engrossing talk or podcast and or even a conversation at the intersection of science and society.
    Comments and suggestions are welcome here or on twitter @IndSciComm. Our views are personal and do not reflect those of our employers past or present.
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About IndSciComm podcasts

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IndSciComm is a science communication collective founded and run by Abhishek Chari and Shruti Muralidhar. Our goal is to communicate science in a clear and concise manner to the Indian public at large. We also help Indian and Indian origin scientists communicate their research and interests.