BONUS EPISODE: Dr Maryam Khosravi tells us about the urgent need for legislation to inform scientific use of CRISPR, especially in light of the CRISPR babies born with and edited genome. Are scientists, enthusiastic to make scientific discovery, going to make immoral decisions with CRISPR technology?

BONUS EPISODE: Priscila Rodriguez Garcia tells us about the how CRISPR is revolutionising gene editing in the lab and in medical genetics. But what implications could this have on human health? And what if this technology gets into the wrong hands?

Alice, Tay and Vicki are back for Series 2.0 of Inside the Petri Dish, putting science under the microscope with fascinating interviews with guest experts. To kick off the new season, Priscila Rodriguez Garcia and Dr Maryam Khosravi joined them to delve into the genome and tell us about how we are now starting to … Continue reading "Augmented Humans | The CRISPR Revolution"

Vicki, Tay and Alice kick off series two of Inside the Petri Dish with a big task – putting together a plan to save the world. As part of Cardiff Science Festival, they went down into the old bank vault under Little Man Coffee with a group of experts, to assemble a strategy to avoid … Continue reading "A Plan to Save the World | Live Episode"

Welcome to episode five of Inside the Petri Dish, the podcast that dissects science and takes a look down the microscope at controversial topics within research. In this episode, Tay, Vicki and Alice sit down to discuss their findings about artificial intelligence – but mainly getting distracted and talk about sex robots. Stay tuned for … Continue reading "EP 5 | Artificial Intelligence // Conclusionary Episode"

Welcome to episode five of Inside the Petri Dish, the podcast that dissects science and takes a look down the microscope at controversial topics within research. In this episode, Alice Gray another challenge to find out about how artificial intelligence through interviews with scientific experts, and this week we are joined by Jackie Snow, who … Continue reading "EP 5 | Artificial Intelligence // Is AI racist? // Jackie Snow"

Welcome to episode five of Inside the Petri Dish, the podcast that dissects science and takes a look down the microscope at controversial topics within research. In this episode, Alice Gray another challenge to find out about how artificial intelligence through interviews with scientific experts, and this week we are joined by the People Engineer, … Continue reading "EP 5 | Artificial Intelligence // Automotive AI with Brianne Martin"

Welcome to episode five of Inside the Petri Dish, the podcast that dissects science and takes a look down the microscope at controversial topics within research. In this episode, Vicki Blight and Tay-Yibah Aziz have set Alice Gray another challenge to find out about artificial intelligence through interviews with scientific experts, and this week we … Continue reading "EP 5 | Artificial Intelligence // Robot Hotels with Ilona Beliatskaya"

Throughout March, the Inside The Petri Dish Podcast has been sharing special episodes to celebrate International Women’s Day. In this episode, Vicki Blight, Tay-Yibah Aziz and Alice Gray get together to talk about their own journeys in STEM. Stay tuned for the next episode where Tay and Vicki set Alice a new challenge to explore. … Continue reading "International Women’s Day // Conclusionary Episode"

Welcome to the International Women’s Day special of Inside the Petri Dish, where we will be sharing special episodes featuring amazing women in STEM throughout March. In this episode, Alice Gray sits down with volcanologist, Jazmin Scarlett, to talk about how she became interested in the sociological impacts of living with volcanos. Music Credit: Bensounds