Grace Deitzler is a second year PhD student in microbiology working on the gut-microbiome and its relation to autism spectrum disorder. When the gut communicates with the brain, we call this, the “gut-brain axis”. Grace’s work narrows in on the gut-brain axis and more specifically, how one bacterial species in particular impacts autism spectrum disorder. We talk about the gut microbiome, mice, bees, ScienceTwitter, and interplay between the fine arts and sciences. Hosted by Heather Forsythe.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

How does language usage affect participation of marginalized groups in natural resources? Although the demographics of who is contributing to natural resources research is slowly changing, language usage in the field has remained somewhat static. Conventional language used in natural resources is not connected to the historical trauma associated with forest spaces and requires change moving forward. Our guest this week is Jasmine Brown, a master's student in Forest Ecosystems and Society. Her research has consisted of examining how language usage reinforces barriers to inclusion. For example, the usage of terms such as Women or Minorities fails to capture identities that exist at the intersection of both categories. As a Black woman working in forestry, Jasmine’s understanding and lived experience of the forestry profession is acutely different from the typical experience of a White male. Listen to hear how she has used methods from social sciences to expand natural resources research, and how she is working to bring the conversation about diversity in natural resources forward. Hosted by Lilian and Daniel.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

What happens to plastics when we put them in the recycling container? Some may go to be reused, but due to the ubiquity of plastics in our consumer and food products they are making their way into the ocean as fragments and as they break down further they are also taken up by fish. As plastics degrade they shrink into smaller and smaller pieces, but they don't magically disappear. Our guest is Katherine Lasdin, a MS student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Department, who studies the abundances of microplastics in black rockfish off the Oregon coast. Her work focuses on figuring out if plastics are eaten or absorbed by fish and whether being near protected Marine Reserves has an impact on the quantity of plastics in fish. Be sure to listen to learn more about how plastics are impacting ocean ecosystems, and what you can do to help. Hosted by Adrian Gallo and Daniel Watkins.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

This week we have a special episode where the script is flipped. One of our hosts will be interviewed by a graduate student as part of her research into people’s perceptions of nature. Adrian Gallo, a regular host, is interviewed by Betsy Emery in the same format she will conduct her MS research. Betsy is a MS student in the Forest Ecosystems and Society Department within the College of Forestry where she conducts qualitative research that is interview based to elucidate how individuals have constructed the concepts of what nature is, and is not, by asking a unique series of questions. This interview was truly organic and ranged from what is Wilderness, the importance of soundscapes, to how Adrian feels about using genetically modified trees to battle climate change. This episode was guest hosted by Betsy Emery with our normal host Adrian Gallo sitting in the passenger's seat.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

Our guest is Shauna Otto, a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the lab of Dr. Colin Johnson who broads focuses on protein research. Shauna studies dysferlin, a subgroup of the ferlin protein, which helps mend membrane tears in muscle cells. Mutations in the dysferlin gene lead to Muscular Dystrophy II. Through her work, Shauna has characterized portions or "domains" of the large dysferlin protein via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). We also discuss her road to graduate school and how some mental health hurdles shaped her research experiences. We especially focus on how supportive university institutions (Counseling and Psychological Services CAPS, as well as Disability Access Service DAS at Oregon State University) and a supportive lab group can help in academic and personal success. Hosted by Kristen Finch and Adrian Gallo

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

Vaclav Kuna, a doctoral candidate in seismology in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences working with Dr. John Nabelek, is studying the Blanco Transform fault - how it slips and how it moves, and whether its motion is seismic (involving an earthquake) or aseismic (slow movement without an earthquake). A collection of movements is called a seismic swarm. Through his research, Vaclav hopes to decipher what occurs in a swarm, and discover if there is a pattern in the fault’s motions. Hosted by Maggie Exton and Heather Forsythe.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

Hankyu Kim PhD student in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, is using long term ecological data from HJ Andrews Experimental Forest to study the Hermit Warbler and other bird species. Hankyu is interested in how and why bird communities are changing over time. With 11 years of bird observations and extensive temperature data, he is attempting to estimate how population of birds persist in the forests. Hosted by Kristen Finch and Lauri Lutes.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

A.J. Fillo is in the final year of his PhD in Mechanical Engineering working to better understand how the microscopic motion of molecules impacts the type of combustion that we use in jet engines. In addtion to his research, A.J. is passionate about outreach, and magic. Hosted by Heather Forsythe and Adrian Gallo.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

This week’s guest, Hoda Tahami, is a third year PhD student in Dr. Jihye Park’s geomatics research group in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering. Using geomatics - the science of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering spatially referenced information – Hoda is working to improve weather models for hurricane prediction.

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.

Ward Shalash, a first-year PhD student studying bioengineering with Dr. Morgan Giers, is working to find a better way to treat back-pain-causing deteriorated intervertebral disks using STEM cells and MRI. Hosted by Heather Forsythe and Daniel Watkins

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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.