PhDrinking

Though we were many time zones apart, I had the honor of chatting with Laura about her research with carnivorous plants in Western Australia! That's right, Laura studies plants that eat BUGS! If you've ever wondered, "how weird can plants get?" than this is the episode for you.

Suggested Reading:

ABC News about Laura's research: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-25/researcher-scouring-remote-wa-to-document-insect-eating-plants/8471012

IUCN support page for carnivorous plant research & conservation: http://support.iucnredlist.org/carnivorousplants

A message from David Attenborough, patron of the IUCN Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group: http://www.iucn-cpsg.org/

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Follow Laura Skates: @floraskates, http://lauraskates.com/current-project/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Interested in more technical reading? Check out these links:

Theory about carnivorous plants being restricted to sunny, wet, nutrient-poor conditions: Givnish, T., Burkhardt, E., Happel, R., & Weintraub, J. (1984). Carnivory in the Bromeliad Brocchinia reducta, with a Cost/Benefit Model for the General Restriction of Carnivorous Plants to Sunny, Moist, Nutrient-Poor Habitats. The American Naturalist, 124(4), 479-497. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2461590

The fly living in the Albany Pitcher Plant: Lymbery, S. J., Didham, R. K., Hopper, S. D., & Simmons, L. W. (2016). Mutualists or parasites? Context-dependent influence of symbiotic fly larvae on carnivorous investment in the Albany pitcher plant. Royal Society Open Science, 3(11), 160690. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160690

Conservation and threats to carnivorous plant populations: Jennings, D. E., & Rohr, J. R. (2011). A review of the conservation threats to carnivorous plants. Biological Conservation, 144(5), 1356-1363.

This long awaited episode features Eric Earley, ComSciCon organizer & science communicator extraordinaire, joining me to talk about his work with robotic limbs and prosthetics. We talk about how the technology has advanced and whether a Luke Skywalker-esque robo-hand is in our future.

Suggested Reading:

Eric's Website: http://www.ericjearley.com/

sites.tufts.edu/asegrad/2016/10/2…whats-for-dinner/

Eric's Science Youtube Channel: https://twitter.com/SciInspiration

A brief history of prosthetics: http://www.amputee-coalition.org/resources/a-brief-history-of-prosthetics/

The reality of 3D printed robo-hands: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-reality-of-3d-printed-robo-hands

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Follow Eric Earley: @EricJEarley

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

If you live in the USA, you might've heard that our congress is trying to pass a new 'tax reform' bill. However, the current House of Representatives version (which passed) presents a direct threat to graduate students across the country. On this episode, guests Jessica Creery and Kristen Vogt Veggeberg join me to talk about it.

If you are a US citizen, CALL YOUR REPS!

Useful links: http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-the-House-GOP-Tax-Plan/241824

http://www.reclaimchicago.org/

http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1989

http://pfforphds.com/which-graduate-students-will-lose-tuition-benefits-under-the-proposed-house-tax-bill/

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Follow Jessica Creery: @finitejess

Follow Kristen Vogt Veggeberg: @KrisVeeVee

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

My experience at ComSciCon-Chicago '16 was a major motivator for starting this podcast & diving into the science communication life. To celebrate one year of the podcast, I helped organize ComSciCon-Chicago '17 and got to interview attendees about their research. I hope you enjoy these 'pop talks' and please follow the amazing students on twitter or any other social platform!

Andrew McAllister (Applied physics): @McAllisterSci

Rachel Snyder (Organic & materials chemistry): @rachelsnyderrr

Brittany Maule (Aquatic ecologist): @BrittanyMaule

Chissa Rivaldi (Bioinformatics): @Powerofcheez

Cristiano Alessandro (Neuroscience): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristiano_Alessandro

Eric Earley (Prosthetic limbs): @EricJEarley

Erika K Carlson (Binary & triple star systems): @erikakcarlson

Gabriella Hirsch (Memory & psychology): @GVHirsch

Gourav Khullar (Astrophysicist): @isskywalker

Graham Smith (Computational neuroscience): [email protected]

Heather LePage (Bird ecology): @kingbirdqueen

Jon Henn (Snow's impact on prairies): @hennhouse11

Liza Knipscher (Biomedical Visualization): @knipsch

Kristen V Veggeberg (STEM educator & researcher): @KrisVeeVee

Peter Tran (Cancer biology): https://www.linkedin.com/in/pk7tran/

Puikei Cheng (3D printing & manufactoring): @PuikeiCheng

Rachel Snyder (Chemistry): @rachelsnyderrr

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

This week I interviewed fellow science communicator Rachael about her work with bees and how she got interested in social insects and their diets. Considering how important bees are to keeping pollinating plants (like all your favorite fruit) growing, we got really excited about her research on bee nutrition and it's implications.

Let me know what you think of the show!

Questionnaire: goo.gl/forms/hg8ro78VexOdNkI52

Suggested Reading:

General overview of Rachael's research:

https://sites.tufts.edu/asegrad/2016/10/26/pollen-its-whats-for-dinner/

Rachael's blog: https://www.rachaelebonoan.com/blog

Bee nutritional research:

http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/nicole-garneau/the-genetics-lab/research-updates/honey-bees-drink-dirty-water-as-a-nutrient-supplement/

Rachael's TEDxTufts talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsA8V-yooFA

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Follow Rachael Bonoan: @RachaelEBee

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

I chatted with masters student Scott about his work with tracking white sharks & how he got started on shark research to begin with! Bonus: we talk shark week with all its pros and cons.

Let me know what you think of the show!

Questionnaire: goo.gl/forms/hg8ro78VexOdNkI52

Suggested Reading:

Blog about Scott's Research: https://dispatchesfromthefield1.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/itonlytookonerun/

About White Shark's mating & migration patterns: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=nAzbQ1jAimYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA133&dq=Sex-Specific+Migration+Patterns+and+Sexual+Segregation+of+Adult+White+Sharks,+Carcharodon+carcharias,+in+the+Northeastern+Pacific&ots=TY3v_4XQWF&sig=Tx16bQ_MST7IP2Ba9APawH9hsfs#v=onepage&q=Sex-Specific%20Migration%20Patterns%20and%20Sexual%20Segregation%20of%20Adult%20White%20Sharks%2C%20Carcharodon%20carcharias%2C%20in%20the%20Northeastern%20Pacific&f=false

Scott's published undergrad research: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783616302661

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Follow Scott Lynch: @savindafishies

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Erin studies babies and how they reason about the world. Erin would like to study Beyonce's babies. Does anyone know how we could get ahold of Beyonce and propose a research plan?

Let me know what you think of the show!

Questionnaire: https://goo.gl/forms/hg8ro78VexOdNkI52

Suggested Reading:

General overview of what's going on with young infants: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/science/insights-in-human-knowledge-from-the-minds-of-babes.html?pagewanted=all

On abstracting relations: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/05/babies-can-think-before-they-can-speak/

Updates on this with 3-month-olds: https://sites.northwestern.edu/infantcognitionlab/files/2015/07/CogSci2017_Anderson_5_13-177vk3o.pdf

How to babies compare to ducklings: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/abstract-thought-in-adorable-ducklings/491294/

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Follow Erin Anderson: @thebabyelectric, http://sites.northwestern.edu/infantcognitionlab/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

This week I bring in a panel of grad students from across disciplines to talk about the replication crisis. Namely: what is it, how is it different across fields, how bad is the problem, & what can we do about it?

Suggested Reading (by my wonderful guests!):

Sam's Finance Suggestions:

http://www.afajof.org/details/video/10334151/2017-Presidential-Address.html

http://mitsloanexperts.mit.edu/does-academic-research-destroy-stock-return-predictability-david-mclean/

Kellie's Microbio Suggestions:

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/fighting-cancers-crisis-confidence-one-study-time/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170411104516.htm

Eric's Suggestion:

http://neurotechzone.com/posts/1096

Cassie's Psych Suggestions:

https://thenib.com/repeat-after-me

http://andrewgelman.com/2016/09/21/what-has-happened-down-here-is-the-winds-have-changed/

A fun interactive way to play with how science works (And sometimes doesn't):

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/#part1

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Follow my guests: @samhempel or https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Programs/PHD-Program/Current-Students/id/sjh296, @kellievinal or www.kellievinal.com, @EricJEarley or [email protected], @cmbrandes

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading:

Info on Clumped Isotopes: http://www.carbonateresearch.com/clumped_isotope

Article about Paleoclimate Research: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737911100268X

Interactive Game about Paleoclimate: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/paleoclimate-history-change

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Follow Ryan Venturelli: @Raventurelli

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading:

French/Algerian Literature: http://www.npr.org/2015/08/21/432618805/novelist-kamel-daoud-finding-dignity-in-the-absurd

Book talk on Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics: https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/programming/souffles-anfas

Original (French) publication of Souffles: http://bnm.bnrm.ma:86/ListeVol.aspx?IDC=3

Original (Arabic) publication of Anfas: http://bnm.bnrm.ma:86/ListeVol.aspx?IDC=4

Interview of author Assia Djebar: http://www.pwf.cz/archivy/texts/articles/assia-djebar-the-tireless-walker-of-memory_2920.html

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Follow Matt Brauer: @MTKBrauer

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing