In today's episode, Thessa and Lisa talk with Annerieke Oosterwegel about failure. This is the first episode of two in which we dive into the universe of failure. In this episode, we delve into the origins of insecurity surrounding our abilities and performance. We dissect the root causes behind concepts like failure, fear of failure, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome. While students commonly grapple with these issues, they're universal challenges that affect us all in different ways.

Tessa Voerman continues exploring various aspects of conducting research in the jungle. In this second part, she discusses fieldwork in French Guiana with Martijn Ruisbroek and Wout Damen, two students from the Environmental Biology GSLS Master’s program. They share insights into the experience of working in the jungle, preparations one should make, and the biodiversity of the region.

In today's episode, Tessa Voerman introduces a two-part series on the fascinating topic of 'Research in Jungle'. In this first part, she talks about fieldwork in Suriname with Ronja Knippers, a PhD Candidate focusing on Human-Wildlife Coexistence, and Julia Blok, a master’s student in the Ecology & Natural Resource Management track within the Environmental Biology Master’s program about their research interests and real life experiences doing their field work. They also give tips to those graduate students who are interested in doing similar research.

In today's episode, Anastasia talks to Farah Kools who is defending her PhD dissertation on translational science in April 2024. Farah's dissertation urges a reevaluation and

In today's episode, Lisa will be talking to Christine Fox, the course coordinator for the History of Medicine course. This course is an interdisciplinary course that is available for both GSLS and History of Philosophy Science students. We'll discuss all ins and outs of the course, why it is important to bring scientists and historians together, and what you as a student can gain from following this course. 

Interested in this course? Check out the Osiris description; https://shorturl.at/vDKQY

In this episode, the Director of Utrecht University Graduate School of Life Sciences and Degree Director Biomedical Sciences Prof. Harold van Rijen talks to Marit de Kort - Policy Officer at biomedical sciences, Shirrinka Goubitz - the Managing Director of the Graduate School of Life Sciences, and Kirsten Boersma-van Nierop, Policy Advisor of biomedical sciences. They all prepared for the audit across the last half a year, and they share the details of this process as well as the results of the accreditation visit. The episode is relevant to students, faculty staff members, and administration members of the biomedical sciences. 

In this episode, a postdoctoral researcher in the field of Higher Education Anastasia Kurysheva talks to two PhD students: Nathalie Brandenburg and Richard Horenberg. They both recently started their PhD projects at the LSER (Life Sciences Education Research) Programme of the GSLS. Richard has a medical background, and Nathalie has a biomedical background. You will learn how they switched to doing an interdisciplinary research on their edge of their disciplines and education. 

In this episode, Maarke Roelofs interviews Leanne Jager, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry of Utrecht University and Sofie van Dorst, a GSLS master's student. Sofie completed her internship under Leanne's supervision and was among the three students who nominated Leanne for the GSLS Supervisor of the Year award, which Leanne won for the academic year 2022/2023.

During their conversation, Maarke explores the qualities that define an excellent supervisor and delves into the methods Leanne employs to train her students.

In this episode, you will hear from most of the members of Radio Life Sciences: Maarke, Lisa, Tessa, Gijs, Fabiola, and Anastasia. They sum up the results of Radio Life Sciences' broadcasts from the past year and discuss exciting plans for the new year, as well as share their personal plans.

Grab a blanket, a warm cup of coffee or tea, relax, and enjoy this final episode of 2023!

In today's episode, Maarke and Gisela talk with Marjolein Rozeboom, MSc about her writing assignment on supervision of life sciences students that she conducted under supervision of Dr. Renske de Kleijn.

Marjolein is an alumnus of one of the UU GSLS Masters' programmes -Regenerative Medicine and Technology. She works as a clinical research associate at IQVIA -  a clinical research organization.