The Baldscientist Podcast

This is a special episode in celebration of the achievements of my students.

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·      I am on Instagram @orpagan.

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Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

•Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks (@MicahHanks).

•Baldscientist logo by Mr. Ethan Kocak (@Blackmudpuppy).

•“Pomp and Circumstance”, by Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Downloaded from miss-music.com.

•Other music courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.

•My books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/One-R.-Pagan/author/B00J6J1FCI

•The opinions expressed by me (or my guests) do not represent the opinions and policies of my employer, my family, our dog (Ginger), or Charles Darwin.

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For more information about The Baldscientist Podcast, please email me at [email protected] or leave a comment at my website (baldscientist.com). I am on Instagram @orpagan.

***Please rate & review the podcast if you feel so inclined. I would like to know what I can do better. Thanks!***

Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

•Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks (@MicahHanks).

•Baldscientist logo by Ethan Kocak (@Blackmudpuppy).

•Music courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.

•My books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/One-R.-Pagan/author/B00J6J1FCI

The opinions expressed by me (or my

Quotes in this episode

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The whole matter is part of the general problem of the interrelation between physiological action and chemical structure.

            -G. Malcolm Dyson

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Corpora non agunt nisi fixata.

(Entities will not interact unless bound.)

-Paul Ehrlich

 (Everything starts with binding.)

-O.R. Pagán, free translation

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…both nicotine and curari [sic] combine with a “receptive” substance in muscle, i.e., with some substance which is not the actual contractile molecule, though capable of acting upon it.

-J.N. Langley

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Planarians are rather wonderful and challenging beasts whose rather special biological and psychological talents and properties can make them fascinating subjects for scientific investigation. The worms will provide the fascination—it is up to you to provide the science. 

-James V. McConnell

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…there is no lack of papers summarizing results that disagree, actually or apparently, with the concepts of quantum biology.

-K.G. Zimmer

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It may, of course, be argued that these ideas, too, are speculative, but on the whole, speculations based on known phenomena are to be preferred to those which have their origin in pure fantasy. 

-G. Malcolm Dyson

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For more information about The Baldscientist Podcast,

***Please rate & review the podcast if you feel so inclined. I

Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

•      Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks (@MicahHanks).

•      Baldscientist logo by Ethan Kocak (@Blackmudpuppy).

•      Music courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.

•      My books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/One-R.-Pagan/author/B00J6J1FCI

•       The opinions expressed by me (or my guests) do not represent the opinions and policies of my employer, my family, our dog (Ginger), or Charles Darwin.

Hello everyone!

This is just a very brief message, with no bells and whistles, to the 1 ½ people who listen to my podcast regularly.

I am putting the BSP on an indefinite hiatus.

More details in the episode audio.

Hugs,

~Baldie

Matt Bille on Twitter: @MattWriter

Website: https://www.mattbilleauthor.com/

Matt’s book (s): https://www.amazon.com/Books-Beasts-Cryptozoologists-Library-World/dp/1955471274

More information on Matt’s book: https://www.nasw.org/member_article/matt-bille-books-and-beasts-cryptozoologists-library

For more information about The Baldscientist Podcast, please email me at [email protected] or leave a comment at baldscientist.com. I can also be reached on Twitter: @baldscientist.

***Please review the podcast if you feel so inclined! I want to know what I can do better. Thanks!***

Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

• Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks (@MicahHanks).

• Baldscientist logo by Ethan Kocak (@Blackmudpuppy).

• Music courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.

• The opinions expressed by me, or my guests do not necessarily represent the opinions and policies of my employer, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, my family, our dog, Ginger, or Charles Darwin.

Episode notes

Dr. Clarice Aiello is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and director of the Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab at UCLA.

For a great primer on the ideas of quantum biology, please go here:

https://arye.substack.com/p/the-future-of-biology-is-quantum?s=r

If you would like to support Clarice’s student initiative that we talked about in the episode, please go here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/qubit-lab-trainee-travel-lending-funds

Dr. Aiello can be reached out at Twitter: @ClariceDAiello or @QuBiT_Lab

I had A LOT of fun talk with Dr. Aiello, and I hope you enjoy the episode as well!

If you'd like, please rate/review my podcast in your favorite venue. Thank you.

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Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

The Baldscientist Podcast - Episode 018 - Dr. C. Andrew Frank - The Best Scientists

***Note: I say the word "bas*ard" (very quietly) in this episode.***

Episode notes

Dr. C. Andrew Frank (Andy) is a Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, who studies neuronal plasticity using the arguably best understood animal model in genetics, the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

In addition to his scientific accomplishments, Andy is a kind and sensitive person. The conversation that you will hear in this episode centers on a twitter thread that he posted a few months ago, a poem titled: “The Best Scientists”. I am not ashamed to admit that when I read it, I got misty-eyed, and right then and there I decided to share it with the world.

His poem undoubtedly has something to say to scientists of any persuasion:

Academia or not.

Tenure-track or not.

Girls, boys, or none of the above.

Students, young and… not so young.

With doctoral degrees, or not.

Any ethnicity.

Citizen scientists.

And many others.

I’d like to think that this poem will inspire much-needed conversations about inclusivity, collegiality, and respect.

And, well, we also nerd out about science!

Andy kindly gave me permission to reproduce the poem; I posted it at baldscientist.com. I hope you like it as much as I did.

Enjoy the episode!

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· For more information about The Baldscientist Podcast, please email me at [email protected].

· My website: baldscientist.com.

· I can also be reached on Twitter: @baldscientist.

· For more information about my books: https://www.amazon.com/One-R-Pagan/e/B00J6J1FCI

Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

• Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks (@MicahHanks).

• Baldscientist logo by Ethan Kocak (@Blackmudpuppy).

• Music courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.

• The opinions expressed by me, or my guests do not necessarily represent the opinions and policies of my employer, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, my family, our dog, Ginger, or Charles Darwin.

Episode notes

The Strange Animals Podcast on Twitter: @StrangeBeasties

Website: https://linktr.ee/KateShaw

Kate’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Bigfoot-Nessie-Lesser-Known-Mystery/dp/B09VCY1P44

For more information about The Baldscientist Podcast, please email me at [email protected] or leave a comment at baldscientist.com. I can also be reached on Twitter: @baldscientist.

Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

• Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks (@MicahHanks).

• Baldscientist logo by Ethan Kocak (@Blackmudpuppy).

• Music courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.

• The opinions expressed by me, or my guests do not necessarily represent the opinions and policies of my employer, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, my family, our dog, Ginger, or Charles Darwin.

Episode notes

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“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”

Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species, 1859

For more information please email me at [email protected] or leave a comment at baldscientist.com. I can also be reached on Twitter: @baldscientist.

Credits, Acknowledgments, and References