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- 15. How to brew stem cells - w/ Shibani RatnayakeWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Shibani Ratnayake from Aston University (UK), Life and Health Sciences, biomedical engineering group. She works on stem cells (unspecialised cells that are in our body), and in particular on automatisation of stem cells growing techniques....and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the "immortal" cells of Henrietta Lacks!~•~•~Links from this episode:AUTOSTEM (Horizon 2020 project): http://www.autostem2020.euBook about Henrietta Lacks' story: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6493208-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com46 min
- 14. Polluting the air whilst cooking - w/ Lubna DadaWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Lubna Dada, who is a doctoral student at the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki. She works on aerosols and how particles are formed in the air. We have a chance to talk with her about particles that float in the air and various factors that contribute to air pollution!...and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the ozone hole and the Montreal Protocol!~•~•~Links from this episode:Paper with the banana plot (Figure 2): http://www.helsinki.fi/~hvehkama/publica/kulmala_overview2004.pdfBaby robot crawling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqTi9fK70t0Lubna’s paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002185021300195XNature paper about the ozone hole: https://www.nature.com/articles/249810a0Interview with Sherwood Rowland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYC-XJswzgwThe Montreal Protocol: http://ozone.unep.org/en/treaties-and-decisions/montreal-protocol-substances-deplete-ozone-layer~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com43 min
- 13. Flying around a comet with Rosetta - w/ Minna MyllysWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Minna Myllys, who is a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’Espace (LPC2E) of CNRS in Orléans, France. She works on data from the Rosetta spacecraft to study the plasma environment around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, in order to understand how the comet's coma interacts with the solar wind....and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about Edmond Halley and the famous Halley's comet!~•~•~Links from this episode:The story of Halley's comet: http://adsbit.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1908PA.....16..331D&defaultprint=YES&filetype=.pdfThe singing comet: http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/11/the-singing-comet/~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com49 min
- 12. From chicken bones to bone music - w/ Alexander MeaneyWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Alexander Meaney, who is a doctoral student in the computational inverse problem group at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Helsinki. He works on reconstructing 3D images from 2D X-Ray screenings! His research aims at improving the current techniques, so that patients would need less X-Ray screenings to get their 3D image, which means that they would be exposed to less radiation....and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the "bone music" phenomenon during the Cold War years of the Soviet Union!~•~•~Links from this episode:Orbiter (Alexander's band): https://www.facebook.com/orbiterconnection/ and https://orbiterconnection.bandcamp.comMultidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17330451Bone music (the X-Ray audio project): https://x-rayaudio.squarespace.com/xraybootlegs/[Bonus] Interdisciplinary XKCD: https://xkcd.com/755/~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com43 min
- 11. Did you know about MITO? - w/ Juan LandoniWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Juan Landoni, who works at the University of Helsinki on mitochondrial diseases. Mitochondrial diseases start from the mitochondria that are inside our cells and there is still much effort to be put into understanding them and curing them....and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about how Alexander "Mr. Bragger" Fleming discovered the penicillin by accident!~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com44 min
- 10. Glaciers are very fast runners - w/ Yongmei GongWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Yongmei Gong, who also is a TSB "honourable" member since she recently got her PhD. She works at the Institute of Atmospheric Science and Earth System Research at the University of Helsinki. She works on glaciers, and in particular on ice shelves and ice caps. We talk about how fast glaciers are "running", which means how fast they are melting!...and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about geoengineering to avoid the melting of glaciers!~•~•~Links from this episode:The Nature paper "Geoengineer polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03036-4~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com48 min
- 9. The science of #howatomsmove - w/ Ekaterina BaibuzWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Ekaterina Baibuz, who works towards her PhD at the University of Helsinki in Materials Physics. She works on simulating the behaviour of materials with computer simulations and is part of a big collaboration that aims at building a new particle accelerator at CERN called Compact Linear Collider (CLIC).We also have a chance to talk about science communication through various platforms, in particular blogging and social media....and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the smallest movie ever made!~•~•~Links from this episode:Ekaterina's SciComm your PhD video about the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwI1k9aFRwEThe official page for CLIC: http://clic-study.web.cern.chEkaterina's Telegram channel (in Russian): https://t.me/ayoungscientistsnotebookPaper about building a particle detector in a can: https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.4923022 (and arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.02379 )Blogging science on TSB: https://www.thesciencebasement.org/bloggingscience/TSB Lego Lab: https://www.thesciencebasement.org/all-blog-posts/2018/2/28/the-science-basement-lego-labA boy and his atom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0Ekaterina's project on "a boy and his atom": http://www.skolar.fi/how-computer-simulations-help-spy-on-atoms/ (blog post) and https://vimeo.com/203995700 (video)The famous "guacamole" cake: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/cake-recipes/avocado-lime-cheesecake/~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com49 min
- 8. There is dark and cold dust between stars - w/ Elisabetta MicelottaWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!This episode takes us to interstellar space! We talk with Elisabetta Micelotta, who is an astrophysicist at the University of Helsinki. She studies interstellar dust, which is solid matter that can be found in the space between stars. Interstellar dust absorbs light from the stars and re-emits it in other wavelengths, and also contributes to stars formation itself!~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com44 min
- 7. A lemming once threatened me and my plants - w/ Friederike GehrmannWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!This episode takes us to the sub-arctic and arctic regions, exploring how plants grow! We talk with Friederike Gehrmann, who works on plant biology at the University of Helsinki. She studies how sub-arctic plants are affected by differences in snowmelt timing. Follow us during this virtual journey into the flora of Finnish Lapland and the Svalbard Islands!~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com41 min
- 6. Biofortified at an early stage: the story of a tuber - w/ Daniel WasongaWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!This episode takes us to tropical lands where the cassava grows! We talk with Daniel Wasonga, who works at the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Helsinki. His research focuses on reducing the level of cyanide (a toxic substance) and increasing the level of vitamin A in cassava (a tropical tuber).~•~•~The de-jargonizer: http://scienceandpublic.com~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com44 min
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We are a team of scientists based in Helsinki and we want to show you how cool science is! Follow us having semi-serious conversations with our sci-guests. New episode every month.