Podcasts by BlueSci Podcast

Wild food and health, with Charlotte Milbank from 2022-06-13T10:00:21

Charlotte is a PhD student in Epidemiology and Geography at the University of Cambridge. Her research explores the ways in which “wild foods”, such as bushmeat, insects, wild fruits and vegetabl...

Society and statistics, with Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter from 2022-05-23T09:00:10

In this episode, Mark and Georgia spoke to Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, who is currently Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, based within the Department of Pure...

Gut-brain health and obesity prevention with Orla Woodward from 2022-05-02T09:00:18

Today, Mark and Georgia spoke to Orla Woodward who is a final year PhD student at the Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge. Her research looks into advancing our underst...

Converting CO2 to renewable fuels with Motiar Rahaman from 2022-04-11T11:00

Today we speak to Motiar Rahaman from the Reisner Lab about their work in sustainable fuel development. 

Genetics and obesity, with Dr Giles Yeo from 2022-03-21T10:00

In this episode of the BlueSci Podcast, Mark and Ruby speak to Dr Giles Yeo, a Principal Research Associate at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, based at the University of Cambridge. His research...

Volcanoes and the climate, with Dr Lauren Marshall from 2022-02-28T10:00

In this episode, Simone and new host Mark speak to Dr Lauren Marshall, a postdoctoral researcher at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.  Here, she focus...

Bees and the future of food production, with Jake Moscrop from 2022-02-07T10:00

Today, our new host Georgia and seasoned host Ruby spoke to PhD student Jake Moscrop about bees, pollinators and their impact on food security. Jake is a PhD student in Plant Sciences at the Uni...

Stone Age bears, ancient DNA and population genetics, with Bianca De Sanctis from 2021-11-15T17:07:51

In this episode, Ruby and Laura spoke to Bianca De Sanctis, a PhD student in Professor Eske Willerslev’s research group in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge...

NEW SEASON LAUNCH! from 2021-11-02T01:46:38

We're back back back! Tune in to find out more about our latest news, we hope you're as excited as we are about our ever-expanding team! In this season launch episode we introduce Georgia Nixon,...

Lab-grown organoids and regenerative medicine, with Dr Fotis Sampaziotis from 2021-04-20T14:37:30

This week we spoke to Dr Fotis Sampaziotis, a hepatologist and clinical lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Dr Sampaziotis is part of a team who has recently demonstrated successful liver r...

Loneliness, social media, and the brain, with Dr Livia Tomova from 2021-04-07T12:40:06

We're back and we have some exciting news - join us in welcoming Laura Chilver to our podcasting team! Laura is studying Natural Sciences and has a keen passion for science communication. <...

Colour from structure, with Thomas Parton from 2021-03-09T14:47:02

Our guest this week is Thomas Parton, a PhD student in the Vignolini Lab in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. His research studies how colour emerges from the micro-str...

Connecting memory and vision, with Dr Paul Bays from 2021-02-22T15:07:15

This week we spoke to Dr Paul Bays, the group leader of the Computational Cognition Group in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on visual work...

Mysteries of the early universe, with Amelia Drew from 2021-02-09T15:26:59

This week we spoke to Amelia Drew a junior research fellow at Homerton College, who has just completed her PhD in Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. We d...

The ecological impact of wildfires, with Dr. Adam Pellegrini from 2021-01-26T15:02:18

This week we spoke to Dr. Adam Pellegrini, a Lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. His research specialises in disturbance ecology and ecosystem function, ...

Learning from fur seals, with Constanza Toro-Valdivieso from 2021-01-11T09:30:27

Constanza Toro-Valdivieso is a PhD student in the Department of Vetenary Medicine at the University of Cambridge. She studies Juan Fernández fur seals in Chile, focusing on how their gut microbi...

Chemistry with computers, featuring Kobi Felton from 2020-12-14T17:39:10

In this episode we speak to Kobi Felton, a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. As part of the Sustainable Reaction Engineering group, Kobi's research focuses...

Africans in STEM: building networks and collaborations, with Cynthia Okoye and Sandile Mtetwa from 2020-12-01T10:34:59

This week we talk to Cynthia Okoye and Sandile Mtetwa, PhD students at the University of Cambridge. Sandile and Cynthia are two of the founders of Africans in STEM, a student-run initiative that...

A spotlight on electron microscopy, featuring Dr Giorgio Divitini from 2020-11-16T10:30:59

This week we speak to Dr Giorgio Divitini, the Advanced TEM Officer in the High Resolution Electron Microscopy Group in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of ...

The next generation of solar cells, with Dr Elizabeth Tennyson from 2020-10-19T12:21:59

This week we speak to Dr Elizabeth Tennyson, postdoctoral researcher and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory. Earlier this year, she was named one of the Top 50 Wom...

Understanding protein behaviour at the nanoscale, featuring Dr Jerelle Joseph from 2020-10-05T09:59:45

Welcome back to the BlueSci Podcast! We are fresh from our summer break and have a lot of new exciting science to share! 

This week our guest is Dr Jerelle Joseph, a post-doc in the ...

Exciting announcements and summer break (don't worry - we'll be back!) from 2020-07-14T08:53:47

In this week's episode it's just your hosts, Ruby and Simone! We thought we’d use this episode to share some of the things that we’ve been up to as part of our work as the hosts of the podcast, ...

Printing the future, with Tanyaradzwa Mangoma from 2020-06-29T11:49:15

This week we're learning about additive manufacturing and bioelectronics! Our guest is Tanyaradzwa Mangoma, a PhD candidate based at the Fluids in Advanced Manufacturing group in the Instit...

Meet the graduate students behind the COVID-19 educational webapp, featuring Daniel Muthukrishna and Nick Taylor from 2020-06-15T18:10:58

For today's episode we've invited PhD students Daniel Muthukrishna and Nick Taylor to tell us about a COVID-19 modelling web-app they made in collaboration with Dr Cerian Webb. The website, call...

Understanding the immune response to the SARS-CoV2 virus, featuring Dr Chinedu Ugwu from 2020-06-01T13:11:37

This week we spoke to Dr Chiendu Ugwu, a lecturer and a research fellow at the Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease (ACEGID) at Redeemer's University in Ede, Nigeria (<...

Voyage to the Antarctic with Dr Anna Belcher from 2020-05-18T09:47:13

Taking a break from our coronavirus reporting, this week we're transporting our listeners to the Antarctic! Join us for this episode of escapism where we interview Dr Anna Belcher, a postdoctora...

Sequencing the genome of SARS-CoV2, featuring Grant Hall from 2020-05-04T12:27:44

What can we learn from the genetic information of a virus? This week our guest is Grant Hall, an MPhil student in Department of Pathology at Cambridge University, currently working in the C...

How can academic labs support the NHS with COVID-19 testing? featuring Professor Stephen Baker from 2020-04-20T11:26:14

This week we spoke to Stephen Baker, Professor of Molecular Microbiology at the University of Cambridge. His laboratory was one of the first academic labs converted to a COVID-19 screening lab, ...

How to run a virtual scientific conference, featuring Professor Andrea Armani from 2020-04-17T15:29:55

This week we have a 2-part interview with Professor Andrea Armani! Prof Armani is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California.  She was ...

The power of interdisciplinary science, featuring Professor Andrea Armani from 2020-04-06T11:30:57

This week we have a 2-part interview with Professor Andrea Armani, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California!  In this first part, we ...

The importance of effective science communication, featuring Sam Langford from 2020-03-30T18:33:43

This week our guest is Sam Langford, an award winning science communicator who currently works as Science Learning Coordinator at the Glasgow Science Centre, and coordinator of the first global ...

Food poisoning pathogens and PhDs during pandemics, featuring Ruby Coates from 2020-03-24T15:46:22

Our first episode recorded in self-isolation, focusing on the research of one of our co-hosts, Ruby Coates! She is a molecular biologist and her PhD focuses on Campylobacter jejuni, a n...

Looking for parasites in ancient latrines, featuring Marissa Ledger from 2020-03-09T08:00

In this week's episode, archaeology meets parasites! We speak to Marissa Ledger, a PhD student (now Dr!) in Biological Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, who tells us how identificatio...

International Women's Day Special: celebrating organisations that advocate for equality in STEM from 2020-03-08T17:02:23

Surprise! This week we have an BONUS episode to celebrate International Women's Day! In this special episode, we highlight the work being done by academics, student-led groups, and other volunta...

Making university research labs more sustainable, featuring Martin Howes from 2020-02-24T11:14:28

Research at universities plays an important role in the development of new technology that can fight climate change, whether it's making better batteries, carbon capture systems, or cleaner fuel...

Behind the scenes of science journalism from 2020-02-10T10:04:37

First episode of the second season, with new hosts Ruby Coates & Simone Eizagirre! Celebrating the launch of issue 47 of BlueSci, we invite issue editor Laia Sarratosa to walk us through the...

Cambridge Science Festival (Part 2) from 2019-03-15T07:08:59

SECOND BONUS POD! 

The Cambridge Science Festival 2019 is in full swing! Roxy & Emma talk to Hugh Matthews from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience about h...

Cambridge Science Festival (Part 1) from 2019-03-11T20:52:44

BONUS POD! 

To celebrate the Cambridge Science Festival 2019, Emma has a quick chat with Ellen Nisbet and Liz Miller, two speakers at this year's festival, to hear a...

Alice Pullen & Delphine Larrieu from 2019-02-28T10:11:48

Seán is back! He and Emma talk to Alice Pullen from the British Antarctic Survey and Dr Delphine Larrieu, who works as a Group Leader in the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR). They...

Merixtell Huch & Khayam Javed from 2019-01-07T09:54:11

For the first show of 2019, Emma and new host Swastika bring you two interviews with scientists from the Gurdon Institute. Emma talks to group leader Dr Merixtell Huch, about her work on liver a...

Berta Verd & Emily Fisk from 2018-09-24T14:22:08

Emma and new pod host Eva talk to Berta Verd, a postdoctoral researcher from the Department of Genetics and Emily Fisk, who joined the Cambridge Science Centre as a science communicator after a PhD...

Richard McKay & Christina Gladkova from 2018-08-17T11:00

Seán and Emma (well, mostly Seán) talk to Richard McKay from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge about his book: "Patient Zero and the Making of the A...

Juan Garaycoechea & Victoria Honour from 2018-07-27T21:36:30

Seán and Emma talk to Juan Garaycoechea from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology about his work on DNA damage and petrologist Victoria Honour from the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge ...

Ian Ostericher (part. 2) & Dan Jones from 2018-05-20T11:55:22

Seán and Emma talk to Dan Jones, host of the "Climate Scientists" podcast and physical oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey, and bring you the second part of Ian Ostericher's interview abo...

Ian Ostericher & Fran Day from 2018-05-06T07:00

Seán and Emma talk to archaeology PhD student Ian Ostericher and theoretical particle physicist / science comedian Fran Day. They also discuss Stone Age surgeon training on cows.

Elizabeth Murchison & Alison Banwell from 2018-03-26T07:00

Seán and Emma chat with Liz Murchison from the Cambridge Vet School about her work on transmissible cancers, and to Alison Banwell, a glacier and climate scientist at the Scott Polar Research Insti...

Tim Gregory & Lucinda Spokes from 2018-03-11T08:00

Seán and Emma talk to PhD student Tim Gregory, a finalist on the BBC's "Do you have what it takes?" programme and Dr. Lucinda Spokes about this year's Cambridge Science Festival. They also discuss ...