Podcasts by Science in a Cup
Presented by Dr Alexie Papanicolaou of the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (Western Sydney University, Australia), Science in a Cup is a short interview-style podcast where a scientist explains one word related to science. Sometimes it is a jargon but more often this is a word we use everyday but scientists may have a different meaning to it.
The podcast was delivered in series of ten episodes each. The first season started in August 2016 and the second one in December 2016.
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Science in a Cup: Forest Health from 2017-07-03T03:00
What is forest health? How do we protect them from invasive species (and what are they?). Dr David Coyle (http://davidcoyle.uga.edu) from the University of Georgia explains!
Science in a Cup: Conservation Genomics from 2017-05-22T03:00
Who is the new ally for a threatened species, extinct in its southern range? Dr Kerensa McElroy is explaining to us the value of new DNA technologies for species conservation. In a new crowdfund...
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Science in a Cup: Ecosystem from 2017-01-23T02:00
How do trees and microbes integrate to maximise productivity? Dr Francis Martin from France's INRA (Europe's top agricultural research institute) explains "ecosystem" and how his research instit...
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Science in a Cup: Bushfires from 2017-01-09T02:00
Bushfires, or wildfires, are something that citizens of dry places such as Australia and California have to live with every summer. Dr Hamish Clarke explains.
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Science in a Cup: Drought stress from 2016-12-19T02:00
Dr Markus Nolf explains how trees deal with the stress of drought and avoid embolisms (I had no idea trees had them, but they do!).
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Science in a Cup: Science from 2016-12-12T02:00
Welcome to the second season of Science in a Cup. In this first episode, our host, Alexie, is giving us his take on the word 'science'!
Presented by Dr Alexie Papanicolaou of ...
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Science in a Cup: Western from 2016-10-10T02:00
Dr Yalin Liao has joined us from the Australian National University with a story about one of the most basic techniques is Life Sciences, Western (blotting).
Presented by Dr A...
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Science in a Cup: Stress from 2016-10-03T02:00
Dr Kay Anantanawat from the Murdoch University and Western Sydney University introduces how fruit flies (such as the pest Queensland fruit fly) perceive and cope with (environmental) s...
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Science in a Cup: Communication from 2016-09-26T03:00
Boost your science knowledge with a Science in a Cup: In just a few minutes, Johanna Wong explains how plants and microbes communicate and how she is deciphering their vocabulary!
Science in a Cup: Probiotics from 2016-09-12T02:00
Deane Woruba from the Western Sydney University introduces the concept of probiotics, fitness, microbiomes (see Thomas's interview) and how his PhD research is helping farmers man...
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Science in a Cup: Metagenomics from 2016-09-05T02:00
Dr Thomas Jeffries from the Western Sydney University introduces the concept of metagenomics, microbiomes and how such research can help understanding human health and climate change.<...
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Science in a Cup: Photosynthesis from 2016-08-29T02:00
Dr Alex Watson-Lazowski, a Western Sydney University post-doctoral research fellow, talk to us about photosynthesis and carbon concentrating plants that have adapted to hot and arid cl...
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Science in a Cup: Rhizosphere from 2016-08-21T02:00
Western Sydney University research lecturer Dr Yolima Carrillo talks about soil and explains what a rhizosphere is and how it affects not only our crops but also our climate!...
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Science in a Cup: Agriculture from 2016-08-15T02:00
Robert Mueller, a Western Sydney University doctoral researcher, talks about how a beetle species is an expert farmer: a fungal garden kept disease free with organic pesticides! Listen
Science in a Cup: Bees from 2016-08-08T02:00
Western Sydney University doctoral researcher Bronwen Roy studies the viruses found in bees. But what is a bee for an Australian scientist?
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Science in a Cup: Symbiosis from 2016-08-01T02:00
Western Sydney University researcher and DECRA Fellow Dr Jonathan Plett is explaining what the word "symbiosis" means for him.
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