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24/12/2020

Stupidly excited to share my convo with Nicolas Christakis. He's featured on Times Magazine's 'Top 100 Most Influential People' list, he's a best selling author and is a Sterling Professor of Sociology at Harvard.

We talk a bit about his book on COVID, (sort of) disagree about the scope of freedom of speech and lots of other bits too !

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A scientist and thinker, in 2009 Nicholas Christakis was named in Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Using data from a study that tracked about 5,000 people over 20 years, he suggests that happiness, like the flu, can spread from person to person. He found that smo...

09/12/2020

Episode #10 of the Scientistt Podcast!

Dr Kosterlitz is a Nobel Prize winner and an Aberdeen fan. Name a more iconic duo.. Link below.

"Last but by no means least, I am happy that I have managed to work since that dreadful day in September 1978 when I was diagnosed with MS." Life hasn't been easy. Born in 1943 in wartime Aberdeen, Dr Kosterlitz's parents had fled Hitler’s Germany in 1934 because his father, a non-practicing Jew, ...

25/11/2020

Episode #8 of The Scientistt Podcast!

What happens if you've spent the last 10 years in academia and decide that it's not for you anymore? Dr Jen Polk runs a career coaching company called From 'PhD to Life' - finding routes into the world for slightly disillusioned academics.

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We could all do with a personal coach sometimes, right? Jennifer Polk, PhD, is a career coach and expert on PhD careers. After earning a PhD in history from the University of Toronto, she launched From PhD to Life, a career coaching and speaking business. Jen writes (and speaks!) on graduate educati...

19/11/2020

Episode #7 of the Scientistt Podcast!

Want to hear about how gene-editing tech is addressing the underlying causes of disease in real time? Dr Oakes is on the (literal) cutting edge of CRISPR technololgy (ha, although you need to listen to the pod to get the joke) and is also really really nice.

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Who said academics can't be entrepreneurs? Benjamin L. Oakes is the Founder and CEO of Scribe Therapeutics, a company rewriting the story of disease and engineering the future of genetic medicine. Completing his PhD at University of California, Berkley in 2017 - Oakes worked under the supervision of...

11/11/2020

Episode #6 of the Scientistt Podcast!

This one's all about Space so that makes it really fun. Spotify link below.

We all have a fascination with space, right? I mean, how can't you be somewhat interested in the concepts of planets, space craft and fields of "dark energy". Dr. Bruce Betts is a planetary scientist and children's book author who loves teaching people about planets in fun and entertaining ways. As....

04/11/2020

Episode #5 of the Scientistt Podcast!

Dr Johnathon Eisen is a world-renowned microbiologist / Ted-talk-giver/ proponent of open access in academia. I've also decided that he's the 'James Bond of Microbiology'. Listen on Spotify below to find out why.

"After my PhD, my first ever grant was actually for homeland security..." So, what does a Professor in the Genome Center of UC Davis , have to do with investigating threats to the safety of the US population? When we started our conversation with Dr Jonathan Eisen (elected to the American Academy of...

28/10/2020

Episode 4!

Fay Lin is a PhD student who's kind of stumbled upon being the go-to advocate for mental health in academia on Twitter. We chat all about that and lots of other stuff too! Spotify link below :)

"Calling out systemic issues in does NOT mean I don't support the pursuit of research. Calling out systemic issues in means I think research is wonderful and I want the environment to improve." - Fay Lin On this episode, our guest's involvement in academia goes far beyond her PhD...

23/10/2020

Episode 3!

The second half of my conversation with Jen Heemstra. Listen in for chats about medical ethics, adversity and rock-climbing 🧗‍♀️

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Dr Jen Heemstra! In this episode, we discuss equality in the sciences, medical ethics, and the potential upsides of adversity. We also cover the need for breaks in academia and even chat rock-climbing! Female, scientist, professor, and now supervisor - Jen lea...

14/10/2020

Episode 2!

Dr Jen Heemstra's really (really) cool. She's a tenured professor of Chemistry who also writes about faliure, imposter sydrome and human relationships. This was so much fun that it kind of just kept going, and we had to split it into two parts. Here's part 1! I've linked her blog in the comments.

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What should a leader look like in academia? Jen Heemstra, as the name alludes, is the lead supervisor at the Heemstra Lab and Associate Professor at Emory University. In this episode, Jen offers her unique insights into a range of subjects that often go unspoken in academic circles; failure, imposte...

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