How Synthetic Microorganisms can Biofacture High Value Products ft. Dr. Tessa Moses
This episode is about the use of synthetic organisms to produce pharmaceuticals and other high-value products. Preceding the development of synthetic drugs in the 18th and 19th centuries, medicine r...
23 Apr 202144min
Detecting Parasitic Infections in Cows by Small RNA (Trypanosomiasis) with Dr Maria Contreras-Garcia
The parasite Trypanosoma brucei is transmitted via tsetse flies. It causes a disease known as trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness in humans, but in cows, it's known as nagana or animal African trypan...
25 Mar 202136min
How Bacteria Produce Eco Nylon (BIOFACTURING). Ft. PhD Student Jack Suitor
How can we produce useful materials from Bacteria? Today we have PhD Student Jack Suitor to tell us how we can modify bacteria against their own nature to act as mini-factories to convert guaiacol, a ...
26 Feb 202134min
Carbon Dynamics and Climate Change in the Dry Tropics with Associate Professor Kyle Dexter
Join us for this interesting installment of BioPod featuring Associate Professor Kyle Dexter, interviewed by Hazel Huang. from the department of Geosciences here at the University of Edinburgh. The ep...
21 Jan 202133min
All Hands on Deck: Three Epidemiology PhD Students Who Contributed to COVID-19 Research in Edinburgh
Three PhD students, a genomic epidemiologist studying Ebola virus, a molecular epidemiologist studying Polio virus, and an infectious disease modeller studying anti-microbial resistance dynamics betw...
18 Des 202056min
Women in Science: Featuring Edinburgh academics Prof. Lynne Regan and Prof. Meriem El Karoui
A special 1-hour feature episode with two inspiring and highly successful academics from the University of Edinburgh: Prof Lynne J. Regan, the Head of the Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemist...
13 Nov 20201h 9min
Black in Botany: A Discussion with Botany PhD Student Jade Bleau
16 Okt 202038min
Crops, Robots and Rolling Pins: Building Crop Resistance with PhD Student and Activist Tara Wight
Ep 7: Crops, Robots and Rolling Pins featuring PhD student @TaraCanelaWight interviewed by @donohoho has dropped! Happy weekend curious beings! Stay tuned until the end to hear our resident microb...
7 Aug 202025min
