Novel Gene Expression in Yeast, and a Successful Lifelong Research Career with Retiring Professor Jean Beggs
Have you ever wondered what a fulfilling scientific life is like? A life full of dreams, failures, success, fame? Professor Jean Beggs has retired from the Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology after a lon...
3 Apr 202029min
How to Characterize the Structure of Lamin-A Proteins in Cells with Dr Alex Makarov
Episode 5: Dr Alex Makarov In this episode, Chris sits down with Dr Alex Makarov who recently completed a PhD in Eric Schirmer's lab in the Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology at the University of Edin...
18 Feb 202032min
Begonia Biodiversity and Field Trips in South-East Asia with Dr Mark Hughes
Have you ever wondered how plant scientists discover new species in a genus? In this interview, we sit down with Dr Mark Hughes, a begonia researcher from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, who tells...
19 Des 201927min
The 500 Year Astrobiology Experiment with Dr Toby Samuels from the UK Centre for Astrobiology
Completing his PhD in geomicrobiology at the UK centre for astrobiology, Dr Samuels investigated the extreme conditions that microbes can live in such as shale cliffs and acid mine draining sites. Now...
23 Aug 201935min
Smartphone Biosensors and SynBio with Dr Baojun Wang and Dr Xinyi Wan
BioPOD is back with an episode on Smartphone Biosensors and the importance of Synthetic Biology in today's global landscape. This episode focuses on a fluorescent bacterial biosensor that quantifies ...
5 Jul 201929min
Chicken Bioreactor: Engineered Chickens Which Produce Human Proteins with Dr Lissa Herron
Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, research suggests. Researchers say the findings pr...
25 Apr 201935min
