The AlmaMAC episode 154 (Jan 30/20): Billy Bostad on heart health, interval training, returning to academia, smart watches... (Host: Adam)
Here's the deal. You can get a 45 minute workout done in 10 minutes... but it's going to be tough. Billy Bostad is working towards a PhD in McMaster's Human Performance Lab. His work focuses on the ph...
30 Jan 202029min
The AlmaMAC episode 153 (Jan 23/20): Shawn had a paper accepted! Also, 23andMe sold you out, and why that might be a good thing, and coronavirus (with Adam+Shawn)
Shawn had a chapter from his thesis accepted, to be published in Cancer! Hear about going from side project to accepted, with all the iteration and uncertainty in between. But first, we talk about com...
23 Jan 202029min
The AlmaMAC: Matthew Jordan is back from Oxford to talk Artificial Intelligence, Science History, Funk, and Improv (Host: Adam)
Matthew Jordan graduated from McMaster's Arts & Science Department, earned two Masters' degrees at Oxford, and came back to teach McMaster undergrads about the history of science, and history, policy,...
16 Jan 202030min
The AlmaMAC: He Jiankiu Sentenced for 3 Years: CRISPR Fiasco (Host: Adam)
"Scientist He Jiankui showed the world how human embryo editing is relatively easy to do but incredibly difficult to do well." (read more here). Adam and Shawn discussed this case, what CRISPR can be ...
9 Jan 202029min
Coming up in 2020: Spiders, storms and evolution (teaser)
What happens when a cyclone tears through a spider's habitat? It gets mad. Like, generational anger. A grudge that gets passed down through their DNA? This year I am transitioning from graduate studen...
2 Jan 20207min
The AlmaMAC: Holiday wrap-up with Matt, Shawn, and Adam (Host: Shawn)
The whole team is here today! Hear what Matt, Shawn, and Adam have been up to this semester (getting awards, giving away thigh muscles. "Matt-leave", etc.), an interesting fact about Rhianna, and what...
19 Des 201929min
The AlmaMAC: Evidence-based medical protocols with Emily Sirotich (Host: Adam)
Emily Sirotich has got to have the hardest job. She is trying to create evidence-based protocols for when patients with a rare bleeding disorder come into the emergency ward. These are usually life-or...
12 Des 201930min
The AlmaMAC: How do sleep and exercise work together to help with memory with Tara Kuhn (Host: Shawn)
Tara is a 2nd year MSc. student in Dr. Heisz' Neurofit Lab in the Department of Kinesiology. She studies how physical activity and sleep interact as a protective measure for cognitive function Find ou...
9 Des 201929min
