Random Walk 8: Camp COVID #2 with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
I had the chance to talk to Dr. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan about the brave new world of virtual conferencing and how it's making science more accessible. The conference she attended was SCIENCE TALK '2...
1 Apr 202044min
The AlmaMAC Episode 162: Working from home with Adam and Shawn
Pretty much everything has shut down, and a lot of people are trying to work from home. Adam and Shawn hosted an Instagram Live show where they talked about the difficulties they are having with stayi...
27 Mar 202029min
The AlmaMAC episode 161: Fitness literacy with Hilary Caldwell
On episode 161 Adam talks to Hilary Caldwell, a kinesiology PhD candidate at McMaster University. One of the things Hilary is involved with is developing the concept of "Physical Literacy". From wiki...
19 Mar 202038min
The AlmaMAC episode 159: Understanding hidden mysteries about Ataxia w/ Celeste (Host: Shawn)
Shawn talks with Celeste Suart from the Truant lab about ataxia! Find out more about ataxia research at SCAsource and Huntington's Disease at HDBuzz which her lab also works on. Read more about how SC...
5 Mar 202028min
The AlmaMAC episode 158 (Feb 27/20): How DNA is like an elastic band, science communication, and knowing your audience with Adam and Shawn
It's a big "Communicating Science" week at the AlmaMAC! Shawn asks Adam about an article he got published called Researchers play with elastic bands to understand DNA and protein structures. It was w...
27 Feb 202028min
The AlmaMAC episode 157 (Feb 20/20): Drug Delivery in Cancer Using Creatively Complicated Nanoparticles w/ Matt (Host: Shawn)
Matt is in the Hoare Lab studying drug delivery with nanoscaled particles for cancer treatment. He's also the winner of McMaster's 3MT in 2019! Watch his winning talk here. That really long word he us...
21 Feb 202028min
The AlmaMAC episode 156: Food for Thought. Adam moderated McMaster's Researchers' Night (Host: Adam)
On Monday, Adam co-moderated the 2020 McMaster Researchers' Night. The topic was FOOD, and included four panelists from diverse research backgrounds. Adam had a chance to sneak a question or two in d...
13 Feb 202028min
The AlmaMAC Episode 155 (Feb 6/20): 3 Minute Thesis is Back, and Dr. Bandler walks us through some award-winning examples (Host: Adam)
Dr. John Bandler is back this week to talk about the Three Minute Thesis Competition. He is hosting a workshop to help get you started on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13th, and in anticipation of that, is here w...
6 Feb 202029min
