Look away from your phone for a moment and consider: are you happy? In this episode Anastasiia and Rhiannon join Jennifer De Paola, a postdoc in Social Psychology, to discuss… Read More »3.20 Happiness explained – w/ Anastasiia, Rhiannon & Jennifer De Paola
In order for the virus to enter a cell, it binds its antigens (virus proteins) to receptor proteins on the surface of a cell (in a lock and key mechanism)… Read More »Viruses and serotypes
The Questions will be answered:
What is a rhinovirus?
Why is it important?
Can it affect adults? If yes, how? Rhinoviruses are the leading cause of common colds – especially in children. Hence, not much is known about common colds in adults.
Welcome to the Halloween episode and happy ADHD awareness month! Now, don’t get spooked by the demon voice and join us to find out how VR could be used for… Read More »3.19 ADHD and the VR quest for diagnosis – w/ Giuliano, Katja & Liya Merzon
Welcome back!As every city has an energy station to drive our daily needs, our cells have mitochondria. And you really really don’t want them to malfunction!Mitochondrial diseases are as frequent… Read More »3.18 Rogue mitochondria: A rare disease story – w/ Anastasiia, Eleanna & Prof.Anu Wartiovaara
How do Polypedilum vanderplanki larvae survive without water, and what role alternative splicing plays in this? Who the hell is Polypedilum vanderplanki and why should I be interested…
Welcome back! Today you’re in for a special treat! In this episode, we have a chilled chat about science communication, what it means and why we care about itAnd we… Read More »3.17 Casual chat on scicomm …& a cat – w/ Giuliano, Eleanna Tomàs & Anastasiia
It is estimated that every 2.6 seconds, a new chemical substance is isolated or synthesized, adding to nearly 200 million identified chemical substances in the world. While many of these are essential for society and not harmful to the environment, one effect of this proliferation of chemicals in our everyday lives has been the increase of polluted environments with multiple contaminants.
Welcome back!Feeling a bit of a “déjà vu”? Makes sense, ’cause we ar etalknig about psycedelic drugs! …again! In this episode Giuliano & Eleanna interview Lauri Elsilä, Doctoral Researcher from… Read More »3.16 Psychedelics vs Addiction? – w/ Giuliano, Eleanna & Lauri Elsilä