3.1 We’re back! – w/ Giuliano, Stephany & Erika
Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!
Yep, that’s right! We are back!
New team, new hosts, but same energy!
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Episode 26. Plastic brains for adults – w/ Giuliano Didio
Our guest this week is Giuliano Didio, who is a PhD student at the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) of the University of Helsinki. He works on the magical world of brains! Did you know that the common saying that kids learn things faster is actually true? That’s because the infant brain is very “plastic”. Listen to this episode to learn what brain plasticity is and how to increase brain plasticity in adults!
25. The dark side of the Moon – w/ Markku Alho
Our guest this week is Markku Alho, who is a PhD student at Aalto University. He works on plasma modelling of solar wind interactions with several bodies in space. In this episode, we focus mostly on the Moon and how the solar wind “bombards” its surface, but we also talk for example about Venus, Mars, and comets!
Episode 24 – In social sciences your data can look back at you – with Anastasia Diatlova
Our first episode about Social Sciences! Our guest this week is Anastasia Diatlova, who is a doctoral researcher in Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki. Her research focusses on the daily experience of life and work of russian-speaking sex workers in Finland.
Episode 23 – Plants are leaking gas all the time – with Arnaud Praplan
Our guest is Arnaud Praplan, who is an Academy Research Fellow at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). His research focusses on the reactive chemical compounds emitted by plants into the atmosphere and their oxidation reactions.
Episode 22 – If a huge solar storm comes we can be left without social media – with Diana Morosan
This episode is all about our star, the Sun! We chat with Diana Morosan, postdoctoral researcher in Solar Physics at the University of Helsinki.
Episode 21 – Shooting X-rays at things – with Ari-Pekka Honkanen
In this episode we chat with Ari-Pekka Honkanen, PhD student at the Materials Physics lab of the University of Helsinki. He studies the structure of materials by “shooting” X-rays at them!
Episode 20 – Epigenome, DNA, and pineapple on pizza – with Chiara Facciotto
In this episode we chat with Chiara Facciotto, PhD students at Biomedicum in Helsinki. She works on how epigenetics influences cancer response to therapy.
Episode 19 – Nobody is allowed to steal plutonium – with Camille Bélanger-Champagne
In this episode we chat with Camille Bélanger-Champagne, post-doctoral researcher at the Helsinki Insitute of Physics. She works on instruments for nuclear safeguards, and the instrument she works on can be used by the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to check that facilities that handle nuclear power are using nuclear material for peaceful and civilian activies only.
Episode 18 – We are going to Mercury! – with Juhani Huovelin
In this episode we chat with Juhani Huovelin, who is a University Lecturer at the University of Helsinki and also the Principal Investigator of the Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer (SIXS) instrument onboard the BepiColombo spacecraft.