GradCast

The Lego Grad Student visited Western as the special guest for the 2017 SOGS Graduate Wellness Forum and GradCast was fortunate enough to get him into the recording booth! Join Yimin and Chantal in conversation with Dr. Lego Grad Student as he reflects on his life in plastic. Follow his exploits on social media at: https://twitter.com/legogradstudent https://www.facebook.com/legogradstudent https:...

What happens when pregnant mothers get sick? Ariel and Yimin discuss maternal infections during pregnancy and its effect on neurodevelopmental disorders - with Faraj Haddad. Follow along with his work at the Schmid Lab at:  http://www.theschmidlab.com Hosts:Yimin Chen and Ariel Frame     Produced by Charlotte Panneton

Last year, at the SOGS Western Research Forum, we spoke with Brandon Baer. His work on antibiotic-resistant bacteria caught the interest of many of you so we invited him again! Passionate as before about his work, he has been on the path to develop a new therapy for treating a whole range of bacterial lung infections. Curious? So join Navaneeth and Roger on today's episode.    Hosts: Navaneeth Moh...

Yimin and Ariel spoke with Ryley Yost about his work looking into the social behaviour of the fruit fly Drosophila, and what techniques are needed to experiment on this interesting little model organism.   Hosts: Yimin Chen and Ariel Frame   Produced by Susan Anthony   

Navaneeth and Ariel talk with Niki Kamkar about her work studying how stressful events in children affect response to reinforcement.   Hosts: Ariel Frame and Navaneeth Mohan     Produced by Susan Anthony

What happens when animals hibernate? Kate Mathers is working to find out! Catch her conversation with Susan and Yimin about Doritos, arousal, and adorable 13-lined ground squirrels.   Hosts: Susan Anthony and Yimin Chen   Produced by Susan Anthony

Have you reached for a cigarette and been advised to take a walk instead? Well, Matthew Fagan is speaking to you. While rolling up for his PhD at Western's Kinesiology dept he investigates the effect of nicotine on cognitive functioning. In today's episode, he chats with Tanya and Navaneeth about how nicotine fares against a brisk walk on cognitive tests. What he found was unexpected.   Hosts: Nav...

A little bird told us that Chlöe Carter was studying stress and memory in birds. Chlöe tells Ariel and Charlotte about her work testing whether stressful smells, sights and sounds can illicit fear and alter memory.    Hosts: Ariel Frame and Charlotte Panneton   Produced by Susan Anthony

Yimin and Taniya chat with "baby Master student" Charlotte Panneton about navigating graduate studies, her interest in the online video streaming platform 'Twitch' and her love for community radio.   Hosts: Yimin Chen and Taniya Nagpal   Produced by Susan Anthony

Roger and Taniya chat with PhD Candidate Erin Shellington about the potential of 'Square Stepping Exercise' on improving cognition, mobility and mood in older adults. We also get insight on what the end of a PhD degree is like!   Hosts: Roger Hudson and Taniya Nagpal   Produced by Susan Anthony

Ariel and Chantal chirp with Brendon Samuels about beat perception in birds and humans. Hosts: Ariel Frame and Chantal Lemire Produced by Susan Anthony

Navaneeth and Roger speak with Danny Bednar, Patrick Hill, and Zack Morse about the upcoming international observe the moon night occurring on October 28th 2017.    Hosts: Roger Hudson and Navaneeth Mohan   Produced by Susan Anthony

Danny Bednar joins Roger and Navaneeth to speak about his research on geography and Canada's role in adapting to climate change. Hosts: Roger Hudson and Navaneeth Mohan   Producer: Susan Anthony

Sabrina and Ariel pick Simon Benoit's brain about Parkinson's and his unique approach to studying this neurodegenerative disease.    Hosts: Ariel Frame and Sabrina Hope     Produced by Susan Anthony

Roger and Ariel speak with Niveen Fulcher about sensory motor gating, and it's relation to autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.   Hosts: Ariel Frame and Roger Hudson   Produced by Susan Anthony

Jeremy Lant is at an interesting point in his graduate career. He might have just cracked open a novel cure to a wide range of genetic disorders. With Yimin and Navaneeth, join us to know how he uses tRNA dependent mistranslation to recode the genetic blueprint.    Hosts: Yimin Chen and Navaneeth Mohan     Producer: Susan Anthony

Ariel and Taniya chat with Krys Wieczerzak about her work measuring brain waves in the auditory cortex and the importance of reproducing results in research.    Hosts: Ariel Frame and Taniya Nagpal Producer: Susan Anthony

Ariel and Navaneeth talk with David Wright about his work on protein modifications generated in Escherichia coli. Hosts: Ariel Frame and Navaneeth Mohan

On this episode of Gradcast, hosts Ariel and Yimin speak to Dylan Baloun about his research on bat migration. Hosts: Yimin Chen and Ariel Frame

Jennifer Opoku from Health Information Science talks to Yimin and Roger about her plans to use qualitative research methods to study people's health information needs and behaviours. We also discuss how the recent protests and rallies in the United States has affected her, as a Canadian/American dual citizen. Hosts: Yimin Chen and Roger Hudson

Yimin Chen and Susan Anthony speak with Mitch Mann about his work on TUT1, a protein that prevents DNA and RNA damage - and cancer!   Hosts: Yimin Chen and Susan Anthony

Ariel Frame and Sabrina Hope interview Patrick Hill about his research determining how the moon may have been formed from a large impact between the earth and another planet. Patrick is a PhD student in the Earth Sciences Department in a collaborative program with the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), as well as the Pride Commissioner for the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS)....

Alex and Tristan chat with Roger Hudson, a neuroscience Master's student, about the potential pitfalls and medical benefits of marijuana.   Hosts: Tristan Johnston and Alex Moszczynski  

Roger and Taniya chat with Applied Mathematics Master's student, Navneeth Mohan, about his work exploring the behaviour of predators and prey using math.  Hosts: Roger Hudson and Taniya Nagpal

Joel Slade, PhD candidate in the Biology Department at Western, tells hosts Sabrina and Yimin about how he secured a postdoc position at Michigan State University. He shares his experiences on how and when he started looking for positions, what he prepared, and where to look.  Hosts: Yimin Chen and Sabrina Hope