Elizabeth Clare

BioAudio

Science EN ↓ 34 episodes

Welcome to BioAudio: The Teaching Podcast. After many years teaching biology in universities in the UK and in Canada I've come to the conclusion that we can do better than text books. I always want something more flexible, that can be updated with new topics and new discoveries. After years avoiding textbooks… I've created BioAudio a collection of discussions to accompany lectures in university biology courses . So let's ditch the textbook and just listen.

Author

Elizabeth Clare

Episodes

How to read a scientific paper Part 2: Co-evolution of bats and pitcher plants 29.08.2023 18:46

Send a text This is part 2 of a two part lesson on how to read a scientific paper. In part 1 Prof Joanna Coleman and I talked about the parts of a scientific paper and we compare our approaches to actually sitting down and trying to understand scientific publications. We also introduced the topic of "co-evolution". In this episode Prof. Coleman and I actually read a paper together and...

How to read a scientific paper Part 1: Co-evolution 28.08.2023 15:03

Send a text If you are a university professor - how often do you ask your class to read a paper... and how often do you actually explain how they should do it? As a student, how often has someone actually walked you through how to understand scientific publications.... my guess is not enough! Teaching from scientific publications is great, but they take practice to get onto the style of writing....

Cooperation, altruism and kin selection 16.08.2023 30:44

Send a text On this episode of BioAudio, Prof. Gerry Carter and I talk about the complexity of understanding the evolution of cooperation in animals groups

Mate Choice, Parental Investment, Competition and Sexual Selection 15.08.2023 31:27

Send a text In this episode Prof. Ryan Gregory of the University of Guelph and I discuss how sexual selection explains the evolution of traits that seem to have a cost to an individual's survival. It's the battle of the sexes on the BioAudio podcast.

Types of selection 14.08.2023 20:32

Send a text In this episode of the BioAudio podcast I talk to 3rd year undergraduate student Ghazal Hooshyar and she's going to explain to me what she's learned about different types of selection.

Darwin's evidence for natural selection 13.08.2023 29:01

Send a text Dr. Dave Hone from Queen Mary University of London returns to talk about what evidence Darwin presented to argue for Natural Selection as the mechanism of evolution in nature.

Charles Darwin: the making of a scientific theory 12.08.2023 29:55

Send a text In this episode Dr. Dave Hone from Queen Mary University of London joins me to talk about the life of Charles Darwin and how he developed natural selection as a mechanism for evolution.

Evolution before Darwin 11.08.2023 28:26

Send a text In our first full episode Dr. Mark Vicari and I look at the sorts of discussions about evolution that happened before Charles Darwin came along. Many students mistakenly think Darwin "invented" evolution but the question of whether species were fixed or changed through time was discussed and debated for thousands of years before he was born. This is a quick overview of some...

Trailer: Welcome to BioAudio the teaching podcast 10.08.2023 3:11

Send a text Trailer - where I explain just what it is I'm doing! Welcome to the BioAudio Podcast. I'm Professor Elizabeth Clare a biologist who has taught in both the UK and Canada. X (formerly twitter) @Dr_bat_girl Mastodon @ProfBatGirl@ecoevo.social