Einstein A Go-Go

Einstein A Go Go - 10th June 2018 Dr Ewuan, Dr ChrisKP & Dr Shane News items: New Australian research revels the humble bee has an understanding of the concept of ZERO! The relative position of things: a mouse model, New horizons mission jump starts! First guest: Angelina Arora, Year 11 student at Sydney Girls High School has developed a new plastic! MORE Second and third guest: A/Professor Me...

Dr Shane, Dr Linden, Dr Laura, Dr Ray bring you this week's hottest science, including ice dunes on Pluto, cockroach milk, and the recent weather's tracking with the current climate models. The team chat with Dr Aya Mousa (Monash University, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation) about Vitamin D, how it works and what it does in various organs of the body. They interview Dr Tan Nguy...

In the studio this week are Dr. Krystal, Dr. Ray, Dr. Linden and Dr Shane. News: In preserving works of art it's sometimes necessary to remove adhesive tape using hydrogels . Today's first guest (via Skype) Rachael Dudaniec from Macquarie University talks about damselflies who seem to be in distress . Today's second guest (in the studio) Prof. Louis Moresi talks about plate tectonics, hotspots , K...

In the studio this week Dr Shane is joined by EAGG colleagues Dr Linden, Dr Ailie & Dr Ray The team kick things off with some science news; This week's focus varies from Hippo poo killing fish in Africa, The science of how ice skating actually works & finally new ways to test heart cells using graphene (with amazing results). First Guest: Is actually TWO guests this week. Associate Profess...

Einstein A Go Go - 13th May 2018 Dr Euan, Dr Jen, Dr Chris K.P. and Dr Shane News items: Chytrid fungus effects on frogs, Tutankhamen's radar results, Behavioural science of dogs and jumping spiders. First Guest: Elodie Camprasse PhD Deakin University ""Pint of science"" Bringing science to the pub! More HERE Second Guest: Dr Carlos Kuhn Postdoctoral researcher within FLEET Swinburne University of...

Joining Dr Shane is Dr Ray, Dr Laura with two studio guests. In news, obesity is linked with fewer taste buds; Helium in the universe; and water purification. First guest is Rebecca Orrell-Trigg, PhD student within FLEET at RMIT University is using liquid metals to synthesise 2D (atomically thin) materials for use in future ultra-low energy electronic devices. The work allows her to apply her inor...

In this special episode, Dr Shane is in the performance space with a live audience to celebrate 3RRR April Amnesty. Guest Ashley Bush, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Melbourne discusses his amazing new work and clinical trial on Alzheimer's Disease. Twitter: Einstein A Go Go

Dr Shane, Dr Ailie and Dr Krystal bring you this week's hottest science! They discuss industrialised society's traces in the geological record, flesh-eating bacteria, and the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef. They chat to Dr Matthew Currell, hydrogiologist from RMIT University, about the limits of the modelling of groundwater flows. They also speak with Professor Robyn E O'Hehir, Professor/Dir...

In the studio this week are Dr. Linden, Dr. Catherine and Dr Shane. News: Discovering what the Mantis shrimp can see and the mortality of people with night sleep patterns . Today's first guests (in the studio) Dr. David Farmer and Jackson Voorhaar from the Comedy festival talk about their show Why you're Not Dead Yet! and Dr. Farmer's work in neuroscience. Tickets: http://www.looponline.com.au/eve...

In the studio this week Dr Shane is joined by EAGG colleagues Dr Euan & Dr Jen. The team kick things off with some science news; covering a wide array of topics that include the use of Poo in space (and potentially back on earth) to create plastics; Technology being developed to potentially read peoples minds and the possible production of brain cells in 'older' people. First Guest: Dr Christo...

Dr Shane and Dr Lauren (via Skype from Ithaca NY) discuss what Lauren is up to after moving overseas to work at Cornell University on the bionic eye project, growing human organs and more on the NASA Juno jupiter mission. Guest Sarah Mojarad, Lecturer of Engineering Writing + Medical Education at the University of Southern California, discusses her work in science communication and the use of soci...

Joining Dr Shane In the studio this week is Dr Ray, Dr Krystal and Dr Linden. In news, plants and microbes can be friends; hookworms helping with diseases; and masers (microwave lasers). First guest is Dr Kate Sutherland and Dr Sarah Best, Stem Cells and Cancer Division, from the The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. The discovery of a Cancer 'signature' by Melbourne researchers...

Einstein A Go Go - 18th March 2018 Dr Catherine, Dr Linden & Dr Shane News items: Biological changes in aging, global rainfall data by the hour. First Guest: Professor Wendy Erber, Dean of Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences A new and highly sensitive way of monitoring leukaemia cells in the blood. Second Guest: Adam J. Walker, PhD, School of Medicine - Faculty of Health Deakin University I...

Dr Shane, Dr Euan and Chris KP bring you the week's hottest science! They chat about fake news, dinosaurs that dropped their tails, termites being reclassified as cockroaches, and shark populations in isolated areas of the Indian Ocean. They speak with Dr Laura Downie from the Downie Laboratory - Anterior Eye, Clinical Trials and Research Translation Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health...

In the studio this week are Dr. Ray and Dr Shane. News: there is no time for news this week. Today's first guest (via Skype) Dr. Teresa Ubide from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland who talks about crystals forming inside volcanos as they erupt . Today's second guest (in the studio) Dr. Hayley Dickinson who talks about the difficulties women face in resear...

In the studio this week Dr Shane is joined by EAGG colleagues Dr Ray & Dr Krystal. The team kick things off with some Science News: The team discuss the use of Sentinel hives in Australia to protect our biodiversity, an upcoming experiment involving a mega sized black hole to better prove Einstein's theory of general relativity and archaeogenetics; specifically comparing domesticated and wild...

Dr Shane, Dr Catherine. Dr Linden and Dr Elaina discuss Facebook usage, lightning, new exoplanets, Bornean orangutan population decline and the two guests team up later in the show to discuss the science meets parliament event. First guest: Dr Clare Fedele, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow and Communications Coordinator, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre tells us about her cancer research which is focused o...

Chris KP, Dr Jenny and Dr Euan join Doctor Shane in the studio. Woodpeckers, Cheddar Man and carnivorous plants round out the news. First guest on the phone is Mel Cosentino, a conservation biologist with a special interest in the impact of human activities on marine mammals from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Second guest in the studio is Dr Erin McAllum, NHMRC Dementia Research Develo...

Einstein A Go Go - 4th February 2017 Dr Laura, Dr Ray & Dr Shane First Guest: Dr. Kylie Soanes, Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub, Threatened Species Research Hub, National Environmental Science Programme, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, University of Melbourne. Identifying threatened species, generating and evaluating supportive strategies. More here Second Guests: Professor Peter F....

Dr Shane, Dr Jeff, Dr Jen, Dr Euan, Dr Linden and Dr Laura bring you the last Einstein A Go Go for the year, with the year in review: lots of new species, animal intelligence, giant penguin fossils, the end of the Cassini-Huygens mission, how birds warn each other, and physics of pouring wine without drips. Remember, ""Science is everywhere"", including: Program page: Einstein A Go Go Facebook pag...

In the studio this week are Dr Shane, ChrisKP and Dr Euan. News: cockroaches and their gait , kayaking and the environment , Boeing want to get to Mars first and Gay Marriage . First guest (in the studio) - Jacinta Humphrey PhD candidate at La Trobe University and member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria talks about Swamp Skinks . Second Guest (in the studio) - Kim Johnson from ARC Centre...

In the studio this week Dr Shane is joined by EAGG colleagues Dr Ray & Dr Jen. The team kick the show off with some Science news. Answering some of the age old questions; How do Scallops see? Historically is there any proof to the roles men and women have played in home life? And what is gravitational wave detection? First Guest: Professor Russell Boyce - Space Director at UNSW. Professor Boyc...

In the studio this week post radiothon are Dr Laura, Dr Krystal, Dr Ray and Dr Shane. News: Mosquito smartphone app.s from Oxford ( humbug ) and Standford Universities ( abuzz ); bacteriophages ; the changes in light pollution and how climate change will change volcanic activity . The First guest (in the studio) is Romy Zyngier from The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning who talks...

Chris KP, Dr Ray and Tall Poppy Dr Catherine, joins Dr Shane in the studio. In news, stromatolites, microfibre sensors and more data from New Horizon's Pluto flyby. First guest is Rebecca Delconte, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute PHD student and winner of the 2017 Picchi Award for Excellence in Cancer Research. Rebecca's work has helped to advance our understanding of basic natural killer (NK) cel...

Einstein A Go Go - 12th November 2017 Dr Lyndon & Dr Shane Get your 2018 Bureau Of Meteorology calendar here First Guest: Anthony Rea Chief data Officer BOM. Data governance and policy, acquisition strategy (planning our observation networks), partners (including satellite operators) and data quality. Second Guest: Professor Jenny Graves - Winner of the PM's prize for Science 2017 La Trobe Uni...