Phil Lang is Not a Scientist

Thanks to Chris for joining me virtually from my former place of work, Leeds Uni! https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/school-of-biology/staff/79/dr-christopher-hassall   Hassall Lab - Home The BioDAR Project on radar and ecology::  Home - BioDAR . The Extinction Studies DTP is here:  Extinction Studies DTP .

I spoke to Andrew back in February about a great many things, from informatics to family to Jack Birch. Andrew's York profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/masonandrew/ Most relevant recent preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.03.657659 Andrew's websites: https://asmasonomics.github.io https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/our-staff/masonandrew/ His LinkedIn profile: www.lin...

It was great to talk to Chris earlier this year about his life and career. His profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/chris-macdonald/ Foldable portable microscopes: https://foldscope.com/ The Garforth restaurant we mentioned: https://www.thestationhousegarforth.co.uk/

It was fantastc to speak to current Head of Department James Chong, a very friendly and accessible leader and someone who represents the fantastic, collegiate atmosphere in Biology at York. Please be aware that James' reserch involved anaerboic digestion and the treatment of different kinds of human waste - it's probably not an episode to listen to while you eat!

Pint of Science - what a great idea! I attended Pint of Science in York on 19 May 2026 https://pintofscience.co.uk/events/york/ Fortyfive Vinyl was a cracking venue: https://www.fortyfiveuk.com/ Some speaker info/links below Nicole: https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/nicole-levermore Océane https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772318.3791849

Jadie is a 'triple threat' - former year in industry student, GenerationResearch alumna and current PhD student/researcher at the University of York!! We talked about Jadie's student journey and her current PhD research . (Some of which happens at Jimmy's, even if Jadie wasn't famiiar with the TV show!) Jadie's recent poster from STEM for Britain can be found here: https://...

It was great to talk to James Moir about his work and research - and his time as Head of Department during a very interesting period of recent history!

Taking a break to get some new interviews recorded for Season 2. I'll be back in early summer... thank you for listening!!!!

Let's celebrate Rare Disease month with  Dr Noémie Hamilton , lecturer in Neuroimmunology in the Department of Biology. Noémie studies rare brain disorders - the  Hamilton Lab  is part of the  York Biomedical Research Institute  and continues to focus on neurological disease modelling using zebrafish and developing new therapies. Some useful links below Hamilton Lab site: https://sites.google....

I had a great conversation with Katherine about her life, her enthusiasm for science and her time in a band with Marcus Mumford! Fortunately, there was nobody booked in after us so it was a long chat. Katherine's profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/katherine-bridge/ Information on Katherine's recently formed company can be found here: https://www.antigonie.bio/ (funders welcome!!) This...

In this podcast I speak to Simon about his important research into the causes of bladder cancer, as well as his life and career. Story from Kidney Research UK about Simon's important breakthrough: https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/12/04/new-results-suggest-that-bladder-cancer-could-be-caused-by-the-bodys-response-to-common-childhood-virus/ The scientific paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10....

Merry Christmas!!! This is the final episode of the year - a very sprawling discussion with James that could have gone on for a lot longer... the converation is competely unedited and therefore feels suitable for a Christmas episode. (I think that makes sense??) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/20/are-you-an-otrovert-why-this-personality-type-could-be-your-greatest-gift Tim Minchin add...

It was great to speak to absolute legend Gareth about his career, research and experiences getting rodents stoned. https://neverstraysfar.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/comfort-eating-with-grace-dent/id1571446706 The Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1g7VVFyslWl2oI7qgp5zJU?si=25bc2321e2c34d0e https://www.ambiente-tapas.co.uk/fossgate

In a Placements Pod/Phil Lang is Not a Scientist crossover, I spoke to Jodie Malcolm for this eipsode. Jodie was a placement student at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics in Bradford a few years ago, went on to do a PhD at York and is now a Research Associate in the Department of Biology. She is York through and through!! https://www.bradford.ac.uk/ict/ https://rowntreepark.org.uk/home/the-park/...

Joshua is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of York working on some really interesting science! https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/joshua-ang/ https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/ Diary of a CEO   https://stevenbartlett.com/doac/

It was great to speak to Professor Katherine Denby about her current research projects, overseas experiences and how it feels to have your own wikipedia entry! https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/katherine-denby/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_J._Denby https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/centrefornovelagriculturalproducts/research/crops-for-a-sustainable-planet/improving-amaranth-nutrition/...

It was great to speak to Pete - podcaster, runner and TF Director! https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/peter-otoole/ https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/technology-facility/ Pete's podcasts The Microscopists: https://themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/ Flow Starts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzfAZrs5hqGcERqG1TuwLGkYIC9x58twt Garry Nolan episode mentioned in the ep: https://flowstars.bitesiz...

It was great to talk to Psychology academic Alex Reid today about his work at York. Alex's profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/amr507/ Here's a link to Alex's last paper on sleep. Why we sleep by matthew walker Cautionary Tales Podcast https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/cautionary-tales Dough Bakery https://www.instagram.com/doughyork/?hl=en-gb

It was great to speak to scientist, singer and general superstar Ines Hahn for this episode! Her staff profile is here: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/ines-hahn/ Group webpage: https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/hahnlab Ines is currently advertising two PhD project opportunities she has in the lab right now: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/mrc-dimen-doctoral-training-partnership-targ...

It was great to speak to Jillian Barlow today - researcher, senior lecturer and founder of GenRes! https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/jillian-barlow/ https://generationresearch.ac.uk/ Please support GenerationResearch on Giving day:  https://spsr.me/aCtG Also Batanga is very nice! https://www.batanga.co.uk/

Martin Fascione is a Reader in Chemistry at the University of York, working in carbohydrate chemistry, chemical glycobiology and glycomedicine. I know Martin through our work on the Generation Research project (https://generationresearch.ac.uk/). It was great to hear more about his work and research outside of that project and, of course, his love of Leeds United.

It was a pleasure to speak to Professor David Kent for this podcast. Dave is the Deputy Head of Department (Research) in York's Department of Biology, a group leader in the Centre for Blood Research and an all-round great guy! Dave's profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/david-kent/ Centre for Blood Research: https://www.york.ac.uk/biomedical-research-institute/centre-for-blood-research-a...

It was great to talk to PhD student Mahmoud about his research. He was a finalist in this year's 3MT (3-minute thesis): https://features.york.ac.uk/three-minute-thesis-2025/ The meaning of TAP: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/current-students-staff/current-research/tap/ Mesenbio website: https://www.mesenbio.net/ A podcast Mahmoud mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXzTbCEqCJc&t=1932s