Joram Schwartzmann and Tegan Armarego-Marriott

Plants and Pipettes

Science EN ↓ 176 episodes

Tegan and Joram explore the world of molecular plant research. How to plants sense their environment? What controls their metabolism? How do they store energy? Come along to an excursion into the very cells of all green things!

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Joram Schwartzmann and Tegan Armarego-Marriott

Episodes

Let’s find a moon tree 13.05.2022 51:09

It’s travel season here at Plants and Pipettes and so we thought we’d share some travel facts from the plant world! How do plants travel? Is collecting trees cool? How does humidity propel seeds forward? We have the answers.

And by cats I mean dogs 06.05.2022 1:05:21

This week, we’re talking about the worst favourite plant ever, keystone genes and how surfers can be scientists. Also: your dog’s breed doesn’t mean what you think it means.

A cat gap in the resumé 29.04.2022 1:02:21

Mysteriously we came back yet again for more plant facts. This week, we’re checking a plant’s pores, take about unextinct flowers and why some plants eat the very insects that pollinate them.

Eggplants and Pipettes 19.04.2022 57:58

It’s our belated easter episode! We talk about the Queen of Vegetables, the mighty eggplant. We filled almost an hour with eggplant facts, factoids and words that merely resemble a fact from a distance.

COWpeaMILK – it’s full of plantibodies! 09.04.2022 1:00:19

We finally found a way to market non-dairy milk as milk without upsetting any consumer or dairy company: cowpea milk. Plus: we discuss plantibodies, micronutrients and, weirdly enough, ocelot pee.

WHY IS THE DOG IN THE GREENHOUSE? (and where does the bee keep his oils?) 01.04.2022 1:07:20

We begin this week with a looooong discussion about the movie “Little Joe”. It’s fun (talking about the movie, not the movie itself. Don’t watch it). Also we have new research about epimutagenesis, grain-free ice cream and the benefits of weeds.

Stranger to the trees – an interview with Kat Austen 25.03.2022 1:05:13

Kat Austen is an artist and researcher based in Berlin. Kat was so kind to talk to us about her work about microplastics in trees, her view on science and art and her upcoming projects. Welcome to Plants and Pipettes: Kat Austen!

(Stop) trying to make photoaerogens happen, it’s not going to happen 11.03.2022 1:19:46

Have you heard of fynbos? This week, we discuss how the fynbos ecosystem withstands turning into a forest, what problems arise from academic bullying and why you’d pump nectar out of a flower.

Dinosaurs in car parks 26.02.2022 54:01

Joram is sick again but it won’t stop us from talking about plants. This time, it’s more plant adjacent: we’re talking about a weird new way some bacteria do photosynthesis. Also lots of clever animals and a tale of paleobotanical experiments.

Giggle Peas 18.02.2022 1:11:43

In this episode, Joram learns about wuthering heights and Tegan learns why chickpeas are believed to giggle in Germany. Also there is talk about red nectar, flammable litter and really old trees.

Neptune (fountain architect) 14.02.2022 57:57

This week, we’re talking about the link between the constructor of fountains, Neptune, and a small seagrass in the Mediterranean sea. Also more on X-ray microscopy and a discussion on who deserves to be on the author list (it’s Joram).

Some rings attached to some bits 11.02.2022 58:00

Hi! Heads up, there is a long spoiler for Don’t look up at the beginning. Did you know that we have chapters to quickly skip ahead? Now you do. Also, we talk about a very poisonous plant and how to move owls!

The abominable mystery of Wolverine’s claws 28.01.2022 1:06:09

We all have goals this year. Joram’s goal is to befriend a crow, but only if Tegan doesn’t stab him with her fantastically hard claws first. Yes, this is a plant podcast, we promise.

Plants and Mycelium – how plants and fungi work together 22.01.2022 1:15:54

We just read “Entangled Life” by Merlin Sheldrake and now we’re considering turning this little show into a fungal podcast. Before that happens, here is an episode of all things we love about fungi and plants together.

Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution (band) – All Flesh Tomato, Oxygen Generating Archaea, Biophony 14.01.2022 1:08:43

And we’re back from the winter/summer break/non-break. We are talking about a perfect tomato, smoke smelling trees and the science of listening to the environment.

Day 24 – Merry Christmas 24.12.2021 2:10