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The official podcast of the Society of Graduate Students at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. We aim to showcase the innovative research that graduate students are conducting at Western University and appeal to various audiences including those within and beyond the academic community.
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Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
This week, hosts Charan Mandur and Carly Charron interview neuroscience master's student Ashlyn Hersey. Ashlyn describes her work developing a touchscreen-based task for assessing cognitive judgement bias and how our emotional state influences the way we interpret the world around us. She also explains how mice can be trained to perform and validate these tasks, especially when rewarded with tasty milkshakes.
Recorded on June 27, 2023
Produced by Jordan VanderBurgt
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
This week, former GradCast host Rhys Paterson returns with an update on her Master's research. Hosts Charan Mandur and Scott Walters learn about all things rocks: coring, libraries of stone, and rockin' drawings cumulating in a 3-gig thesis.
Recorded on June 20, 2023
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
This week, hosts Scott Walters and Ariel Frame are joined by PhD candidate in the department of Biology, Jessica Sinka. Jessica studies plant biochemistry with a focus on the role of a super molecule called "suberin" in potatoes during wound healing. We learn how potato scabs form, some interesting lab techniques, Jessica's favourite potato recipe, and some great advise for grads.
Recorded on June 13, 2023
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Sore back? This episode is for you! This week, hosts Amalie Hutchinson and Charan Mandur interview Taylor Shelton, an MSc student from the department of physiology and pharmacology. Taylor studies the protein TRPV4, an important cell receptor that when knocked-out, has different and interesting effects on the interverbal disc.
Recorded on June 6, 2023
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
This week, hosts Scott Walters and Carly Charron interview PhD candidate and past SOGS VP Advocacy Yousuf Hasan. In addition to discussing the topic of his graduate studies, Yousuf describes his approach to advocacy work and the impact this position has had on himself as well as the larger student community. 
Recorded on May 31, 2023
Produced by Jordan VanderBurgt
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
In this special episode, GradCast heads out into the field - literally! Hosts Amalie Hutchinson, Scott Walters, Jordan Vanderburgt, Carly Charron, Brittany Melton, and Mark Ambrogio do 5-second interviews with kids attending Science Rendezvous. They share what they want to be when they grow up, what the like most about science, and their favourite class at school. 
Recorded on May 13, 2023
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
This week, hosts Facundo Lodol and Mark Ambrogio interview Biology PhD candidate Matheus Sanita Lima. Matheus talks about how noncoding DNA might have important biological functions. He studies noncoding DNA segments in the genomes of mitocondria and chloroplasts.
To find out more about Matheus' research, check out his lab's website here.
Recorded on May 16, 2023
Produced by Jordan VanderBurgt
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Sara Cornwell, PhD student in Library and Information Science (LIS), shares some of the many ways that Londoners who speak more than one language navigate daily information tasks. Listen in as hosts Brittany Melton and Laura Muñoz Baena try and get as many tips as possible!
Recorded on April 11, 2023
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
This week, hosts Meghan Voll and Amalie Hutchinson interview Library and Information Sciences Ph.D. Candidate Mark Ambrogio. Analyzing Station Eleven, Mark discusses his research in readership typologies, who defines genre, and how science fiction can be thought of as an event, rather than static writing tradition. Listen to the end for some bonus SF book recommendations from Mark.
To find out more about Mark’s research visit his student profile at this link
Recorded on May 2, 2023
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
This week, hosts Meghan Voll and Amalie Hutchinson interview bio-medical engineering PhD candidate Kian Esmailian. Kian talks about his research on spread-spectrum ultrasound techniques, the Doppler effect, and how researching blood velocity can be applied to new medical detection methods.
To find out more about Kian’s research visit his LinkedIn at kian-esmailian.
Recorded on April 25, 2023
Produced by Jordan VanderBurgt
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.