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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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Friday Aug 11, 2017
Friday Aug 11, 2017
Roger and Taniya chat with Applied Mathematics Master's student, Navneeth Mohan, about his work exploring the behaviour of predators and prey using math.
Hosts: Roger Hudson and Taniya Nagpal
Wednesday Aug 02, 2017
Wednesday Aug 02, 2017
Joel Slade, PhD candidate in the Biology Department at Western, tells hosts Sabrina and Yimin about how he secured a postdoc position at Michigan State University. He shares his experiences on how and when he started looking for positions, what he prepared, and where to look.
Hosts: Yimin Chen and Sabrina Hope
Friday Jul 28, 2017
Friday Jul 28, 2017
Hosts Yimin and Roger are joined by Heba Alnaseri, who is working to find out how to prevent opportunistic infections by the Staphylococcus Aureus bacterium.
Follow her research on Twitter: @hebastweets or @McGavLab
Hosts: Yimin Chen and Roger Hudson
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Robert Szabla, PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, discusses his research on Deinococcus radiodurans Bacteria and how it's pprA Protein allows it to survive 14,000 times more radiation than a human cell.
Hosts: Andrew Hanna and Alex Moszczynski
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017
On this episode of Gradcast, hosts Emma and Andrew speak with Jordan Edwards, a first-year PhD student in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics.
Edwards studies the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in the Canadian immigrant and refugee population.
Hosts: Emma Bridgwater and Andrew Hanna
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017
Hosts Taniya and Susan talk to fellow Gradcast committee member Emma Bridgwater about how the human brain interpret sounds, and how you can measure it in sleeping subjects.
Hosts: Taniya Nagpal and Susan Anthony
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Andrew and Yimin speak with Mary Blake Bonn about the role of voices in musical understanding, as well as her work as the president of SOGS.
Hosts: Andrew Hanna and Yimin Chen
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
In this episode, Tristan and Yimin talk to Sally Norris and Thea Knowles about their work launching the first Canadian chapter of R-Ladies - a group dedicated to promoting the R programming language and statistical package to women in the research community.
Hosts: Tristan Johnston and Yimin Chen
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Hosts Ariel Frame and Yimin Chen chat with Mohamed Gatie about stem cells and their role in embryo development.
Hosts: Ariel Frame and Yimin Chen
Wednesday Jun 07, 2017
Wednesday Jun 07, 2017
Andrew Harris talks with Yimin and Alex about how ultrasound imaging can be used to create 3D pictures to improve medical diagnoses.
Hosts: Yimin Chen and Alex Moszczynski
