GradCast

143 | What Does Stress Smell Like For a Bird?

A little bird told us that Chlöe Carter was studying stress and memory in birds. Chlöe tells Ariel and Charlotte about her work testing whether stressful smells, sights and sounds can illicit fear and alter memory. 

 

Hosts: Ariel Frame and Charlotte Panneton

 

Produced by Susan Anthony

142 | A Love Affair With Streaming Media

Yimin and Taniya chat with "baby Master student" Charlotte Panneton about navigating graduate studies, her interest in the online video streaming platform 'Twitch' and her love for community radio.

 

Hosts: Yimin Chen and Taniya Nagpal

 

Produced by Susan Anthony

141 | Square Off With Memory

Roger and Taniya chat with PhD Candidate Erin Shellington about the potential of 'Square Stepping Exercise' on improving cognition, mobility and mood in older adults. We also get insight on what the end of a PhD degree is like!

 

Hosts: Roger Hudson and Taniya Nagpal

 

Produced by Susan Anthony

140 | The Birds and the Beats

Ariel and Chantal chirp with Brendon Samuels about beat perception in birds and humans.

Hosts: Ariel Frame and Chantal Lemire

Produced by Susan Anthony

Special Episode: LUNAR SPECIAL - Observing the moon

Navaneeth and Roger speak with Danny Bednar, Patrick Hill, and Zack Morse about the upcoming international observe the moon night occurring on October 28th 2017. 

 

Hosts: Roger Hudson and Navaneeth Mohan

 

Produced by Susan Anthony

139 | Time's are changin', the climate is too

Danny Bednar joins Roger and Navaneeth to speak about his research on geography and Canada's role in adapting to climate change.

Hosts: Roger Hudson and Navaneeth Mohan

 

Producer: Susan Anthony

138 | The Latest Scoop on Parkinson's Disease

Sabrina and Ariel pick Simon Benoit's brain about Parkinson's and his unique approach to studying this neurodegenerative disease. 

 

Hosts: Ariel Frame and Sabrina Hope

 

 

Produced by Susan Anthony

137 | The Overwhelmed Brain

Roger and Ariel speak with Niveen Fulcher about sensory motor gating, and it's relation to autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.

 

Hosts: Ariel Frame and Roger Hudson

 

Produced by Susan Anthony

136 | Making Precise Errors

Jeremy Lant is at an interesting point in his graduate career. He might have just cracked open a novel cure to a wide range of genetic disorders. With Yimin and Navaneeth, join us to know how he uses tRNA dependent mistranslation to recode the genetic blueprint. 

 

Hosts: Yimin Chen and Navaneeth Mohan

 

 

Producer: Susan Anthony

135 | Hit Replay

Ariel and Taniya chat with Krys Wieczerzak about her work measuring brain waves in the auditory cortex and the importance of reproducing results in research. 

 

Hosts: Ariel Frame and Taniya Nagpal

Producer: Susan Anthony