15 episodes
Pear Review Club Pear Review Club
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It's a podcast about funny, weird and wild science, presented by wilder scientists!
In the style of a journal club, join Vicky, Bonnie and Jack where each episode one of them will present on some of the funnier and fun side science. From putting dead fish into MRIs to combining bread, AI and cancer pathology no topic is too big, too small or too weird for these three. Listen in, as together, they have a bit of a laugh and maybe even learn some lessons or two along the way.
Email: the.pear.review.pod@gmail.com
Insta and Twitter: @PearReviewClub
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Whale Power
Bonnie's back from Spain, which means the crew's back for another episode! This time around Bonnie covers the story of how one whale model souvenir expanded into an idea of efficiency from sea to land to a whole company creating blades for fans and wind turbines across the world. This is the story of Frank E Fish and WhalePower.
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WhalePower: https://whalepowercorp.wordpress.com/
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Bites: Chips and Dumplings
After a long hiatus, we're back with Pear Review Bites a (hopefully) shorter form of what we do best, fun science.
This ep, Vicky explores the microstructural characterisation of potato chips and Jack discusses the dumpling Degree of Doneness (DoD).
Papers:
Microstructural Characterization of Fried Potato Disks Using X-Ray Micro Computed Tomography: https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.13219
Dumpling Cooking - Modeling and Simulation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.09.007
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Follow Vicky
Twitter: @vicky__tan
The Chip Connoisseur on Insta: @_thechipconnoisseur
Follow Jack on Twitter: @jack_chan15
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Pear Review Special: An interview with Ricardo Garcia-Rosas (CEO of Virtetic)
In this episode, we're privileged to have Dr Ricardo Garcia-Rosas, CEO of Virtetic for an exclusive interview on his company and gain some insights on entering the start-up space.
Virtetic is empowering the prosthetics community through the use of Virtual Reality (VR). Virtetic has 'gamified' interventions for prosthetics users with VR solutions to make rehabilitation fun and interactive!
Find Virtetic: https://www.virtetic.com.au/ & https://www.linkedin.com/company/virtetic/
Find Ricardo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rigaro/
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Email: the.pear.review.pod@gmail.com
Find Jack: @jack_chan15
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Episode 12 - What the fork? Feat: Saki Kobayashi
Missing cutlery in your tea room? Yeah me too. This episode, special guest, Saki, brings a study all about missing cutlery that might give you some hints as to where your missing cutlery is going!
Find Saki:
Twitter: @Kobayashi1S
LinkedIn: sakurako-kobayashi-655681217
Find us on:
Twitter & Instagram: @PearReviewClub
Email: the.pear.review.pod@gmail.com
Find Jack and Vicky: @jack_chan15 @vicky__tan
Sources: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/213/11/what-forks-longitudinal-quality-improvement-study-tracking-cutlery-numbers
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Episode 11 - Instant Noodles: An abridged scientific history
In the year 2000, Japan was polled on what they thought was their greatest invention in the 20th century. Their answer? Instant noodles. This is the history and food science behind that invention. From fabled beginnings in the Qing dynasty, to the collision of Asian and US innovation in the late 20th century and to why surface area to volume ratios are actually important, Jack leaves no stone unturned, no noodle uncooked in his magnum opus of an episode.
Find us on:
Twitter & Instagram: @PearReviewClub
Email: the.pear.review.pod@gmail.com
Find Jack and Vicky: @jack_chan15 @vicky__tan
Sources
Noodles, traditionally and today, Journal of Ethnic Foods: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352618116300828?via%3Dihub
The Humble Origins of Instant Ramen, Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/the-humble-origins-of-instant-ramen-from-ending-world-5814099
Remembering a man who used his noodle, Cosmos: https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/chemistry/in-science-today-remembering-a-man-who-used-his-noodle/
The Savory Science of Instant Noodles, Discovery Magazine: https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-savory-science-of-instant-noodles
A review of the alleged health hazards of monosodium glutamate, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1541-4337.12448
Brain activation by the umami taste substance monosodium L-glutamate via gustatory and visceral signaling pathways, and its physiological significance due to homeostasis after a meal, Journal of Oral Biosciences: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1349007912000801
Effects of salt and kansui on rheological, chemical and structural properties of noodle dough during repeated sheeting process, Food Chemistry: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814620322275
Using its noodle for success, Nippon.com: https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c00512/
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Episode 10 - Eels are weird (featuring Sri Vaidyanathan)
Eels are weird and Sri has returned to tell you all why! Did you know we still don't fully understand how eels reproduce? Or that eels are metamorphic creatures? Or that they go towards the Bermuda Triangle to birth young and probably die? Yeah me neither. Join us for another wild ride!
Find us on Twitter and Instagram: @PearReviewClub
Find Sri on Twitter: @srimayeev
E-mail: the.pear.review.pod@gmail.com
EMBL PhD Symposium: https://emblphdsymposium.org.au/
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