Bobcats with Beakers

Teddi Matthews
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Tune in to the new podcast Bobcats with Beakers! I’m your host, Teddi Matthews, a current graduate student with a passion for making science accessible and fun. Starting at my very own college campus, Quinnipiac University, join me on my journey as I interview professors who conduct life science research. We’ll learn about their stories—what led them into the lab and the research they’re conducting now. Whether you’re interested in pursuing research yourself or simply curious about science, join us, because curiosity doesn’t kill Bobcats.

Episodes

  1. Borrelia, Bacteriophages, & Becoming a “College Professor in New England”: Meet Dr. Eggers

    08/18/2025

    Borrelia, Bacteriophages, & Becoming a “College Professor in New England”: Meet Dr. Eggers

    Meet Dr. Eggers! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Eggers Lab, which mainly investigates the genetic makeup of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent of Lyme disease), including the role bacteriophages play in their genetic makeup and how this potentially influences disease pathogenicity. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/christian-eggers/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    34 min
  2. A Man of Many Passions – Teaching, miRNAs, and C. elegans: Meet Dr. de Lencastre!

    08/13/2025

    A Man of Many Passions – Teaching, miRNAs, and C. elegans: Meet Dr. de Lencastre!

    Meet Dr. de Lencastre! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the de Lencastre Lab which utilizes C. elegans as a model to help investigate the roles of miRNAs in adults on aging and neurodegenerative diseases. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/alexandre-de-lencastre/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    41 min
  3. The Opposite of a Toxic Trait- Performing Toxicology Research! Meet Dr. McGinnis

    08/04/2025

    The Opposite of a Toxic Trait- Performing Toxicology Research! Meet Dr. McGinnis

    Meet Dr. McGinnis! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the McGinnis Lab whose main research focus is investigating the effects of the chemical spill- containing PFOS ‘forever chemicals’- into the Farmington River in CT, on the ecosystem and human health on the molecular level. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/courtney-mcginnis/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    38 min
  4. Shining Light on Rare Tropical Diseases: Meet Dr. Pilotte!

    07/28/2025

    Shining Light on Rare Tropical Diseases: Meet Dr. Pilotte!

    Meet Dr. Pilotte! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into Pilotte lab in which the overarching goal is working to create more sensitive and specific molecular tests for diagnosing rare tropical diseases. QU page : https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/nils-pilotte/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    20 min
  5. A Pipette in One Hand and a Laptop in the Other: Dr. Wolujewicz!

    07/21/2025

    A Pipette in One Hand and a Laptop in the Other: Dr. Wolujewicz!

    Meet Dr. Wolujewicz! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Wolujewicz lab, whose focus is to gain a deeper understanding of genetic disorders using computational genomics. QU page : https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/paul-wolujewicz/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    31 min
  6. A Journey from Monkeys to Microbes: Meet Dr. Reed!

    07/11/2025

    A Journey from Monkeys to Microbes: Meet Dr. Reed!

    Meet Dr. Reed!  Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.    Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Reed Lab, whose main research focus is investigating the mechanisms by which Coxiella burnetii evades host immune defenses and “takes over” the host’s cellular machinery for its own survival—bad for us, good for them.  QU page:  https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/shawna-reed-phd/   Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    32 min
  7. Dr. Kaplan

    04/15/2025

    Dr. Kaplan

    Meet Dr. Kaplan!  Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.    Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Kaplan lab which researches the effects of a group of plasticizer chemicals, phthalates, on behavior. Her lab uses a variety of model organisms such as fish, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, amphipods, and more!  QU page:  https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/lisa-kaplan/   Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    28 min
  8. Dr. Samarakkody

    04/08/2025

    Dr. Samarakkody

    Meet Dr. Samarakkody!  Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.    Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into Dr. Samarakkody’s research which seeks to find small molecules that may help to better equip human cells in performing DNA damage repair, damage that otherwise left unresolved, can contribute to breast cancer pathogenesis.   QU page: ⁠https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/sanoji-samarakkody/    Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/

    23 min
  9. Dr. Magie

    04/01/2025

    Dr. Magie

    Meet Dr. Craig Magie!   Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.   Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Magie lab which explores the development of the early embryo, using sea anemones as a model organism.   QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/craig-magie/

    20 min
  10. Dr. Lawson

    03/25/2025

    Dr. Lawson

    Meet Dr. Sarah Lawson! 🐝  Bobcat 🐯: We get a peek into her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.   Beaker 🧪: We also learn about the main topics of her research lab, how nutrition affects native pollinator health and gaining a better understanding of the evolution of social behavior.   QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/sarah-lawson/  ⁠

    33 min
  11. Dr. Hanlon

    03/17/2025

    Dr. Hanlon

    Meet Dr. Caitlin Hanlon! 🪰 Bobcat 🐯: We get a peek into her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University. Beaker 🧪: We also learn about the main topic of her research lab, G-protein coupled receptors during embryonic development using fruit flies as a model organism. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/caitlin-hanlon/   LabMath app: https://rpubs.com/cahanlon/LabMath

    36 min

  12. TRAILER

    Bobcats with Beakers Podcast Trailer

    Tune in to the new podcast Bobcats with Beakers! I’m your host, Teddi Matthews, a current graduate student with a passion for making science accessible and fun. Starting at my very own college campus, Quinnipiac University, join me on my journey as I interview professors who conduct life science research. We’ll learn about their stories—what led them into the lab and the research they’re conducting now. Whether you’re interested in pursuing research yourself or simply curious about science, join us, because curiosity doesn’t kill Bobcats.

    1 min

Trailer

About

Tune in to the new podcast Bobcats with Beakers! I’m your host, Teddi Matthews, a current graduate student with a passion for making science accessible and fun. Starting at my very own college campus, Quinnipiac University, join me on my journey as I interview professors who conduct life science research. We’ll learn about their stories—what led them into the lab and the research they’re conducting now. Whether you’re interested in pursuing research yourself or simply curious about science, join us, because curiosity doesn’t kill Bobcats.

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  • Creator
    Teddi Matthews
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    12
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