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'#MadeAtUCL Disruptive Discoveries' talks to UCL researchers who are answering life's big questions; from green infrastructure to artificial intelligence, space exploration to treating cancer. Hear the minds behind the amazing discoveries in this podcast series hosted by recent UCL graduate, Suzie McCarthy.

Find out more about UCL's top Disruptive Discoveries:

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'#MadeAtUCL Disruptive Discoveries' talks to UCL researchers who are answering life's big questions; from green infrastructure to artificial intelligence, space exploration to treating cancer. Hear the minds behind the amazing discoveries in this podcast series hosted by recent UCL graduate, Suzie McCarthy.

Find out more about UCL's top Disruptive Discoveries:

www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl

    #MadeAtUCL Podcast: Episode 1

    #MadeAtUCL Podcast: Episode 1

    Episode one: Appearances - Each of these stories suggests that there is more than meets the eye and it's worth taking a second look.

    - Prof Mark Thomas on Cheddar Man: Britain's oldest skeleton had dark skin but that's not so surprising as you might think

    - Prof Ruth Morgan on Interpretation of Forensics: context influences how evidence is understood

    - Prof Dryden Goodwin on Linear: spending time looking, drawing and talking to London underground workers

    • 27 min
    #MadeAtUCL Podcast: Episode 2: Transfer

    #MadeAtUCL Podcast: Episode 2: Transfer

    On Episode 2 we talk about things that transfer from one place to another. Discover how traces of DNA can transfer onto things you’ve never touched, leading to wrongful convictions. Hear about future technology that will send information on light waves rather than radio waves, and learn how antiretroviral drugs prevent the transmission of HIV between partners.

    Join our host, Suzie McCarthy, as she explores these topics with Professor Ruth Morgan, Professor of Crime and Forensic Sciences in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences; Dr Paul Haigh, a visiting lecturer and a former senior research associate within the Communications and Information Systems Group; Professor Alison Rodger, Professor of Infectious Diseases and consultant at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, and Simon Collins, HIV positive treatment advocate at I-Base, an organisation that provides information about HIV treatment to HIV positive people and healthcare professionals.

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    • 33 min
    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 3: Repurposing

    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 3: Repurposing

    This episode is about giving things a new life. How do we take something that has served one use and giving it another? Learn about a diabetes drug that has helped with Parkinson’s, how old industrial sites became an artist’s laboratory to produce new paint colour, and turning used coffee grounds into sustainable fuel.

    Join our host, Suzie McCarthy, as she explores these topics with Tom Foltynie, Professor of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences; Onya McCausland, Senior Research Fellow at the Slade School of Fine Art; and Paul Hellier, Lecturer in Engines and Fuels in the Engineering Department.

    '#MadeAtUCL Disruptive Discoveries' talks to UCL researchers answering life's big questions; from green infrastructure to artificial intelligence, space exploration to treating cancer.

    Find out more about UCL's top Disruptive Discoveries: bit.ly/MadeAtUCL

    www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/stories/can-old-drugs-perform-new-tricks
    www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/stories/creating-colours-coalfields

    • 29 min
    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 4: Maps

    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 4: Maps

    Episode 4 of #MadeAtUCL is all about maps! We're bringing you the glamour of prostate imaging, decoding a document of hidden histories from Northern Ireland and learning how maps can protect forests around the world.

    - Prof Mark Emberton on The Tumour Hunters: precision targeting for prostate cancer

    - Prof Tim Weyrich on the Great Parchment Book rising from the ashes

    - Prof Jerome Lewis on Citizen Science that helps conserve wildlife

    www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts

    • 27 min
    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 5: What came before us

    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 5: What came before us

    This episode was created during lockdown and a timely reflection on what came before us.

    Hear about historical figures from World War 1 to extinct species because of climate change and unearthed ancient fossils as Suzie takes you back in time with our UCL experts:

    - Vicky Price, Head of Outreach at UCL Special Collections, Library Services
    - Professor Richard Pearson, Professor of Ecology, Genetics, Evolution & Environment in the Division of Biosciences
    - Dr Dominic Papineau, Lecturer in Geochemistry and Astrobiology

    Find out more on: www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts

    • 32 min
    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 6: Perspectives

    #MadeAtUCL Podcast Episode 6: Perspectives

    This episode we reflect on the need to listen to a whole range of different perspectives. We follow the flight of a senior Nazi and ask 'why do people do terrible things?'. We tour London's ever-changing Queer scene, imagining the night-life of the future. And we venture to South America, where we seek the path to paradise with the Guarani and Ashaninka peoples, who have important environmental wisdom that we can't afford to lose.

    Join Suzie as she explores various perspectives with:

    • Prof Philippe Sands (UCL Laws)
    • Prof Ben Campin (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Urban Laboratory) and Lo Marshall (UCL Geography)
    • Prof Jerome Lewis (UCL Anthropology)

    For the transcript and more info visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts

    • 38 min

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