Travelling Science Jesse Crowe

Should you get vaccinated against the flu this year? That is the question we are trying to answer in this episode of Travelling Science!We will be discussing how the influenza virus spreads between us and what you can do to protect yourself from getting sick this winter, vaccinated or not.We will also talk about how the flu vaccine works, what it contains, and why we need a new influenza vaccination every single year.Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/dLGkPRxIywAGet guest updates ...

Antarctica is suffering. Temperatures are heating up, the ice is melting, penguins are getting sick, whale numbers are dropping, krill are being overfished…and it impacts us more than we might realise.In this weeks episode of Travelling Science, Dr. Jarrod McKenna shares the good, the bad and the ugly of Antarctica. We discuss the importance of krill, ice albedo, whale babies, avian flu, ocean currents, sea ice, overfishing, climate change and what you can do to help Antarctica!Watch the vide...

Today we’re talking all about epigenetics! What is it, how does it work and how can we use that information to protect our DNA and reduce our risk of diseases such as cancer.Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/yJTXCSDGDeEDr. Amanda Khoury is a Cancer Epigeneticist who is driven by a deep curiosity to work out how our bodies work and how a breakdown in our epigenetic processes can give rise to disease. Dr. Khoury’s work focuses on preventing DNA damage and developing therapies...

This episode shares some valuable PhD advice from Dr. Eva Lantsoght, host of the podcast “PhD Talk”. Our discussion focuses on the benefits and challenges of doing a PhD, and why you might consider doing (or not doing) a PhD.Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/Fjb3xKDEmnsDr. Lantsoght is a Professor of Structural Engineering at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador and a part-time tenured assistant professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Her field of r...

I recently travelled to India and participated in a 10-day Vipassana meditation course. In this episode I’m going to discuss what it involved, how it worked and the results that I observed after taking the course. Topics covered include:-Noble Silence, 10 days without speaking to another human-giving up all personal electronic devices-waking up at 4am every morning-meditating for 12 hours every day-being stuck with nothing but your thoughts all day, every dayUltimately, the course focuse...

How can we use microbes to improve our world? This is the kind of research that Dr. Taylor Szyszka lives for! Taylor is currently working on improving the process of photosynthesis in order to promote plant growth and improve crop yields, and she is also working on building novel nano-reactors that can do chemistry at a femtoliter scale.You can watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/MCgfQOgjZkYDr Taylor Szyszka is a protein engineer and synthetic biologist as well as a passionat...