For our 100th episode, our first and most frequent guest is back, Dr. Melissa Rice. Right before quarantine, we entertained a live audience at WWU with stories of missions past and details about the future Mars Rover launching this July.
If you would like to learn more about Dr. Rice’s work you can visit https://wp.wwu.edu/mars/
You can follow her on Instagram @westernmartians & Twitter @martian_mel
Who shapes the lives of science students? Here at WWU, two students edited and produced podcasts for their final project in a spring science communication course. They decided to feature people they admire.
This episode features physics major Chase Boggio interviewing WWU physics professor Dr. Takele Seda about his education in Ethiopia. The second segment features engineering student Maria Watters speaking with her mother, a doctoral candidate in Public Health Sciences, about when she ran a free clinic in Nepal.
What do all of these things have in common? GeekGirlCon. This annual fall convention in Seattle celebrates the various identities of geekdom and in this episode, we showcase how bugs can help kids through adolescents, how easy it is for children to connect science to the everyday world and the fun world of forensics.
This is our first episode covering 2019 GeekGirlCon.
To find out more about The Bug Chicks, Mmmmonsters and/or Geek Girl Con follow them on twitter.
@TheBugChicks, @mmm_monsters, @GeekGirlCon
During this global pandemic, do you want to hear directly from a medical doctor who specializes in infectious diseases? We did.
While stuck at home inundated with COVID-19 news, we thought it would be nice to learn from and get to know one of the people on the front lines.
Join us for an interview with Dr. Vijai Bhola where we talk about the history of vaccines, the current response to this outbreak and some positive words to help our anxious minds.
Image credit: CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM
How different are people’s paths into science and what are students going through right now?
Each spring Dr. Barber DeGraaff teaches a science communication course where students create podcasts for a final project. This episode features WWU student Khleo Isaguirre interviewing Biology professor, Dr. Adrienne Wang. This episode also features WWU student Kassidy Haluska speaking to other College of Science and Engineering majors about their choices.
What is it like to study and handle the African giant pouched rat? How do these rodents interact with humans? Dr. Danielle Lee returns to Spark Science to answer these questions by sharing an experience that you won’t forget.
Dr. Lee was a keynote speaker at the National SACNAS Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii and you can find out more about Dr. Lee’s work by following her on Twitter and Instagram @DNLee5 and/or watch her TED talks on Finding Landmines Using Giant Pouched Rats & How Hip-Hop Helps us Understand Science.
Image Credit: Laura M. Boykin
What if diagrams in biology textbooks were animated and could be viewed from any angle?
Dr. Janet Iwasa, Molecular Animator, TED fellow and Assistant Professor in Biochemistry at the University of Utah, explains how she began creating 3D animations and the impact within current medical research. We are also joined by my friend and past guest Dr. Lina Dalberg, associate professor in Biology at WWU.
I hope you enjoy hearing our attempt to describe visuals with enthusiasm.
To view Dr. Iwasa’s animations, visit animationlab.utah.edu