Science Blender

Aravind Natarajan stands at the interface of biology and engineering. During his PhD, he modified bacteria to glycosylate proteins, potentially paving the way for mass production of medicines, vaccines, and other biological products. Here, he shares his thoughts on living in the U.S. as an international, facing down systems of inequality, and starting the Science Blender podcast!

Published: March 11, 2021 Hosts: Rachael Mady and Charlie Heinke

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Growing up in Ivory Coast, Dave witnessed death caused by preventable diseases, which led him on a life mission to protect people from getting sick. As a PhD student in Chemical Engineering, Dave is developing a novel method to produce vaccines using outer membrane vesicles from bacteria.

Published: February 1, 2021 Hosts: Abhishek Sharma and Alicia Aquino

Music Credits: The episode contains the following pieces of music from Podington Bear under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License: Arp and Piano Beat, A Thought, Bass Rider, Charmed, Chrome Muffler, Clair De Lune (Synth Arr.), Dry Air, Fives, Fragile Do Not Drop, Halflight, Lake Victoria, Poppyseed, Preservation, Sneaker Chase, Sweet and Clean, Tarnished Copper, and Trundle

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From a young age, Ghazal Shoorideh has always known she wanted to pursue a PhD. We catch up with her to see how she plans to transition from designing next generation batteries in graduate school to one day running her own business.

Published: August 7, 2020         Hosts: Alicia Aquino and Marc Goudge

Music Credits: Focus by A.A. Aalto (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Archipelago by A.A Aalto (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Ianicus by Javolenus (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License). The 1812 Overture was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and performed by Skidmore College Orchestra.

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Science blender? How about art blender! We talk to Laura Sinclair, our graphic artist, about her experiences as both a chemical engineer and an artist.

Published: January 3rd 2019         Hosts: Abhishek Sharma and Tyler Dunbar

Music Credits: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 – Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod  (Creative Commons Attribution License). Winter Mvt 3 Allegro (Four Seasons by Vivaldi) by John Harrison Creative (Commons Attribution Share Alike License).

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A book led to an early career decision that Joe Kuo never turned back from, but it wasn’t a straight path. Now, as a post-doctoral researcher, he studies the link between cancer and the mysterious sugar layer that surrounds each of our cells.

Published: November 8th 2019Hosts: Kevin Weyant and Richa Agrawal

Music Credits: Let That Sink In by Lee Rosevere (Attribution License), Thought Soup by Doctor Turtle (Attribution – NonCommerical License), BMood by Podington Bear (Attribution – NonCommercial 3.0 International License).

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Doubting yourself? Feeling unqualified? You are not the only one. Listen in as we tackle this widespread dread known as imposter syndrome.

Published: June 17th 2019Hosts: Charlie Heinke and Monet Roberts

Music Credits: Kalte Ohren (septahelix remix) (ft. starfrosch) by septahelix (Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 License) Reverie (small theme) by _ghost (Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 License) Misunderstood (ft. Alchemistry) by 3lb3r3th (Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 License) Warm Morning by Ketsa (Attribution 4.0 International)

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Coming from Iceland, Arna made her way to the US to work on science useful for geothermal operations back home. Here she developed a new method to extract lithium out of geothermal wastewater. We’ll hear about how she navigates between the two cultures through her research.

Published: April 20th 2019Hosts: Alicia Aquino and Abhishek Kumar

Music Credits: Out of It by Andrew Bowden (Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 License) Upbeat by Jon Luc Hefferman (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License) Welcome to Blue Lagoon Iceland by BlueLagoonIS, YouTube Record Scratch by Luffy (Attribution 3.0 Unported)

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Some used to say lithium metal batteries were impossible. Snehashis’s strategy? Nanoparticles. Sneh shares with us how he followed his life’s current and wound up thinking about what happens between two electrodes.

Published: December 3rd 2018 Hosts: Joseph Brown and Charlie Heinke

Music Credits: Traveller by David Szesztay (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Murmur by Broke For Free (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Biomythos by Revolution Void (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Candlepower by Chris Zabriskie (Attribution License), Blue Highway by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Bouncing Ball by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License)

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Mardochee’s scientific curiosity started with wondering how international phone calls work. After college, he went to America to pursue a research career, though his home country of Haiti never left his mind. We will hear how Mardochee bridged the worlds of tech and chemistry, by applying machine learning to semiconductors. For more information about Emo Haiti, visit https://www.emohaiti.com/.

Published: September 1st 2018 Hosts: Laura Sinclair and Kevin Weyant

Music credits: Knockabout by Chad Crouch (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Button by Chad Crouch (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Gitanas Mjadas by Polka Madre (Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License), Crowd sound from Robinhood76 (Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 License), Lode Runner by Poddington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License), Ayiti Se by Mikaben (Fair Use). This episode is published under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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