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Can We Grow Humans To Help With Toxicology? | Dr. Thomas Hartung
Hey guys, today we meet Dr. Hartung, a renowned researcher and professor from Johns Hopkins University. If you have a question on evidence based toxicology, this is your guy. We discussed the many…
Insects Might Be The Gateway Into Sci-Fi | Dr. Brent Sinclair
Hey guys, sorry it’s been a while. In this episode, I met with Dr. Sinclair, who is a Professor of Entomology at Cornell. We discussed insects and their interesting methods of fighting through the…
Polymers might solve everything | Dr. Austin Evans
Hello again! Today I’m joined by Professor Austin Evans, a synthetic inorganic researcher at UF studying polymers and how they apply to pretty much everything. He enlightened us on how polymers,…
Soon, ammonia fertilizer might be as easy as ever produce | Dr. Leslie Murray
Hello again, this is the second video I’ve posted today, but its only because I have a backlog of videos to edit. Today, we meet Dr. Murray, a professor in the Chemistry Department at UF, but also…
How parasites could actually save us | Dr. Rebecca Butcher
Hi everyone! In this episode Dr. Butcher, a professor at UF in the Chemistry Department, discusses her research on nematodes, a type of round worm parasite. She teaches us about how she stumbled upon…
The Answer to the Insect Crisis is a Tough One | Dr. Melissa Guzman
On the very first virtual episode, we meet Dr. Guzman, a professor in the Department of Entomology at Cornell. In this episode, we discuss the reason for the striking decline in insect populations…
Habitat Fragmentation is a Bigger Problem than you Think | Dr. Emilio Bruna
Today I was joined by Dr. Emilio Bruna, a professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Unfortunately, the recording malfunctioned so I lost the last 10 minutes of the recording.…
How we can implement Biologics as the newest drug | Dr. Matthew Eddy
In this episode we meet Dr. Eddy, a professor in the Chemistry Department at UF. He researches how the cell environment can affect drugs that bond to receptor proteins that sit on the outside of the…
The Best Way to Harvest Light! | Dr. Valeria Kleiman
In this episode we meet Dr. Kleiman, a professor in the Chemistry Department. She researches how effective different transition metal complexes are at transferring light from one molecule to another;…
Does bacteria smell like ginger or cinnamon? - Terpenoids have the answer | Dr. Jeffrey Rudolf.
In this episode, we meet Dr. Rudolf, a professor in the Chemistry Department, who researches natural product discovery and biosynthesis. He explains how he found terpenoids, a compound responsible…
The Major Hole in the Clean Water Act | Dr. Matthew Cohen
In this episode we meet Dr. Matthew Cohen a hydrologist in the UF School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences. In this episode, Dr. Cohen explains a major flaw in the Clean Water Act when it…
What gender is a moss - XY, ZW, or UV?!? | Dr. Stuart McDaniel
In this episode, we meet Dr. McDaniel, who is a professor in the Biology Department at University of Florida. He specifically studies bryophytes also known as moss. He explained the complex sex…
Molecular Interactions are as easy as ever | Dr. Alberto Perez
In this episode, we meet Dr. Perez, who is a professor in the Chemistry Department at UF. He revealed the ways in which he uses physics based methods and AI to study molecular interactions of…
Mass Spectrometry: Pulverizing Pathogens | Dr. Boone Prentice
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