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May 2013
In May, BioPOD visited the Edinburgh International Science Festival, found out about inbreeding in beetles and a fly that's threatening fruit crops, spoke to an Honorary Professor about his 30 year long career in science as well as taking one last trip to Millport's research station. These stories and others...
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BioPOD February 2013
In this episode, BioPOD finds out about an infertility gene in fruit flies, learns how algae will be affected by climate change, investigates how we can save our urban pollinators, and hears about the work done by the famous Edinburgh scientists that our new library is named after. Listen now to these and other stories...
BioPOD December 2012
In this episode, BioPOD discusses phenology, climate change and citizen scientists with Dr. Ally Phillimore, talks to Dr. Andrew MacDonald about the immune system and some media mishaps, and find out about two new discoveries that could help fight black fever disease (Prof. Malcom Walkinshaw ) and muscular dystrophies (Dr. Eric Schirmer). All those stories and more...
BioPOD October 2012
We hear from Dr. Alex Rowe (IIIR) about the cellular processes involved in severe malaria and Prof. Mark Blaxter and Dr. John Davey (IEB) about how butterflies avoid being eaten by predators. And we head to the sub-Antarctic to find out about doing field work on Albatrosses in 'BioPOD on the road', and in 'BioBITE' we learn how our bodies control cholesterol levels and how climate change could affect Colombian Ground Squirrel populations
BioPOD April 2012
In April's episode, Biopod goes on the road to speak to Dr Eric Fèvre in Kenya about his research on locally transmitted zoonotic diseases. We also speak to Mar Carmena about new targets for cancer therapy and find out about novel software for better understanding genetic data
BioPOD February 2012
In February's episode Keith Matthews describes a new cattle vaccination and Kelly Jobling explains how she found ubiquitin in bacteria. We hear how stem cells could lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease, and find out how the university has been engaging with the public.
BioPOD November 2011
Dr Katie Stopher tells us about infidelity in red deer and Dr Ben Longdon explains how viruses jump between hosts. We hear about the work of the University Press Office with Catriona Kelly and get some laughs with Bright Club Edinburgh.
BioPOD August 2011
Paul sharp sheds new light on the origins of the Malaria parasite, Patrick Walsh explains whats what we can learn from observing nest building in weaver birds, and we talk to the producer of the Nature Medicine podcast, who some listeners might just recognise.
BioPOD June 2011
Judy Allen sheds new light on Inflammation, BioPOD visits the Edinburgh International Science Festival, and Dan Nussey tells of his research trip to St Kilda in Science on the Road. Plus Biology World News Round Up, and PHD in the pub.
BioPOD Winter 2007
Warm up to the winter BioPOD! Dan Nussey rages about ageing, Richard Milne orates about orchids, Alastair Wilson runs the course on horse stud fees, and Ruth Corrigan gives a research round-up from the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research.
BioPOD October 2007
It's getting colder in Edinburgh, but BioPOD is just heating up. This month, Tom Little answers about cancer, Paul Hunt has a persistence for malarial resistance, Rolf Kümmerli proclaims on social games, and Sarah Hollingshead flavours the podcast with the taste of genetically engineered yogurt.
BioPOD September 2007
In the first episode of the new academic year, Judi Allen impresses about immunity, Valerie Wilson offers a tale about tail cells, Andy Gardner socializes about bacterial social traits, and Ivan Semeniuk ponders the potential of science podcasts.
BioPOD Summer 2007
BioPOD's summer special: Alex Rowe muses on malaria, Alexander Medvinsky broods over blood stem cells, Jenny Bangham converses about coevolution, and Ed Sykes gabs about FameLab.
BioPOD May 2007
This month on the podcast, Karen Halliday gets to the root of plant growth, Ana Coutinho moderates a discussion to stem the controversy surrounding stem cells, and Ed Sykes marvels about Nature Superheroes.
BioPOD Full Stem Cell debate
The debate about Stem Cells in full (the debate featured on the May 07 Podcast)
BioPOD April 2007
This month on the podcast, Chris French on anti-arsenic eco- E. coli, Andrew Millar clocks in on plant clocks, Heather McQueen gets personal about personal response systems, and a research round-up from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology with Ed Sykes.
BioPOD March 2007
This month on the podcast, Adrian Bird reverses the symptoms of Rett's Syndrome, Kelly Dyer identifies a selfish X-chromosome that promotes its own spread, and Steve Millam develops a new greenhouse with green credentials.
BioPOD February 2007
Keith Matthews identifies a protein that breaks the life cycle of the Sleeping Sickness parasite, Peter Keightley measures the rate at which harmful DNA changes happen, a research round-up from the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research with Katelyn Fenn, and a discussion with Aubrey Manning about his illustrious scientific and broadcasting career.
This article was published on May 14, 2013