Beyond the test tube: a science podcast

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Beyond the test tube: a science podcast, is a place where we invite academics, professionals, and students to discuss their adventures in science, not only related to research, but also science communication, science art, education, and anything else loosely or closely related to science. Co-hosted by Dr Elaine Beaulieu, assistant professor in Biology at the University of Ottawa, and Dr Michael Country, graduate of Biology at the University of Ottawa.

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"Big Biology Podcast" host Dr. Marty Martin

Mar 15 2023 54 mins

For this episode, we spoke to Marty Martin from the Big Biology podcast - the best biology podcast around (excluding our own, of course)! Dr. Martin is a professor and biologist at the University of South Florida. Along with co-host Art Woods, he covers some of the biggest unanswered questions in biology. We ask about his research into sparrows as a real-world immunological model,

Back to in-person: the student point of view

Feb 14 2023 46 mins

After several years of being taught online, returning to campus, or even coming to campus for the first time, created its own set of challenges (and joy!) for students. Yassine, N'Nabintou and Breana, 3 science students at the University of Ottawa who are at different stages of their degree and with very different backgrounds, share with us their experience of the "return to campus

New hope for Lupus patients with Prof Eric Morand (part 2)

Dec 15 2022 31 mins

We resume our conversation with Prof Eric Morand on lupus. In part 1, we talked about the progress in understanding disease mechanisms, and how this progress can now lead to the development of therapies. So we'll learn more about the clinical targets now being pursued and how for the first time lupus patients can imagine being treated with better drugs, for better disease outcome a

New hope for Lupus patients with Prof Eric Morand (part 1)

Nov 14 2022 31 mins

Lupus has been a mystery for too long, and the treatment for this autoimmune disease has not changed since the 40's. Patients are often left without much hope for their future, which is especially devastating when considering most lupus patients are diagnosed at a young age. Professor Eric Morand, an internationally recognized rheumatologist and researcher at Monash University in M

Research at the Canadian Museum of Nature, with Dr. Danielle Fraser

Oct 21 2022 47 mins

In our second in a mini-series on science in museums, Elaine and Mike spoke to Dr. Danielle Fraser, paleobiologist and Research Scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa, Canada). Dr. Fraser wears many other hats too, including Director of the Beaty Centre for Species Discovery, Adjunct Research Professor in Biology and Earth Sciences at Carleton University, and Associate

VP Research & Collections at the Canadian Museum of Nature (Dr. Jeff Saarela)

Sep 17 2022 50 mins

We spoke to Dr. Jeff Saarela, VP of Collections and Research at the Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa, Canada). With over a century as Canada's natural history museum, the Museum of Nature is famous for its beautiful exhibits inside a rustic castle in downtown Ottawa. But the museum is more than just exhibits: there is a separate set of buildings, away from downtown Ottawa, with en

Dr. Eric Chen: Bioinformatics

Aug 18 2022 47 mins

Dr. Eric Chen (a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo) joined to explain how bioinformatics can clarify enormous and noisy datasets in biology. He also explains his work - past and present - to make sense of genome duplication, where organisms gain an extra copy of everything in their genome, allowing for redundancy and gene evolution.

The student-athlete experience in higher ed

Jun 14 2022 69 mins

Ever wondered what our student-athletes experience going through university? How the 2 aspects of their lives impact each other? We had the privilege to talk to 3 extraordinary students who finished their degree in science at the Faculty of Science at the University of Ottawa: Niève Séguin, a volleyball player now in her 3rd year of medical school, Jackson Bennett, a CSL football

Taking care of our water with Dr. Onita Basu

May 16 2022 74 mins

Horrific guidance counselling inspired young Onita to take up science at university almost out of spite. Lucky for us, because she is a wonderful asset to teaching, mentoring and of course, research in water treatment and water management at home and abroad. Dr Onita Basu talks to us about her journey into science and engineering and her research on treating drinking water and abro

SARS-CoV-2 and CoVaRR-Net with Dr Marc-André Langlois.

Apr 17 2022 72 mins

When the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic struck, many were left with their head spinning in disbelief or not knowing where to start in order to tackle this enormous problem with the minimal knowledge we had about this virus. Not this guy. Like the fastest dodge ball player ever, Dr Marc-André Langlois caught the ball on the rebound and scored, and we all cheered (or should!). Listen to this a