Episode 13 - "One of my best friends is a poet" Phoebe Cohen

This week we are joined by paleontologist Dr. Phoebe Cohen (@PhoebeFossil) from Williams. She studies microscopic single-cell fossils from before there were animals.

• Undergrad at Cornell, wanting to be in biology… landed in earth system science


• Strongly influenced by the book “Life on a young planet”


• Grad school at Harvard


• 1/2 post-doc, 1/2 education-outreach at MIT


• Gigapan Photography


• Cambridge Science Festival


• The Story Collider Podcast


• Phoebe’s TEDed video

Useful Apps/Programs

• Wunderlist


• Evernote


• ImageJ


• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator


• Google Calendar


• Papers


• Strides


• 7 Minute Workout

Fun Paper Friday

This week we read about the nutrition of gut bacteria in a baby and how it can influence their behavior. You can also follow the author on Twitter: @Mammals_Suck

Allen-Blevins, C. R., Sela, D. A., & Hinde, K. (2015). Milk Bioactives May Manipulate Microbes to Mediate Parent-Offspring Conflict. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, eov007. http://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eov007

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Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin