The Struggling Scientists

Today we talk about life as a 4th year PhD student and reflect back on all the struggles throughout the years. What did we enjoy, regret, and expected during this PhD.

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Today we discuss a Nature paper from Morinaga et al., They wrote a really interesting paper that is called Obesity Accelerates Hair Thinning by Stem Cell-Centric Converging Mechanisms.

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Today we talked with 2 PhD advisors from the AUMC doctoral school, Jordy and Mandy. They coach and advise PhD students in our institute and help them with the problems they face. We talked about thei…

You might have heard that taking a short cold shower has health benefits. We heard things like increased metabolism, more energy, and helps with weight loss. But this made us wonder, is there actuall…

In the First Author Talks series, we talk with the first authors about their papers, the Struggles to get to this point and life as a Scientist.

In this episode, we invited our good friend Denise van …

In this first episode of the year, we talked with Alex Cloherty. She won the international Famelab competition for science communication in 2021! We talked with her about this competition and about s…

For this Christmas special, we decided to make a crossover podcast with two other podcasting scientists. dr Yoah Sui and Ana Sui from the Grad School Confessional Podcast based in Canada.

We talked ab…

In this episode of our cutting-edge research series, we talk about a very interesting paper: Mammalian enteral ventilation ameliorates respiratory failure. Or as many people call it now Butt-Breathin…

In the new invited scientist series, we invite scientists to talk with us about their favorite subjects. In this episode, we spoke to Dr. Dave Speijer about how likely it is that other intelligent li…

Today we discuss the Science behind Dreaming in Black and White. We never knew there is actually a percentage of people that dream in black and white. So when we learned about this we wanted to know …

We have highlighted the Struggles of doing a PhD many times before. However, there are also so many amazing sides to doing a PhD that, at times, fade a bit to the background. Today I felt it was nece…

Today we discuss a paper about the Mozart effect by Quon et al., (2021) that has been recently promoted on the Nature Facebook page, namely: Musical components important for the Mozart K448 effect in…

This is the third part of our miniseries with tips for future PhD students. We talk about how to get the most out of the PhD application process. This is not only your time to apply for the position …

This is the second part of our miniseries with tips for future PhD. students. We talk about what to consider and look for when looking for a PhD spot that works for you! Also, check out Part 1 where …

Today we have a new episode about tips for Future PhD students. We have a lot of tips to talk about so we are splitting the tips up into 3 parts. Part 1: The PhD is it a good idea? Part 2: Find a PhD…

In the First Author Talks series, we talk with the first authors about their papers, the Struggles to get to this point, and life as a Scientist.

In this episode, we invited our good friend Maria Clem…

Today we talk about life as a Scientist in The Science Life series. And specifically about a Cursed Experiment!

We all know that sometimes experiments fail. Sometimes the results are not what you were…

Today we discuss the Science behind marathon running. Since Jayron is running a marathon in October we were really interested in learning more about this subject. With our major question: Is marathon…

Today we discuss a paper by Wright et al., (2021) about Gorilla Chest Beatings. This paper has been recently promoted on the Nature Facebook page, it is called: Chest beats as an honest signal of bod…

Today we talk about life as a Scientist in The Science Life series. This episode is about the first Congress after the Lockdown that one of us went to. What was it like? Let's find out!

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