Tagged: biology
scientist 68: the crop scientist – Julian Little & products for farming (2014)
This podcast concerns the science of food crops. The growing world population leads to a demand to farm the land several times more effectively than we used to. But growing crops comes with risks....
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scientist 66: the science journalist – report from the MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
Dr Chris Creese and Roger Frost tour the LMB-MRC open day exhibition and learn about body clocks and worms. Follow-up link Read more at Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
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scientist 65: the cytologist – Melina Schuh oocytes and reproduction (2014)
The topic is meiosis in mammalian oocytes, or how we make the eggs that make our babies. Molecular biology research happens at the Medical Research Council lab of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. The LMB...
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scientist 64: the molecular biologist – Hugh Pelham at MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge is credited for landmark discoveries and cutting-edge techniques. This podcast offers an overview of what the LMB do. On the occasion of the Medical Research Council centenary, and a visit by...
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scientist 63: the molecular gastronomist – Peter Barham on gastronomy (2014)
We talk with Peter Barham, a professor of ‘Molecular Gastronomy’ about what his delicious subject entails. He wrote the book “The Science of Cooking”. His idea is that “a kitchen is like science laboratory”...
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scientist 62: the science writer – big questions in popular science (2013)
The author of a riveting book called “The Big Questions in Science” explains how they researched How did life begin? Why do we dream? And when can I have a robot butler? Science writer...
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scientist 70: the biotechnologist – biosciences for Africa BFA (2014)
A Cambridge project seeks to improve farming practices in Africa by sharing advances in biotechnology. They’re called Biosciences for Farming in Africa (www.b4fa.org). Chris Creese meets one of their founders Dr David Bennett. There’s a ‘demonstration...
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