Opinionated Science

Opinionated Science Sneak Peek: The Future of Vaccines

Opinionated Science welcomes Dr. Armand Balboni for a remarkable behind-the-scenes look into the world of vaccines.

Lucy and Armand discuss everything from how vaccines are developed, to future strategies for global vaccination – including a push toward needle-free vaccinations.

Opinionated Science is a podcast by Technology Networks’, where our team of scientists-turned-journalists cut out the chewy jargon and serve up slices of the most fascinating stories from the world of science.

To listen to the full episode, click here. 

Opinionated Science Sneak Peek: Accelerating the Lab of the Future with Automation

Opinionated Science is Technology Networks’ homemade podcast, where our team of scientists-turned-journalists cut out the chewy jargon and serve up slices of the most fascinating stories from the world of science. 

In this incredible episode of Opinionated Science, we will discuss the exciting concept of the Lab Of the Future with senior manager of product management at Thermo Fisher Scientific Dean Mulyk.  

Dean will be answering those tricky questions of why organisations should be looking to invest in this concept, how artificial intelligence will be impacting the lab of the future, and if people will still be essential in this futuristic laboratory.

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Opinionated Science Sneak Peek: Optimizing Bioprocesses Through Innovation

Opinionated Science is Technology Networks’ homemade podcast, where our team of scientists-turned-journalists cut out the chewy jargon and serve up slices of the most fascinating stories from the world of science. 

In this sneak peek episode, Lucy Lawrence will discuss the world of optimizing bioprocesses with Geoffroy Malherbe, Senior Technical Sales Manager for Single-Use Technologies at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Lucy and Geoffroy will discuss how these technologies are being used to achieve process compression and their effect on biopharmaceutical purification processes of the future.

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Episode 49: The Emerging Crisis of ”Forever” Chemicals

This latest episode is an audio version of a cover story from our online magazine, The Scientific Observer. Writer Kerry Taylor Smith explores the spread of "forever" chemicals called PFAS. Persistent and ever-present, scientists are only starting to unravel the impact PFAS may have on the environment and our health. 

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The Scientific Observer Issue 18

Opinionated Science x Extraordinary Grace: Growing a Culture of Opportunity in STEM

Watch Grace's Keynote HERE. 

This episode of Opinionated Science is part of our latest podcast mini-series, where we are joined by esteemed STEM advocates, scientists as well as diversity, equity and inclusion experts who share their experiences interacting with and mentoring a virtual scientist named Grace.

Grace represents the next generation of scientists, but also, the underrepresented. She has the potential to change the face of analytical science; hers is an incredible, but fragile journey that called upon scientists across the globe for mentorship.

In this episode of Opinionated Science, we are joined by Farzana Azam who heads up Ideation at SCIEX as part of the Strategy and Innovation team to discuss the power of building a culture of opportunity in STEM fields.

By listening to this podcast, you’ll be joining an unprecedented conversation in science.

Now, wouldn’t that be extraordinary?

Watch Grace’s keynote.

Episode 48: From Culture Plate to Dinner Plate –The Lingering Promise of Lab-Based Meat

This latest episode is an audio version of a cover story from our online magazine, The Scientific Observer. In that article, writer Tanaaz Khan explores the “lingering” promise of lab-based meat, investigating whether this future food will deliver for the world’s rapidly growing population.

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The Scientific Observer Issue 16

Opinionated Science x Extraordinary Grace: Using Mentoring As a Catalyst Within STEM

Watch Grace's Keynote HERE. 

This episode of Opinionated Science is part of our latest podcast mini-series, where we are joined by esteemed STEM advocates, scientists as well as diversity, equity and inclusion experts who share their experiences interacting with and mentoring a virtual scientist named Grace.

Grace represents the next generation of scientists, but also, the underrepresented. She has the potential to change the face of analytical science; hers is an incredible, but fragile journey that called upon scientists across the globe for mentorship.

In this episode, voices of change, Arpana Vaniya, PhD and Maryam Goudarzi, PhD, discuss how we can achieve gender equity and more diversity in STEM disciplines through mastering outreach and mentorship.

 

By listening to this podcast, you’ll be joining an unprecedented conversation in science.

Now, wouldn’t that be extraordinary?

Watch Grace’s keynote.

Opinionated Science Sneak Peek: Proteomics Coming of Age: Recent Advances and Predictions for the Future

In this sneak peek episode of Opinionated Science, Lucy Lawrence and Dr. Steve Williams, the chief medical officer at SomaLogic, take a deep dive into the world of proteomics. 

This full episode podcast will discuss how recent advances in proteomics have been adopted in both pharmaceutical and academic research and are now core techniques central to drug discovery and disease research.

 

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Episode 47: Pig Skin Corneas and Memory Repair With Electricity

On this episode of Opinionated Science, the team investigate two technologies that suggest that take the “fi” out of “scifi”. Listen now to find out how one research group is repairing blindness with an unexpected source of cellular help and another is using alternating electrical current to enhance memory performance.

 

Opinionated Science is Technology Networks’ homemade podcast, where our team of scientists-turned-journalists cut out the chewy jargon and serve up slices of the most fascinating stories from the world of science. Expect a new Opinionated Science every other Friday.

 

Read more from this podcast:

 

Targeted Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Memory in Older Adults

 

Curing Corneal Blindness With Bioengineered Pig Skin Implants

 

Opinionated Science Sneak Peek: The Microplastic Emergency

Plastic is everywhere, you only need to look around you to gather small glimpses of how it has become a seemingly essential part of our life. However, given the sheer quantities we produce and use each year, plastic is one of our societies biggest environmental concerns. 

When plastic waste degrades, it generates micro and even nano plastics which have the potential to cross biological barriers and build up in organisms. These plastics have even been found to cross the human bodys blood-brain barrier. 

In this sneak peek episode of Opinionated Science, Lucy Lawrence and Professor Éva Valsami-Jones take a deep dive into the global microplastic emergency and discuss how micro and nano plastics are infiltrating life as we know it. 

This full episode podcast will discuss what current research is telling us about the potential hazards posed by microplastics and remedial options being explored.

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