RadioBio Podcast
1) Dr. Spencer Nyholm: Squids that Light Up the Night and How They Protect Their Eggs
We chat with Dr. Spencer Nyholm about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid and the bioluminescent bacteria Vibrio fischeri (now called Aliivibrio fischeri), and how they use b...Show More
2) Dr. Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler: Leaves Like Islands
We interviewed Dr. Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler, a professor of microbial ecology at Cal Poly Humboldt about her work on microbial community ecology on pitcher plants
3) Dr. Shannon Bennett: From the Field to the Museum
The California academy of sciences is one of California’s oldest operating museums and research institutions. It is an invaluable repository of knowledge about the natural sciences, is home to 47 mill...Show More
4) Dr. Folashade Agusto: The Math Behind Outbreaks
We’ve all heard of COVID-19, saw its impact on society, and probably even faced the respiratory illness itself. But is there… math behind this disease? And if so, can we use math to help fight COVID a...Show More
5) Dr. Ruben Michael Ceballos: The Shocking Truth about Heat Shock Proteins
Imagine you are at a hot springs. The water is boiling and bubbling, there’s the smell of sulfur and other acrid chemicals in the air, and it is unbelievably hot. Is it possible that life can exist in...Show More
6) Dr. Chrissy Hernandez: There are plenty of otoliths in the sea
There are plenty of fish in the sea… this week, we take that saying to a whole new level! Fish are incredibly diverse and their life cycle is complex; this week on Radiobio we talk with Dr. Chrissy H...Show More
7) Dr. Monica Dus: You are what you eat!
Nature versus nurture, the eternal question. We usually think of our genes as permanent, a part of our nature, something that is passed down to us and that’s it. But how much of our genes change as a ...Show More
8) Dr. Virginia Weis: Panic! At The Coral Reef
We live in a microbial world. From our own gut to the corals in the ocean, microbes are key players in the existence of so many organisms. Did you know that corals are not just single organisms, but e...Show More
9) Dr. Diane Campbell: Diversity from Adversity
Life finds a way. Even in the face of incredible pressure from other organisms, climate change, and pollution, species still find ways of persisting. Sometimes this pressure is too much, and populatio...Show More
10) Dr. Michele Nishiguchi: Ink-redible Squids
Imagine you're a squid, yeah okay its weird but just imagine it, you are a squid swimming at night. It's a dark night except for the light from the moon, and there is a predator roaming around looking...Show More