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STEMcast is a McGill iGEM podcast that serves to highlight the connections between the largely varying subfields of STEM. We interview guest speakers from a diverse range of fields, bringing listeners into the loop on STEM research in biotech, AI, medicine, environment, math and much more!
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- STEMCast Ep. 43 | The Science of the Small: Diving into nanoscale capillaries and their applications with Prof. Radha Boya · 40 min. · Episode 43Have you ever heard of graphene, the world's thinnest material made of a single-layer of carbon atoms? Early in her career, Prof. Radha Boya asked herself, “if we can create a…
- STEMcast Episode 42 | Exploring how Artificial and Biological Systems Learn with Prof. Andrew Saxe · 44 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 42What does it really mean to understand how something learns, whether it's a child, a brain, or a neural network? In today’s episode, we sit down with Prof. Andrew Saxe, Professor…
- STEMcast Episode 41 | "From Controller to Contributor": How gaming is contributing to cutting-edge research with Profs. Jerome Waldispuhl and Attila Szantner · 1 t. 6 min. · Episode 41What if playing a video game could help advance scientific discovery? Welcome back to STEMcast: Beyond the Lab! Today we invited Professors Attila Szantner (Department of…
- STEMcast Episode 40 | “We are all made of stardust”: Learning about Early Planetary Formation with Prof. Paola Pinilla · 42 min. · Episode 40In today’s show, we welcome Prof. Paola Pinilla, Associate Professor in exoplanets at University College London. Together, we peer into her journey from a kid in Bogotá…
- STEMcast Episode 39 | “Curiosity is Edgework”: Channeling our Curiosity in Research with Profs. Dani Basset and Perry Zurn · 47 min. · Episode 39Welcome back to STEMCast: Beyond the Lab! In our most interdisciplinary episode to date, we invited Professors Perry Zurn (Department of Philosophy at the American University)…
- Episode 38 | Education, Math and Drag! Exploring How Queer Identity and STEM Intersect with Kyne Santos · 26 min. · Episode 38This week on STEMcast, we interview Kyne Santos, renowned math communicator and drag queen, known familiarly on TikTok and Instagram as OnlineKyne. With short content math…
- STEMcast Episode 37 | Empowering Diverse Voices in STEM - a STEMcast Special · 53 min. · Episode 37This week on STEMcast, we interview three professionals doing impressive technical and advocacy work across academia and industry, and ask them about their experiences with…
- STEMcast Episode 36 | “Specialization is for Insects”: Building Neuroscience Foundation Models with Prof. Adrien Peyrache and Prof. Blake Richards · 42 min. · Episode 36Welcome to the Beyond the Lab series of STEMcast! Today, AI is helping us understand what allowed us to create it in the first place: our brains. Although the intersection of…
- STEMcast Episode 35 | Handshakes between Methods and People: Fostering Collaboration at the Flatiron Institute with Prof. Andrew Millis · 38 min. · Episode 35Welcome to the Beyond the Lab series of STEMcast! With Prof. Andrew Millis, Professor of Physics at Columbia University and co-director of the Center for Computational Quantum…
- STEMcast Episode 34 | A Lesson in Science History: The Discovery vs. The Discoverer with Prof. Matthew Cobb · 44 min. · Episode 34Welcome to the Beyond the Lab series of STEMcast! This week, we are joined by Matthew Cobb, Professor of zoology (Professor Emeritus) at the University of Manchester, historian…
- STEMCast Episode 33 | “The Paper Beyond the Paper”: Publishing in Nature Neuroscience with Dr. Shari Wiseman · 44 min. · Episode 33Welcome to STEMCast: Beyond the Lab, a series where we explore the many hats that scientists wear. From professors embarking on entrepreneurial journeys to researchers involved…
- STEMcast Episode 32 | Nano-Physics with Peter Grutter: How do the Structure and Properties of Tiny Things Work, and What Does that Mean for Us? · 1 t. 6 min. · Episode 32Dr. Peter Grutter, a physicist studying and developing atomic force microscopy (AFM), takes this episode to walk us through the varying facets of his work. We begin by…
- STEMcast Episode 31 | Meet the Judges! Dr Asia Vighi and Dr Jeff Bouffard share their wisdom and perspective as iGEM judges. · 46 min. · Episode 31This special episode of STEMcast is cut from a seminar presented to participants of miniGEM, a mini version of the iGEM competition that McGill’s iGEM team runs for high school…
- STEMcast Episode 30 | Biotechnologies and Their Perception in India with Dr. Julia Freeman: How Can We Best Utilize this Technology, and What’s Stopping Us? · 43 min. · Episode 30On this episode of STEMcast, Dr. Julia Freeman walks us through her experience working with farmers in India to understand the impact that modern biotechnology is having on both…
- STEMcast Episode 29 | The Hunt for Extraterrestrials with McGill iGEM Founder Dr. Jay Nadeau: Are They There, and How Can we Prove It? · 37 min. · Episode 29This STEMcast episode, we are joined by Dr. Jay Nadeau, an astrophysicist currently part of the search for extraterrestrial life and a key founder of McGill’s first iGEM team. We…
- STEMcast Episode 28 | Plant-Fungi-Insect Interaction with Dr. Shireef Darwish: Everything About the Criminally Under-explored World of Fungi · 56 min. · Episode 28Fungi enthusiast and expert Dr. Shireef Darwish gives us a window into the third class of life on earth (after plants and animals) — fungi. After falling in love with these…
- STEMcast Episode 27 | Ecology x Evolution with Dr. Simon Daoust: How Parasites and Hosts Co-evolve · 34 min. · Episode 27In this episode of STEMcast, we join Simon Daoust to discuss the intersection of ecology, evolution, and medicine. We hear about everything from mind-controlling parasites to…
- STEMcast Episode 26 | Extreme Microbes with Dr. Nagissa Mahmoudi: How Does Life Survive Space, the Deep Ocean, and More? · 52 min. · Episode 26In this episode of STEMcast, we join Dr. Nagissa Mahmoudi — a biogeochemist at McGill University — in exploring how microbes live and thrive in various extremes. We hear how Dr…
- STEMCast Episode 25 | NeuroAI with Yohaï-Eliel Berreby: Finding Symbiosis Between Mind and Machine · 50 min. · Episode 25Join us on this episode of STEMCast as we explore topics ranging from NeuroAI to student entrepreneurship with Yohaï-Eliel Berreby, a current Ph.D. student at McGill University's…
- STEMCast Episode 24 | Deep Learning with Prof. Aaron Courville: What More is There to Learn? · 45 min. · Episode 24In this episode of STEMCast, we will be diving into the world of artificial intelligence with Professor Aaron Courville, with topics spanning from Game Theory to Explainable AI…
