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#4-24 - The Brain, Memory, and Neuroscience - ft. Prof. Dr. Christian F. Doeller

Sep 8th, 2023 1h 22m

Today, Bea talks to Prof. Dr. Christian F. Doeller, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and vice president of the Max Planck Society. His research is focused on studying how the brain and the mind work.

#4-23 - Neuroscience, AI & OpenAI - ft. Dr. Jan Kirchner

Sep 1st, 2023 1h 27m

Tune in to our latest episode with Dr. Jan Kirchner, a member of technical staff at OpenAI, one of the most famous startups right now in Silicon Valley. We explore his career path, his application process for OpenAI and his work as a member of

# 4-22 Coping with Anxiety – ft. Damla Ulucan

Aug 25th, 2023 42m 8s

Today, Xiaoran talks to a special guest Damla. She is an influencer and a content creator in self-growth and wellness areas. And she is sharing her stories about dealing with anxiety disorder in daily life on social medias. Xiaoran and Damla t

#4-21 - The Role of tRNAs in Gene Expression - ft. Prof. Dr. Danny Nedialkova

Aug 18th, 2023 1h 8m

Tune in as we continue our series on RNA-related research. Today’s guest is Dr. Danny Nedialkova, group leader at the MPI of Biochemistry in Martinsried. We will explore her scientific trajectory and discuss various topics in the field of gene

#4-20 - PhD Life in the USA, Neuroscience of Pain & Pain Relief, Science Communication - ft. Lindsay Ejoh

Aug 11th, 2023 48m 22s

In this episode, tune in for Marcel’s conversation with Lindsay Ejoh, a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. They discuss some of the idiosyncrasies of doing a PhD in the USA as well as Lindsay’s research on the neural circuit mecha

#4-19 - Human Evolution, Neanderthal, and Denisovans - ft. Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause

Aug 4th, 2023 55m 57s

Today, Bea talks to Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. His research focuses on the analysis of ancient DNA to investigate topics such as pathogens from historic and prehistoric epide

#4-18 - Life of A Scientist - ft. Prof. Dr. Raffaella Buonsanti

Jul 28th, 2023 35m 41s

Today, Xiaoran talks to Prof. Dr. Raffaella Buonsanti, a tenured Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). In her research, Professor Buonsanti imple

#4-17 - Measuring the size of stars - ft. Dr. Tarek Hassan

Jul 21st, 2023 46m 44s

In this episode, Juli talks to Dr. Tarek Hassan, a Postdoc at Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) in Madrid. In his research he works with telescopes that are originally designed to observe very high energy gamm

#4-16 - Open Science within the Max Planck Society - ft. Open Science Working Group

Jul 14th, 2023 45m 56s

Join Bea as she talks to Lin Kyi from the Open Science Working Group of the PhDNet, a doctoral student at the MPI for Security and Privacy, as they discuss open science practices, specifically within the Max Planck Society. They also talk about

#4-15 - RNA Networks in the Brain - Part 2 - ft. Prof. Dr. Jernej Ule

Jul 7th, 2023 43m 34s

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he delves deeper into his conversation with Dr. Jernej Ule, Centre Director at the UK Dementia Research Institute at King’s College London as well as group leader at the Francis Crick Institute London an

#4-14 - RNA Networks in the Brain - Part 1 - ft. Prof. Dr. Jernej Ule

Jun 30th, 2023 48m 13s

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he speaks with Dr. Jernej Ule, Centre Director at the UK Dementia Research Institute at King’s College London as well as group leader at the Francis Crick Institute London and at the University of Ljublj

#4-13 - Cryptocurrencies and Cryptography - ft. Dr. Giulio Malavolta

Jun 23rd, 2023 43m 14s

This episode is part 2 of the conversation from Bea and Dr. Giulio Malavolta from the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in Bochum. In this part, they talk about cryptography and how quantum computers are useful in the field of crypt

#4-12 - Quantum Computers - ft. Dr. Giulio Malavolta

Jun 18th, 2023 48m 34s

In this episode, Bea talks to Dr. Giulio Malavolta, a tenure-track faculty at Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. He is broadly interested in the theory of cryptography and its connections with quantum computation, concurrent systems

#4-11 - The Nobel Prize Winning Black Hole -ft. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel

Jun 9th, 2023 1h 19m

Today, Juli talks to Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel, director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2020 together with Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive black h

#4-10 - Taking Images of Black Holes - ft. Dr. Gunther Witzel

Jun 2nd, 2023 1h 6m

Today, Juli talks to Dr. Gunther Witzel, a scientist in the department for Very Long Baseline Interferometry at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn. He is member of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, the Galactic Center

#4-09 - Climate Change and Human’s Lifestyle in the Middle – Part 2 - ft. Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore

May 26th, 2023 37m 41s

In this second part of this two-episode podcast, continue with our host Andrés Tangarife as he talks with Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, director of the Department of Biogeochemical Processes at the MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena. In this conversat

#4-08 - Climate Change and the Role of the Amazon Forest – Part 1 - ft. Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore

May 19th, 2023 40m 8s

Today’s episode is the first part of the conversation from our new host Andrés Tangarife with Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, director of the Department of Biogeochemical Processes at the MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena. Her research focuses on the a

#4-07 - RNA Research, Bacterial Epitranscriptomics, and NAD-caps - Part 2 - ft. Dr. Katharina Höfer

May 12th, 2023 46m 7s

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he delves deeper into his conversation with Dr. Katharina Höfer, group leader at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. In her quest to uncover the biological role of NAD-RNAs, Dr. Höfer discov

#4-06 - RNA Research, Bacterial Epitranscriptomics, and NAD-caps - Part 1 - ft. Dr. Katharina Höfer

May 5th, 2023 1h 3m

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he speaks with Dr. Katharina Höfer, a group leader at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. They discuss Dr. Höfer's personal journey in science, her passion for RNA research, and her transfor

#4-05 - Data Minimization, Privacy, and Responsible Computing - ft. Dr. Asia Biega

Apr 28th, 2023 1h 20m

Today, Bea talks to Dr. Asia Biega, a computer scientist and group leader of the Responsible Computing group at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. Her research focuses on responsible computing principles for information access a

#4-04 - Gravitational Waves from Black Holes - ft. Dr. Frank Ohme

Apr 21st, 2023 1h 4m

Today, Juli talks to Dr. Frank Ohme, a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, a member of LIGO which stands for "Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory", the world's largest gravitational wave observat

#4-03 - Black Holes, Spacetime and Relativity - ft. Dr. Laura Sberna

Apr 14th, 2023 1h 6m

Today, Juli talks to Dr. Laura Sberna, a junior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, about the concepts of black holes, spacetime and general relativity, as well as her recent research concerning gravitational waves.

#4-02 - Centenarians, Biological Clocks, and Reversing Ageing - ft. Dr. Joris Deelen

Apr 7th, 2023 1h 20m

Today, Bea talks to Dr. Joris Deelen again after one year, about his research progress in the field of ageing and whether we are closer to understanding why some people age more healthily than others. Dr. Joris Deelen is a group leader at the

#4-01 - Introduction to Season 4 - ft. All Hosts

Mar 31st, 2023 20m 42s

In this episode, our hosts (Juli, Bea, Andres, Marcel, Xiaoran and Jaswanth) talk about the topics they will discuss in season 4, and the expectations they have. The new season will includes more physics and open science discussions.If you wan