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The AlmaMAC Episode 227 (Mar. 24/22): Protecting our peatlands with Emma Sherwood

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Peatlands are wetland ecosystems that are home to at-risk species, tremendous biodiversity, and are responsible for storing huge amounts of carbon. In...

The AlmaMAC Episode 225: You can't pour from an empty cup with Nicole Rakowski

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Burnout - a state of exhaustion, stress, and disillusionment - has increased across the workforce, especially in healthcare providers. In these settin...

The AlmaMAC Episode 224: Understanding the influence of northern vegetation change on hydrology with Erin Nicholls

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The North is warming at a much faster rate compared to the rest of the world through a process known as Arctic amplification. In Canada, particularly ...

The AlmaMAC Episode 223: Exploring the intersection between aging and immune response in lung infections with Kevin Zhao

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our immune response becomes less effective as we age and makes us more susceptible to infections. For instance, macrophages - white blood cells that e...

The AlmaMAC Episode 220: Preparing for GradFlix 2022 with Dr. John Bandler and Megan Vierhout

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the second year in a row, McMaster is back with its GradFlix competition! GradFlix is a university-wide competition for graduate students where th...

The AlmaMAC Episode 221: Examining plasmonic properties in semiconductors with Milenka Andelic

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Free electrons are responsible for a metal's conductive properties. When light hits these free electrons, they collectively oscillate to create a 'sur...

Random Walk 2.6: Joe Muise is changing student's ideas about physics (and attending CUPC 2021)

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Muise is a physics teacher at St. Thomas More Collegiate in Burnaby, BC, a CAP, NSTA, Vernier & Prime Minister’s Award Winner, and Step Up A...

The AlmaMAC 214: Understanding sex differences in the adaptive response to exercise with Mai Wageh

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Historically, people with menstrual cycles have been excluded from scientific studies due to concerns about how hormonal fluctuations during the menst...

The AlmaMAC 213: Antibiotic resistance with Pallavi Mukherjee

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Antibiotics are compounds that fight bacterial infections by either slowing the growth of bacteria or killing them. Antibiotics generally work by inhi...

Random Walk 2.5: Food at COP26, Virgin Vultures, NASA Attacking a Meteor, Ecology in Subnautica

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Jessie D takes us deeper into the abyss of Subnautica on Gamer’s Guide to Ecology Looks like yuh brought a haggis to a clahmet fight. ...

Bringing the bio-revolution to Canada: Towards a pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy (CSPC2021)

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Organized by: Genome Canada   Twenty years after the Human Genome Project, genomics is delivering on its promise: a big data science that—combi...

Marshalling Science, Technology and Innovation to Solve Global Problems (CSPC2021)

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My main takeaway from this session was that “we all want collaborations”. Many have industry-led collaborative approaches. I will say, a lot of th...

Developing holistic food policy in Canada (CSPC2021, Pre-conference sessions)

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019 a federal budget item was announced and $134 million was set aside for what is considered the first-ever FOOD POLICY FOR CANADA. Qualitatively...

Random Walk 2.4: Rock towers, Funding lotteries, Ecology in Subnautica

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we:  Are building towers out of rocks, because the US military wants us to!  Buying lottery tickets instead of writing grant prop...

Random Walk 2.3 - Diffusive Transport (a very special type of random walk!) with Antonia Kowalewski

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s random walk is … going to take up the whole episode this week. We have a very special guest this week. Antonia Kowalewski is an underg...

The AlmaMAC 200: How past climate change affects our present and future with Nick Randazzo

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sedimentary rocks are rocks which are formed from the compaction of other rocks or organic material near the Earth's surface. They can tell us informa...

Random Walk 2.2 - Gamer's Guide to Ecology, Sonar-Busting Moth Wings, Cosmic Rays and Electronics

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ok! This week, we are talking about risk, reward, probability, and money: If you were a moth, how would you protect yourself from predators? Researc...

The AlmaMAC 199: Nikoo Aghaei, genomics and lung cancer brain metastasis, Project Empower Circle

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Sawayra talks to Nikoo Aghaei about her work developing an in vivo functional genomics screen to identify novel drivers of lung cancer brai...

Random Walk 2.1 - Gamer's Guide to Ecology, Ig Nobels, Montreal Protocol, The Narwhal

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded for 2021! It’s like the Nobel prize, but with a better selection process. Just kidding, but only sort of. T...

Random Walk 30: Introducing Jessie deHaan and the Gamer's Guide to Ecology #1

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WATCH Last week we introduced Jessie deHaan and the Gamer's Guide to Ecology. Today, Adam and Jessie talk about grad school, ecology, gaming, and why ...

The AlmaMAC Episode 198 (Aug. 5/21): Examining the role of sleep and exercise on cardiovascular health with Josh Cherubini

08 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sleep deprivation is associated with poor heart health including high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and even mortality. While exercise has b...

The AlmaMAC Episode 197 (July 22/21): Blurring the lines between art and science with Kay McCallum

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Art and cultural heritage materials are exposed to a number of pollutants including UV light, mold growth, temperature/humidity changes, or gas pollut...

A Very Special AlmaMAC: The Caffeine Rabbit Hole at Fringe Fest

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sawayra talks to the cast and crew of The Caffeine Rabbit Hole which is debuting at Hamilton's Fringe Fest 2021!   THE CAFFEINE RABBIT HOLE &nbsp...

The AlmaMAC 181: Sydney Valentino on finding a common language for effort-based exercise

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do you relate exercise intensity from one person to another? Heart rate, perceived effort, lactic acid build up are some of the best methods becau...

The AlmaMAC 180: Jennifer Williams talks Contraception and Cardiovascular Health Research

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Sawayra talks to Jennifer Williams about her research on Contraception and Cardiovascular Health.    Follow Jennifer on Twitter @J...

The AlmaMAC 179: Universality of Music with Konrad Swierczek

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to The AlmaMAC! This week, Sawayra talks to PhD student and musician Konrad Swierczek about his research into music universality. Why do ...

The AlmaMAC 178: Sawayra passed her comprehensive exam!

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam talks to Sawayra about "comps". Thoughts and feelings, tips and tricks, and different styles of exams are the focus of discussion this week. For ...

The AlmaMAC 177: Dr. Chungah Kim on socio-economic indicators connected with suicide

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CW: Dr. Chungah Kim is an expert on socio-economic indicators connected with suicide, so some of the discussion may not be for everyone.

The AlmaMAC 176: Unconventional career paths with MAC Cast's Lindsay D'Souza and Ian Sharpe

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week I am excited to tell you about a new podcast series about university grads who took the long way around, so to speak. I'm sure many listener...

The AlmaMAC 175: Ben Davis Purcell on ATLAS, LHC, and Particle Physics

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Large Hadron Collider is made up of a bunch of different experiments run by different international collaborations, but it’s all happening on th...

The AlmaMAC 174: Rodrigo Narro Pérez on Earth and Environmental Sciences Research

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

NOTE: 93.3 CFMU HAD TO CUT THIS ONE SHORT. THIS IS THE FULL INTERVIEW. Welcome back to the AlmaMAC! This week Sawayra interviews Rodrigo Narro Pérez....

The AlmaMAC 173: Carmen Lee on ropes of bubbles, pottery, etc.

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Adam is back, and he's talking to his officemate, Carmen Lee.   Carmen talks about some of her new projects, existing in a pandemic, th...

The AlmaMAC 172: Sawayra and Pritpal Matharu talk Navier-Stokes, turbulence, and MATH

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Navier-Stokes equation is like the e=mc2 for fluid dynamics. It's like the F=ma for flow. It's used to model fluids, airstreams, flow of money, an...

The AlmaMAC 170: soon-to-be Dr.Dr. Sawayra talks about her PhD+MD program

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the AlmaMAC! I’m your host Adam and today we have the second part of my interview with Sawayra, the inventor and...

*ReBroadcast*The AlmaMAC 169: The Return of Sawayra Owais!

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We got a little out of sync with CFMU a few weeks ago, so let's get back on track. If you already heard this one, then you have no homework this week!...

The AlmaMAC #171: Human Rights-Based Policy with Rida and Sawayra (#170 next week)

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode is a very special one. For one thing, it’s the triumphant return of Sawayra Owais as host of the AlmaMAC. For another, she spe...

The AlmaMAC 169: The Return of Sawayra Owais

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hi hello, and welcome to the show. Today is a particularly special episode of the AlmaMAC. Actually, it’s probably the most Meta episode of the Alma...

Random Walk 29: Cats, Crows, and MeowTalk with Sabrina Schalz

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sabrina Schalz is a PhD student in Urban Evolutionary Ecology at Middlesex University, focusing on the speech perception of wild Carrion Crows in Lond...

Random Walk 28: Francesco Zangari on ComSciCon-GTA (pt 2) + 2020 needs another month!

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks again to Francesco Zangari! Follow him on Twitter, https://twitter.com/franthewriter1 And now, you may notice we still have a couple minutes le...

Random Walk 27: Francesco Zangari on ComSciCon-GTA + Havana Syndrome?

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to Random walk episode 27. This week you will be hearing from PhD Candidate and science writer Francesco Zangari. Francesco is finis...

Random Walk 26: Zi Yan Chen on ComSciCon-GTA

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the show, I’m your host Adam, and this week I am going to be talking to ZiYan Chen about communicating science as a researcher and g...

Random Walk 25: Talking psychology with DRAKE and KYLE from Brain Buzz, Part II

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are back! And with two great guests, Canada's DRAKE and KYLE from the Brain Buzz Podcast! (I wanted to make a click-bait Drake-based title but deem...

Random Walk 24: Talking psychology with DRAKE and KYLE from Brain Buzz

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are back! And with two great guests, Canada's DRAKE and KYLE from the Brain Buzz Podcast! (I wanted to make a click-bait Drake-based title but deem...

Random Walk 23: CmSciConCan #9 Kathryn Vaillancourt is Back!

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kathryn is back to talk ComSciConCAN2020! We talk about our take-aways from the 2020 edition of ComSciConCAN, a grad-student focused conference on sci...

Random Walk 22: ComSciConCan #8 Dr. Roshan Achal is Back!

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Roshan is back to talk ComSciConCAN2020! We talk about our take-aways from the 2020 edition of ComSciConCAN, a grad-student focused conference on scie...

Random Walk 21: ComSciConCan #7 Sarah Turner is Back!

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah is back to talk ComSciConCAN2020! We talk about the panels, policy, and new initiatives!  Remember, we have a big write-up about the confer...

Random Walk 20: ComSciConCan #6.5 Tareq Yousef is Back (part 2)!

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

And we're back! Last you heard, we were going to ComSciConCAN-2020, and you met some attendees. Now that we're back, you'll hear about the conference ...

Random Walk 19: Tareq's back re: ComSciConCAN-2020

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

And we're back! Last you heard, we were going to ComSciConCAN-2020, and you met some attendees. Now that we're back, you'll hear about the conference ...

Random Walk 18: ComSciConCan #5 with Kathryn Vaillancourt

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

THIS WEEK: Kathryn Vaillancourt is a PhD candidate at McGill University studying how addiction can change the way traits are passed down, without havi...

Random Walk 17: ComSciConCan #4 with Roshan Achal

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

THIS WEEK: Congrats to Dr. Roshan Achal (from University of Alberta), who had just convocated at the time of recording! In this episode, he tells us a...

Random Walk 16: ComSciConCan #3 with Gracielle Higino

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

THIS WEEK: Gracielle grew up in Brazil immersed in science (communication). Her dream has always been to be a scientist by day, and writer by night. S...

Random Walk 15: ComSciConCan #2 with Sarah Turner

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

THIS WEEK: Sarah Turner studies Community Health Science at the University of Manitoba, focusing on breast milk, epidemiology, and health promotion. &...

Random Walk 14: ComSciConCan #1 with Tareq Yousef

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

AMPLIFY: This week Tareq introduced me to a few brilliant neuroscientists on Twitter. Give them a follow: @jarildy @futuredrdukes @danne_phd @RackebT ...

The AlmaMAC 168: Catching up with Adam and Shawn

31 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn has been writing covid-related grant proposals and Adam has been running at-home labs for first-year physics students. Adam shows off the best w...

Random Walk 13: Dr. Shoshana Jacobs on Seabirds and the New Normal in Academia

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jacobs is an assoc. professor at the University of Guelph studying seabird ecology, with what I would call an extra special focus on mentorship, k...

The AlmaMAC Episode 167: Science Sucks podcast visits The AlmaMAC (the second half)

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Science Sucks x AlmaMAC collab we've all been waiting for! Ive Velikova is a Science Communicator who did her undergrad at McMaster, started the S...

Random Walk 12: Pint of Science Canada 2020 with Alexandra Gelle!

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

** pintofscience.ca **  Alexandra Gelle is a Ph.D candidate at McGill University studying green chemistry. But today, we are talking about Pint o...

Random Walk 11: Pint of Science and Particle Smashing at the LHC with Ben Davis-Purcell

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Davis-Purcell smashes particles at the Large Hadron Collider as a part of ATLAS. He is also giving a talk as part of the Pint of Science Canada Fe...

The AlmaMAC Episode 166: Wine, Whiskey, Coffee, Beer, and the Maillard reaction w/ Hannah Charnock

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Maillard reaction what makes a lot of foods taste great. When sugars and proteins are heated, they created a cascade of delicious molecules that m...

The AlmaMAC Episode 165: Designing at-home physics labs

18 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam has put his PhD on hold for a semester to help emergency-redesign some of the first-year physics labs at McMaster. Because of COVID, the summer t...

Random Walk 7: Camp COVID #1 with Arthur Michaut

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Arthur Michaud has a Ph.D from the University of Strasbourg in France, in developmental Biology. He is now working at Institut Pasteur France. He is a...

Random Walk 10: Camp COVID #4 with Dr. Karen Kwon

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Karen Kwon is a recent chemistry graduate from Columbia University, and freelance science writer. I talk to Karen about being named a AAAS Mass Me...

The AlmaMAC Episode 164: Thrown into COVID-19 research with Dr. Alliston Kennedy (Host: Shawn)

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn talks to Dr. Allison Kennedy about taking on COVID-19 during an Instagram LIVE interview.

Random Walk 9: Camp COVID #3 with Sumeet Kulkarni

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

LIGO, writing for Scientific American, a bit of Ed Yong fanboying, and maybe.. just maybe... the birth of a new project? SciAm article: https://blogs...

Random Walk 8: Camp COVID #2 with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I had the chance to talk to Dr. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan about the brave new world of virtual conferencing and how it's making science more accessibl...

The AlmaMAC Episode 162: Working from home with Adam and Shawn

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pretty much everything has shut down, and a lot of people are trying to work from home. Adam and Shawn hosted an Instagram Live show where they talked...

The AlmaMAC episode 161: Fitness literacy with Hilary Caldwell

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On episode 161 Adam talks to Hilary Caldwell, a kinesiology PhD candidate at McMaster University. One of the things Hilary is involved with is develop...

The AlmaMAC episode 159: Understanding hidden mysteries about Ataxia w/ Celeste (Host: Shawn)

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn talks with Celeste Suart from the Truant lab about ataxia! Find out more about ataxia research at SCAsource and Huntington's...

The AlmaMAC episode 158 (Feb 27/20): How DNA is like an elastic band, science communication, and knowing your audience with Adam and Shawn

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's a big "Communicating Science" week at the AlmaMAC! Shawn asks Adam about an article he got published called Researchers play with elast...

The AlmaMAC episode 157 (Feb 20/20): Drug Delivery in Cancer Using Creatively Complicated Nanoparticles w/ Matt (Host: Shawn)

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matt is in the Hoare Lab studying drug delivery with nanoscaled particles for cancer treatment. He's also the winner of McMaster's 3MT ...

The AlmaMAC episode 156: Food for Thought. Adam moderated McMaster's Researchers' Night (Host: Adam)

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday, Adam co-moderated the 2020 McMaster Researchers' Night.  The topic was FOOD, and included four panelists from diverse research backgro...

The AlmaMAC Episode 155 (Feb 6/20): 3 Minute Thesis is Back, and Dr. Bandler walks us through some award-winning examples (Host: Adam)

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John Bandler is back this week to talk about the Three Minute Thesis Competition. He is hosting a workshop to help get you started on THURSDAY FEB...

The AlmaMAC episode 154 (Jan 30/20): Billy Bostad on heart health, interval training, returning to academia, smart watches... (Host: Adam)

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Here's the deal. You can get a 45 minute workout done in 10 minutes... but it's going to be tough. Billy Bostad is working towards a PhD in McMaster's...

The AlmaMAC episode 153 (Jan 23/20): Shawn had a paper accepted! Also, 23andMe sold you out, and why that might be a good thing, and coronavirus (with Adam+Shawn)

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn had a chapter from his thesis accepted, to be published in Cancer! Hear about going from side project to accepted, with all the iterat...

The AlmaMAC: Matthew Jordan is back from Oxford to talk Artificial Intelligence, Science History, Funk, and Improv (Host: Adam)

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Jordan graduated from McMaster's Arts & Science Department, earned two Masters' degrees at Oxford, and came back to teach McMaster undergr...

The AlmaMAC: He Jiankiu Sentenced for 3 Years: CRISPR Fiasco (Host: Adam)

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Scientist He Jiankui showed the world how human embryo editing is relatively easy to do but incredibly difficult to do well." (read more here). Adam ...

Coming up in 2020: Spiders, storms and evolution (teaser)

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a cyclone tears through a spider's habitat? It gets mad. Like, generational anger. A grudge that gets passed down through their DNA?...

The AlmaMAC: Holiday wrap-up with Matt, Shawn, and Adam (Host: Shawn)

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The whole team is here today! Hear what Matt, Shawn, and Adam have been up to this semester (getting awards, giving away thigh muscles. "Matt-lea...

The AlmaMAC: Evidence-based medical protocols with Emily Sirotich (Host: Adam)

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Sirotich has got to have the hardest job. She is trying to create evidence-based protocols for when patients with a rare bleeding disorder come ...

The AlmaMAC: How do sleep and exercise work together to help with memory with Tara Kuhn (Host: Shawn)

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tara is a 2nd year MSc. student in Dr. Heisz' Neurofit Lab in the Department of Kinesiology. She studies how physical activity and...

Random Walk E.4: Hamilton, sewergate, and keeping city council accountable with Thea Kozakis

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hamilton Ontario has been dumping sewage into our protected wetland consistently for 4 years via a leaking sewer. When city council found out, they ch...

The AlmaMAC: Volunteering for a carpal tunnel syndrome study with Amanda Farias Zuniga (Host: Adam)

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Farias Zuniga is a soon-to-graduate PhD candidate in the kinesiology department focusing on biomechanics. Recently, Adam volunteered ...

The AlmaMAC // CUPEcast: Teaching assistants on strike? (Host: Adam)

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a bit of a deviation from the norm. Graduate students who work as Teaching Assistants are part of a union (CUPE 3906). The union was s...

The AlmaMAC: Omega-3 and Muscle Repair in the Elderly (Host: Shawn)

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michael is a 2nd year MSc. student in the Parise Lab in the Department of Kinesiology. He studies how Omega-3 supplements can help in muslce...

CUPEcast Ep. 4: No concessions! No agreement? No board... :(

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spoiler: Conciliation didn't go anywhere. We will be in legal strike position by the end of the month. Here's what you need to know this week. You can...

The AlmaMAC: A new lease on (the origins of) life with Ben Pearce (Host: Adam)

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week Adam talks to Ben Pearce about his PhD work studying the origins of life. But he wasn't always a physicist... Ben first graduated with a deg...

CUPEcast Ep. 3: Tuesday is the big day...

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday is the big day. Conciliation is happening this Wednesday, and as such, there is very little to report in terms of bargaining, so this one is p...

The AlmaMAC: Chilling tales of blood splatter and a blob that eats to learn (Host: Adam and Matt)

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's the AlmaMAC Halloween Spooktacular, and this week Adam and Matt tell two terrifying tales. Adam tells a story of a man found guilty of murdering ...

CUPEcast Ep. 2: Diving into the BOG (board of governors)

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring you up to speed on McMaster's Board of Governor's meeting, and hear from CUPE 3906 President, Nathan Todd.  A few important da...

The AlmaMAC : Understanding Genetics of Rheumatic Heart Disease with Tafadzwa Machipisa (Host: Shawn)

27 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tafadzwa Machipisa is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in the Population Health Research Institute (McMaster) and Hatter Institute of Cardiovascular Research ...

CUPEcast Ep. 1 : What is CUPEcast? Bargaining updates (Oct 21, 2019)

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to CUPEcast, a show about CUPE 3906 , the union for McMaster TAs, RAs, sessionals, postdocs, etc. In this first episode introduces the reason ...

Random Walk Ep.3 Ethics of Science Communication with Dr. John Bandler and Rachelle Ho (Host: Adam)

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and the SciGSA are hosting a very exciting talk on Tuesday, October 22nd. They are hosting Dr. John Bandler, d...

Random Walk E.2 (Oct 10/19): Media Numeracy with Dr. David Venus (Host: Adam)

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Canadian (American) Federal (Presidential) elections are looming. This time around it seems like there is just as much discussion about the integr...

The AlmaMAC: What's up with White Nose Fungus with Adrian Forsythe (Host: Shawn)

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we heard from Biology Ph.D. candidate, Adrian Forsythe and he told us all about his research with white nose syndrome in bats! You can follo...

The AlmaMAC: MiNDS vs Psych and Developmental Neurobiology with Shane Simon (Host: Matt)

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest was Shane Simon, a PhD student from the MiNDS Program in Psychology. We discussed the differences between the graduate neuroscience prog...

The AlmaMAC: Origins of life, grad life, and birding4lyfe with Sian Ford (Host: Adam)

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week I went for a walk and stood in a line with Sian Ford from the Earth Science department. We talked about her research on the origins of life....

The AlmaMAC: Soapbox Science, Nobel Prizes and catching up with Carmen Lee from Ark&Anchor (Host: Adam)

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I hung out with Carmen Lee (a fellow soft matter physicist) at one of our favorite places to study and she told me all about Soapbox Science (an outre...

The AlmaMAC: Grape plasma, and research for fun with Hamza Khattak (Host: Adam, Sept 5/19)

06 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Note: We had some microphone difficulties about halfway through the episode this week. Sorry! Hamza joined my lab a year ago. In his undergrad, he did...

The AlmaMAC: Forecasting childhood health by studying placenta with Christian Bellissimo (Host: Adam)

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Placenta is an incredible organ, and Christian Bellissimo tells us why. I guess I kind of always though the placenta was like the white of an egg. Oh ...

The AlmaMAC: Microbes and arsenic in the groundwater (in Bangladesh) with Reisa San Pedro (Host: Adam)

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Arsenic is bad for you. It can be found in large quantities in rat poison, and it can be found in smaller (but still dangerous) quantities in groundwa...