How to Science

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Episode 5 promo Nov 17, 2017

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Upcoming guest Sara Aton is a University of Michigan scientist, researcher, alumna, and professor in the College of LSA with a background in visual art. She wound up in science after her job working with autistic clients made her want to know more about the brain. Now she studies the science of sleep.

Episode 4: Orie Shafer Nov 13, 2017

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Orie Shafer is a University of Michigan professor in the College of LSA who obsesses about biological clocks, which determine rhythms of activity in organisms. He studies networks of clock neurons in the brain to figure out how they orchestrate rhythmic behaviors.

Episode 4 promo Nov 09, 2017

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Upcoming guest Orie Shafer is a University of Michigan professor in the College of LSA who obsesses about biological clocks, which determine rhythms of activity in organisms. He studies networks of clock neurons in the brain to figure out how they orchestrate rhythmic behaviors.

Episode 3: Meghan Duffy Nov 06, 2017

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This week's guest, Meghan Duffy, sunk to a low point in her life and career when some of her early experiments failed. But she recovered enough to eventually score a faculty position at Michigan, and she recently snagged an invitation to speak at the March for Science in Washington, D.C. She posts articles with ideas, opinions, commentary, advice, and humor at the Dynamic Ecology blog. She's an ecology professor who takes her responsibilities seriously as a mentor in science, especially to young students of color.

Episode 3 promo Nov 06, 2017

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This week's guest, Meg Duffy, sunk to a low point in her life and career when some of her early experiments failed. But she recovered enough to eventually score a faculty position at Michigan, and she recently snagged an invitation to speak at the March for Science in Washington, D.C. She posts articles with ideas, opinions, commentary, advice, and humor at the Dynamic Ecology blog. She's an ecology professor who takes her responsibilities seriously as a mentor in science, especially to young students of color.

Episode 2: Abby Lamb Oct 30, 2017

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This week's guest, Abby Lamb, is a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan. She converted from being a fundamentalist, proselytizing about Christianity and creationism, to an evolutionary biologist who advocates for science.

Episode 2 promo Oct 26, 2017

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Episode 1: Trisha Wittkopp Oct 23, 2017

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This week’s guest, Trisha Wittkopp, is a professor in MCDB and in LSA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). She’s a geneticist to the core who wonders deeply about how changes in genes produce differences in living things.

Episode 1 promo Oct 19, 2017

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Season 1 Preview (in the beginning...) Oct 18, 2017

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A show about science, research, and the humans involved in making it happen. Coming later this month from the curious minds at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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