A science podcast for science enthusiasts.
From Past Episodes
Guests
![Emery [formerly Grace] Usher](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf4459f55b02cb97825283f/1563972637502-DNZOPM6KL5NQR7EL3BDL/Grace_square.jpg)
Director of Research Integrity, Ethics and Education and Professor in the Adams School of Dentistry at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’111 - Academic Dishonesty’
Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’110 - Scientists of the World I’
Asissitant Professor at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’109 - Acute Flaccid Myelitis’
Graduate student in Microbiology & Immunology at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’108 - Organoids’
Ph. D. candidate in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’107 - Animal Consciousness II’
Ph. D. candidate in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’106 - Animal Consciousness’
Ph. D. candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at The University of Virginia.
’77 - Cancer Primer’
M.S. candidate in Biological Sciences at The State University of New York — Binghamton.
’104 - Speciation’
Ph. D. candidate in Biology at Marquette University.
’103 - Lizards’
Associate Professor of Biology at Drew University.
’102 - SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines’
Associate Professor of Biology at Drew University.
’101 - Vaccines Primer’
RNSP Forest Ranger and Forest Ecologist.
’100 - Redwoods’
Professor of Immunology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University.
’99 - Salmonella’
M.S. candidate in Biological Sciences at The State University of New York — Binghamton.
’98 - Innovator Inc(ubator) II’
Ph. D. candidate in Genetics at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’97 - Atomic Orbitals’
Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation and Professor of Biology at The San Diego State University.
’96 - Academic Journals’
Small Business Owner and Chapel Hill Mayor.
’95 - Local Government Public Health’
Ph. D. candidate in Biogeochemistry and Soil Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University.
’94 - Governmental Funding of Science in the US’
Wildlife Biologist.
’93 - Household Predators’
M.D. / Ph. D. candidate in Molecular Biology and Genetics at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’92 - Non-Mendelian Genetics’
Ph. D. candidate in Molecular Biology and Genetics at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’91 - Mendelian Genetics’
Allison Williams and TJ Russell are Ph. D. candidates in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’Science in Movies IV’
Assistant Professor in Microbiology and Immunology at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’89 - Arthropod Vectors’
Ph. D. candidate in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’88 - Book Club I’
IT application analyst at the County of Humboldt, California.
M. D. / Ph. D. student in Microbiology and Immunology at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’86 - The Kidneys’
Ph. D. candidate in Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’85 - The Supposed “Biogenetic Law”
M.S. candidate in Biological Sciences at Binghamton University.
’84 - FAQ I’
Ph. D. candidate in Genetics at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’83 - Horseshoe Crabs’
Graduate student in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’82 - Mitosis and Meiosis’
Director of Radiation Safety at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’81 - Radioactivity’
Graduate Student in Microbiology and Immunology at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’80 - Chikungunya and Togaviruses’
True Commerce Integration Specialist in App Development (and Hartwick alumnus!).
’79 - Major Spotlight: Pseudo Major’
Wildlife Biologist.
’78 - Major Spotlight: Organismal Biology’
Ph. D. candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at The University of Virginia.
’77 - Cancer Primer’
IT application analyst at the County of Humboldt, California.
’76 - Major Spotlight: Computer Science
Recent Material Science and Engineering graduate from The Pennsylvania State University.
’75 - Major Spotlight: Material Science’
Assistant Professor of Biology at Drew University.
’74 - Coronavirus Myths’
Ph. D. candidate in Ecology and Evolution at Tulane University.
’72 - Birds… and Coffee!”
Ph. D. candidate in Evolution at The Colorado State University.
Aaron Griffing, M.S., is a Ph. D. candidate in Biology — Marquette University.
M.S. candidate in Biological Sciences at The State University of New York — Binghamton
Medical Science Liaison at uniQure.
’68 - Gene Therapy’
Ph. D. candidates at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’67 - Science in Movies III (w/ Allison Williams and TJ Russell!)’
U.S. Ambassador to the United States… or Ph. D. candidate in Genetics at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’66 - Simple Machines’
Ph. D. candidate at The Colorado State University.
’65 - Mitochondrial DNA’
Ph. D. candidate in Chemistry at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’64 - Protein Structure I’
Ph. D. candidate at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’63 - The RNA Earth Hypothesis’
Medical Science Liaison at uniQure.
’62 - Bringing a Drug to Market’
Ph. D. candidate in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park
’61 - Malaria’
Ph. D. candidate in Virology and Gene Therapy at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
’60 - Zoonosis’
Ph. D. candidate in Microbiology and Immunology at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’59 - Nucleic Acids II’
IT Application Analyst at County of Humboldt, California.
’58 - Computer Viruses’
Graduate student at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’57 - Innovator Inc(ubator) I’
Jeffrey Houpt Distinguished Investigator, Professor and Chair of the Microbiology and Immunology department at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’56 - Is Science Expensive?’
Ph. D. candidate in Chemistry at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’55 - Yeast’
M.S. candidate in Biological Sciences at Binghamton University.
’54 - How are Organisms Related and Classified?’
Industrial Process Specialist at Medicago.
’53 - What is Industry?’
Ph. D. candidate in Evolution at The Colorado State University.
’52 - Salamanders’
Assistant Professor of Biology at Drew University.
’51 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus’
Assistant professor in Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’50 - Antibiotics and our Future Crisis’
Ph. D. candidate in Genetics at The United… I mean, the University of North Carolina —Chapel Hill.
’49 - Grab Bag IV’
Ph. D. candidates at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’48 - Science in Movies II (w/ Allison Williams and TJ Russell!)’
ORISE Biological Researcher in the Research Triangle Park area.
’47 - The Liver’
Ph. D. candidate in the pharmacology department at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’46 - Why do Side Effects Vary? (w/ Connor Wander!)’
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
’45 - Crohn's Disease’
Ph. D. candidate in Psychology and Neuroscience at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’44 - Spooky Things’
Chemistry Graduate Student at the Colorado State University.
’43 - Scaling Up Chemical Reactions’
M.D. / Ph. D. student at The University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’42 - Non-human Primates as Model Organisms’
Members of East Chapel Hill High School and UNC Chapel Hill.
’41 - iGEM II’
Members of East Chapel Hill High School.
’40 - iGEM I’
Institute of the Arts and Humanities Program Administrator at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
’39 - Grab Bag III’
Owner of High Tide Permaculture.
’38 - Permaculture’
IT Application Analyst at County of Humboldt, California.
’37 - Cryptocurrency’
High school science teacher. What a mom.
’36 - Combustion and Photosynthesis’
Fine Woodworker. Fine Father.
’35 - Analytical Sciences’
Post-doctoral reseacher at The University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign.
’34 - Data Visualization and Sonification’
Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, division of Infectious Diseases, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Michigan — Ann Arbor.
’33 - The Double Doc’
The Next Biggest Thing since Herman Melville or… Bartleby.
’32 - Movies in Science I’
Associate Professor of Chemistry at Emory University.
’31 - The Trials and Tribulations of Graduate Education’
Ph. D. candidate in the Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology program at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park. Birthday boy.
’30 - Cells as Model Systems’
Ph. D. candidate in the Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology program at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
President of The Pennsylvania State University.
’28 - Academic Administration’
Ph. D. candidate in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’27 - Fireworks’
Assistant Professor of Education at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’26 - Grab Bag II’
Ph. D. candidate in Biogeochemistry and Soil Science at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’25 - How are Caves Formed?’
Ph. D. candidate in Chemistry at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’24 - Model of the Atom’
Ph. D. Candidate at Marquette University in the Biology Program.
’23 - A Brief History of Evolution’
Graduate student in the BMMB program at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’22 - The Endosymbiotic Hypothesis’
Graduate student in the Bioinformatics and Genomics program at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’21 - Big Data and Machine Learning’
Lecturer and Academic Advisor at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park (Amber Miller).
Director of Graduate Affairs and Assistant Teaching Professo rat The Pennsylvania State University — University Park (Heather Giebink).
Senior Account Manager at Carl Zeiss MicroImaging (Tom Henderson).
’20 - What do Scientists Do Day-to-Day?’
Biomedical Engineering major (‘22) at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
‘19 - Methods to See Really Big Things from Far Away’
Director of Automated Biological Calorimetry and X-ray Crystallography Facility at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’18 - Methods to See Really Small Things’
Herpetologist and Wildlife Biologist.
’17 - Invasive Species’
Visiting Scholar at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’16 - Worms as Model Organisms’
Associate Teaching Professor at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’15 - What are Biofilms?’
Ph. D. student at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’14 - What are Bacteria?’
Practice What You Preach Podcast.
’13 - Cholesterol’
Earth’s virology professor.
’12 - Enteroviruses that aren’t named Poliovirus’
Attorney at Law and State College Mayor.
”11 - Joseph Lister & Sterility”
Hartwick College (‘16), Water Bottling Plant Technician.
’10 - What is the Nobel Prize?’
Chemistry Ph. D. candidate at The Pennsylvania State University.
’9 - The Birds and the Bees, Sperm and Eggs’
Educators from the greater Philadelphia Area.
‘8 - It’s in Their Genes (Nucleic Acids I)’
Associate Professor of Theatre, Penn State Laureate at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’7 - Grab Bag I’
Ph. D. candidate and 3M Fellow at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’6 - Batteries: Zap, but How? ‘
Student of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (‘19) at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
‘5 - How Old are Ferns?’
Undergraduate in Toxicology (‘21) at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
‘4 - Mice as Model Organisms’
Undergraduate in Material Science and Engineering (‘20) at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
‘3 - The Influenza Vaccine’
Primary school teacher in the greater Philadelphia area.
‘2 - The Production of Insulin’
Post-doctoral researcher at The Pennsylvania State University — University Park.
’1 - Do Scientists Always Agree?’