I love talking to nerds about their passion projects, so this series as been a lot of fun to put together. Thank you to Heiko Enderling for thinking of me to produce Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB)'s Biology in Numbers and to Jane Heffernan for keeping me on to create season 2!
If you haven't already listened, you can find it on all major podcast platforms.
In the meanwhile, here's a summary of what we talked about in season 1:
1) Elijah Counterman - where we talk about a paper studying: taking your drugs on time.
2) Mat Simpson - where we talk about publishing in a math biology journal.
3) Sara Hamis - where we talk about a paper on cancer cells in a dish vs. cancer cells in a sphere.
4) Stacey Finley and Zhilan Feng - where we talk about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in mathematical Biology.
5) Dr. Folashade Agusto - where we talk about infections, human behavior and outreach in Africa.
6) Michael Watson - where we talk about studying flow through pipes, and creating an SMB subgroup.
7) Siv Sivaloganathan - where we talk about the biomechanics of brain fluids, and going on sabbatical.
8) Rebecca Bekker - where we talk about radiation patterns, and getting through grad school.
9) Yangjin Kim - where we talk chemo brain, drug therapies, and a big meeting in Korea.
10) Jane Heffernan - where we talk immune systems, zombies and being presidential.
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This past year the Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) saw the creation and launch of Biology in Numbers; a podcast by and for the #MathBio community. Each episode is a delightful look into the research done by Society members and their connection to SMB. As we head into recording a new season, it seemed like an excellent time to recap on the episodes already out.
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2wInteresting episode! I can see these GE houseplants being super popular in countries like China where people literally buy cans of compressed air to avoid breathing polluted ambient air in major cities. There's likely to be interest for this on a large scale from cities themselves. One of the challenges of GE plants is the spread of disease when these plants become so mainstream (one variety of banana has been cultivated in so many countries that a single disease can threaten the entire industry) which means a huge vulnerability and lack of resilience from what is basically a global monoculture. It would be interesting to hear more about how effective these houseplants are and how many plants would be needed to clean the air in an average sized home, and efficacy in comparison to non GE varieties.