Kathleen Hefferon's guest appearances

Kathleen Hefferon

Ketogeek's Podcast

The ConsEUmer Podcast

Ethan Weiss

Ryan Lowery

Dave Feldman

Stephan Guyenet

Chris Masterjohn

Steve Gabriel

Alex Hutchinson

Kevin Folta

Shawn Baker

Luis Villasenor

Tyler Cartwright

Carrie Brown

Maura Vega

Danny Vega

Amy Berger

OwlTail

🌟 Your regular scheduled programming is interrupted by Bill's holidays, but there's a replay of an interview that many CCC social media followers haven't seen yet. Kathleen Hefferon PhD gives unique insides into plant pathology, emphasising the importance of crop protection. 🐦 You can follow Dr. Kathleen Hefferon on Twitter @KHefferon August 26, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyztoDonate: http://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🌟 Your regular scheduled programming is interrupted by Bill's holidays, but there's a replay of an interview that many CCC social media followers haven't seen yet. Kathleen Hefferon PhD gives unique insides into plant pathology, emphasising the importance of crop protection. 🐦 You can follow Dr. Kathleen Hefferon on Twitter @KHefferon August 26, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: <a href="https://apple.co/2HR4TLT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/2HR4TLT</a> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdx</a> Google podcasts: <a href="https://bit.ly/3fyyzto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3fyyzto</a><a href="http://consumerchoicecenter.org/donate" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Donate: http://consumerchoicecenter.org/donate</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

EP38: Replaying Dr. Kathleen Hefferon on Sustainability, Innovation Agriculture

In this informative episode, we discuss why we have many discrepancies and issues between science and the public interpretation of science through modern social media while talking about applications of biotech in the modern world, especially pertaining to human health outcomes and improving agriculture. BIO: Kathleen Hefferon received her Ph.D. from the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University. Kathleen has published multiple research papers, chapters, and reviews, and has written three books. Kathleen is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair of Global Food Security and has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto over the past year. Her research interests include virus expression vectors, food security agricultural biotechnology and global health. Kathleen lives in New York with her husband and two children. TIMESTAMPS: 0:15: Ketogeek mindset, updates, and product information 9:45: Dr. Kathleen’s story 11:46: Traveling abroad and her recent educational trip to Botswana 14:38: Issues with lack of women in livestock farming in Botswana 15:45: Traditional healing in Botswana 18:58: Potential applications of GMOs and drought-resistant plants in Africa 21:36: What challenges do you face when applying new technology in a developing country? 25:53: How did you end up engaging people on social media on scientific and controversial topics such as GMOs and glyphosate 38:04: Ambiguity in science and problems with establishing causality with certain chemicals 42:52: Why don’t many scientists engage with the public through social media and podcasting 50:49: What’s the biggest anti-GMO argument you hear? 55:50: Problem with science communication in the modern world 58:02: Kathleen’s research on using transgenic plants to produce vaccines 1:03:36: What are “plant virus nanoparticles”? 1:07:50: What are the potentials and limitations of transgenic derived vaccines? 1:10:31: Where did chemophobia originate from in the modern world? 1:18:33 Concerns with food wastage in developed and developing countries 1:21:50: Potential applications of GM crops for sequestering carbon and help with climate change 1:25:25: Given a billion dollars, what study would you do? 1:27:17: Final message and plugs GUEST LINKS:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/KHefferon Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kathleen_Hefferon Personal Link: https://micro.cornell.edu/people/kathleen-hefferon/  KETOGEEK LINKS:  Shop Energy Pods Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ketogeek-Chocolate-Energy-Organic-Vanilla/dp/B07B88S36J Ketogeek Ghee on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B29HM3D Ketogeek Merchandise, Ghee &amp; Energy Pods: https://ketogeek.com/collections Ketogeek Newsletter: https://ketogeek.com/pages/sign-up Shop Energy Pods: https://ketogeek.com/collections/energy-pods Wholesale: https://ketogeek.com/pages/wholesale  OTHER LINKS   Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (Book &amp; Affiliate Link) 

In this informative episode, we discuss why we have many discrepancies and issues between science and the public interpretation of science through modern social media while talking about applications of biotech in the modern world, especially pertaining to human health outcomes and improving agriculture. BIO: Kathleen Hefferon received her Ph.D. from the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University. Kathleen has published multiple research papers, chapters, and reviews, and has written three books. Kathleen is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair of Global Food Security and has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto over the past year. Her research interests include virus expression vectors, food security agricultural biotechnology and global health. Kathleen lives in New York with her husband and two children. TIMESTAMPS: 0:15: Ketogeek mindset, updates, and product information 9:45: Dr. Kathleen’s story 11:46: Traveling abroad and her recent educational trip to Botswana 14:38: Issues with lack of women in livestock farming in Botswana 15:45: Traditional healing in Botswana 18:58: Potential applications of GMOs and drought-resistant plants in Africa 21:36: What challenges do you face when applying new technology in a developing country? 25:53: How did you end up engaging people on social media on scientific and controversial topics such as GMOs and glyphosate 38:04: Ambiguity in science and problems with establishing causality with certain chemicals 42:52: Why don’t many scientists engage with the public through social media and podcasting 50:49: What’s the biggest anti-GMO argument you hear? 55:50: Problem with science communication in the modern world 58:02: Kathleen’s research on using transgenic plants to produce vaccines 1:03:36: What are “plant virus nanoparticles”? 1:07:50: What are the potentials and limitations of transgenic derived vaccines? 1:10:31: Where did chemophobia originate from in the modern world? 1:18:33 Concerns with food wastage in developed and developing countries 1:21:50: Potential applications of GM crops for sequestering carbon and help with climate change 1:25:25: Given a billion dollars, what study would you do? 1:27:17: Final message and plugs GUEST LINKS: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/KHefferon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KHefferon</a></li> <li>Research Gate: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kathleen_Hefferon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kathleen_Hefferon</a></li> <li>Personal Link: <a href="https://micro.cornell.edu/people/kathleen-hefferon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://micro.cornell.edu/people/kathleen-hefferon/</a></li> </ul> KETOGEEK LINKS: <ul> <li>Shop Energy Pods Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ketogeek-Chocolate-Energy-Organic-Vanilla/dp/B07B88S36J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Ketogeek-Chocolate-Energy-Organic-Vanilla/dp/B07B88S36J</a></li> <li>Ketogeek Ghee on Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B29HM3D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B29HM3D</a></li> <li>Ketogeek Merchandise, Ghee &amp; Energy Pods: <a href="https://ketogeek.com/collections" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ketogeek.com/collections</a></li> <li>Ketogeek Newsletter: <a href="https://ketogeek.com/pages/sign-up" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ketogeek.com/pages/sign-up</a></li> <li>Shop Energy Pods: <a href="https://ketogeek.com/collections/energy-pods" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ketogeek.com/collections/energy-pods</a></li> <li>Wholesale: <a href="https://ketogeek.com/pages/wholesale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ketogeek.com/pages/wholesale</a></li> </ul> OTHER LINKS <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865479186/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=ketogeek0c-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0865479186&amp;linkId=61a275a2c4c4d9df921ec082f8678aec" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (Book &amp; Affiliate Link)</a></li> </ul>

56. Applications of Biotech & Challenges of Science Communication on Social Media | Dr. Kathleen Hefferon