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They Blinded Me with Science

Science interview show from KVRX student radio in Austin, Texas

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Monday, August 28th, 2017 - Hazel O'Connor talks about human molecular biology!

Monday, August 28th, 2017 - Hazel O'Connor talks about human molecular biology!

Hear UT postdoc Hazel O'Connor talk about her transition from bacterial genetics in Ireland to human molecular biology a... Read more

11 Mar 2018

26mins

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Monday, October 02, 2017 - Chuck Traverse tells us about his research measuring errors in transcription!

Monday, October 02, 2017 - Chuck Traverse tells us about his research measuring errors in transcription!

Mutations in DNA, the genetic blueprints for every living organism, are the basis for evolution and adaptation. However,... Read more

2 Oct 2017

29mins

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Monday, September 11, 2017 - Kolina Koltai discusses how people make decisions about scientific controversies!

Monday, September 11, 2017 - Kolina Koltai discusses how people make decisions about scientific controversies!

From vaccine safety to climate change to GMO foods, scientific "controversies" are becoming more and more prevalent in m... Read more

11 Sep 2017

27mins

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Monday, May 29th, 2017 - Riddhiman Kannan uses humanized yeast to study evolution and disease!

Monday, May 29th, 2017 - Riddhiman Kannan uses humanized yeast to study evolution and disease!

Did you know that allthough Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker’s yeast) and Homo sapiens (humans, us) are separated by a bi... Read more

29 May 2017

26mins

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Monday, May 8th, 2017 - Stephen Jones talks about cellular aging!

Monday, May 8th, 2017 - Stephen Jones talks about cellular aging!

What is aging? How old you are, or maybe instead how well you maintain your health? Where does aging occur? In our organ... Read more

8 May 2017

43mins

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Monday, April 24th, 2017 - Momo Wisath Sae-Lee talks about using nematodes to study Alzheimer's!

Monday, April 24th, 2017 - Momo Wisath Sae-Lee talks about using nematodes to study Alzheimer's!

While you are proabably familiar with Alzheimer's disease (AD), the microscopic creatures named nematodes/roundworms may... Read more

24 Apr 2017

27mins

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Monday, April 10th, 2017 - Ashley Green talks invasive species!

Monday, April 10th, 2017 - Ashley Green talks invasive species!

What are invasive species? How do they get there? Why should we care? What can we do about them? Ashley Green talks us t... Read more

10 Apr 2017

36mins

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Monday, April 3rd, 2017 - Azat Akhmetov talks about using DNA to store information!

Monday, April 3rd, 2017 - Azat Akhmetov talks about using DNA to store information!

This week, Azat Akhmetov tells us how silicon-based data storage may become a thing of the past thanks to a familiar but... Read more

3 Apr 2017

34mins

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Monday, March 27th, 2017 - Jason Ikpatt talks about monogamy!

Monday, March 27th, 2017 - Jason Ikpatt talks about monogamy!

Come follow us down the rabbit hole this week! Jason Ikpatt, PhD student in the institute of cellular and molecular biol... Read more

27 Mar 2017

43mins

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Monday, March 6, 2017 - Caleb Swaim talks about viruses!

Monday, March 6, 2017 - Caleb Swaim talks about viruses!

Caleb Swaim talks with us tonight about viruses and the protein ISG15 that is involved in combating viruses! We will als... Read more

6 Mar 2017

48mins

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