Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship

Today’s story is a good example of how little we know about biology and life, and how we can use our knowledge to better fight diseases and environmental threats. 

We are going to talk about bacteriophages or just fages. These are small viruses which attack bacteria. The story is literally about life and death and most organisms on earth are being killed every week.  

Senior researcher Namiko Mitarai from  the biocomplexity group at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen Namiko Mitarai  is being interviewe by Science Journalist Jens Degett. The podcast is supported by a Maria Leptin / EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship.

Phages regulate bacteria growth on Earth

About fifty million individuals worldwide are affected by chronic hepatitis C virus. It has been one of the most expensive virus infections to treat, and it is an ongoing threat to global health. Now the virus has revealed a secret to a group of researchers in Denmark lead  by Jannick Prentoe, from University of Copenhagen, after five years of intensive work.
Link to article in Nature:

Link to article in Nature: 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07783-5

If you wonder why the podcast is in English, and not Danish it is because we have an increasing number of listeners whenever we publish a podcast in English. Therefore, we make the experiment the next few months to produce all our podcasts in English.
This podcast is supported by a Maria Leptin / EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship.

Deadly virus reveals its secret

Life has existed and evolved on earth for almost 4 billion years. Living organisms copy themselves from other life and central for all known life forms is the genetic code.
We are used to hear life described by biologists. but physicists have access to tools which can give a different and to some extend deeper understanding of life. Science Journalist Jens Degett is visiting the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, talking with Professor in physics Kim Sneppen.

If you wonder why the podcast is in English, and not Danish it is because we have an increasing number of listeners whenever we publish a podcast in English. Therefore, we make the experiment the next few months to produce all our podcasts in English.
This podcast is supported by a Maria Leptin / EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship.

Physics in a biological world

Several research groups all over the world are working intensively around the clock driving rowers around and making experiments on Mars. A lot is happening, and we are learning a lot every day. 

Senior researcher Morten Bo Madsen from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen  explains to science Journalist Jens Degett some of the latest results presented rently. 

Huge amount of water is detected beneath the surface of Mars. Astrophysicist states that travel to Mars can be done in two weeks with unlimited fuel and power.
Stone with organic like materials collected to be sent to Earth.
MOXIE a success!  

If   you wonder why the podcast is in English, and not Danish it is because we have an increasing number of listeners whenever we publish a podcast in English. Therefore, we make the experiment the next few months to produce all our podcasts in English.

This podcast is supported by a Maria Leptin / EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship.

Mars research update2024

Mars research update 2024

You may have heard about about space telescopes and gravitational wave detectors which are new instruments for the investigation of space and the universe. Now a new instrument is being tested underneath the South Pole. It literally consists of a cubic kilometer large ice cube with detectors that can catch small light emissions from a long distance. 

This instrument is giving us a new look at the universe very different from the electromagnetic light we can see in a traditional telescope.

Science Journalist Jens Degett is interviewing senior researcher Troels Petersen from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen about the new type of telescope and what it can measure.

This podcast is supported by a Maria Leptin / EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship.

IceCube may reveal structure of the universe

Science Stories is visiting the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and asks some of the leading researchers about their work.

This week science journalist Jens Degett interviews Dr Anna Kreshuk about how she and her research group is working with algorithms and image analysis to understand fundamentally how life works from the most primitive to the most advanced organisms and how living systems function together from individual organisms to ecosystems.

This podcast is supported by a Maria Leptin / EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship.

Algorithms and the patterns of life

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