In honor of Black History Month, this episode of the Synapse Science podcast delves a little into the type of gender and racial biases faced by women of color in STEM fields. We then proceed to geek out a bit about some of the amazing contributions to the STEM fields from scientists who happen to be women of color.

This is an important conversation to have, and gender/racial representation in STEM fields is extremely vital. That being said, if you know of scientists whose work is not as widely known or whose contributions are being undermined, spread the word! Get people talking about scientists from more diverse backgrounds. We encourage you to make your own podcast episode, YouTube video, social media post, etc. to continue this conversation.

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Ep. 02 | Double Jeopardy - Women of Color in STEM

More research! More undergraduates! More guests! In this episode of the Synapse Science podcast, I sit down and talk with two amazing undergraduate researchers about the work they do in the fields of diagnostic technology and autism, respectively. Here's a little background on our guests:

Krittika D'Silva is an undergraduate studying Bioengineering and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington. Her research involves developing a diagnostic tool for serious diseases using accessible means, such as smart phone technology.

Read more about some of her research here: www.washington.edu/undergradresear…rittika-dsilva/.

You can also visit her website: students.washington.edu/kdsilva/

Heena Panjwani is a undergraduate senior studying Psychology and Physiology at the University of Washington. In the past three years, she has been involved in autism research both on campus and now at the Seattle Children's Institute. Her current role in research involves processing EEG information as part of a transnational, collaborative study on autism and its unusually high occurrence in females.

To find out more about the URL program and the Undergraduate Research Program, check out their website: www.washington.edu/undergradresearch/

Do you know someone (yourself included) who is involved in cool research and who you would like to hear on the podcast? Do you have any questions, comments, and/or corrections? Tweet at us @ synapsepod or email us at synapsepod[at]gmail[dot]com.

Intro/outro music: "Mining by Moonlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Ep. 03 | Undergraduate Research with Krittika D'Silva & Heena Panjwani

Meanwhile in the land of scientometrics, a new scientific report concludes that there are too many scientific reports for scientists to keep track of. As you can tell, this episode of the podcast gets just a tad meta. 

Show notes can be found on our website at http://synapsescience.com

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Ep. 04 |  Scientific Study Reports There are Too Many Scientific Studies

Chinese scientists have recently published research on their attempts to genetically modify human embryos. Emphasis on the word "attempts". What exactly did they do and why is it causing such a stir?

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Ep. 05 | Chinese Scientists Attempt to Genetically Edit Human Embryos

We're back v2.0! Join us on an enchanting adventure through the history of the New Horizons mission and the fascinating things humanity is learning about the ninth planet in our Solar System, Pluto itself. (And yes, we said "planet".)

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Ep. 06 | New Horizons Pluto Flyby

SciRL is a new segment exploring scientific applications in real life. On this week's segment, what is 3D printing and how can we harness this new technology to make progress in the field of medicine?

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Ep. 07 | SciRL - 3D Printing in Medicine

What do a Swiss engineer, a giraffe, and a German pilot traveling at 9G's have in common? The answer lies in a new field of science called biomimicry. Find out more on this episode of the Synapse Science Podcast!

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The Synapse Science Podcast is a science communication show created and produced by Alexa Erdogan. Find her on Twitter @neurostellar.

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"Bass Walker" // "Dreamy Flashback" // "Marty Gots A Plan" // "Fast Talkin" // "Artifact" // "Political Ad" // "Cold Funk" //

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Ep. 08 | The Genius is in the Giraffe

In this episode, we take a look at the body of evidence surrounding the world's first proposed human head transplant surgery for 2017. Always best to look at the facts first, lest we get a-head of ourselves... Biological evidence, ethics discussions, and more head puns await in this new episode of Synapse Science.

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Ep. 09 | The Reality of Head Transplants

We top off the first season of the podcast with an interesting look into how science and art can work together to create a greater understanding of our planet, culture conservation, and engineering technology. The podcast will be back after a short break with Season 2, featuring even more science and a few exciting surprises, as well. If there are any science-related stories you'd like to hear on the podcast and/or if you know of some interesting scientists & science communicators that would be ideal guests for the show, let us know on our website at http://synapsescience.com!

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Ep 10 | When Science & Painting Collide

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