Drop the STEM podcast: Recent Episodes
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🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🎧Hey there, Drop the STEM podcast followers! We've got an awesome episode lined up for you. 🌟Join us in welcoming Elisha Johnston, a brilliant researcher in the field of molecular biology. 🧬Elisha's journey through science has been nothing short of extraordinary. From craniofacial development to cartilage regeneration, he's explored a wide range of research projects. Currently, he's diving deep into the world of osteoarthritis at UCLA, where he's deciphering crucial pathways both computationally and in the lab. 🦴But his passion doesn't stop there! Elisha is also a dedicated volunteer at the West Los Angeles CalVet Senior Living Home and the Arthritis Foundation in LA. 🤝You'll be inspired to know that Elisha is part of the ISEF gang and an STS scholar, boasting an impressive track record of science fair awards, recognized speaking engagements, and a remarkable 8 scientific papers already published. 📚We delved into some exciting topics with Elisha on the pod! Tune in and join us for this knowledge-packed episode. 🎉
Rishab Jain is a teen innovator, researcher, and content creator. At 13, he was already named America's Top Young Scientist for his novel research in improving radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer patients. In 2018, he was named one of TIME Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens. In 2022, Rishab won the Regeneron Young Scientist Distinction for his work to improve the efficiency of recombinant DNA technology. Recently at ISEF, he not only won 1st place in Biomedical Engineering but also received the second Regeneron Young Scientist Award of $50,000 for developing an AI-based model to enable rapid and cost-effective production of drugs.He is the founder and President of the Samyak Science Society — a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting STEM education among youth. Rishab is also a YouTuber and online content creator with around 100 k subs on YouTube, creating videos for students to improve their productivity with technology.Available on Youtube and all major podcasting platforms. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! You can always tune in to more episodes on www.dropthestem.com !#stem #stempassion #dropthestem#dropthestemgang #intelisef #intel#science #SSPalumni #artificialintelligence #science #scientific #rsi #regeneron
The pod’s back again with an encouraging and edifying episode coming your way: let me introduce you Dev Lochan, who is a multi-award-winning young researcher in biomedical engineering.
Dev developed a novel shoe using magnetic levitation and machine learning to reduce ground reaction forces and correct overpronation to alleviate joint pain and make a remarkably soft shoe! His mission is to combine modern research with everyday technologies to develop innovative solutions to joint and orthopedic problems on a global scale.
He’s been participating in science fair for 6 years, and won 2nd award at International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Biomedical Engineering. Dev’s helped mentor all the budding young scientists in his area, helping his local fair, CASEF, to encourage children to join science fair and embrace STEM in every aspect of their lives. Among many volunteering activites, he’s also the president and volunteer opportunity coordinator at IndiYouth.
According to Dev, you don’t always need to be running around, searching for a complex project to be successful. All you need is a question / a problem and your brain! You just have to put your mind to it and take that first step!
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Christopher Emdin, Ph.D., is the Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum Theory and Professor of Education at the University of Southern California, the creator of the #HipHopEd social media movement and Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S, the founder of Rap Genius and author of the New York Times bestseller For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood . . . and the Rest of Y’all Too. 🎤
His work has been featured in the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Beyond being 2015, Multicultural Educator of the Year, Minorities in Energy Ambassador for the US Department of Energy, he also holds various degrees - a Ph.D in Urban Education, Masters degrees in Natural Sciences and Education and Bachelors degrees in Physical Anthropology, Biology, and Chemistry. 🧪Talk about a modern-age renaissance man! His most recent book, STEM, STEAM, Make, Dream, which we’ve talked about during the episode among many fascinating topics, explores how STEM can transform young people’s lives. 🧑🔬
Chris also expanded on embracing your STEM identity, what ‘ratchetdemic’ or ‘pentecostal pedagogy’ means, the importance of the maker movement, and why authenticity is the way to go! 💯 It’s been challenging to pick a highlight moment from this episode because truly, every minute of it was one! If you want to feel inspired and galvanized in your life to take action, make sure to check this conversation out! 🌟
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Our guest for this episode powered by the Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) is Asztalos Leó! 👏 Leó’s the CEO of Better Dose and medical student at the University of Szeged! 🏥
BetterDose is a MedTech startup formed in 2020 by three enthusiastic university students during the HSUP program. Their aim is to develop new technologies in the field of clinical trials that are able to optimize patient adherence. Their core product is an automatic and smart pill dispenser so that you could be at ease when it comes to the health your loved ones! 🤗
Leó also researched in the field of immunology, specifically tumor immunology, which was also an interesting topic to expand upon during the episode!
A Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) által támogatott epizódban vendégünk Asztalos Leó! 👏 Leó a Better Dose vezérigazgatója és a Szegedi Tudományegyetem orvostanhallgatója! 🏥
A BetterDose egy MedTech startup, amelyet 2020-ban alapított három lelkes egyetemi hallgató a HSUP program során. Céljuk olyan új technológiák kifejlesztése a klinikai vizsgálatok területén, amelyek képesek optimalizálni a betegek terápiahűségét. Alaptermékük egy automata és intelligens tabletta-adagoló, így nyugodt lehetsz, ha a szeretteid egészségéről van szó! 🤗
Az immunológia, azon belül is a tumorimmunológia területén is kutatott Leó, ami szintén érdekes téma volt az epizód során!
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A Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) az első online, egyetemi startupképzés, melynek célja a hazai egyetemisták megismertetése az innováció világával, a modern vállalkozói ismeretekkel és a startupok működésével egy új, közös oktatási platformon keresztül.
The Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) is the first online, university startup course, that aims to acquaint Hungarian students with the world of innovation, modern entrepreneurial knowledge and the operation of startups through a new, common educational platform.
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Emily Tianshi is an internationally recognised environmental advocate, scientist and co-founder of ClearWater Innovation. 💧 Emily’s invented a moisture harvesting device that biomimicks the micro-patterns of Torrey Pine Needles, contributing to helping drought-stricken but foggy areas, which was featured in a National Geographic World Water Day documentary series, “Join the Millions.” 🌎 Emily is a multi-award winning inventor, including national Stockholm Junior Water Prize runner-up, ISEF 2nd Place Grand awardee, and winner of a grand prize at Broadcom MASTERS. 🏆 Whether it might be about creating YouTube videos, hosting free STEM Events, standing up for matters close to her heart - she is on the go for making an impact in the lives of many! 💚
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We're starting Season 2 with a BIG surprise! 🔥 You can now not only listen to but also watch the podcast episode on YouTube! 📺 🔻
And what better way to hit this new season off, than with Fionn Ferreira, a globally recognised Irish scientist, innovator and keynote speaker who invented a non-harmful way to extract microplastics from water using vegetable oil and rust powder. 🇮🇪🌊 He was named the Grand prize global winner of the Google Science Fair 2019, won Second Prize in Chemistry at ISEF, spoke at the World Economic Forum 2020 and was awarded a Straubel Leadership Award. 🏆 His story has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Bloomberg and CNN. Fionn is currently starring in a Global HP Commercial, and he is also working on his first book!
We've talked about the future of sustainability, roadblocks and highlight moments, sciencey-sounding fake news, the importance of playing with junk and embodying the spirit of a curious child in research among many fun and stimulating topic! 🌎🌠
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Siya Goel @_siyagoel_ is a passionate researcher in biology and computer science! 🧬💻 Her first project on Alzheimer's focused on finding a treatment of the genetic effects of Alzheimer's through lauric acid. 🧠 Her current research is on finding an affordable, clinical treatment of pancreatic cancer through the expression of miRNAs. She is an ISEF 2019 and 2020 finalist, a National Center for Woman & Information Technology (NCWIT)'s 2019 and 2021 National Honorable Mention, and a 2020 Silver Award Winner in the North American Insposcience Fair. 🏆 @insposcience @society4science She is also an invited speaker at conferences such as the Sigma Xi Annual Conference (where she won first place in the math and computer science category), American Association for Cancer Research Society, Cancer London, and is a TedX speaker. 🎤She is also undergoing a review on her first-authored paper by PLOS One and is an alumnus from the incredibly selective Summer Stem Institute Research Program. She is an independent researcher and officer in a program called miRcore where she conducts research projects using RNAseq and leads mentorship for 65 research chapters with a total of 1000 students. She is also the establisher and executive director of Buzz Online, an interdisciplinary educational initiative that has reached 1,000 students and members. Siya is an activist and the co-leader of West Lafayette Climate Strikes and cofounder of Confront the Climate Crisis Campaign, an initiative that has gotten support from 9000 people. Siya has also earned the Girl Scout Gold Award by founding a virtual art studio that aims to promote accessibility to art therapy for Alzheimer's and dementia patients. 🎨In her free time, Siya loves to play her piano, dance, and her favorite band is ... Tune in to find it out 😉 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳.
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Celebrating the pod’s 2nd birthday with a new episode and with expressing a deep appreciation for all the listeners who have followed DTS - some from the very beginning! 💙Aravind Krishnan @aravind.m.krishnan is a young researcher in Bio- and Genetic Engineering, Plant and Computational Biology. He devised a new system that harnesses the response of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant to bacterial endotoxins and a method of analyzing the expression of the FRK1 gene. His genetically engineered plants luminesce at different intensities based on the applied endotoxin concentration. 🧬The system is environmentally friendly and substantially cheaper than the current method. For his project he was awarded: Regeneron STS (Science Talent Search) Scholar, National JSHS Finalist, InspoScience IRIC Bronze Medal, TKS Special Award @theksociety , at 2021 Regeneron ISEF: @society4science Third Award in Plant Sciences, and Second Award from Serving Society Through Science. 🏆He also did a research project related to COVID-19. His team used computational molecular and protein modelling methods to analyze the binding of various ligands with key functional proteins from SARS-CoV-2. 🦠They identified six candidate molecules and even designed two novel molecules that show high efficacy in silico to be further investigated and developed into COVID-19 treatment medications. Aside from his research work, he leads Simply Neuroscience @simplyneuroscience with Chinmayi Balusu (who was also on the pod 😉 @chinmayi_balusu ). They are an international organization focused on interdisciplinary neuroscience and psychology education, outreach, and awareness. 🧠 Within his community, Aravind leads a research program for high schoolers where he teaches microbiology and bioinformatics and guides students in conducting research!
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We've had talented many talented scientists, startuppers on the pod, but never a PROFESSIONAL DREAMER! 🦅🤩 Staffan Taylor @staffantaylor lectures companies, organizations, and schools about the importance of training their self-leadership. Every year he meets thousands of driven young people who constantly take action to follow their dreams, organizing Ungdrive camps @ungdrive in Sweden since 2010. 🇸🇪 Beyond student entrepreneurship, Staffan drops the mic quite a few times, let alone the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar @siyss_stockholm or Helsingborg's business week before 1500 people. 🎤 He has played in Britain's national floorball team since 2011, where he found a connection between elite sport and mindset. You'll also discover how Staffan lives out the Yes Theory @yestheory principles and says YES to the most unexpected invitations for a ride of a lifetime, even swapping lives with a stranger across the world for 72 hours! 😉 If you want to know how to score on life's playing field, feel galvanized and ready to take on your audacious ambition, tune in to Episode 48! ✈️LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 You can tune in to more episodes on www.dropthestem.com ! #dropthestem #dropthestemgang #dropthestempodcast #stem #science #seekdiscomfort #yestheory #entrepeneurship #dreambig #siyss
We're introducing the first thematic team episode! 🥳Last fall, on the intersectional educational platform of BuzzOnline @buzzonlineofficial , SynthEthics @synthethics_initiative launched "The Science and Ethics of Synthetic Biology" international 6-week course with 60+ participants from the US, South Africa, India, Philippines. 🌍 Young researchers from different parts of the world, joined by invited iGEM teams from Lund and Copenhagen @igem_lund @igem_copenhagen , guided the participants in the maze of new-era biotechnology. 🧬 The presenters of the best two projects won the opportunity of being on this limited-edition podcast episode 🏆: Kinjaal Nagindas @kinjaal_n , a university student in Microbiology with experience in Food Sciences and Biotechnology, and Brian Chen @brianchenmaster , a high school student from the US with an interest in Agricultural Biotechnology. DTS gang members also accompanied the winners: Alice Cai @alicecai2020 , Founder of BuzzOnline and Erik Hartman @erik.hartman , Founder of SynthEthics. Who's ready to hear tune into conversations surrounding man altering the blueprint of human life, its possible ethical implications and what we could do in our sphere of influence? FYI: We've made the course, videos and materials 🟢 OPEN ACCESS 🟢- so if you want to dive deeper into the topic, head onto SynthEthics' website, discover more! www.synthethics-bio.com #dropthestem #dropthestemgang #synthethics #podcast #syntheticbiology
Let's welcome Aditya Sood @therealadityasood , who with his project "Reverse Testing Drug Chemotherapies on Drosophila Models to detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)" received NASA's 1st Place Award at ISEF 2019! 🌟 @society4science @nasa He was also selected as one of 25 U.S. students to attend the prestigious cryptography & cybersecurity summer program at MIT Lincoln Labs, MIT LLCipher. @lincoln_laboratory 🔐 He furthermore received Grand Award Bronze Medal at North American Science Fair (IRIC) 2020 for his research. @insposcience He utilized hardware Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) to enhance privacy and revolutionize encryption of consumer electronic health records. 🗂💊During the pandemic, he's led the development of an iOS app to support local businesses impacted by COVID-19. Aditya is also an author of "Trailblazing into Cryptography", an introductory cryptography book with endorsements from crypto experts at Google and Intel! Fun fact, you wouldn't want to get in a fight with Aditya, cause he's a Taekwondo 3rd Degree Black Belt, winning 5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals at U.S. World Open Championship! 🏆
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This episode officially marks the first conversation of 2021! 🌠 It's a new year, but the guests are still dropping the STEM! So did Rahil Samlal @rahilsamlal in this episode, researcher in Microbiology and an undergraduate student at the University of Pretoria studying Microbiology and Genetics. @universityofpretoria 🇿🇦 As the winner of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientist @eskom_expo , while receiving the University of Stellenbosch Bursary for top creative project and University of Pretoria Dr Derek Gray Award, he was a finalist at Intel ISEF 2018 @society4science , a participant at SIYSS (Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar @siyss_stockholm ) 2018, attending the Nobel Prize Week and Ceremony! 🌟His research focused on using biotechnology to develop cheaper and novel technologies to help fight lower quality of living in Africa and the rest of the world. He also investigated an alternative treatment protocol for commonly occurring pathogenic bacteria. Currently, Rahil is part of SynthEthics @synthethics_initiative as Ambassador of South Africa since he enjoys reviewing biotechnology's dynamic field with the rigorous input of ethical and philosophical discussions. 🧬⚖️ His passion is to bring science education to the general public, and it's not his first time grabbing the mic, since Rahil is also the co-host of the Dialogue Podcast. @dialogue_podcast
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Our next guest is Tarun Martheswaran, researcher in clinical & computational epidemiology! 🦠Tarun has a strong background in mathematics and competed at the national level growing up, being a 5x American Invitational Mathematics Examination qualifier. Upon entering high school, he got involved in research in the Computational Epidemiology field and created an Early Detection Model for Dengue Fever. 🌡His project earned him a spot at ISEF 2019 and 2020 @society4science , a National award at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and the opportunity to present at several International Conferences. Tarun is an IRIC InspoScience Grand Award Winner @insposcience (and invited to present at the American Association for Virology Conference), Young Scientist Journal (YSJ) International Conference in London winner and American Association of Cancer Research conference presenter. 🎤 Tarun also worked on a project titled "Body mass index and mammographic density among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders," which deduces risk factors of women of different ethnicities and takes a specific look at the Native Hawaiian population. This summer, he was 1 of 4 ISEF 2020 finalists to be chosen for the WebValley 2020 team (application required finalist position), where he gained many more skills in Computational Biology and Data Science to create a single cell sequencing training package to be implemented into Italian universities. 🧬 Tarun loves teaching STEM more than anything in the world. As President and Founding Member of the organization Mission Math (missionmathutah.com), they create a love for math in every community across their state. 🙌 @missionmathutah
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Let’s give a round of applause to Boglárka Ecsedi, who created an algorithm that detects rip currents using deep neural networks and artificial intelligence in computer image analysis. 🌊📸 Due to the difficulty of recognizing them and the unpredictability of their development, they cause numerous deaths worldwide. Her work was incubated at UC Santa Cruz 🌴 and was awarded First Prize at the Scientific and Innovation Talent Recruitment Contest for Youth by the Hungarian Association for Innovation. During the summer of 2020 she interned at imagiLabs and in Medical Physics at the Medical University of Vienna. 🩺The medical research group focuses on image-driven radiomic analysis of tumors to optimize treatment decision-making processes. Bogi is also a Junior Templeton Fellow, their program recognises exceptional cognitive talents. ⭐️ She’s a young member of the New York Academy of Sciences, a FameLab Hungary Finalist, TEDx speaker and Ambassador at the Association for Hungarian Women in Science.
This episode is the result of a collaboration with the Hungarian Association for Innovation that focuses its ample activities on the economy stimulating the role of innovation. 🇭🇺💡They do not only award exceptionally innovative companies but organise the most prestigious national youth innovation contest in the country and send student delegates to EUCYS, ISEF, SIYSS and the Nobel week and more. 🌍 https://www.innovacio.hu/en_index.html
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Alishba Imran is a 17-year-old researcher in machine learning and blockchain development, having worked with organizations such as IBM, Hanson Robotics, TD Bank, Ethereum, to name a few. 🔥She is an activator and innovator at The Knowledge Society and co-founder of Voltx, building a machine learning software to accelerate energy storage testing for R&D and production from months to days. ⏩They are working with companies that include manufacturers in supercapacitors such as subsidiaries of Tesla & more. Alishba is using three-dimensional printers to create prosthetics she wants to sell for no more than $500 (market range is between $5,000 and $100,000). 🦾She is member of the Masason Foundation that was started by Masayoshi Son, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp. She recently participated at, Neurips, one of the largest ML and computational neuroscience conferences, and TEDXUW, University of Waterloo about her work in machine intelligence. 🗣 Alishba is also a Weston Youth Innovation Award Finalist, given to 5 teens across Canada that are using technology to make a social impact. 🇨🇦 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 You can tune in to more episodes on www.dropthestem.com !
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This episode is one of a kind, the result of a fruitful partnership with INSPO Science Canada! 🇨🇦🌟 InspoScience Canada is a non-profit organization that provides avenues for aspiring young scientists in Canada to feature their research at global research and innovation fairs. 🏆 INSPO organized NORTH AMERICA'S PREMIER ONLINE SCIENCE FAIR: 30K dollars in awards, 2M+ dollars in scholarships, 15 internship and lab opportunities, and 3 fully-paid trips to compete in Korea, Spain and New York. 🌍The evaluators were from Harvard, University of Toronto, IBM, sponsored awards from NOKIA, Scotiabank, and ... the People's Choice Award from Drop the STEM! 😉 The winner is Khushi Parikh, 🙌 who also received Silver Medal, 18,000 USD entrance scholarship to the Rochester Institute of Technology and a 500 dollars bursary to the TKS 2020-21 session. This inspiring roboticist designed a deep neural network to detect antimicrobial resistance in S . p neumoniae. 🧫🔬Her study presents a proof of concept for the application of CNNs to detect AMR polymorphisms in bacterial DNA, which can be extended to other pathogen-antibiotic combinations in the future. 🧬She also designed a convolutional network to diagnose Lyme Disease previously, received Silver Prize in Genius Olympiad, the Petit Family Foundation's Women in Science Award and won Best Policy Paper, Diplomat and Delegate at ASU Model UNConference. Khushi tutors struggling students and teaches kids how to build autonomous robots. 💡 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 You can tune in to more episodes on www.dropthestem.com !
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Nikhil Suresh @nikhiil.suresh is the next guest dropping the STEM on the pod! 💧🎤He is a researcher in materials science, 4th place Grand Award winner at Intel ISEF 2019 @society4science with his project presenting HemaDrop: a novel technology for Microliter-sized Blood Droplets.🩸 Nikhil is the VP, CFO and Co-founder of MicroDrop Diagnostics, already having five products, several patents and research papers: they are commercializing solid-state analysis of microliter-volume liquid samples congealed with InnovaDrop™ and HemaDrop™ technologies. He’s also the winner of the Arizona State Stock Pitch Competition and Global Semi-finalist. 🗣 Above business, Nikhil presented his research work on a variety of platforms (American Physical Society’s, Ion Beam Analysis International Conference) and won several competitions let it be mathematics, biology or Science Bowl. Nikhil is also a 2020 Research Science Institute participant, one of 50 students selected from roughly 1600 rising seniors in STEM. 🌟His volunteering activities encapsulate helping at homeless shelters and tutoring kids develop essential mathematical skills. LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 You can tune in to more episodes on www.dropthestem.com !
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Let’s welcome Faith Inello on the pod with a round of virtual applause and emojis! 👏😉 She is a researcher in nuerotechnology, an advocate for science, and an innovator at The Knowledge Society, that is an olympic level training program for teens who want to impact billions through STEM and entrepreneurship. 🧠Despite her young age of 16 years, she already communicated science at events, such as Harvard Alumnae for Education and TribalScale. Faith also interviewed Sir Richard Roberts, a Nobel-prize winning biochemist, at the 2020 Future Docs conference. 🏅She founded a company, Axonaly where they are working on multiple initiatives to create wearable technology that will provide relief for anxiety and panic attacks. Through TKS, Faith also helps lead a bossladies initiative that inspires girls across North America to pursue careers in STEM and own their worth as the next generation of strong female leaders.💪 www.dropthestem.com • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎
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We’re welcoming Amogh Bhatnagar @bhatnagar.amogh on this episode, who’s an accomplished researcher, incoming freshman at MIT and a Regeneron Talent Search TOP 40 Finalist 2020, which is the most prestigious STEM competition for US students! 👏He created a data science methodology to compare two surgical procedures based on cost-effectiveness: open appendectomy and laparoscopic appendectomy. 📊 Amogh is also a double ISEF finalist @society4science and received Second Grand Award in Biochemistry in 2019. 🌟 He led student-run non-profit Conference Café and co-Founded a statewide research society in Wisconsin for younger students to help them how to do research and present their findings. 🔬He’s a numerously awarded professional piano player for 14 years, and Amogh does not only have a passion for politics but also cooking and playing tennis. We’ve covered a lot of cool topics on research and beyond the project board, too! LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎
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This episode will blow your mind! 😉👏Our newest guest is Chinmayi Balusu @chinmayi_balusu , researcher in neuroscience and undergraduate student at Columbia University pursuing the life sciences and medical humanities. She is also the founder and CEO of Simply Neuroscience @simplyneuroscience 🧠, an international non-profit organization dedicated to fostering students' interdisciplinary interests in the brain through neuroscience and psychology education, outreach, and awareness. Her numerously awarded and published research experiences involve aging, neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury conducted at Columbia U Irving Medical Center, Department of Psychology or the Bluck Institute for Research on Aging. 💡 Chinmayi is an Alumni Mentor at Society for Science & the Public Alumni College Match program @society4science , Team member of the Combating COVID-19 Challenge at the New York Academy of Science, a Leadership Board Member of 500 Women Scientists @500womensci and a Taekwondo Instructor and Certified Judge! 💪 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 www.dropthestem.com
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Presenting Christine Ye @christine__ye in the newest episode, an accomplished Astrophysicist and a STEM advocate! 🔭🌟Most of her work at the moment is around pulsar glitches and interior physics, but she has also completed work in galactic spectroscopy, astrophysical hydrodynamics simulations, and gravitational waves, working at NANOSTART and the University of Washington. ✨💫She won special award at ISEF 2019, the SPIE: International Optics and Photonics Society’s Award for her research project. She’s a registered 2020 ISEF (double Alumna✌️ @society4science ), Regeneron Finalist and a Science Olympiad National Bronze Medalist ’18. She’s part of American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi, Girls Rock in Science and Math. Her scientific interests are at the intersection between data science, computation, and astrophysics. 💻Furthermore, Christine’s training under an advanced Russian ballet curriculum, performing major roles in productions such as The Nutcracker and Don Quixote! 🩰 Above reaching for the stars in this episode, she shares what her dream role would be, which scientist she would share a dinner with and how you can bring the best out of your STEM endeavours! 😉 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎
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We're welcoming Rachel Seevers on our newest episode, an accomplished oceanographic and engineering mechanic researcher! 🌊You probably have heard about Rachel since she designed a Bioinspired Submersible Dual Propulsion System, mirroring the movement of jellyfish. 💧With the project she won multiple awards at ISEF 2019: Shanghai STEM Cloud Center's Award in Systems Software, NASA's Honorable Mention, and the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award! 💥 We've also expanded on The Virtual Winglet design, receiving Third Award in Engineering Mechanics at ISEF 2018. She is not only a triple ISEF Alumna and 8th place winner of Regeneron 2019, but Rachel also attended the Research Science Institute hosted at MIT in 2018, and then served as a Counselor for the Center of Excellence in Education. 📚 She also mentors for children of low-income families, hosts Science Fair Clinic, supervises donation programs. She is part of STEMFems, Experimentors, French Honor Society and Science National Honor Society, to name a few. 🎓She also received Girl Scouts of America Silver Award. She wears Crimson 😉 since Rachel is attending Harvard University Class of 2023, studying Mechanical Engineering and Economics. LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎
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Milidu Jayaweera is a researcher in Machine Learning and Wireless Communications, a distinguished National scholar and double ISEF finalist. ⭐️ At ISEF 2019 with his project, He won Second Award in Robotics and Intelligent Machines, National Security Agency Research Directorate: Second Place Award "Cyber Pioneer” and Third Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. 💻 Milidu also started tutoring low-income students at the beginning of this year at ABQ Explora. In this episode, we're gonna explore what Game of Jamming is all about, how it’s related to warfare and Mission-critical communications. 😉 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ Google ‼️, Stitcher ▪️and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem #dropthestemgang
What better way to hit off our new season than with this episode, in which we are going to explore the intersection of scientific and creative processes, such as writing! 🎉Alice Cai @alicecai2020 is a published author of the novel: Crowned: Legend of the Three Bears. 🐻Alice has been nationally recognized multiple times by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, including a 2020 American Voice medal. She got published by The Best Teen Writing of 2019, which is the nation's longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens. ✍️The ISEF gang is growing @society4science since Alice is both an ISEF'19 and 20 qualified finalist, as she worked on Fabrication Optimization of Nano-structures for potential sensor applications, and we're gonna see how chameleons and nanostructures can come into the same picture! She also co-founded with Minnie Zhang, a unique educational platform: Buzz Online. @buzzonlineofficial 🐝Alice is passionate about both storytelling and research, finding links between the two, and she also shared some cool teasers for her next novels that you do not want to miss out! 😎 LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of scien
Let’s welcome Sidharth Anantha, who is the founder and president of Seeing for the blind that creates products to help visually impaired people navigate. ➡️ He’s also the founder of KtByte robotics program, and as an RSI 2019 scholar, during the summer Sidharth researched at MIT AeroAstro lab on a short-takeoff electric air taxi. (Not gonna put a bad airplane joke here, because it would never land 🛬) Amid the COVID’19 pandemic, he founded an online educational platform, HELM Learning, Helping Everyone Learn More. 👩🏽💻🧑🏻💻Sidharth is literally a student Ignite Speaker, a renowned speaker on both and national and international platforms, such as the Global Teen Medical Summit, Boston Accessibility or Empower Conference in New Delhi, India’s largest accessibility conference. He’s also a Conrad Innovator, a National Honor Society Member, award-winner of numerous entrepreneurial and research-oriented competitions! ⚡️ LINK IN BIO • Tune in LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #science #rsi2019 #rsi #dropthestem #dropthestemgang
Let’s give a round of applause to Eeshani Behara, our next guest on the podcast!👏 Eeshani developed a biosensor based POC device for chronic kidney diseases with which she received the First Place Student Choice Award at the 2019 Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, also First Place in Engineering and Induction in 2018! She is not only a star in the STEM fields but on the stage as well. 🎤Eeshani in the American Protégé International Vocal Competition was selected to perform solo at Carnegie Hall in December 2019. Eeshani is in the ISEF squad as well, a 2019-2020 registered finalist and winner of Drexel University’s Full tuition scholarship. Her research project is on developing a biosensor that can detect platelet hyperaggregation in cardiovascular disease. ❣️ She became a winner of Youth in Action, being VP of Palm Beach County Behavioral Health Coalition’s Teen Coalition. The organization is dedicated to preventing underage substance use through education and promoting self-advocacy. Eeshani is also President of Tri M Music Honor Society and an accomplished woman in science, so get ready, because the content we discussed is going to be music to your ears! 😉 LINK IN BIO • Tune in LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem #dropthestemgang #sigmaxi
Here comes the 30th episode, y'all! Jay Iyer is a researcher in microbiology, a double ISEF finalist and an RSI 2020 finalist. Jay created a bacteriophage cocktail that showed outstanding efficacy in killing E.coli bacteria in meat. As part of his ISEF 2020 project, he developed a novel way of proteolysis in fighting against Alzheimer's Disease. He is also a First Place Division Challenge Winner at National Science Bowl, founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization "Mind Relief". Through Agape in Action, Jay travelled to Guatemala to assist in gynaecological treatments. He is invested in scientific advocacy fields, teaching the younger generation about STEM concepts. Jay is an EKAM Youth Ambassador, also treasurer of the Indian Student Association and a distinguished Ultimate Frisbee player. Be sure to give a listen to this milestone episode! • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2018 #ISEF2020 #SSPalumni #dropthestem #dropthestemgang Facebook: www.facebook.com/dropthestempodca…=admin_todo_tour Instagram: www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ @dropthestempodcast Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
The newest guest on the pod is Carla García Medina: a researcher in Computer Science and Engineering! 💫In her 2018 EUCYS project, she applied genetic algorithms to solve the "Travelling Salesman Problem", which is considered a computational NP problem. 💻 She participated at the 8th International Swiss Talent Forum, where outstanding young talents across the world are assigned different challenges. 🇨🇭Carla developed an iOS application for IDEA (Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association) Cambodia. She worked for companies and institutions in ML and Deep learning, and now she studies at NYU Tandon School of Engineering! 🍎Carla is also the winner of several prizes, such as the National Youth Prize in Volunteering and the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award. Carla is further an active member of the European Youth Parliament and the European Solidarity Corps! 🇪🇺 Listen to a bunch of intriguing topics, discussions on ethical issues and inspirational takeaways from living in New York covered that you don't want to miss out! 😉 LINK IN BIO Now you can tune in to us on ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you want to take a few moments of science with us! 😎#stem #stempassion #dropthestem #dropthestemgang #eucys #eucys2018 #eucysalumni
Let’s give it up to Shaan Baig @shaanbaig, who’s an American-Canadian researcher, speaker, entrepreneur, a Global Teen Leader! 🌎 Shaan created SB Innovations, a research and development company creating affordable, sustainable solutions to pressing global issues. As part of SB Innovations, he founded Young Scientists & Innovators to help teens discover their potential in STEM and grant them the tools to turn their visions into reality. 💫His innovations include a novel work on Alzheimer’s disease early detection and treatment, cancer sensor strip, alternative prostate cancer treatment and more. 🧠He was awarded with numerous prizes on platforms such as CWSF @cwsf_espc , Abu Dhabi Expo-Science International and Google Science Fair. @society4science The ISEF gang is expanding, since Shaan won 3rd place in Materials Science and the Patent and Trademark Office Society Award, and the Young Scientist Award (best in fair) at the Taiwan International Science Fair. He has been invited to speak at TEDx, the United Nations, having spoken at universities and conferences around the world. LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem #dropthestemgang Facebook: www.facebook.com/dropthestempodca…=admin_todo_tour Instagram: www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ @dropthestempodcast Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
This episode is bringing a new chapter to the DTS gang! There have been bright young minds who are scientific researchers, start-uppers, coordinators on the pod, but never an Olympian! Iris Yan is a two time U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad qualifier, being in the top 20 in the entire States, a three-time National Science Bowl qualifier, the team was placed 5th in 2019. She is a math and chem whiz, having successfully participated at numerous scientific competitions. Each summer, 80 of the world's most accomplished high school students gather at (MIT) for the Research Science Institute (RSI), and Iris is an RSI'19 Alumna. Iris is passionate about STEM outreach programs and is an inspiring advocate for women in STEM. You can tune into us on ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you want to take a few moments of science with us! #stem#stempassion#science#dropthestem#dropthestemgang #rsi #rsi19 #rsialumni Special STEM Shoutout @yocientificx to and findcovidtests.com
The EUCYS'19 series continues! Andrey Gizdov won one of the Joint Research Centre Prizes at the European Contest for Young Scientists 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria with a project in which he developed a novel method for skeletal age estimation based on cranial suture analysis. Andrey is also an Intel ISEF finalist (where he received Arizona State University's Intel ISEF Scholarship), a Computer Vision Researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science and winner of multiple national and international awards. Link to Youtube video: https://youtu.be/_5nfAP5l2mM Now you can tune into us on ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you want to take a few moments of science with us! #stem#stempassion #intelisef #intel #science#ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem#dropthestemgang #eucys#eucys2019 #eucysalumni Facebook: www.facebook.com/dropthestempodca…=admin_todo_tour Instagram: www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ @dropthestempodcast Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
•JUBILEE EPISODE• Let’s welcome Juliana Estradioto @juestradioto , the newest guest on the pod 🎤, who is a researcher in materials science and biotechnology; she used agroindustrial byproducts to develop alternative materials: biodegradable plastic films, biosorbents, and bacterial cellulose membranes.🌱🍊🧬 Juliana is also a triple ISEF alumna - achieved over 45 awards in national and international science and engineering fairs being the first and only Brazilian to receive the Intel ISEF First Place in Materials Science and the first Brazilian girl to attend SIYSS and the Nobel festivities! 🇧🇷@society4science @siyss_stockholm We have expanded upon how people view sustainability; we talked about the universe in a nutshell (tune in for the intended pun😜), business skills you can incorporate into conducting research and practical ways to involve younger people in doing research! LINK IN BIO • Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts🍎, iTunes🎧, Spotify✅ and SoundCloud📳. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem #dropthestemgang Facebook: www.facebook.com/dropthestempodca…=admin_todo_tour Instagram: www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ @dropthestempodcast Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
A sound project - Literally (+ better podcast sound quality than ever). Neil David Cayanan, Shaira Gozun and E’van Relle Tongol created a sound absorption material out of locally available materials possible! They won the Best Team Research in Physical Science during the 2019 Department of Education National Science and Technology Fair in the Philippines. At ISEF 2019 they received Honorable Mention from the Acoustical Society of America, the team was competing in Material Science. They recently had the opportunity to attend ASA’s 178th Meeting in San Diego. Also, super fresh news: after the ASA Meeting, they received First Place - Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics Best Student Paper! I had Neil and Shaira on the pod who also shared tips on how a good teamwork (research family) can “make the dream work”, and you can get to know how a chocolate bar is linked to the ISEF experience! Tune in to discover more. Available on ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem
Let’s open |DTS 2020| by taking a look behind the scenes of EUCYS 2019 and discovering how the first EVER Alumni Meeting came to be! 🇧🇬🇪🇺 Who would be better to share more about it than…Ivaylo Zhelev, who is a scientific researcher in Artificial Intelligence at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, while completing his Bachelor studies at the University of Groningen. With his project "Digital image denoising based on sphere-constrained total variation method with an additional noise component" he won Special prize of Intel ISEF at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) in 2018, and participated at ISEF 2019. 🙌 #isefgang #eucysgang Ivaylo, working diligently on the EUCYS organisation team I might add, was involved in organising the first EUCYS Alumni Meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria! 🎉 Now you can tune into us on ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem #dropthestemgang #eucys #eucys2019 #eucysalumni Youtube: https://youtu.be/wIiFzw6-AP0 Facebook: www.facebook.com/dropthestempodca…=admin_todo_tour Instagram: www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ @dropthestempodcast Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
This episode is gonna be music to your ears! Sauhaarda Chowdhuri is an Aerospace Robotics and ML researcher whose innovative PhonoNet System = Multi-Stage Deep Neural Networks used for raga (melodic frameworks) identification in Indian Classical music! He aimed to provide computational prediction of ragas so singers could receive live feedback when learning + preserving digitally important features of the music. Nothing proves its success more than receiving 3 awards at ISEF’19: Best Use of Data Award by GoDaddy, 3rd place in Robotics and Intelligent Machines and 3rd place Acoustical Science Award (Acoustical Society of America). Now you can tune into us on YouTube! along with ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! Thank you for taking a few moments of science with us! 😎 @society4science #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem
What do cows love listening to? MOOSIC – which happens to be Emma’s invention! Let’s discover the proportionality between music and the productivity of the dairy cows - check out the Youtube Video in the bio, recorded in Sofia, Bulgaria! Emma Weiss Nielsen won the main prize at Unge Forskere, Denmark's largest natural science talent competition. At EUCYS she received The European Food and Drink Industry prize of 2000 euros, awarded by FoodDrinkEurope. Now you can tune into us on YouTube! along with ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! Thank you for taking a few moments of science with us! 😎 #stem #stempassion #science #dropthestem #eucys #eucys2019
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Have you heard about PTSD❓Did you know that 24.4 million people in the US have PTSD at any given time? I’ve had the pleasure to have Dr Jennifer Perusini PhD. : CEO and founder of Neurovation Labs 🧠 on the pod! She has recently co-founded the PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) recovery foundation of America, a non-profit charity with a mission to facilitate the discovery of a cure by 2025 while easing the burden today. ➡️ Check out the newest episode to get to know more about how they are revolutionizing to treat psychiatric illness, and how you can help this impactful mission! This is the first podcast interview available on YouTube spiced up with cool visuals! 😎You can tune into us on ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you enjoy taking a few moments of science with us! #stem #stempassion #science #dropthestem Follow @dropthestempodcast on insta!
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December is all about surprises – we are bringing you the first pod where an organization is introduced! Let’s welcome SIYSS: the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar! Each year 25 of the world’s foremost young scientists are invited to Stockholm to take part in a unique science and culture program during the Nobel Week. I had Alexandra Polyakova, Event Manager at SIYSS (part of the Swedish Federation of Young Scientists or Unga Forskare) expanding on what the SIYSS experience is all about, how you can be part of the unforgettable journey, which Nobel events and parties you can attend, her experiences, dearest memories and more! You can tune into us on ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! #stem #stempassion #science #dropthestem #siyss #siyss2019 #ungaforskare #nobel #nobelprize #nobel2019 SIYSS webpage: https://ungaforskare.se/siyss/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/
What do you think, what are two of the greatest challenges facing blind / visually impaired persons? Click on the Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kj7LpfvZCU&feature=youtu.be (Science in 4K) to find out how Manning’s device can give users a greater understanding of their environment! A little hint: it is gonna be sensational! Manning Whitby had already gained national recognition at the Canada-wide Science Fair receiving top honours for developing a wearable perception aid for blind or visually impaired individuals. At this year’s EUCYS, where we recorded and filmed the podcast interview, he won the EIROForum’s Special award! For more info, check out Manning’s website: www.inconav.com Now you can tune into us on YouTube! along with ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! Thank you for taking a few moments of science with us! EUCYS-project: https://eucys.eu/projects-2019/an-interpretation-of-life-through-vibration-motors/
Introducing the first GROUP podcast ever and video interview recorded at EUCYS! Poojan Pandya and Leo Takemaru won First and Best of Category Award in Microbiology and a ticket to EUCYS Sofia, Bulgaria at Intel ISEF this year. They investigated the role of the protein CCDC11 in the budding of HIV, implementing CRISPR-Cas9 technology. They found that cells lacking CCDC11 showed significantly less budding than normal cells, suggesting that CCDC11 is critical in the process. With their outstanding results, researchers may have a new potential target when creating antiviral medication to fighting HIV. At EUCYS the dream team won the First Prize of 7,000 Euros! To literally see it for yourself, click on the Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxjT0QXTvXI
Now you can tune into us on YouTube! along with ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dropthestempodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast @dropthestempodcast EUCYS project: https://eucys.eu/projects-2019/investigating-the-role-of-the-novel-escrt-iii-recruiter-ccdc11-in-hiv-budding-identifying-a-potential-target-for-antiviral-therapy/
Adam Kelly became BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year and the winner of SciFest in Ireland. He won First, Best of Category Award in Systems Software and the Dudley R Herschbach SIYSS Award at Intel ISEF 2019 (Adam is going to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony and Festivities this December). He has recently won First Prize of 7,000 Euros at EUCYS in Sofia, where we recorded and filmed! our conversation. His software has direct applications in the verification of quantum devices; quantum algorithm design and investigations of quantum supremacy. Adam developed a novel method for state vector simulation. Unlike current tools, this enables the use of both hardware acceleration and distributed systems. The developments create a coherent approach towards the simulation of quantum circuits, that can be used by any researcher to improve the simulation process for any quantum circuit. Now you can tune into us on YouTube! along with ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPkrzY9E6Lg&feature=youtu.be Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dropthestempodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ @dropthestempodcast EUCYS project: https://eucys.eu/projects-2019/yoptimised-simulation-of-general-quantum-circuits/
The microbio gang is growin’ (exponentially): Emily Kang, from San Diego, sunny California, won second prize Grand award in microbiology at Intel ISEF 2019. Her project is called: Turning Over a New Phage (that pun though): A Novel Approach to Phage Therapy. Her approach minimizes the potential for resistance in bacteria. She’s also involved in synthetic biology; Emily is going to the iGEM competition hosted by MIT this fall. Her group is using E.coli to degrade toxic compounds in crude oil. Let’s take a few moments of science! The STEM shoutout goes to a non-profit organization, STEAM for all. They “strive to provide meaningful community service opportunities, develop leaders through student-led service activities, and promote STEAM education globally”. I had Pranav Moudgalya, board member on the pod expanding on the work they do and how you can be part of that impactful organization! Check out www.steamforall.org
Erik Hartman is an '18 ISEF alumni, he received the third award in translational medicine. Erik examined whether it was possible to coat a surgical suture material with a specific type of AMP and whether it gained an antibacterial effect. He's now studying biomedical engineering and biomedicine at Lund University. He's also engaged in the global competition iGEM and launched an international initiative as part of the iGEM outreach, SynthEthics. The goal is ensuring prosperity in a world of biotechnology. He was also working at Ungaforskare as part of the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar and the Nobel festivities.
This week's stem shoutout goes to the Lund iGEM team. If you wanna read about their work, who they are compromised of and so forth, check out their blog and Synthetics as well. There is an online questionnaire you can fill out on some of the most crucial questions concerning synthetic biology. It only takes 5-10 minutes, but you are taking part in answering some of the questions the future may hold. If you wanna go the extra mile and share your viewpoint, just reach out because there is a more detailed task for you. The links are included in the infobox: Blog: https://2019.igem.org/Team:Lund/Blog Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWIAxv_exCt1-HFpmgvlJWA3gWBZJpOc0tORg-5cPWwk6HeQ/viewform Don't forget that now we are available on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Spotify besides SoundCloud.
Have you heard about magic squares? Who is better to solve the mystery of those fascinating mathematical designs than AnaMaria Perez, the best of category winner in Mathematics at this year’s ISEF. She proved the conditions necessary for symmetry, and corrected inconsistencies in previous work on magic squares. She took home: Mu Alpha Theta, National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society’s First Award, National Security Agency Research Directorate’s Second Place Award, and the American Mathematical Society’s Certificate of Honorable Mention. AnaMaria has a heart for the world of science, she also mentors younger science fair students, and she has recently attended MIT’s Research Scientific Institute this summer. Take a few moments of science with us! www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
September is almost here, which means it’s time for EUCYS, the European Contest for Young Scientists! Last year it was hosted in Dublin, Ireland, where I actually met my good friend, Dana Venkert. Dana is a scientific researcher and project manager with 5 years of experience in academic research in the fields of Neuroscience, Neurobiology and Medicine. Her EUCYS project was on the effect of hyperbaric oxygen exposure on the DDR mechanism in astrocytes in relation to Alzheimer’s disease, which she conducted at Tel Aviv University. She is a spokeswoman at international conferences, and she has recently attended the Asian Science Camp in China as Israel’s deleagte, we’ve expanded on that unique scientfific experience as well. In her words science is “beauty and people”. Don’t miss to take a “few moments of science” with us! This week’s STEM shouout goes to EUCYS, it will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, where Intel ISEF also sends students. The 2019 winners are Leo Takemaru and Poojan Pandya, from the state of NY, and Kaylie Hausknecht also from NY. Congratulations to them! www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
How can you harvest kinetic energy from fish? Huai Pu Chen / Samuel from Taiwan developed an electrically powered tag that runs on the power provided by a fish’s swimming! With his project at Intel ISEF this year he won Second Grand Award in the category of Engineering Mechanics. He is passionate about marine life, goes diving and fishing almost every day; Samuel also recently attended the Student Conservation Leadership Summit at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus. So, this episode is so worth to TUNA into! The STEM shoutot goes to a special event coming up, Save the Date Signature Alumni and Friends Event (10/19/19, The Stanford Faculty Club), organized by SSP. It brings together Society alumni who are noted innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs tackling the world's most intractable problems. You can register at the Society for Science Alumni Network. As always, take a few moments of science with us! 😎 • Link in bio • @society4science #stem #stempassion #intelisef #intel #science #ISEF2019 #SSPalumni #dropthestem https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
Jason Ping with his project at Intel ISEF this year won first and best of category awards in the category of computational biology and bioinformatics. He built and trained a machine learning tool to read and interpret medical literature on genetic variations to predict the effects of genetic mutations, which would otherwise require an significant amount of resources and manual labor. He’s also Student Council President, president of China Care, he’s in the National Honor Society, and many more. Jason also shared a coding pun from ISEF, take a listen now, don’t let it bug you any longer what that could be! There’s also a special shoutout to a non-profit organization, “Engage STEM”. Learn more about the outreach and the international essay contest they’re hosting! https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
This ninth episode marks the podcast’s two month birthday since its launch, and it’s also special because I have Annika Morgan on, who won the first and best of category awards in the category of Biochemistry at Intel ISEF this year. She researched a way to make vaccines and other viral medications (such as the Ebola vaccine) storable at higher temperatures to reduce the cost of transporting them long distances. When she is not playing with viruses, Annika is working as an emergency medical responder, a lifeguard, or at the Youth Mental Health First Aid support team at Joel Barlow she co-founded. She is driven by an undeniable curiosity for science and a desire to serve others. Annika shared some valuable advice on time management and what the best way is to respond to bullies. Make sure to take a few moments of science with us! www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
The newest guest is Ritika Jeloka, who at Intel ISEF this year won Second Award in the category of Cellular and Molecular Biology. Her project, which she conducted at the University of Central Florida, focuses on Huntington’s disease (HD), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, and how it might be related from a molecular perspective to the process of oxidative stress, which she’s gonna expand on in the conversation. She is definitely characterized by an external focus, wanting to help others any way she possibly can. Take a few moments of science with us! https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
We've covered a bit of "orbits" in terms of astronomy, but we're gonna discover another realm (it's gonna get chaotic)! Let me introduce you the newest guest, Muhammad Abdulla, who with his project of "Fine Classification of Minimal Orbits in Dynamic Systems", last year at Intel ISEF won First and Best of Category Awards in Mathematics. He was also invited to participate at SIYSS, along with the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Stockholm in December, where we actually met, so I'm pumped for you to take a few moments of science with us! https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
The microbio gang’s officially got a new member, you guys! Divyam Goel won the third award at ISEF with his project, in which he used microtiter assays and an in-lab developed simulated anatomic lung model to determine the effectiveness of bacteriophage therapy as a preventative measure against poly-microbial biofilms in cystic fibrosis patients. So dope, right? We actually got to know each other on the Drop the STEM server, and found out that both of our works targeted PA infections. Tune in to the newest episode 🎤 https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
Sophie Kearney at Intel ISEF this year won the third award in the category Microbiology with her project of crucial importance, since more and more people acquire antibiotic resistant infections. She developed an algorithm that determines the efficacy of an antibiotic against pathogenic species. Her technology has utility to make best practices easily available to private physicians and hospital managers since it can regulate and standardize the prescription of antibiotics. https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
The very first girl on the podcast, who undoubtedly drops the STEM is Allison Jia! At ISEF she received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award of US$50,000 for her outstanding research into toxic tau protein aggregates, which spread in neurons in the human brain and are associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. She is the president of the Society for Neuroscience - Bay Area’s Chapter, and is passionate about promoting scientific discoveries. Allison tickles the ivories and serves strong on the volleyball court, too! https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ Music Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com
If you wanna discuss dark matter, get to know the world of machine learning, computer science or robotics, Brendon is your person! He is the youngest contestant ever to take the Best Project Award at Canada-Wide Science Fair, he won first prize at the European Contest for Young Scientists for the project in which he developed an autonomous vehicle based on an electric go-kart. At SNOLAB, he applied deep learning to dark matter detection, used machine learning to build an algorithm that improves particle classification. And guess what, Brendon's also an Intel ISEF Alumni 2019! With the project, he won Second Award in Physics and Astronomy, the China Association for Science and Technology’s Award and the National Security Agency Research Directorate’s Honorable Mention. Take a few moments of science with us! https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/
Get to know Brian Wu, who can be easily titled the Luke Skywalker of science today! 🚀 He discovered nine giant planets, one brown dwarf, two binary stars, as well as the first-ever low-mass circumbinary planet using Radial Velocity spectrographs. This year at the world’s largest scientific championship, Intel ISEF he won NASA’s Grand Award! He’s an exoplanet researcher at the University of Florida, TEDx speaker, founder of an aviation news site, an athlete and someone who’s got some moves! 😎 https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/
Get to know Krithik Ramesh who is an aviation enthusisast, aspiring engineer, programmer, 3d printing hobbyist and propulsion nerd. Oh, and last but not least, he won the grand award at the world's largest scientific championship! He’s such a cool person, who reaches out to others in many ways and has a great sense of humour! Take a few moments of science with us! https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/