MRC talks
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- Website
- http://www.mrc.ac.uk
- Description
- The MRC is a publicly funded organisation dedicated to improving human health through world-class medical research. More at www.mrc.ac.uk.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2021-06-26 23:44
- last episode published
- 2019-07-03 08:51
- publication frequency
- 63.56 days
- Contributors
- Dockercast
- Owner
- The MRC
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 29
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- Categories
- Science & Medicine
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2019-07-03 | Professor Chris Ponting, computational biologist, is interviewed by Isabel Harding. Chris gave up biology at the age of 16 to focus on physics. But after finishing his Masters, he changed his mind and decided to follow his gut instinct – going back in... |
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| 2019-06-05 |
Career inspirations: Caroline Relton, population health scientist Caroline Relton, population health scientist, is interviewed by Debs Barber. Today she’s a highly-respected scientist and research group leader, but Caroline first set off down another career path. Caroline’s love of science led her to study for a deg... |
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| 2019-05-08 | Toby Jenkins, biophysical chemist, is interviewed by Petra Kiviniemi. Professor Toby Jenkins is fascinated by bacterial and fungal infection of humans, particularly wounds and bladders. When beginning his research, he’d assumed that all clinicians and... |
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| 2019-04-04 | Mark Skehel, technology specialist, is interviewed by Isabel Harding. A born scientist – thanks to his father’s influence – Mark has a job that allows him to play with big bits of equipment, as well as do his own biomedical research. His high-tech i... |
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| 2019-03-05 | Fiona Watt, stem cell scientist, is interviewed by Isabel Harding. Fiona’s love of animals led her to study zoology at the University of Cambridge, where she discovered the topic she’s dedicated her career to studying: cell biology. Director of the ... |
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| 2019-02-05 | Nita Forouhi, nutrition scientist, is interviewed by Isabel Harding. Nita trained as a doctor, but while treating patients with diabetes she realised this wasn’t enough. She wanted to find out what causes diabetes and how to prevent it from happening ... |
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| 2019-01-09 | Daniel Freeman, clinical psychologist, is interviewed by Debs Barber. Daniel studied natural sciences at university but then discovered his passion for psychology. Working in mental health services in the NHS he spent a lot of time listening to the ex... |
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| 2018-05-30 | Max Perutz Science Writing Award 2018 is open. To help entrants, in this episode we speak to last year's winner and runners up for hints and tips on science writing. This year's competition closes on 4 July 2018. See details of the competition at: ht... |
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| 2018-05-14 |
MRC talks episode 12: Sandra Bucci’s app helping people with psychosis We bring you the second of two episodes highlighting research helping young people affected by poor mental health. One of the ways MRC-funded researchers are doing this, is through the use of digital technology. Scientists from the University of Manc... |
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| 2017-09-22 |
MRC talks episode 11: Alan Stein's global mental health research We bring you the first of two episodes highlighting research helping young people affected by poor mental health. Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Alan Stein is helping HIV-positive women with depression during pregnancy and the postnatal ... |
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