SciSection
SciSection is the #1 Science Show being produced from the center of Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada. SciSection aims to bridge the gap between individuals who may not be exposed to the same information as those studying sciences. Science is not just about chemical titrations or DNA transcription - nor is it only for that one character who wears an Einstein shirt in all those TV shows. From time to time we tend to forget that all the sciences are being studied for the betterment of us as a global population! So, we can learn and apply it to our day to day lives. We are here to remind you of that!
Episodes
December 5, 2023 • 9 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Megan Liang! Megan is from the 2023 McMaster Child Health Conference 👦👬. In this episode, Megan discusses her impressive poster presentation on the iPeer2Peer mentorship recipients piloted by the Anthony Lab at SickKids Toronto, connecting trained adolescent mentors one-on-one with mentees instilling confidence and disease self-management skills...
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November 24, 2023 • 31 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Richard Petty! Dr. Petty is a titan in the field of social psychology, having published over 450 journal articles and winning numerous awards for his research into persuasion 🧠💬. In this episode, Dr. Petty breaks down the basics of how we form attitudes, how the credibility of the source changes our attitudes, and provides practical implicat...
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Tiffany Dang! Tiffany is currently a Biomedical Engineering PhD student From the University of Calgary🧫☢️. In this episode, we will be learning about her journey to becoming a biomedical enfineer, her research involving induced pluripotent stem cells, her pioneering method to mass produce stem cells for clinical trials and therapies, and so much ...
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Roula Faraj! Roula is currently a PhD Student at the University of Toronto 📚📖! In this episode, we will be learning about the history, philosophy and sociology of the physical sciences, the role perception and psychology have in the development of science, her own career path, and so much more 👀!
- Journalist: Shanessa Furtado
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Rebecca Batstone! Dr. Batstone is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster 🧫! ! We will be learning about how she initially become interested in researching symbiotic relationships between organisms & her introduction with the legume-rhizobium model for studying symbiosis 🥜, and so much more 👀!
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Aimee Nelson! Dr. Nelson is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Sensorimotor Neuroscience 🧠! We will be learning about how the extraordinary research being done at her Neuro Lab where techniques ranging from transcranial magnetic stimulation, electromyography, electroencephalography, and high-intensity aerobic exercise are being used to induce ...
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's part 2 interview is our special guest from McGill University's Office of Science and Society Dr. Joe Schwarcz 📚🔎! In this episode will be learning about the world of scientific misinformation, the important tools we need to battle it, and so much more 👀!
- Journalist: Amy Stewart
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Joe Schwarcz! Dr. Schwarcz is an acclaimed author, chemist, pseudoscientist debunker, and director of McGill University's Office of Science and Society📚🧪👨⚕️! We will be learning about the strengths and weaknesses of the peer review process, how to make science more accessible, and so much more 👀!
- Journalist: Amy Stewart
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June 21, 2023 • 26 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Jessica Maxwell! Dr. Maxwell is currently an assistant professor at McMaster University, where she researches relationships and sex 👫👬👭! In this episode, we will be learning about the difference between soulmate and growth beliefs, how to maintain passion with our partners, the key partner trait that leads to an amazing relationship, and so...
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Jonathan Dushoff! Dr. Dushoff is a member of the Department of Biology at McMaster University and one of the three core faculty members of the Theobio Lab👨⚕️! We will be learning about how infections can be modeled for whole populations by linking the processes by which the disease spreads withing and between individuals, and so much more 👀...
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Grant McClelland! Dr. McClelland is a comparative physiologist and professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University 💪🔬👨⚕️! We will be learning about his interests in researching how animals work, the mechanisms that evolved within them to produce the traits that we see today, and so much more 👀!
- Journalist: Yumnah Jafri
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Jianping Xu! Dr. Xu is a professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University and renowned for his research into the field of mycology👨⚕️🔬🧫! We will be learning about the field of mycology, details in his findings largely relating to Cryptococcus neoformans and Aspergillus fumigatus, and so much more 👀!
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Yasmine Madan! Yasmine is the winter of the 2023 McMaster University Child Health Conference (MCHC)👧👦! We will be learning about her award-winning research with SickKids on button battery ingestions and so much more 👀!
- Journalist: Yumnah Jafri
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Georg Northoff! Dr. Northoff is the research chair of Mind, Brain Imaging, and Neuro Ethics 👨⚕️🧠! We will be learning about how passion to elucidate what connects the brain and the mind, his experiences as a philosopher, psychiatrist, and neuroscientist, disagnostic and treatment potentials and so much more 👀!
- Journalist: Amy Stewart
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January 17, 2023 • 39 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Roy Baumeister! Dr. Baumeister is one of the most respected and cited social psychologists alive👨⚕️! He spent his career studying the self, and is going to break down his lifetime of research on this episode🏅🔬 ! We will be learning about what the self is, its purpose, how we develop the self-identity that we have, and so much more 👀!
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December 5, 2022 • 12 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Susan Brawley, renowned Phycologist and Professor Emerita of Plant and Marine Biology at the University of Maine 🧫🌊! We'll be learning about her path to interitidal research, the importance of being systematic and thoughtful in science inquiry, why she studies algae, and so much more👀!
- Journalist: Maya Chari
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- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Ennio Cipani! Dr. Cipani developed the Cipani Behavioral Classification System, which he refers to as the Holy Grail of classifying of understanding another person's behaviour. During his career as a behavioural psychologist, Dr. Cipani compiled everything that he learned about human behaviour into a book, Functional Behavioral Assessment, D...
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December 5, 2022 • 13 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Graham Scott, Associate professor in Biology at McMaster, with his research focusing on animal physiology in high altitude deer mice 🐭👨🔬! We'll be learning about research in physiology of living organisms at high altitudes, high altitude deer mice' bodies adapt to receive oxygen more efficiently from a low-oxygen environment, and so much more�...
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December 4, 2022 • 25 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Michael J. Frank, Director at the Carney Center For Computational Brain Science 🧠💻! We'll be learning about raise awareness about his research in computational brain science, understanding the dopamine system that goes against the stereotypical conception of how dopamine works, and so much more👀!
- Journalist: Daniel Almeida
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December 4, 2022 • 15 mins
- Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Lauren Kelly, Assistant professor of pharmacology and therapeutics; pediatrics and child health, researcher of opioid use during pregnancy, effects of taking meds while breast milk, and use of medicinal Cannabis in pediatric populations with expertise in clinical trial ethics 🌱🍼! We'll be learning about potentials of cannabis products to treat s...
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