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Tune in for our season 4 wrap-up as we say goodbye to Bea and Xiaoran! Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus Stay tuned for season 5!

Today, Bea talks to Prof. Dr. Christian F. Doeller, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and vice president of the Max Planck Society. His research is focused on studying how the brain and the mind work. Together with his research group they try to answer some of the fundamental questions about neuroscience.  Bea and Christian talk about the concept of the memory, the role the memory plays in our lives, and how memory is different in different people. Christian explains the memory in different species and how we can improve our memory, and so on. To find out more listen to the episode!      To find out more information about Prof. Dr. Christian F. Doeller, check out here: https://doellerlab.com/       MPE_EVA’s Twitter: @doellerlab and @mpi_cbs   Episode Art: Picture of Prof. Doeller © Steffen Roth, Berlin                   Photo by Milad Fakurian on Unsplash   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de     Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!  

Tune in to our latest episode with Dr. Jan Kirchner, a member of technical staff at OpenAI, one of the most famous startups right now in Silicon Valley. We explore his career path, his application process for OpenAI and his work as a member of the alignment team. We’ll also touch on lots of other topics, ranging from cognitive science to computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence. To find out more about, check out: Twitter: @janhkirchner Jan's blog: https://universalprior.substack.com/ OpenAI website: https://openai.com/ Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

Today, Xiaoran talks to a special guest Damla.  She is an influencer and a content creator in self-growth and wellness areas. And she is sharing her stories about dealing with anxiety disorder in daily life on social medias. Xiaoran and Damla talk about the importance of mental health , how and when to reach out help, as well as, how to incorporate with your family and friends. Damla also shares the tips and experiences on the way of living with anxiety disorder.    To find out more information about her, check out her Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest @theselfgrowthpath.   Episode Art: Photo by Tim Chow on Unsplash   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de     Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

Tune in as we continue our series on RNA-related research. Today’s guest is Dr. Danny Nedialkova, group leader at the MPI of Biochemistry in Martinsried. We will explore her scientific trajectory and discuss various topics in the field of gene expression, including the genetic code, sequencing technologies, and an understudied class of molecules known as transfer RNAs (tRNAs).  To find out more about Dr. Danny Nedialkova’s work, check out: www.biochem.mpg.de/Nedialkova Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

In this episode, tune in for Marcel’s conversation with Lindsay Ejoh, a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. They discuss some of the idiosyncrasies of doing a PhD in the USA as well as Lindsay’s research on the neural circuit mechanisms of pain and pain relief. They also touch on Lindsay’s science communication efforts, which include a SciCom TikTok channel as well as being a Co-Editor and Staff Writer of the online blog “Penn NeuroKnow”. To find out more about Lindsay Ejoh, check out: TikTok: neuro_melody Instagram: neuro_melody Twitter: neuro_melody https://pennneuroknow.com/ Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

Today, Bea talks to Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. His research focuses on the analysis of ancient DNA to investigate topics such as pathogens from historic and prehistoric epidemics, human genetic history, and human evolution. He has contributed to deciphering Neanderthal genetics and the shared genetic heritage of Neanderthals and modern humans. In 2010, while working at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, he discovered the first genetic evidence of the Denisovans, an extinct hominin found in the Altai Mountains in Siberia. Bea and Johannes talk about the timeline of human evolution starting from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens. Prof. Krause tells how they discovered the Denisovans, what we have learned since this discovery, and what differentiates Denisovans from Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens.  They also talk about what the next big discoveries will be in archaeogenetics.   To find out more information about Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause, check out here: https://www.eva.mpg.de/archaeogenetics/staff/johannes-krause/#c45293 MPE_EVA’s Twitter: @MPI_EVA_Leipzig Episode Art: Picture of Prof. Krause © Thomas Victor                      Background: Photo by Eugene Zhyvchik on Unsplash You can follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

Today, Xiaoran talks to Prof. Dr. Raffaella Buonsanti, a tenured Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). In her research, Professor Buonsanti implements a highly interdisciplinary approach, spanning from Chemistry to Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, to address fundamental challenges in energy technologies. Through the core expertise in colloidal synthesis, her team develops novel approaches to controlled and tunable nanomaterials to drive chemical transformations.   In this conversation, they shed light on the real life of a scientist. They talk about the routine in Raffaella’s work and life, the concept of “ life-work integration”, the rules she manages her team and the methods she keeps a great mind always for science.   For more details, listen to this episode!    If you would like to know more information about Prof. Dr. Raffaella Buonsanti, check out here: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lnce/buonsanti/   Twitter: @lnce_epfl   Episode Art: Raffaella’s photo © BM PHOTOS      Background photo Photo by Hans Reniers on Unsplash   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro-Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

In this episode, Juli talks to Dr. Tarek Hassan, a Postdoc at Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) in Madrid. In his research he works with telescopes that are originally designed to observe very high energy gamma rays.   Juli and Tarek talk about stellar intensity interferometry, a technique to measure the shape and size of stars with high precision.  Tarek explains why these measurements are important, how interferometry works and what might be the future applications. They discuss how Tarek wants to use his European Research Council Starting Grant to further advance this research.       To find out more information about Dr. Tarek Hassan, check out here: http://cta.ciemat.es/members   Tarek’s twitter : @goldstein2034   To find out more about the MAGIC Telescopes, check out here: Instagram: @magictelescopes Twitter: @MAGICTelescopes   Episode Art: Photo by Urs Leutenegger and Jose Ignacio Gil   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

Join Bea as she talks to Lin Kyi from the Open Science Working Group of the PhDNet, a doctoral student at the MPI for Security and Privacy, as they discuss open science practices, specifically within the Max Planck Society. They also talk about the upcoming Open Science Ambassadors conference.  The Open science working group is planning an Open Science Ambassadors Program (OSAP) in September. The OSAP Meeting is a gathering of each institute's Open Science Ambassadors to meet and discuss open science, attend talks, and participate in workshops. It will take place on September 19 - 20 at the Harnack House in Berlin. We encourage all PhDs and Post-Docs at Max Planck Society interested in open science to find out more and register here: https://osambassadors.mpdl.mpg.de/osap-2023/ To find out more about the Open Science Working Group you can check out their website: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/phdnet/who/workgroups/open-science-group Episode Art: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!  

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he delves deeper into his conversation with Dr. Jernej Ule, Centre Director at the UK Dementia Research Institute at King’s College London as well as group leader at the Francis Crick Institute London and at the University of Ljubljana. They further discuss Dr. Ule's research on RNA-protein interactions in the cell and how this relates to development and disease. Dr. Ule also shares how he coordinates three labs across two countries and how this allows him to pursue his diverse research interests, bridging experimental and computational work.   To find out more about Dr. Jernej Ule’s work check out: https://www.ulelab.info/ Ule lab Twitter: @ule_lab Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he speaks with Dr. Jernej Ule, Centre Director at the UK Dementia Research Institute at King’s College London as well as group leader at the Francis Crick Institute London and at the University of Ljubljana. They discuss Dr. Ule's personal journey in science - including a brotherly collaboration early in his career - and how he got interested in studying RNA networks in the brain.  Dr. Ule and Marcel discuss CLIP, a method to characterise RNA-protein interactions, and how this relates to the study of evolution, development and disease. Interestingly, the non-coding regions of RNAs, called introns, seem to play a critical role in these interactions, creating a “field of potentiality in our genome” as Dr. Ule describes it. To find out more information about Dr. Jernej Ule check out: https://www.ulelab.info/ Ule lab Twitter: @ule_lab Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

This episode is part 2 of the conversation from Bea and Dr. Giulio Malavolta from the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in Bochum. In this part, they talk about cryptography and how quantum computers are useful in the field of cryptography. They also talk about the basics of cryptocurrencies.       To find out more information about Dr. Giulio Malavolta, check out here: https://www.mpi-sp.org/malavolta     Episode Art: Photo by Shubham Dhage on Unsplash   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!  

In this episode, Bea talks to Dr. Giulio Malavolta, a tenure-track faculty at Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. He is broadly interested in the theory of cryptography and its connections with quantum computation, concurrent systems, cryptocurrencies, and game theory. His recent work focuses on constructing cryptographic schemes with advanced functionalities and finding new applications to real-life systems. Bea talks to Giulio about the basics and applications of quantum computers to gain a better understanding about this new and mysterious field.  Bea and Giulio talk about how quantum computers work, the difference between classical and quantum computers, and the application of quantum computers in society today.  To find out more information about Dr. Giulio Malavolta, check out here: https://www.mpi-sp.org/malavolta Episode Art: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!  

Today, Juli talks to Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel, director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2020 together with Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.  He and his group made pioneering observations to map the motions of stars close to the Galactic centre, leading to firm evidence for the existence of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way and to an accurate estimate of its mass. Using high-precision methods, the group around Genzel also observed bursts of brightness from gas in the immediate vicinity of the black hole and small scale effects of General Relativity.   Prof. Genzel tells fascinating stories about the decades-long efforts with which he and his colleagues managed to measure the orbits of stars around the Galactic centre so precisely that it leaves no doubt that they must orbit around a supermassive black hole.   To find out more information about Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel, check out here: https://www.mpg.de/15493117/nobel-prize-physics-2020-genzel     MPE_Garching’s Twitter: @MPE_Garching MPE_Garching’s Instagram: @ mpe_garching MPE_Garching’s Linkedin: @mpe-garching Other social media : https://social.mpdl.mpg.de/@MPE_Garching   Episode Art: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

Today, Juli talks to Dr. Gunther Witzel, a scientist in the department for Very Long Baseline Interferometry at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn. He is member of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, the Galactic Center Orbit Initiative, the M2FINDERS collaboration, and the Spitzer/IRAC and Chandra Sgr A* monitoring campaign.   Juli and Gunther talk about the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration and its tasks and goals. Gunther also explains the image production of the immediate surrounding of two super massive black holes. They discuss the major scientific achievement that the images of the black holes at the center of M87 and the Milky Way brought. Gunther describes the tremendous efforts in technological development, coordination and calibration between many different instruments, and data analysis.     To find out more information about Dr. Gunther Witzel, check out here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunther-witzel-17abb1123/ https://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/gwitzel     MPIfR’s Twitter: @MPIfR_Bonn Event Horizon Telescope’s Twitter: @ehtelescope     Episode Art: EHT Collaboration   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

In this second part of this two-episode podcast, continue with our host Andrés Tangarife as he talks with Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, director of the Department of Biogeochemical Processes at the MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena. In this conversation, they will speak about the complexity of climate change when it touches the social and the political spheres. Furthermore, they will discuss the link between fossil fuels, economy and lifestyle as well as on the role of scientists in society and their engagement in climate activism.   If you would like to know more information about Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, check out here: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/person/strumbore/4670667⁠   To find more information on the topics researched by the Department of Biogeochemical Processes of the MPI-BGC: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp⁠    Literature recommendations (in pdf) by Prof. Trumbore: How to build a habitable planet? By Wallace Smith Broecker ⁠https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wallace_Smith_Broecker⁠ Sophie's Planet: A Search for Truth About Our Remarkable Home Planet and Its Future by James Hansen http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2018/PrefaceSophiePlanet.pdf And if you want to know more about the intricate relation between climate, politics and human behavior, I recommend you this comprehensive analysis by our colleague Dr. David Martini: https://300ppm.github.io/DavidMartini/posts/what%20is%20to%20be%20done/   Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry’s Twitter: @MPI_BGC Prof. Trumbore’s Twitter: @SusanTrumbore    Episode Art: Photo by Eelco Böhtlingk on Unsplash    You can follow us on:   Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast⁠   Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast⁠   Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast⁠   YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet⁠   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: ⁠https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog⁠   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: ⁠https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar⁠ Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus⁠   See you soon!

Today’s episode is the first part of the conversation from our new host Andrés Tangarife with Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, director of the Department of Biogeochemical Processes at the MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena. Her research focuses on the application of accelerator mass spectrometry measurements of 14C to problems in ecology, soil biogeochemistry and terrestrial use of isotopes and tracers to study the exchange of energy, water and greenhouse gases between terrestrial ecosystems, especially tropical forests and the atmosphere.   In this conversation, Andrés Tangarife and Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore will shed light on the relevance of the Amazon rainforest and some of the projects in which the MPI-BGC has been researching on during the last decade. They also talk about the main environmental challenges that humankind is currently facing such as deforestation, greenhouse gases increase and climate change.   If you would like to know more information about Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, check out here: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/person/strumbore/4670667⁠   To find more information on the topics researched by the Department of Biogeochemical Processes of the MPI-BGC: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp⁠    Literature recommendations (in pdf) by Prof. Trumbore: How to build an habitable planet? By Wallace Smith Broecker ⁠https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wallace_Smith_Broecker⁠ Sophie's Planet: A Search for Truth About Our Remarkable Home Planet and Its Future by James Hansen http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2018/PrefaceSophiePlanet.pdf And if you want to know more about the intricate relation between climate, politics and human behavior, I recommend you this comprehensive analysis by our colleague Dr. David Martini: https://300ppm.github.io/DavidMartini/posts/what%20is%20to%20be%20done/   Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry’s Twitter: @MPI_BGC Prof. Trumbore’s Twitter: @SusanTrumbore    Episode Art: Photo by ⁠Ivars Utināns⁠ on ⁠Unsplash⁠    You can follow us on:   Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast⁠   Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast⁠   Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast⁠   YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet⁠   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: ⁠https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog⁠   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: ⁠https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar⁠ Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus⁠   See you soon!

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he delves deeper into his conversation with Dr. Katharina Höfer, group leader at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. In her quest to uncover the biological role of NAD-RNAs, Dr. Höfer discovered a novel posttranslational protein modification called RNAylation, which links RNA molecules to proteins. Marcel and Dr. Höfer discuss how this discovery was made, how it has shaped her research eversince, and what’s next. Finally, they also delve into Dr. Höfer’s individualised approach to mentoring and discuss career advice. To find out more about Dr. Katharina Höfer's research, check out: https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/mprg/katharina-hoefer Höfer lab Twitter: @HoeferLab Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he speaks with Dr. Katharina Höfer, a group leader at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. They discuss Dr. Höfer's personal journey in science, her passion for RNA research, and her transformative work in the field of epitranscriptomics. Marcel and Dr. Höfer explore Dr. Höfer’s unconventional career path to success and how she fell in love with RNA. They cover the basics of RNA, transcriptomics and epitranscriptomics, and why all of us should care about it. They touch on the significance of RNA modifications in the context of mRNA vaccines and then delve into her research. Dr. Höfer shares her insights on NAD-caps, a specific RNA modification she and her coworkers discovered in bacteria. She also explains the methodology behind this discovery and the broader implications of her findings. To find out more about Dr. Katharina Höfer check out: https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/mprg/katharina-hoefer Höfer lab Twitter: @HoeferLab Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!