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Radio Life Sciences

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S04 / E07 - 02 April 2024

Tessa Voerman continues exploring various aspects of conducting research in the jungle. In this second part, she discusses fieldwork in French Guiana with Martijn Ruisbroek and Wout Damen, two students from the Environmental Biology GSLS Master’s program. They share insights into the experience o...

S04 / E06 - 19 March 2024

In today's episode, Tessa Voerman introduces a two-part series on the fascinating topic of 'Research in Jungle'. In this first part, she talks about fieldwork in Suriname with Ronja Knippers, a PhD Candidate focusing on Human-Wildlife Coexistence, and Julia Blok, a mas...

S04 / E05 - 05 March 2024

In today's episode, Anastasia talks to Farah Kools who is defending her PhD dissertation on translational science in April 2024. Farah's dissertation urges a reevaluation and redesign of current academic reward systems, advocating for an approach that is more aligned with the intrinsic motivati...

S04 / E04 - 20 February 2024

In today's episode, Lisa will be talking to Christine Fox, the course coordinator for the History of Medicine course. This course is an interdisciplinary course that is available for both GSLS and History of Philosophy Science students. We'll discuss all ins and outs of the course, why it is impo...

S04 / E03 - 06 February 2024

In this episode, the Director of Utrecht University Graduate School of Life Sciences and Degree Director Biomedical Sciences Prof. Harold van Rijen talks to Marit de Kort - Policy Officer at biomedical sciences, Shirrinka Goubitz - the Managing Director of the Graduate School of Life Sciences, an...

S04 / E02 - 23 January 2024

In this episode, a postdoctoral researcher in the field of Higher Education Anastasia Kurysheva talks to two PhD students: Nathalie Brandenburg and Richard Horenberg. They both recently started their PhD projects at the LSER (Life Sciences Education Research) Programme of the GSLS. Richard has a...

S04 / E01 - 09 January 2024

In this episode, Maarke Roelofs interviews Leanne Jager, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry of Utrecht University and Sofie van Dorst, a GSLS master's student. Sofie completed her internship under Leanne's supervision and was among the three students who nominated Leanne for the GSLS...

S03 / E10 - 19 December 2023

In this episode, you will hear from most of the members of Radio Life Sciences: Maarke, Lisa, Tessa, Gijs, Fabiola, and Anastasia. They sum up the results of Radio Life Sciences' broadcasts from the past year and discuss exciting plans for the new year, as well as share their personal plans.

S03 / E09 - 06 December 2023

In today's episode, Maarke and Gisela talk with Marjolein Rozeboom, MSc about her writing assignment on supervision of life sciences students that she conducted under supervision of Dr. Renske de Kleijn.Marjolein is an alumnus of one of the UU GSLS Masters' programmes -Regenerative Medi...

S03 / E08 - 20 November 2023

In this episode, a recent GSLS graduate Vera Rijks talks to a PhD candidate Anne Marieke Doornweerd and a physician and sexologist of Nederlandse Vereniging voor Seksuologie (NVVS) Peter Leusink. Anne Marieke investigates how the cycle and contraceptive use can affect...

About Radio Life Sciences

RADIO LIFE SCIENCES – a podcast produced by the GSLS for the GSLS. LISTEN to Educators, Policy makers, Researchers, Fellow students and others share their perspectives. LEARN about the inner workings of the graduate school, educational opportunities and more. LEAD the conversation by brainstorming, deciding and producing the content on upcoming episodes

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