Episodes
S04 /
E11
- 18 June 2024
In today's episode, Tessa Voerman and Lisa Keijzer introduce the first part of a two-part series on the topic of failure. In this episode, they speak with Dr. Annerieke Oosterwegel from the Department of Developmental Psychology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht Universit...
S04 /
E09
- 22 May 2024
Utrecht University already has a reputation as an institution with excellent theoretical courses, but did you know you can know also dabble in hardware prototyping in Lili’s Proto Lab? This new facility within the science faculty is promoting students, teachers and researchers to adopt a DIY app...
S04 /
E08
- 07 May 2024
In this episode of the YoUUr Career series of the Radio Life Sciences podcast, Eveline talks to Rianne, Yvette and Litske about their careers so far and they mention much interesting information about the upcoming Life Sciences Career Week. This week is organized by the GSLS from 27th of May unti...
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...
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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