I love music, and I listen to it all day long. When I was working in the culture hood I always had my headphones on listening to music and now when I sit and write at my desk music is on in the background. As I’ve gotten older I started getting into listening to more radio type shows…sports shows, news broadcasts, etc. And then, podcasts came out. Podcasts are a type of media that consist of audio and/or video files in an episodic format that follows a certain type of theme. Anyone can create one, and anyone can download them, almost always for free. I really got into podcasts because there were so many things I could now listen to. News, current events, cooking channels, sports, music reviews, and just about anything you really want to listen to.
A few months ago, I looked online to see if there was a podcast dedicated to stem cell research and was surprised to learn there was not. I called a friend, Yosif Ganat, a neuroscientist post-doc who studies stem cell biology and asked if he would join me in creating a dedicated stem cell podcast. And so we did: THE Stem Cell Podcast.
Our aim is to release an episode every 2 weeks. Each episode has a similar structure. We start out giving a 10-minute science roundup; a what’s hot in the general science research world. Then we jump into some new stem cell papers. We discuss what they found and what the implications are. We then interview someone from the stem cell field. From authors of papers, to policy makers, editors, and more, we will always bring someone aboard. Finally, we end with a good old-fashioned Seinfeld style rant about something that bothers us. These podcasts are great for the researcher who wants to keep abreast of the latest science news as well as the science-interested audience who wants to hear about the latest stem cell discoveries.
The response so far has been tremendous. iTunes is still featuring it as one of the top new podcasts in the category of Science and Medicine and the reviews look great. Please check it out, and contact us if you are interested in participating. The link is below.
To Successful Research,
Christopher A. Fasano, Ph.D.
Stem Culture
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