Incubation Time

Mouse in the house! This episode we dive straight into mice as a model organism. DISCLAIMER - this is NOT a gory episode. We chat and learn all about behavioral assays used to monitor autism in mice with Ph.D. Candidate and colleague Shayal. Tune-in to listen to how to get a lazy mouse back on their treadmill (don’t we all need this technique), and what does your pipette tip box say about you?

We interview fellow graduate student (and social media influencer) Priscilla Del Valle. She talks to us about what working in a lab with different kinds of tissue culture is like and what the microbiome has to do with cancer research! We also talk to her about entering biotech after your PhD and how she became famous online! Follow her at @prisdvmvsscience on insta and tiktok Follow us at @incubation_time for pictures to accompany this episode!

We are BACK! And we are starting with a standalone interview with graduate student Carlos Pinzon. He has a fascinating story going from vet school to grad school and he has worked with every kind of animal under the sun! Carlos gives us some insight into stem cells and agricultural research and how finicky and particular it can be to work with these kinds of cells. Warning: this episode is very jargon heavy and technical but you'll learn a lot if you do decide to dive in!

Conferences! What are they? Why do we go? Why are there so many different kinds? Get an inside look into science conferences told from the point of view of our classmates.  It is an essential part of the graduate school experience and a big part of a science career. Join us while we unpack the fun, the not so fun and the interesting parts of the science conferences we went to this year. Yes there is a lot of free food and alcohol involved. Yes there are bosses who dance. What other secrets do conferences hold? Tune into Ryan taking on two conferences this summer, one in Canada and one on the East Coast; Lexus going to her rival state; and Sarah going across seas to talk about worms!

In today’s episode, we finally get to fan-girl about our favorite model organism… except with a twist. C.elegans are cool and fun but in this episode we deep-dive into the life of the parasitic worm, Schistosoma mansoni, with graduate student Sarah Cobb.  Time Stamps: 0:00- Intro 3:30-Woman in Science 6:60-Science of the Week 10:55-Interview with Sarah Cobb.  Link to article from Lexus' Lab! https://rdcu.be/cSjDu [https://rdcu.be/cSjDu]