Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 24 with J. Preston Van Hooser Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Logan and Jeff chat with Preston Van Hooser, who is a Review Scientist and Compliance Manager at the University of Washington (UW) who has worked to protect the integrity and excellence of vertebrate animal research and teaching. Preston has developed and implemented UW’s first com...
Aug 31, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research (and some unrelated topics). Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support the podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this News Bite edition, Jeff and Danielle discuss: How snake venom has been used to create a new medical “super-glue” Naked mole rats and their role in potentially holding the answers to cancer and aging The...
Jul 31, 2021•24 min
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 23 with Dr. Cindy Buckmaster Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Logan and Jeff chat with Cindy Buckmaster, who has been involved in the field of laboratory animal science for over 25 years. She is involved in educational and public outreach organizations while frequently speaking to the media because of her in-depth knowledge and passion for res...
Jul 31, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research (and some unrelated topics). Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support the podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this News Bite edition, Jeff and Danielle discuss: The use of gene editing in mice to cure sickle cell disease Bird feather crystals and their potential use in making solar cells and fiber optics A half-male...
Jun 29, 2021•22 min
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 22 with Dr. Megan LaFollette, an animal behavior & welfare scientist, researcher, & project manager Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, we have a special co-host, Dr. Logan France, who will fill in for Danielle for a few episodes, tune in to the episode for more details. In this episode, Logan and Jeff chat with Megan Lafollette, an anima...
Jun 23, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research (and some unrelated topics). Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support the podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this News Bite edition, Jeff and Danielle discuss: Jeff beginning his 4th and final year of vet school Development of humanized pig models 7th Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK African Swine...
May 18, 2021•23 min
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 21 with Rebecca Welch and Kody Jernigan Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month! In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and Jeff chat with Rebecca Welch, a lab animal vet at West Virginia University and Kody Jernigan, her husband, who is living with cystic fibrosis. The two of them provide a really unique perspective on the role of animals i...
May 05, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research (and some unrelated topics). Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support the podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this News Bite edition, Jeff and Danielle discuss: Jeff finally completing his third year of vet school Neuralink and monkeys playing pong with their minds New heart valve developments that can actually grow...
May 01, 2021•23 min
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 20 with Dr. Sally Thompson-Iritani, Director (Interim) Washington National Primate Research Center Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and Jeff chat with Dr. Sally Thompson-Iritani. Sally has worked in the animal welfare, compliance and research field for over 30 years. She offers a great perspective on the field and on life in general w...
Apr 07, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research (and maybe some unrelated topics as well). Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support the podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this edition of News Bites, Jeff and Danielle discuss: Jeff's third year of vet school A new and exciting podcast about animal research - GetReal! Podcast by Dr. Cindy Buckmaster The PRIM&R...
Mar 25, 2021•28 min
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 19 with Dr. Brian Herrin, Assistant Professor and Veterinary Parasitologist at Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this special episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Brian Herrin joined us by video to record an episode for the 2021 Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) Symposium, hosted by Kansas State College of Veterinary...
Mar 25, 2021•43 min
Send us a text News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research (and maybe some unrelated topics as well). Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support the podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this edition of News Bites, Jeff and Danielle discuss: Llamas and their impact in developing asthma-style inhalers for treating COVID-19 Ferrets involved in the discovery of nasal sprays for bl...
Mar 07, 2021•23 min
Send us a text News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research. Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support the podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this edition of News Bites, Jeff and Danielle discuss: Proposed legislation that has an impact on the use of animals in biomedical research mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccine being used to treat/prevent Multiple Sclerosis The min...
Jan 22, 2021•29 min
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 18 with Dr. Laura Knoll, Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Laura Knoll joined the show to talk about her super important and interesting research involving parasites, including Toxoplasma gondii . This parasite cause toxoplasmosis and it can have deva...
Jan 19, 2021•42 min
Send us a text First installment of Lab Rat Chat News Bites where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics. Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this new series of episodes to complement the usual interview style episodes you've grown accustomed to on Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and Jeff break down and inform their listeners of recent news, trends, and events going on related to biomedical research and the use of ...
Dec 24, 2020•24 min
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 17 with Dr. Sherrie Clark, Professor and Clinician at Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Sherrie Clark, a veterinarian and one of Jeff’s professors at Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine joined the show to talk about the important role that pigs (and other species) play in develop...
Dec 11, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 16 with Lisa Roberts from the University of Connecticut Purchase Lab Rat Chat merch and help support our podcast and biomedical research! https://labratchat.myteespring.co/ In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and I talked with Lisa Roberts, RLATg, a veterinary technician at the University of Connecticut. We had a very interesting conversation about the day-to-day operations and what life is like for those working within an animal research facility. Lis...
Nov 26, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 15 with Angela Stoyanovitch, Founding Partner and Host of Legal Drugs Podcast. Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and I had a chat with Angela Stoyanovitch, B.A., LATG, who is the Founding Partner and host of Legal Drugs Podcast, a production of Legal Drugs Agency, LLC. Legal Drugs Agency is a cons...
Nov 06, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 14 with Dr. Christopher Chen from Texas Biomedical Research Institute Help us out by leaving us a rating or review on iTunes | Stitcher - we might even read your review on our next episode! In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and I talked with Dr. Christopher Chen, Southwest National Primate Research Center Assistant Director for Research Support at Texas Biomedical Research Institute. We had an interesting conversation about his lab’s recent developme...
Oct 09, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 13 with Dr. Joanne Turner and Dr. Luis Martinez-Sobrido from Texas Biomedical Research Institute Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and I had the pleasure of talking to two guests, another first for us, with Dr. Joanne Turner and Dr. Luis Martinez-Sobrido from Texas Biomedical Research Institute. W...
Sep 15, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 12 with Dr. Logan France, board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian and Founder and Program Director of BRAD Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and I had a chance to catch up with Dr. Logan France to talk all about Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD), officially planned for September 17, ...
Aug 27, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 11 with Dr. Dale Cooper, board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Dale Cooper, speaks to us about some of the common misconceptions surrounding the use of animals in research. We’ve all heard the argument that animals aren’t useful models for drug development, so...
Aug 11, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 10 with Dr. Tara Martin, Director of the Refinement and Enrichment Laboratory at the University of Michigan Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Tara Martin from the Refinement and Enrichment Laboratory at the University of Michigan joins us to chat about the use of enrichment to stimulate and improve the...
Jul 03, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 09 with Dr. Javier Guillen from the European Animal Research Association Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat In this ninth episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Javier Guillen from the European Animal Research Association joins us all the way from Spain to chat about the similarities and differences in animal research regulations and laws in the Eur...
May 29, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 08 with Dr. Ricardo Carrion, Jr., Professor at Texas Biomedical Research Institute Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! Simply rate and review the podcast to be entered to win one of FIVE $100 Amazon gift cards! In this eighth episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Ricardo Carrion, Jr., from Texas Biomedical Research In...
May 11, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 07 with Dr. Mark Slifka, Professor at Oregon Health and Science University Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! Simply rate and review the podcast to be entered to win one of FIVE $100 Amazon gift cards! In this seventh episode of Lab Rat Chat, Dr. Mark Slifka from Oregon Health and Science University talks to...
May 04, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 06 with Dr. Rudolf Bohm, Associate Director and Chief Veterinary Medical Officer at the Tulane National Primate Research Center Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! Simply rate and review the podcast to be entered to win one of FIVE $100 Amazon gift cards! In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Jeff and Danielle tal...
Mar 15, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 05 with Dr. Rick Born, Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard University and member of Society for Neuroscience Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! Simply rate and review the podcast to be entered to win one of FIVE $100 Amazon gift cards! In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Jeff and Danielle's conversation with D...
Feb 13, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 04 with Dr. Helen Diggs, Senior Director of AAALAC International Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! Simply rate and review the podcast to be entered to win one of FIVE $100 Amazon gift cards! In this fourth episode of Lab Rat Chat, Jeff and Danielle talk with Dr. Helen Diggs about why this organization has b...
Jan 26, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text Lab Rat Chat - Episode 03 with Dr. Stephen Beebe, a cancer research scientist at Old Dominion University. Follow us on Twitter ! Facebook ! Instagram ! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! Simply rate and review the podcast to be entered to win one of FIVE $100 Amazon gift cards! In this third episode of Lab Rat Chat, Jeff and Danielle talk to a research scientist, Dr. Stephen,...
Jan 15, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 3
