AstroMcGill Episode 22 – Chelsea Sharon
Guest: Chelsea Sharon (Rutgers University). We talked about the study of star formation in very distant galaxies. Hosts: James Kennedy and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 18 minutes.
Dec 21, 2012
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AstroMcGill Episode 21 – Victoria Scowcroft
Guest: Victoria Scowcroft (Carnegie Observatory). We talked about her involvement in the Carnegie Hubble Program, a project dedicated to the measurement of the Hubble constant by calibrating the steps of the distance ladder. Hosts: James Kennedy and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 17 minutes....
Dec 03, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 20 – David Tsang
Guest: David Tsang (McGill). We talked about neutron star mergers as emitters of gravitational waves. These waves are ripples in the curvature of space-time. Hosts: James Kennedy , Ryan Lynch and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 23 minutes....
Nov 28, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 19 – Dong Lai
Guest: Dong Lai (Cornell). We discussed his research on hot Jupiters, a type of exoplanets on which tidal forces play an important role. Hosts: James Kennedy and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 22 minutes.
Nov 19, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 18 – Ue-Li Pen
Guest: Ue-Li Pen (CITA, U of Toronto). We talked about his involvement with the rehabilitation of the Algonquin Radio Observatory , and how it was used for radio pulsar scattering observations. Hosts: James Kennedy and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 10 minutes....
Nov 14, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 17 – Mathias Zaldarriaga
Guest: Mathias Zaldarriaga (IAS/Princeton). We discussed various topics of cosmology (the Big Bang, inflation, the Cosmic Microwave Background, etc…). Hosts: James Kennedy , Ryan Lynch and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 25 minutes....
Nov 07, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 16 – Abby Vieregg
Guest: Abby Vieregg (Harvard CFA). We talked about her work on the detection of neutrinos (hard-to-detect fundamental particles) with the balloon-borne instrument ANITA at the South Pole. Hosts: James Kennedy , Ryan Lynch and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 23 minutes....
Oct 26, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 15 – Abe Falcone
Guest: Abe Falcone (Penn State). The discussion was about cosmic rays, very energetic particles with cosmic origin. Hosts: James Kennedy and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 30 minutes.
Oct 18, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 14 – Marco Viero
Guest: Marco Viero (CalTech). He studies the cosmic infrared background and dark matter. We discussed these topics with him. Hosts: Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 20 minutes.
Oct 10, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 13 – Mansi Kasliwal
Guest: Mansi Kasliwal (Carnegie Institution for Science). Her research aims at the discovery and the understanding of new types of stellar explosions. We discussed what these explosions are and how she discovers them. Hosts: James Kennedy and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 17 minutes....
Sep 21, 2012
Christie Rowe: In Search of the Source of Earthquakes
Speaker: Christie Rowe (Assistant Professor, Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University) Earthquakes happen every day all over the world. Most are concentrated along the boundaries of tectonic plates, but occasionally, earthquakes happen where we don’t expect them. How do these events start? What controls the location of earthquakes? And what happens to all the energy that is released? Thousands or millions of years of erosion can reveal the deeper crustal rocks, which were the source...
Sep 17, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 12 – Joaquin Viera
Guest: Joaquin Viera (CalTech). We discussed his research focused on bright and distant galaxies discovered with the South Pole Telescope and observed with the ALMA telescope. Hosts: James Kennedy and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 17 minutes.
Sep 10, 2012
Petra Schweinhardt: The Pain-Reward Connection
Leading McGill scientists cover many major aspects of pain science, from molecular and neural pathways to the psychological modulation of pain. The series bridges our understanding of how factors such as environment, genetics, gender, age and lifestyle are related to pain. Pain and reward are two motivational processes that oppose each other. This talk will explore how pain and reward processing interact.
Jul 31, 2012
Mark Ware: Just say Know – What Marijuana has Taught us about Pain Control
Leading McGill scientists cover many major aspects of pain science, from molecular and neural pathways to the psychological modulation of pain. The series bridges our understanding of how factors such as environment, genetics, gender, age and lifestyle are related to pain. This presentation explores the science behind the extraordinary claims that are made around marijuana and pain management, from demon drug to miracle herb, and suggest there are some intriguing avenues of new research opening ...
Jul 31, 2012
Michael Sullivan: Helping People with Pain resume Occupational Involvement
Leading McGill scientists cover many major aspects of pain science, from molecular and neural pathways to the psychological modulation of pain. The series bridges our understanding of how factors such as environment, genetics, gender, age and lifestyle are related to pain. This presentation will highlight some of the psychosocial factors that have been shown to contribute to occupational disability in individuals with pain conditions.
Jul 31, 2012
Jeffrey Mogil: Pain, Friends, Sex and your Mother: Complexity and Opportunity in Pain Science and Treatment
Leading McGill scientists cover many major aspects of pain science, from molecular and neural pathways to the psychological modulation of pain. The series bridges our understanding of how factors such as environment, genetics, gender, age and lifestyle are related to pain. This lecture presents the latest advances in pain genetics, evidence that the sexes may differ qualitatively in their neural processing of pain, and intriguing evidence that pain can be powerfully modulated by social interacti...
Jul 31, 2012
Catherine Bushnell: How the Mind can alter Pain
Leading McGill scientists cover many major aspects of pain science, from molecular and neural pathways to the psychological modulation of pain. The series bridges our understanding of how factors such as environment, genetics, gender, age and lifestyle are related to pain. This lecture will discuss the mechanisms by which psychological state alters pain and how this may be changed in chronic pain conditions.
Jul 31, 2012
Joe Schwarcz: The Chemical Conquest of Pain
Leading McGill scientists cover many major aspects of pain science, from molecular and neural pathways to the psychological modulation of pain. The series bridges our understanding of how factors such as environment, genetics, gender, age and lifestyle are related to pain. When you are in pain, nothing else matters. ou just want relief. And the right chemicals can provide it. Tracing mankind’s efforts to conquer pain makes for a fascinating romp through chemical history. Fret not, it is painless...
Jul 31, 2012
Tim Geary: Medicines for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Reversing the Equation
More than a billion people, mostly in developing nations, still serve as hosts to roundworms. They are a source of diseases that often kill – yet medicines for these diseases have generally been adopted from veterinary use and have not been optimized for humans. This lecture provides an introduction to parasitic diseases of poverty and describes a novel drug discovery process – involving scientists living in the most affected areas – that has been implemented in South Africa and Botswana. The in...
Jul 27, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 11 – Kristen Coppin & James Geach
Guest: Kristen Coppin and James Geach (both post-doctoral researchers at McGill University). We interviewed Kristen and Jim to discuss their results, recently published in a press release. They discovered a large structure of packed galaxies joining two galaxy clusters. We discussed this new result and its implications. Hosts: James Kennedy , Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 14 minutes....
Jun 11, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 10 — Stephanie Juneau
Guest: Stephanie Juneau (CEA Saclay, France). We talked about supermassive black-holes, in other galaxies and in our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Hosts: James Kennedy and Sebastien Guillot . Duration: 16 minutes.
Jun 05, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 9 — Oded Aharonson
Guest: Oded Aharonson (Center for Planetary Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel). We discussed the study of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, as well as his interests in other planets of the Solar System. Hosts: James Kennedy and Kevin MacDermid . Duration: 17 minutes....
May 23, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 8 – Eric Linder
Guest: Eric Linder , Co-director of the INPA at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. We talked about cosmology and particularly the composition of the Universe (Dark energy, dark matter, normal matter, etc…) and ways to study these different components. Hosts: James Kennedy , Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 23 minutes....
May 02, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 7 – Rosalba Perna
Guest: Rosalba Perna , associate professor at University of Colorado in Boulder. We discussed her research focused on the modelisation of various astrophysical phenomena, including magnetars and hot Jupiters (a type of exoplanets). Hosts: James Kennedy , Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 20 minutes....
May 02, 2012
Alanna Watt: What is brain assembly?
This Freaky Friday explores the fascinating field of brain development (assembly) and what happens when it goes wrong, in particular in the spinocerebellar ataxia SCA6.
Apr 27, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 6 – Adam Showman
Guest: Adam Showman , professor at the Lunar and Planetary Lab (University of Arizona). We discussed different aspects related to his research on exoplanets. Hosts: James Kennedy , Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 20 minutes....
Apr 17, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 5 – John Tomsick
Guest: John Tomsick , Assistant Research Scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory (UC Berkeley). We discussed his research in the field of X-ray astrophysics, namely, observations of X-ray binaries (black holes or neutron stars in binary systems with bright X-ray emissions). Hosts: James Kennedy , Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 18 minutes....
Apr 04, 2012
André Costopoulos: A diversity / tolerance model of cultural evolution
Professor Costopoulos argues that while humans are probably selected to have a limited ability to make good decisions. Under the ‘diversity-tolerance’ model of cultural evolution, humans are smart enough to come up with a range of potential solutions to the problems we face but not very good at determining which solution is the best.
Mar 30, 2012
Alan Evans: Non-invasive mapping of the human brain
As a specialist in three-dimensional modeling of the living brain, Alan Evans works to understand neurological pathologies inside-out: the natural history of a disease,” He asks: “What parts of the brain exhibit abnormal changes in cortical thickness, for example, over the duration of Alzheimer’s disease? How does that brain map relate to behaviours, such as a decline in language skills?
Mar 30, 2012
AstroMcGill Episode 4 – Keith Vanderlinde
Guest: Keith Vanderlinde , CIFAR Junior Fellow at McGill University. We discussed his research on cosmology and galaxy clusters, as part of the South Pole Telescope collaboration. Hosts: James Kennedy , Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch . Duration: 23 minutes....
Mar 27, 2012
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