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Plants and Pipettes

Joram Schwartzmann and Tegan Armarego-Marriottwww.plantsandpipettes.com
The Molecular Plant Research Podcast
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Episodes

A much larger duck, effectively a submarine

We recorded this gem a while back but because Joram we are only publishing it now. So if any of our jokes feel dated, it’s because of that. Clearly. We are always very topical and on point with our humour.

Feb 05, 20241 hr 3 minEp. 145

Is a grape just as sweet without the colour?

We have a packed episode for you with news from never-browning potatoes, mysterious sunflowers and also an answer to your constant question: How many cells are there?

Nov 17, 202352 minEp. 144

The end was a little bit sad, but I liked the beginning

Did you know? We didn’t either! We were just as surprised as you are right now and let’s indulge in this feeling together with this new spoken word content by your favourite content producers!

Aug 17, 202352 minEp. 143

I shot all my powder

We are talking pigweed. We are talking ATPase in diatoms. We are talking trees. What more do you want?!

Jun 20, 202355 minEp. 141

Plants are big straws

Welcome to Ants and Pipettes, the podcast about ants and their relationship to plants and also there are pipettes. I don’t know. Have fun!

May 26, 202351 minEp. 139

Plants and Rats

In this episode, Joram harnesses the powers of technology to prepare himself in a much worse way, arguably. So learn from Joram and reject technology (after you finished using technology to listen to this show, please)!

Apr 30, 20231 hr 2 minEp. 138

Meow meow, meow meow meow!

Believe it or not, we had a chatBot write our title this week. Oh the wonders of science. Speaking of science: plants. Plant science. Sciency plants. planty planty planty science. Now!

Mar 06, 202354 minEp. 136

Playing around with the ploidy level of plants

We recorded in advance but then Joram edited late so overall it evens out to just be a day late in your feed. Not that you care, we know you live life like us, one moment at a time, not knowing what day of the week is today. At least we hope you do so we look less messy. Anyway – plants!

Feb 18, 202348 minEp. 135

The broccoli-cauliflower-conundrum

We are back from the break! We are completely different but also pretty much the same so come along and learn about mucus seeds, pink cotton, dandelion physics and a play performed by two very much non-actors.

Feb 06, 20231 hr 8 minEp. 134

Bishop’s balls

While plant science missed out on yet another Nobel prize, you are not missing out on yet another great plant science episode. We have a hairy balled plant, some evidence about ATP and a whole Can of Spinach!

Oct 07, 202250 minEp. 133

Party of Pokers

They trained dogs to search for underground orchids and we trained ourselves to talk about it. Amazing.

Oct 05, 202255 minEp. 132

Turn humans into moss

Last week, we wanted to be moss and this week science has listened to us and turned human (cells) into moss. Well kinda. Not really. A little bit. Still, we’re excited to become moss.

Sep 24, 20221 hr 7 minEp. 131

We are mosses

If we could choose, we’d be mosses growing on opposite sides of the same tree.

Sep 16, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 130

Big British Cheese 1

Would you trust us if we spoke badly about cheese? This, and other science facts in our newest plant science show for you!

Sep 09, 202256 minEp. 129

It’s not you, it’s us

Sometimes, technology makes our lives better. On other occasions, it makes it much harder. This week was one of those times, the recording equipment failed on us. We still did a fun show full of cool plant science, it just doesn’t sound as nice. Sorry!

Sep 02, 202249 minEp. 128

A thirsty secret

We’re back from our holidays and we brought a big bag of plant facts from the last couple of weeks of plant science!

Aug 26, 20221 hr 4 minEp. 127

We're on holiday!

No big plant news this week, we are on holiday for a couple of weeks!

Jul 08, 20222 min

The sexy mixing

This week, we learn something new: have you heard about apomictic propagation? Well, now you have. We also bring the hottest news from the plant science world.

Jul 02, 20221 hr 7 minEp. 126

Why do trees collect clocks?

We have a lot of questions this week that even we don’t know the answer to. This is your time to shine

Jun 26, 202257 minEp. 125

Hey tree, are you my friend?

Hi! Would you like some cool plant facts? We have a fresh new paper about biofortified tomatoes that give you your daily dose of vitamin D, a new oldest tree and an explanation of why catnip likes to be a cat bed.

Jun 17, 20221 hr 1 minEp. 124

Cat bartering market

Would you swap your cat for a praying mantis? What about a nice house plant? This week, we are asking the big questions. Also news from plant science, a new biggest plant has been found and more potent cannabis from Israel.

Jun 03, 202259 minEp. 123

Don’t pick the penis plants

This week, we’re talking about a cool gene regulatory mechanism that keeps ribosomes busy, the truth behind French lillies and which plants best not to pick.

May 20, 202255 minEp. 122

Let’s find a moon tree

It’s travel season here at Plants and Pipettes and so we thought we’d share some travel facts from the plant world! How do plants travel? Is collecting trees cool? How does humidity propel seeds forward? We have the answers.

May 13, 202251 minEp. 121

And by cats I mean dogs

This week, we’re talking about the worst favourite plant ever, keystone genes and how surfers can be scientists. Also: your dog’s breed doesn’t mean what you think it means.

May 06, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 120

A cat gap in the resumé

Mysteriously we came back yet again for more plant facts. This week, we’re checking a plant’s pores, take about unextinct flowers and why some plants eat the very insects that pollinate them.

Apr 29, 20221 hr 2 minEp. 119

Eggplants and Pipettes

It’s our belated easter episode! We talk about the Queen of Vegetables, the mighty eggplant. We filled almost an hour with eggplant facts, factoids and words that merely resemble a fact from a distance.

Apr 19, 202258 minEp. 118

COWpeaMILK – it’s full of plantibodies!

We finally found a way to market non-dairy milk as milk without upsetting any consumer or dairy company: cowpea milk. Plus: we discuss plantibodies, micronutrients and, weirdly enough, ocelot pee.

Apr 09, 20221 hrEp. 117
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