Listen to Eating Disorders Public Lecture, Planetarium Shows, Cornea Immune Cells.50:5820 August 2023

Associate Professor Gemma Sharp, Head of Body Image & Eating Disorders Research in the Department of Neuroscience at Monash University, discusses her upcoming public lecture on body image, eating disorders and artificial intelligence; Dr Tanya Hill, Museums Victoria Research Institute Curator of Astronomy, tells us all about the shows she develops for the Melbourne Planetarium; Associate Professor Laura Downie , Dame Kate Campbell Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of Optometry and Vision Science and Dr Holly Chinnery, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Melbourne discuss recent work in dynamically tracking immune cells in the cornea of living humans which has revealed new evidence that the sentinels guarding the healthy human cornea from pathogens and inflammation are T cells; Plus, in weekly science news, the team discusses how the new room temperature superconductor LK-99 finding is not reproducible and Dogs producing tears when reunited with their owner. With presenters Dr. Shane, Dr Susi and Chris KP.

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Exploring the wonders of science and its impact on the world. Dissection and discussion of science and science issues made digestible for public consumption.

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  • Dr Jen
  • Dr Euan
  • Dr Ray
  • Dr Laura
  • Dr Ailie
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Listen to Dr Shane's 'Chat with a Nobel Laureate' at a University of Melbourne-Comprehensive Cancer PhD Program event.

Dr Shane chats with Psychologist Emma-Rose Parsons from Spectrum House about teacher and school staff mental health as we approach the start of the school year and a return to face-to-face learning.


The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion

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