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Sleep deprivation is associated with poor heart health including high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and even mortality. While exercise has been shown to have positive effects on cardiovascular health, less is known how and if it can counteract some of the negative effects of sleep deprivation. Josh Cherubini, a 1st year Master's student in the Department of Kinesiology, is aiming to better understand how irregular sleeping behaviours and exercise levels interact to impact cardiovascular function. Tune in to learn more about the techniques that Josh uses in his lab, what impact he anticipates his research having, and his favourite go-to exercise! To follow Josh on twitter, click here To learn more about the lab that Josh is in (Vascular Dynamics Lab), click here

Art and cultural heritage materials are exposed to a number of pollutants including UV light, mold growth, temperature/humidity changes, or gas pollutants that can potentially ruin the pieces over time. Fortunately, these materials remain conserved through the expertise of art conservation scientists. Kay McCallum, a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, is researching how art materials (i.e., acrylic paints) interact with the environment (i.e., light) to ultimately understand how to better protect and conserve cultural heritage materials. Tune in to learn about how Kay blurs the lines between art and science through the techniques they use in the lab, their passion for wanting people to interact with cultural heritage materials in a sustainable and equitable way, and their bookbinding hobby! Follow Kay on twitter here If you want to e-mail Kay, you can do so here: mccalk7@mcmaster.ca

Sawayra talks to the cast and crew of The Caffeine Rabbit Hole which is debuting at Hamilton's Fringe Fest 2021!   THE CAFFEINE RABBIT HOLE  Written, Produced & Directed by JOHN BANDLER   Streaming July 15-25, 2021 www.hamiltonfringe.ca    Box Office: https://www.tinyurl.com/CaffeineRabbit    Fringe Program: http://bit.ly/HFF2021-Programs Web page: http://www.bandler.com/rabbit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecaffeiner...   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecaffeine...   STEPH CHRISTIAENS as Dara   JACLYN SCOBIE as Lenik   Music by EMILY WOOD   Assistant to the Director MEGAN VIERHOUT   Editor & Technical Consultant JEREMY MAJOR THE SHOOTING EYE www.shootingeye.com   Co-Producer BETH BANDLER   Coffee Shop Logo Design & Promo Image Design and Processing RACHELLE HO & JOHN BANDLER

How do you relate exercise intensity from one person to another? Heart rate, perceived effort, lactic acid build up are some of the best methods because these signals increase for everyone the harder they work... right? This week Sawayra talks to Sydney Valentino who tells us how these bodily responses don't happen the same way for everyone. Especially with people who have suffered a spinal injury. How then, can intensity-based exercise be prescribed when these standard systems don't work the way we think they do? Follow Sydney on Twitter @SydValentino Follow Sawayra on Twitter @Seeingaway For more like this, head to scientificanada.ca

This week Sawayra talks to Jennifer Williams about her research on Contraception and Cardiovascular Health.    Follow Jennifer on Twitter @JennySWilliams  Follow Sawayre on Twitter @Seeingaway   If you like this, subscribe to the show! You can watch the interview on scientificanada.ca  Thanks for watching!

Welcome back to The AlmaMAC! This week, Sawayra talks to PhD student and musician Konrad Swierczek about his research into music universality. Why do certain things sound good to us? Do they sound good to other cultures? Let's find out.  Find Konrad on Twitter @KonradSwierczek !   Find Sawayra too: @seeingaway !   We are also at scientificanada.ca  with additional interviews and articles.    Thanks for watching!

Adam talks to Sawayra about "comps". Thoughts and feelings, tips and tricks, and different styles of exams are the focus of discussion this week. For more, head to scientificanada.ca 

CW: Dr. Chungah Kim is an expert on socio-economic indicators connected with suicide, so some of the discussion may not be for everyone.

This week I am excited to tell you about a new podcast series about university grads who took the long way around, so to speak. I'm sure many listeners are in this boat, but what the heck do you do once you graduate? Post-grad is a big unknown and if you don't have something lined up right out of school (who does, right?) what are you supposed to do? Well, this is more common than you think, and this new podcast talks to McMaster university alumni about their unconventional paths after graduating. The show is called MacCast: Unconventional, which is an apt title, since the career paths of the guests featured on the show are not what one might expect after graduation, but I think the real twist is that.. well, an unconventional career path might actually be the norm. I won't go too much deeper right now, since my guests today are two members of the production team of the podcast. In our interview we talk about some of the stories being featured on MAC cast, but also touch on how their career paths were ALSO un

The Large Hadron Collider is made up of a bunch of different experiments run by different international collaborations, but it’s all happening on the 27-km loop. All of these experiments are attached to the loop, but at different locations around the loop. This requires a ton of oversight and collaboration between experiments, and to facilitate this, the collider basically needs a governing body to keep everything working smoothly. It’s almost like its own country or something, built within this 27-km loop (about 8.5 km diameter). Actually, it kind of reminds me of Vatican City in a lot of ways. Except about 8 times wider. But the point here, is that being able to run experiments that study the things that make up atoms requires this enormously connected world of collaboration. The science blows me away, and so does the politics. So why am I telling you all this? Well, today our guest on the AlmaMAC is a Carlton grad student via McMaster who works on this big loop. Ben Davis Purcell is an ex-McMaster student,

NOTE: 93.3 CFMU HAD TO CUT THIS ONE SHORT. THIS IS THE FULL INTERVIEW. Welcome back to the AlmaMAC! This week Sawayra interviews Rodrigo Narro Pérez. They talk research, diversity in academia, and all of the initiatives that keep Rodrigo busy. Rodrigo is a member of the Glacial Sedimentology Lab whose research looks at using glacial sedimentology and geomorphology to understand glacial hazards and the impacts of climate change on mountain environments. He was born in Perú and is lucky to call the Cordillera Blanca (located in the northern Peruvian Andes) his main field site for this work. He is also interested in all things Latin America (especially food and music), field-based experiential education and anti-racism work. Fun fact - His artist of the decade on Spotify was Shakira Follow Rodrigo on Twitter @RodrigoNarro

This week Adam is back, and he's talking to his officemate, Carmen Lee.   Carmen talks about some of her new projects, existing in a pandemic, the student she supervised virtually, and a smattering of other topics.    You can connect with Carmen over Twitter @carmlingling . You can also watch the pod on Youtube! Check out www.scientificanada.ca for more.

The Navier-Stokes equation is like the e=mc2 for fluid dynamics. It's like the F=ma for flow. It's used to model fluids, airstreams, flow of money, and a wide variety of other things, and it's been around for a very long time... but we don't actually know how to solve it... This week, Sawayra talks to Pritpal Matharu, a graduate student in the Math department at McMaster University, who specializes in Navier-Stokes, and explains what it means to finally "solve" the equation. Thanks again to Sawayra for well, for everything. Follow her on twitter @SeeingAWay . If you liked the show, check out the other stuff we have going on at scientificanada.ca If you want to help support additional content from early career researchers, you can help by joining us on Patreon. Even a dollar a month goes a long way. So, thanks again, and see you next week! https://twitter.com/seeingaway www.scientificanada.ca

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the AlmaMAC! I’m your host Adam and today we have the second part of my interview with Sawayra, the inventor and original host of the AlmaMAC. Last week we talked about why she started this radio show, and what direction we are going to take it from here. You can listen to that over on our website, scientificanada.ca . Today I’m bringing you the second half of that interview where we finally dig in and learn about the research Sawayra does. Spoiler, she is working through a dual PhD/MD program, but she will explain all of that in the interview. So let’s not waste any more time and jump right in!

We got a little out of sync with CFMU a few weeks ago, so let's get back on track. If you already heard this one, then you have no homework this week! Head outside and take a walk :) Hi hello, and welcome to the show. Today is a particularly special episode of the AlmaMAC. Actually, it’s probably the most Meta episode of the almaMAC that we’ve ever had. Today I’m joined by the inventor of the AlmaMAC, the once and future host of the AlmaMAC, Sawayra Owais! This is actually a 2-parter, since we have so much to talk about. Today we are going to talk about the show in general - how did Sawayra come up with it? What is the goal of the show? How has it evolved, etc. Full show notes, as always, are at www.scientificanada.ca . 

This week’s episode is a very special one. For one thing, it’s the triumphant return of Sawayra Owais as host of the AlmaMAC. For another, she speaks to a guest who studies some very important, very timely issues. I’d probably label them as crises really. Rida is a Masters student at McMaster university. This week Sawayra talks to her about her research which includes assessing science policy decisions from a human rights perspective. For example: stay at home restrictions and the homeless/unemployed, and child welfare affected by institutional racism. See www.scientificanada.ca for the full show notes.

Hi hello, and welcome to the show. Today is a particularly special episode of the AlmaMAC. Actually, it’s probably the most Meta episode of the AlmaMAC that we’ve ever had. Today I’m joined by the inventor of the AlmaMAC, the once and future host of the AlmaMAC, Sawayra Owais! This is actually a 2-parter, since we have so much to talk about. Today we are going to talk about the show in general - how did Sawayra come up with it? What is the goal of the show? How has it evolved, etc. See the full show notes at www.scientificanada.ca !

Sabrina Schalz is a PhD student in Urban Evolutionary Ecology at Middlesex University, focusing on the speech perception of wild Carrion Crows in London. However, in this interview, you will find that she's broadened her scope to cats  https://sabrinaschalz.wordpress.com/ Find the full show notes at https://scientificanada.ca/

Thanks again to Francesco Zangari! Follow him on Twitter, https://twitter.com/franthewriter1 And now, you may notice we still have a couple minutes left. So here we go, another installment of Journal Club. This week, I want to share something timely. The new year is upon us, which means we are almost done with this 12th month of ours, and this garbage fire of a year. But what if we could have one more month? Allow me to introduce you to the International Fixed Calendar. (read the full notes on www.scientificanada.ca )

Hello and welcome to Random walk episode 27. This week you will be hearing from PhD Candidate and science writer Francesco Zangari. Francesco is finishing his PhD on Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, and recently attended ComSciCon-GTA, a conference on communicating science for researchers local to the Greater Toronto Area. This is another 2-parter, and this week we will be talking a bit about Francesco’s research, competitiveness in science, lab safety with COVID, and social media for communicating science. In part two, we are going to dig more into science writing. For full show notes, head to https://scientificanada.ca/2020/12/16/rw27/