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Interview with a Biologist

A podcast from the University of Kansas, that’s dedicated to talking about science research in a way that anyone can understand.

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Each episode of Interview with a Biologist focuses on a recently published paper from a KU Biology associated faculty member.  Our interviews dive deep into the experiments, the results of the research, and the greater impact that research has on the world.

Episodes are also available on KUbiology YouTube.

Transcripts to each episode along with show notes can be found below.

Episode Transcripts

  • How PARP14 Regulates Virus Infection (ft. Dr. Tony Fehr) Select to follow link
  • How Ancient Primates crossed Oceans (ft. Dr. Christopher Beard) Select to follow link
  • How Allelic Variants improve the fight against Chronic Virus Infection (ft. Dr. Robin Orozco) Select to follow link
  • How Plants Combat Heat Stress and Survive the Hottest Deserts (ft. Dr. Jennifer Johnson & Dr. Karine Prado) Select to follow link
  • How Precipitation affects Prairie Plants and Plant Pathogens (ft. Dr. Jim Bever) Select to follow link
  • Can you spell Immunocytochemistry? (ft. pring 2026 Cell Biology Lab)) Select to follow link
  • Wait, a Frog has How many Genomes? (ft. Dr. Coral Zhou) Select to follow link
  • Molecular Alternatives to Alzheimer's Disease Research Select to follow link

Episode Transcripts Cont:

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