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In this second part of this two-episode podcast, continue with our host Andrés Tangarife as he talks with Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, director of the Department of Biogeochemical Processes at the MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena. In this conversation, they will speak about the complexity of climate change when it touches the social and the political spheres. Furthermore, they will discuss the link between fossil fuels, economy and lifestyle as well as on the role of scientists in society and their engagement in climate activism.   If you would like to know more information about Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, check out here: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/person/strumbore/4670667⁠   To find more information on the topics researched by the Department of Biogeochemical Processes of the MPI-BGC: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp⁠    Literature recommendations (in pdf) by Prof. Trumbore: How to build a habitable planet? By Wallace Smith Broecker ⁠https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wallace_Smith_Broecker⁠ Sophie's Planet: A Search for Truth About Our Remarkable Home Planet and Its Future by James Hansen http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2018/PrefaceSophiePlanet.pdf And if you want to know more about the intricate relation between climate, politics and human behavior, I recommend you this comprehensive analysis by our colleague Dr. David Martini: https://300ppm.github.io/DavidMartini/posts/what%20is%20to%20be%20done/   Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry’s Twitter: @MPI_BGC Prof. Trumbore’s Twitter: @SusanTrumbore    Episode Art: Photo by Eelco Böhtlingk on Unsplash    You can follow us on:   Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast⁠   Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast⁠   Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast⁠   YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet⁠   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: ⁠https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog⁠   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: ⁠https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar⁠ Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus⁠   See you soon!

Today’s episode is the first part of the conversation from our new host Andrés Tangarife with Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, director of the Department of Biogeochemical Processes at the MPI for Biogeochemistry in Jena. Her research focuses on the application of accelerator mass spectrometry measurements of 14C to problems in ecology, soil biogeochemistry and terrestrial use of isotopes and tracers to study the exchange of energy, water and greenhouse gases between terrestrial ecosystems, especially tropical forests and the atmosphere.   In this conversation, Andrés Tangarife and Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore will shed light on the relevance of the Amazon rainforest and some of the projects in which the MPI-BGC has been researching on during the last decade. They also talk about the main environmental challenges that humankind is currently facing such as deforestation, greenhouse gases increase and climate change.   If you would like to know more information about Prof. Dr. Susan Trumbore, check out here: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/person/strumbore/4670667⁠   To find more information on the topics researched by the Department of Biogeochemical Processes of the MPI-BGC: ⁠https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp⁠    Literature recommendations (in pdf) by Prof. Trumbore: How to build an habitable planet? By Wallace Smith Broecker ⁠https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wallace_Smith_Broecker⁠ Sophie's Planet: A Search for Truth About Our Remarkable Home Planet and Its Future by James Hansen http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2018/PrefaceSophiePlanet.pdf And if you want to know more about the intricate relation between climate, politics and human behavior, I recommend you this comprehensive analysis by our colleague Dr. David Martini: https://300ppm.github.io/DavidMartini/posts/what%20is%20to%20be%20done/   Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry’s Twitter: @MPI_BGC Prof. Trumbore’s Twitter: @SusanTrumbore    Episode Art: Photo by ⁠Ivars Utināns⁠ on ⁠Unsplash⁠    You can follow us on:   Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast⁠   Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast⁠   Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast⁠   YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet⁠   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: ⁠https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog⁠   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: ⁠https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar⁠ Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus⁠   See you soon!

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he delves deeper into his conversation with Dr. Katharina Höfer, group leader at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. In her quest to uncover the biological role of NAD-RNAs, Dr. Höfer discovered a novel posttranslational protein modification called RNAylation, which links RNA molecules to proteins. Marcel and Dr. Höfer discuss how this discovery was made, how it has shaped her research eversince, and what’s next. Finally, they also delve into Dr. Höfer’s individualised approach to mentoring and discuss career advice. To find out more about Dr. Katharina Höfer's research, check out: https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/mprg/katharina-hoefer Höfer lab Twitter: @HoeferLab Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

In this episode, join our host Marcel as he speaks with Dr. Katharina Höfer, a group leader at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. They discuss Dr. Höfer's personal journey in science, her passion for RNA research, and her transformative work in the field of epitranscriptomics. Marcel and Dr. Höfer explore Dr. Höfer’s unconventional career path to success and how she fell in love with RNA. They cover the basics of RNA, transcriptomics and epitranscriptomics, and why all of us should care about it. They touch on the significance of RNA modifications in the context of mRNA vaccines and then delve into her research. Dr. Höfer shares her insights on NAD-caps, a specific RNA modification she and her coworkers discovered in bacteria. She also explains the methodology behind this discovery and the broader implications of her findings. To find out more about Dr. Katharina Höfer check out: https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/mprg/katharina-hoefer Höfer lab Twitter: @HoeferLab Remember to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet For feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de.  Check out our Offspring Blog for more content: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro & Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

Today, Bea talks to Dr. Asia Biega, a computer scientist and group leader of the Responsible Computing group at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. Her research focuses on responsible computing principles for information access and social computing systems (including search, recommendation, assistive typing, sharing economy, crowdsourcing or social media systems). Bea and Asia discuss about ethical issues when it comes to data collection, data protection laws, design of ethical algorithm, and the challenges in digital well-being. Asia explains what GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is, the importance of interdisciplinary work to achieve responsible computing, why we are collecting much more data than we actually need. Asia also explains how companies collect our data, what transparency techniques are there, and what we can do to protect us from sharing data without knowing it. Asia also gives perspectives about her experience working at Google and Microsoft teams compared to academia. To find out more information about Dr. Asia Biega, check out here: https://www.mpi-sp.org/biega https://asiabiega.github.io/ Asia’s Twitter: @asia_biega Asia’s mastodon: @asiabiega@fediscience.org Episode Art: Photo by Growtika on Unsplash You can follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

Today, Juli talks to Dr. Frank Ohme, a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, a member of LIGO which stands for "Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory", the  world's largest gravitational wave observatory and a marvel of precision engineering. Juli and Frank talk about the functioning of gravitational-wave detectors, the information about black holes contained in gravitational-wave signals and new findings about black holes since the first detection of gravitational waves in 2015. Frank explains how gravitational waves are produced and detected, and how important but challenging it is to understand the noise in the detectors. He also describes the working experiences in the LIGO collaboration and the importance of synergies between different fields of astronomy. Frank gives perspectives on how to improve the sensitivity of current detectors and the plans for the next generation of instruments.  The most amazing part of this episode is that you will hear some gravitational-wave signals! To find out more information about Dr. Frank Ohme, check out these links: https://www.aei.mpg.de/person/51192/2772 https://www.aei.mpg.de/BinaryObservationsNR   His Group’s Twitter: @BinaryNr MPI for Gravitational Physics ’s Twitter: @mpi_grav    Episode Art: “Visualisation of gravitational waves emitted during a binary neutron star merger”  By Dr. Wolfgang Kastaun   You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de   Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon !

Today, Juli talks to Dr. Laura Sberna, a junior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, about the concepts of black holes, spacetime and general relativity, as well as her recent research concerning gravitational waves. Laura talks about why nothing can come out of black holes, the differences between Newton’s and Einstein’s concepts of gravity, and what spacetime looks like in the vicinity of the black holes. Laura explains how black holes are formed and how the observations and modelling of black holes are done. Laura and Juli also discuss the theories of special and general relativity and how they are impacting our daily lives. In the last part of this episode, Laura introduces her research on gravitational waves. She explains what gravitational waves are and how they are produced when two black holes merge. She talks about the information on black holes that we can get from gravitational wave signals. To find more information about Dr. Laura Sberna, check out these links: https://sites.google.com/view/laurasberna https://www.aei.mpg.de/person/111637/2784 Laura’s Twitter: @lallasberna Laura’s Instagram: @lalla_sberna   Episode Art: Photo by BoliviaInteligente on Unsplash You can follow us on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet   If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog   Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus   See you soon!

Today, Bea talks to Dr. Joris Deelen again after one year, about his research progress in the field of ageing and whether we are closer to understanding why some people age more healthily than others.   Dr. Joris Deelen is a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing. The research in his group focuses on studying the genetic mechanisms underlying healthy ageing in humans where they specifically look at the effect of genetic variants that are unique to long-lived individuals. Moreover, his group is trying to identify biomarkers of health ageing.  Joris talks about the main differences between centenarians and others as well as certain longevity genes such as APOE2. He also explains how big the influence of the environment could be when you have the longevity gene. Bea and Joris talk about lifestyle factors and how we could adjust our lifestyle at different ages. Furthermore, they talk about yamanaka factors and the possibility of reversing ageing. To find out more information about Dr. Deelen’s lab, check out here: https://www.age.mpg.de/science/research-laboratories/deelen https://www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/research/principal-investigators/dr-joris-deelen/ Joris’s Twitter: @Joris_Deelen Episode Art: Photo by Sangharsh Lohakare on Unsplash  You can follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!

In this episode, our hosts (Juli, Bea, Andres, Marcel, Xiaoran and Jaswanth) talk about the topics they will discuss in season 4, and the expectations they have. The new season will includes more physics and open science discussions. If you want to see the faces behind the voices, head over to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnetEpisode Art: Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash(https://unsplash.com/) You can follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/offspring-blog Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus

In this episode, Bea talks to the new members of the podcast team and their plan for the upcoming season and plans on how to improve the audio quality for the next season from this season with a new Podcast Editor.   You can follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPPhdnetPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offspringmagazine_thepodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/offspring-magazine-the-podcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MaxPlanckPhDnet If you have any feedback, comments, or suggestions, reach out to us at offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de Check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/outreach/offspring-blog Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus See you soon!