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SciSection is the #1 Science Show being produced from the center of Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada. SciSection aims to bridge the gap between individuals who may not be exposed to the same information as those studying sciences. Science is not just about chemical titrations or DNA transcription - nor is it only for that one character who wears an Einstein shirt in all those TV shows. From time to time we tend to forget that all the sciences are being studied for the betterment of us as a global population! So, we can learn and apply it to our day to day lives. We are here to remind you of that!

Episode Date
The Significance of Peer Support Programs for Transplant Recipients (Interview with Megan Liang)
Dec 05, 2023
What Role Does Trust Play in Persuasion? (Interview with Dr. Richard Petty)
Nov 24, 2023
Petri Dish to Bioreactors - The Scalling up of Stem Cell Production (Interview with Tiffany Dang)
Jun 28, 2023
The History, Philosophy, and Sociology Behind the Physical Sciences (Interview with Roula Faraj)
Jun 28, 2023
The Legume-Rhizobium Model & Evolution of Symbiont-Host Relationships (Interview with Dr. Rebecca Batstone)
Jun 21, 2023
Inducing Neural Plasticity to Improve Motor Control in Clinical Populations (Interview with Dr. Aimee Nelson)
Jun 21, 2023
Part 2: Combatting Scientific Misinformation - Separating Sense from Nonsense (Interview with Dr. Joe Schwarcz)
Jun 21, 2023
Part 1: Combatting Scientific Misinformation - Separating Sense from Nonsense (Interview with Dr. Joe Schwarcz)
Jun 21, 2023
Is Your Soulmate Destined or Grown? (Interview with Dr. Jessica Maxwell)
Jun 21, 2023
Studying Infection Patterns of Diseases Such as COVID-19 in Large-Scale Populations Using a Theoretical Lens (Interview with Dr. Jonathan Dushoff)
Jun 21, 2023
Exploring Differences in Muscle Use as a Comparative Physiologist & Nurturing Genuine Interest in Research (Interview with Dr. Grant McClelland)
Jun 21, 2023
An Examination Into WHO's Top Four Fungal Pathogens Risking Human Health - Non-Zombie Related (Interview with Dr. Jianping Xu)
Jun 21, 2023
Exploring the Dangers of Button Battery Ingestions in Children (Interview with 2023 MCHC Winner Yasmine Madan)
Jun 21, 2023
The Brain-Mind Connection: A Multi- Disciplined Approach to Studying one of Life's Most Complex Questions (Interview with Dr. Georg Northoff)
Jun 21, 2023
Your Selfhood Exists to Serve the Group (Interview with Dr. Roy Baumeister)
Jan 17, 2023
Studying Algae and Being Systematic in Science Inquiry (Interview with Dr. Susan Brawley)
Dec 05, 2022
“Why Does She Run Down the Street Naked?”; Function Matters in Deciphering Human Behaviour! (Interview with Dr. Ennio Cipani)
Dec 05, 2022
Physiology Research on High Altitude Deer Mice (Interview with Dr. Graham Scott)
Dec 05, 2022
The Dopamine System and Computational Brain Science (Interview with Dr. Michael J. Frank)
Dec 05, 2022
Using Cannabis Products in the Treatment of Childhood Disorders (Interview with Dr. Lauren Kelly)
Dec 05, 2022
Motor Cortex Research and Potential Clinical Applications (Interview with Dr. Simon Chen)
Dec 05, 2022
Potential New Drug Target for Atheroscerlosis (Interview with Dr. Dawei Zhang)
Dec 05, 2022
Health Outcomes of Different Diets (Interview with Dr. Chris Gustafson)
Dec 05, 2022
CAN HEAL Project (Interview with Dr. Sarah Elshahat)
Dec 05, 2022
The Gut-Brain Connection (Interview with PhD Student, Shania Bhopa)
Dec 03, 2022
New Study Finds No Evidence That Depression is a Chemical Imbalance (Interview with Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, psychiatrist and researcher at University College London)
Nov 10, 2022
Navigating Academics and Friendships (Interview with Dr. Abid Hidayat)
Oct 26, 2022
Using Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Birth Defects (Interview with Dr. Mark Walker)
Oct 26, 2022
Prioritizing Mental Health in Academia and Education (Interview with Dr.Noam Raiter)
Oct 26, 2022
The Ups and Downs from Undergraduate to Research Chair and Professor (Interview with Dr. Andrea Gonzalez)
Oct 26, 2022
Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Approaches (Interview with Dr. Pascal Tyrrell)
Oct 26, 2022
Falling in love, quickly and often - Emophilia (Interview with Dr. Daniel N Jones from the University of Virginia)
Oct 26, 2022
The Great Potential of Bacteriophages to Replace Antibiotics (Interview with Dr. Steven Theriault, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of Cytophage Technologies)
May 04, 2022
Nutrigenetics- What Science Says About Genetically-Based Diet Plans (Interview with Dr. Dylan MacKay, Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba)
May 04, 2022
The Endless Possibilities of Attosecond Science (Interview with Dr. Paul Corkum, a professor at the University of Ottawa, researcher with the National Research Council, and 2022 Wolf Prize Winner)
Apr 30, 2022
Targeting Hypoxic Tumours through Metabolism Reprogramming (Interview with Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky, Professor and Director of Research in the University of Toronto's Department of Radiation Oncology)
Apr 30, 2022
All About TMM: A Research Focused Undergraduate Program (Interview with Dr. Jonathan Lee, Director of the Translational and Molecular Medicine (TMM) Program at the University of Ottawa)
Apr 30, 2022
Move the Body, Heal the Mind: Movement as Medicine for the Mind (Interview with Dr. Jennifer Heisz, Professor at McMaster University and head of the NeuroFIT Lab)
Mar 02, 2022
Learning about the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Interview with Dr. Sarita Verma, the Dean, President, and CEO of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine)
Jan 06, 2022
The Role of Microbiota in Depression and Anxiety Disorders (Interview with Arthi Chinna-Meyyappan, a PhD Candidate at Queen's University)
Jan 06, 2022
Epilepsy Is Not What You Think (Interview with Dr. Jacqueline French, professor at the NYU Langone School of Medicine and neurologist)
Jan 06, 2022
Guinness Worlds Records and Physics (Interview with Dr. Burnaby Q. Orbax)
Dec 15, 2021
Guinness World Record for modelling a Zombie Apocalypse (Interview with Dr. Stacey Smith)
Dec 15, 2021
Producing the First Human MRI and Human Hybrid PET MRI in Canada (Interview with Dr. Frank Prato)
Nov 25, 2021
COVID-19 and the Future Pandemics (Interview with Dr. Jeff Kwong)
Nov 25, 2021
The Health and Technology Industry (Interview with Dr. Joshua Liu)
Nov 25, 2021
Psychology and History of Pandemics (Interview with Dr. Steven Taylor)
Nov 25, 2021
The Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (Interview with Dr. Ekram Hossain, author and professor at the University of Manitoba)
Nov 17, 2021
From Sports to STEM (Interview with Dr. Kim Clay, founder and CEO of Play Like a Girl)
Nov 17, 2021
Modern Medicine Must Consider the Social Determinants of Health (Interview with Dr. Latif Murji, family physician and founder of the Stand Up for Health organization and Vaxfact Clinic)
Nov 17, 2021
From Breakthroughs to Engaging Youth Within the Lab (Interview with Dr. Sandeep Raha, associate professor and co-founder of the Children and Youth University at McMaster University)
Nov 17, 2021
Innovation in Concussion Mitigation (Interview with Dr. Theo Versteegh, physiotherapist and Chief Technology Officer at TopSpin Technologies)
Nov 17, 2021
Zooming Astronomically (Interview with Dr. Ed Krupp, Astronomer and Director of the Griffith Observatory)
Nov 17, 2021
A Researcher Behind Your COVID-19 Vaccine (Interview with Dr. Daniel Wrapp, postdoctoral fellow at The Duke Human Vaccine Institute)
Nov 17, 2021
The Winners of the 2020 Canadian Undergraduate Research Competition
Sep 15, 2021
From Stem Cells to Saving Lives (Special Discussion with Dr. Warren Fingrut, founder and director of Stem Cell Club)
Mar 07, 2021
From Music to Medicine (Interview with Dr. Siobhan Deshauer, creator behind Violin MD on Youtube)
Jan 19, 2021
A Conversation with Bozeman Science (Interview with Paul Anderson, the Science Educator Behind The Youtube Channel 'Bozeman Science')
Jan 19, 2021
The Bridge Between Science and Journalism (Interview with Jay Ingram, former host of the Discovery Channel's 'Daily Planet')
Jan 19, 2021
The Big Questions of Astronomy Amidst Our Infinite Universe (Interview with Dr. Laura Parker, Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at McMaster University)
Jan 19, 2021
CPU, GPU, and the Hardware World (Interview with Dr. Andreas Moshovos, Professor at the University of Toronto and Director of NSERC COHESA)
Jan 19, 2021
The Social and Cultural Impacts of Migration (Interview with Dr. Wendy Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 19, 2021
Forests and Food: A Closer Look (Interview with Dr. Terry Sunderland, Professor in UBC's Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences)
Jan 19, 2021
A Battle Against COVID-19 (Interview with Dr. Wei Zhang)
Jan 19, 2021
The Division in our Generation (Interview with Dr. Kristin Laurin)
Jan 19, 2021
The Doctor Behind 3500 Heart Surgeries (Interview with Head of cardiovascular surgery at SickKids, Dr. David Barron)
Jan 19, 2021
Animal Welfare (Interview with Dr. Dan Weary)
Jan 19, 2021
Orthopedics, Evidence-based Research, and Knowledge Dissemination (Interview with Dr. Mohit Bhandari, Canada Research Chair in Evidence-based Orthopedics)
Dec 30, 2020
Preoperative Anxiety (Interview with Jhanahan Sriranjan, Medical Student at McMaster University)
Dec 30, 2020
A Look at Studying Human Skeletal Remains (Interview with Dr. Rebecca Gilmour, Assistant Professor at Mount Royal University)
Nov 12, 2020
Let's Talk about Mental Health and Illnesses (Interview with Dr. Mat Savelli, Professor at McMaster University)
Nov 09, 2020
Atmospheric Physics (Interview with Dr. Simon Clark, Physicist and Youtuber)
Nov 09, 2020
Field Ecology and Photography (Interview with Scientist Ruchira Somaweera, Member of Australia's STEM professional schools and National Geographic Explorer)
Nov 09, 2020
Stuntronics and the Magic of Disney (Interview with Morgan Pope, Imagineer at Disney)
Nov 09, 2020
Restoring Vision to the Visually Impaired: Bionic Vision (Interview with Dr. Michael Beyeler, Director of the Bionic Vision Lab at UC Santa Barbara)
Nov 09, 2020
Bringing Art and Science Together (Interview with Artist Lindsay Olsen)
Nov 09, 2020
Let's talk about Learning in University/College and Research in Evolutionary Genetics and Aging (Interview with Dr. Jay Phelan, Co-author of 'Mean Genes' and Biology Professor at UCLA)
Nov 09, 2020
Cancer Isn’t the End All Be All (Interview with Dr. Fei Fei Liu, Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center and University of Toronto)
Nov 05, 2020
An Introduction to Coral Reefs (Interview with Dr. Erinn Muller, Science Director at the Mote Marine Laboratory’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Research and Restoration)
Nov 05, 2020
The Start of our Vision (Interview with Dr. Daphne Maurer, Professor at McMaster University and Co-Author of 'The World of the Newborn')
Nov 05, 2020
Big Ideas in Small Packages—Working With Materials in Micro-Environments (Interview with Dr. Jose Moran-Mirabal, Associate Professor at McMaster University)
Nov 05, 2020
Looking At Health Policy From Different Angles (Interview with Dr. Firas Khalid, Professor of Human and Social Sciences at the Wilfrid Laurier, York, and McMaster Universities)
Nov 05, 2020
AI is the Future (Interview with Dr. Robert J. Marks II, Director of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence)
Nov 05, 2020
The Real-Life Physicist Behind The Big Bang Theory (Interview with Dr. David Saltzberg, Professor at UCLA and Science Advisor for 'The Big Bang Theory')
Nov 04, 2020
Connecting the (Brain) Circuits In Neuroscience (Interview with Dr. Avi Adhikari, Assistant Professor of Psychology at UCLA)
Nov 04, 2020
An Inside Look at the Cannabis Industry and its History in Canada (Interview with Cultivation Scientist, Jason Verbeek)
Oct 17, 2020
Wave Learning Festival (Interview with Karly Hou, Harvard University Student)
Oct 17, 2020
Advancing Music Therapy and its Psychological Aspects (Interview with Dr.Michael Thaut)
Sep 26, 2020
Interdisciplinary Science and the Science of LED Technology (Interview with Physicist at Imperial College London Dr. Jess Wade)
Sep 26, 2020
Why Henry Reich Became A Science Communicator (Interview with Youtube’s Henry Reich from MinutePhysics and MinuteEarth)
Sep 26, 2020
The Growth of Computing Technology (Interview with Computer Scientist Dr. Brian Kernighan)
Sep 26, 2020
Passion Is The Key Ingredient For Success (Interview With Behrad Dehnadi, McMaster's Neuroscience Graduate Program)
Sep 24, 2020
Isolating COVID-19 (Interview with Dr. Arinjay Banerjee, postdoctoral researcher at McMaster University)
Sep 24, 2020
Beating Procrastination and Maximizing Success Amid COVID-19 (Interview with Dr. Ali Abdaal, one of the biggest productivity Youtubers)
Sep 24, 2020
Passion + Dedication = Success (Interview with Dr. Michael Benarroch, President & Vice-Chancellor at the University of Manitoba
Sep 16, 2020
Destigmatizing Math (Interview with Dr. Matt Davison, Dean of Science at Western University)
Sep 16, 2020
Challenges Are Always the Presence of Unknown (Interview with Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur, President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo)
Sep 16, 2020
Science Welcomes Everyone (Interview with Dr. Chris Moore, Dean of Science at Dalhousie University)
Sep 16, 2020
The Man who Teaches Quantum Physics to Babies (Interview with Dr. Chris Ferrie, professor of theoretical physics at the University of Technology Sydney and author of children's science books)
Sep 16, 2020
From a Crime Ridden City to Spine Surgery (Interview with YouTube’s Dr. Webb)
Sep 01, 2020
Tackling Misinformation During A Pandemic (Interview with Lucas Chu, founder of the Coronavirus Visualization Team and a student at Harvard University))
Aug 29, 2020
Surround Yourself With People Who Lift You Up (Interview with Dr. Vianne Timmons, the President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University)
Aug 28, 2020
You Are Not Students, You Are Investors (Interview with Dr. Louis Barriault, the Dean of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Science)
Aug 28, 2020
Taking the First Step is Like Overcoming Static Friction (Interview with Stefan Mladjenovic, Valedictorian of McMaster University's Faculty of Science Class of 2020 )
Aug 27, 2020
Discovering Exoplanets and Career Paths (Interview with Dr. Michelle Kunimoto, discoverer of over 20 exoplanet candidates)
Aug 27, 2020
Immunology, Multiple Sclerosis, and COVID-19 Research (Interview with Dr. Jennifer Gommerman, the Canada Research Chair in Tissue Specific Immunity)
Aug 27, 2020
Working With Doctors Without Borders (Interview with Dr. Richard Heinzl, Founder of the Canadian Chapter of Doctors Without Borders)
Aug 25, 2020
The Importance of Financial Literacy (Interview with Dr. Benjamin Croitoru, Director of the McGill Personal Finance Essentials course at McGill University )
Aug 21, 2020
Getting into Science Journalism (Interview with David Shukman, BBC News' first science editor)
Aug 20, 2020
Allow Yourself To Discover What You Are Truly Passionate About (Interview with Dr. Santa Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia)
Aug 18, 2020
Solving Medical Questions Using Chemistry and Engineering (Interview with Dr. Molly Shoichet, Ontario's first Chief Scientist)
Aug 14, 2020
Leukemia and Questioning Advancements in Cancer Research and Treatment (Interview with Dr. Azra Raza, the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Colombia University)
Aug 13, 2020
The Functional Anatomy of Speech and the Cortical Auditory System (Interview with Dr. Gregory S. Hickok, Director of the Center for Language Science at the University of California, Irvine)
Aug 12, 2020
The Science Behind the Marvel Universe and Quantum Realm (Interview with Dr. Spiros Michalakis, science adviser to Hollywood filmmakers)
Aug 06, 2020
Behind the Scenes of Science Communication, (Interview with Dr. Derek Muller, YouTuber at Veritasium)
Aug 05, 2020
Computational Neuroscience (Interview with Ben Cuthbert)
Mar 16, 2020
Psychology, Pedagogy, and Learning (Interview with Dr. Michelle Cadieux)
Feb 10, 2020
CRISPR and Stem Cell Technology (Interview with Nicole Wong)
Feb 04, 2020
Interview with Dr. Jennifer Young, the President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians (The Choosing Wisely Campaign)
Nov 12, 2019
Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, and More (Interview with Dr. Ben Evans)
Oct 08, 2019
Neuroscience of Music (Interview with Dr. Laurel Trainor)
Sep 16, 2019
Thoughts as a Clinical Geneticist (Interview with Dr. Marjan Nezarati)
Aug 26, 2019
Researching at Harvard (Interview with Arani Kulamurugan)
Aug 12, 2019
Genetic Diversity and Abronia umbellata (Interview with Hana Thompson)
Jul 29, 2019
Biotechnology (Interview with McMaster SynBio)
Jul 08, 2019
Probability in Science
Jul 01, 2019
Vegeterianism
Jun 14, 2019
Language (Interview with Caleb Gordon)
Jun 08, 2019
Studying (Interview with Jill McMillan)
Apr 13, 2019
Caffeine
Apr 04, 2019
Breakfast
Mar 30, 2019
Sleep
Mar 22, 2019