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Women In STEMM

For the first episode of Women In STEMM, I thought I'd start off with someone you might be familiar with if you've listened to For Science! at all.Dr Melanie Thomsons is a gastro microbiologist, a pioneer in crowd funding research, a science provocatuer and now, the General Manager of Education, Skills and Events at MTP Connect.You can find her Women In STEMM profile here:<a href="https://womeninscienceaust.org/stem-profiles/melanie-thomson/">https://womeninscienceaust.org/stem-profiles/melanie-thomson/</a>Enjoy

Dr Melanie Thomson

Dr Katie Mack is an astrophysicist with a deep interest in the early universe and dark matter.We chat about how she got involved in her field, some of the challenges she's faced and her current projects.Also, exactly what is an Academic Nomad?Links:Pint in the sky:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83nv8UNFC0ovxN2KyKVBtgANAS7QSVYf">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83nv8UNFC0ovxN2KyKVBtgANAS7QSVYf</a>Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stawell_Underground_Physics_Laboratory">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stawell_Underground_Physics_Laboratory</a>

Dr Katie Mack

Dr Eva Cheng is a Lecturer at RMIT where she also delves into the world of multimedia frequencies. She's also a supporter of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ewb.org.au/">Engineers Without Borders</a>&nbsp;and a study of humans and how they interact with science

Dr Eva Cheng

Dr Heather Bray holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Sydney however her career path has taken her away from direct agricultural research into the humanities.She still has a deep interest in the science of agriculture, but she's approaching it from a different place, looking at how society and the sciences view each other.In our chat we talk about the pressures of being a scientist and a mother, the differing approached overseas, and the importance of keeping the humanity in science.

Dr Heather Bray

Dr Nguyen is the Lab Manager fo the Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials. Her science journey coincided with her journey into another country and a very different culture to what she was used to.

Dr Tich Lam Nguyen

Dr Evans is the CEO of BioMelbourne, has worked on helping to cure Malaria and appears quite often on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.rrr.org.au/program/einstein-a-go-go/">Einstein A Go Go</a>&nbsp;on 3RRR. In this episode we find out what attracted her to her field and some of the more interesting parts of her career to date.

Dr Krystal Evans

Dr McArthur is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the director of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/innovation-precinct/">Swinburn Innovation Precinct</a>, an incubator setup by Swinburn university to bring together Researchers, Industry, Mentors and others.Sally is a good example of someone who while having a passion for science, didn't really discover her focus until she hit university.Notes:Castaway Awards:&nbsp;<a href="http://castawayawards.com.au/">http://castawayawards.com.au/&nbsp;</a>Women In STEMM Public Vote:&nbsp; <a href="http://%20https//thecastawayawards.submittable.com/gallery/fb53f574-b3c9-43c8-8585-83bb919489f4/6962031/">https://thecastawayawards.submittable.com/gallery/fb53f574-b3c9-43c8-8585-83bb919489f4/6962031/</a>

Dr Sally McArthur

Dr Fox has not always been a midwife, in fact for a long time, she was part of a very different scene, performing with the Melbourne Orchestra as a Concert Violinist.However when she felt the need for a new challenge, she turned to her passion for mid wifery. Her work in the field has taken her from Melbourne to Singapore, where she was involved in ground breaking work to establish SIngapores first "Caseload Model of Mid WIfery Care."

Dr Deborah Fox

For many involved in STEMM fields, heading overseas to gain experience from centres of excellence, to work, or to just find something different has become part of their STEMM journeys. For this episode I thought I would catch up with someone who's currently taking that step and seems to be doing pretty well at it.Dr Natalie Matosin is Post Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planc institute of Psychiatry in Munich, and a Forbes Top 30 under 30 entrant. No pressure.

Dr Natalie Matosin

Dr Plaganyi has two burning interests, maths and the natural world. &nbsp;So she combined them both into a career that has taken her from South Africa to Australia, from the Antarctic to the Torres Straits.It's also allowed her to get close to some of the magnificent animals in the world.

Dr Eva Plaganyi

And Women In STEMM is back.Dr Manreena Kaur is a researcher in the field of Brain Stimulation. Having cut her teeth as it were in youth mental illness, she has a passion for developing new treatments to deal with serious conditions, such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.

Dr Manreena Kaur

Dr Carmel O'Brien works with stem cells and bio-materials for Monash and the CSIRO. However her journey to this point has taken her from the path lab, to working with the first Australian line of embryonic stem cells.

Dr Carmel O'Brien

Dr Alice Gorman is a woman on a mission to change the way we look at the past and the future of human space endeavour.Starting from her family farm in NSW Australia, Dr Goreman persued her passion for archeology into University and then into the field as a consultant. From there she's turned her eyes from the digs on earth, to the history in the stars.In this episode we look at her journey towards becoming one of the worlds first Space Archeologists.Episode Notes:You can find Dr Gormans book - Dr Space Junk vs The Universe&nbsp;here:<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210411161818/https://www.penguin.com.au/books/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe-archaeology-and-the-future-9780262539654">https://www.penguin.com.au/books/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe-archaeology-and-the-future-9780262539654</a>The UN Program mentioned in the episode is here:<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210411161818/https://space4women.unoosa.org/">https://space4women.unoosa.org/</a>

Dr Alice Gorman

Purser Explores The World is a journey of discovery fueled entirely by my curiosity.

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Purser Explores The World

Finally it's here, the first episode of Purser Explores The World.Today we're looking at Space, particularly the Australian Space Community. I talk with Marco Ostini from&nbsp;<a href="http://lunarnumbat.org/">Lunar Numbat</a>, Michelle &nbsp;Clement from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.space.gov.au/">Australian Space Policy Unit</a>&nbsp;and Professor &nbsp;Christine Charles, head of the&nbsp;<a href="http://prl.anu.edu.au/SP3/research/HDLT/">Space Plasma, Power and Propulsion Laboratory</a>&nbsp;at ANU in Canberra.

Numbats in Space

Well I made it to episode 2, this in itself is a victory :)Anyhoo, this episode I'm talking to people who take the concept of DIY out of the house an into the big wide world.First up I chat with Paul Wayper, a Canberra based maker who's working on building his own electric motorcycle.Then I move slightly elsewhere in Canberra to talk to Stephen Dade from the Canberra UAV club, a group of people working on building their own Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to compete in the Outback UAV Challenge.

Super DIY

In this episode we take the spirit of DIY and see how it's being applied to disaster management.First up we chat with Pieter Franken from&nbsp;<a href="http://safecast.org/">safecast.org</a>&nbsp;about the work they are doing building and operating a crowd sourced radiation monitoring system in Japan, then we sit down with Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen and talk about the Serval Project, a project that could turn your mobile phone into an essential part of a post disaster communications network.

Crowd Sourcing The Disaster

Australia is famous for its sporting prowess. Everyone knows that when it comes to sports such as Cricket, Rugby (of either variety) and Swimming, Australia is up there with the best in the world.However what people may not be aware of is that Australia, the land of Sun and Surf is home to a thriving and competitive Ice Hockey community.I'm going to take you into the world of the Australian Womens Ice Hockey competition and we're going to find out what it takes to be a player on a team that can challenge European nations.

Ice Hockey In The Land of Sun and Surf

Over the past five years, activism, like everything else in our lives has been changed by the rise of the Hacker/Maker culture. I have a look at two examples of those who build and use new tools to achieve what they couldn't do only a few years before.Asher Wolf is a curator and digital journalist who is using tools such as social media, video sharing sites and the like to enable her to build a narrative out of the rush of raw information.Boycott SOPA is an Android App put together in under a weekend, demonstrating the rapid development that activists can now take advantage of.

Tech Meets Activism

Just as 3D printing is changing the way we look at manufacturing, it's changing the way medicine approaches different problems.In this episode I talk to Scott Summit from Bespoke Innovations about the work his company does &nbsp;with artificial limbs and I have a look at some of the other ways that 3D Printing is changing the way the medical world turns.

Printing Your New Life

Some people are installing solar hot water heaters, others are powering their houses from renewables, some though are going further and creating whole communities powered in part or full by renewable energy.In this episode I chat with Anya Schoolman from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mtpleasantsolarcoop.org/">Mt Pleasant Solar Coop</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://communitypowernetwork.com/">Community Power Network</a>.I also briefly touch on the&nbsp;<a href="http://hepburnwind.com.au/">Hepburn Wind Project</a>&nbsp;in Victoria.

Power to the people

It's National Science Week in Australia so I thought I would have a chat with some communicators of science.<a href="https://twitter.com/upulie">Upulie Divisekera</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/scientistmags">Magdeline Lum</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/sauramaia">Maia Sauren</a>&nbsp;join me to discuss why they are passionate about science comms, what got them involved, ice cream, harry potter and&nbsp;<a href="http://dearsirdavid.wordpress.com/">Sir David Attenborough</a>.

Communicating Science

I'm a tinkerer in the garden. I have my own little veggie patch and I enjoy getting my hands dirty.For this episode of Purser Explores The World, I'm talking with two people who have taken the idea of Urban Agriculture to the next level.Doug at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theurbanbeehive.com.au/">www.theurbanbeehive.com.au</a>&nbsp;runs a number of productive hives right in the middle of Sydney, while Tim and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chug.org.uk/">Canal Users of Hackney Group</a>&nbsp;are building floating allotments in the middle of London.

Farming The City

Well, the show has finally made it to episode 10 and to celebrate we're going to do another Super Do It Yourself episode.This time round we're going to catch up with Stephen Dade from the&nbsp;<a href="http://canberrauav.com/">CanberraUAV</a>&nbsp;team and see how they went in the Outback Challenge they were preparing for when we last spoke.We're also going to chat with Mark Pesce about&nbsp;<a href="http://www.moorescloud.com/">MooresCloud</a>, an internet of things lamp that runs a lamp stack.

Super DIY The Second

With all of the kerfuffle going on in the world of Big Media, I though I would catch up with a couple of people who are working hard in Small Media.Jane Gilmore of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kingstribune.com/">kingstribune</a>&nbsp;and Jeremy Sear from&nbsp;<a href="http://somethingwonky.com/">somthingwonky</a>&nbsp;both tell me why they do what they do (hint, it's not for the money)Don't forget you can comment here, or on our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angrybeanie">Facebook Page</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://plus.google.com/b/114564888372124269526/114564888372124269526/posts">Google+ Page</a>&nbsp;or on the&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/angrybeanie">twitters</a>

Small Media

The Open Australia Foundation has been one of the leading lights in the citizen driven Open Government movement in Australia, recently they launched a new project based around the idea of opening up the process of Freedom Of Information requests so I thought I would have a chat and see what they're up to.Open Australia Projects:<a href="http://openaustralia.org/">Open Australia</a><a href="http://planningalerts.org.au/">Planning Alerts</a><a href="http://electionleaflets.org.au/">Election Leaflets</a><a href="http://righttoknow.org.au/">Right To Know</a>The full motion and the governments response:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-11-29.23.1&amp;s=speaker%3A10760#g25.1">http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-11-29.23.1&amp;s=speaker%3A10760#g25.1</a>

Right To Know

Inspired by a twitter conversation between Stilgherrian and Mark Newton about this&nbsp;<a href="http://stupidiswinning.tumblr.com/post/40268049719/we-are-in-the-final-years-of-our-internet">article</a>&nbsp;I thought I would explore what tomorrows geek would be playing at with them and Liz Quilty. Unfortunately a round table discussion wasn't possible but I think these three individual chats do something to shed some light.Oh, and here is the video that I mention in the episode after Marks interview. Don't watch it until you've heard what we're talking about :) <a href="http://youtu.be/F7S-rFB42lc">http://youtu.be/F7S-rFB42lc</a>

Tomorrows Geek

After a year long investigation, including a number of different disciplines from areas such as archeology, geneology and medical, it was finally confirmed that a body found buried in a carpark in Leicester, England was indeed Richard the third. For this episode I catch up with Michael Stutchbery and talk about why this caused as much excitement as it did, and why it's so important.Show NotesUniversity of Leicester "Grey Friars Project" Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/greyfriars/leicester">http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/greyfriars/leicester</a>Michael Stuchbery's blog:&nbsp;<a href="http://mike-stuchbery.com/">http://mike-stuchbery.com/</a>Horrible Histories ode to Richard Three:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JczvS1PL4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JczvS1PL4</a>

My Kingdom for a Horse

I've said it before and I'll say it again. We are living in the future. We're living at a time when the first true cybernetics are being developed, when people can realistically say that they have a bio lab in their garage. We're standing on the edge of a change, something that could transform humanity like nothing that has come before.Some people call this the Singularity. The point at which everything merges together and we have no idea what's going to come out the other side.Adam Ford is a man who has been pondering the singularity for a while. He is going to lead us through, what the Singularity is, what Transhumanism actually means and what we might expect down the track.Show notes:In the show Adam mentions the Future Day event. At the time of recording there were tickets available. To find out out more about Future Day go to the website:<a href="http://futureday.org/">http://futureday.org</a>As well as Future Day, Adam is involved with Humanity plus:<a href="http://humanityplus.org/">humanityplus.org</a>And has his own youtube channel, where he videoblogs and posts interviews with others in the transhumanism community:<a href="http://youtube.com/TheRationalFuture">http://youtube.com/TheRationalFuture</a>

More than human

The right to silence is one of the most basic rights a person has under the various justice systems that operate in Australia. The central premise is that the state is not allowed to force someone to incriminate themselves, because frankly, that sort of thing tends to lead to false confessions and the jailing of innocent people.Unfortunately, this right is not something ensured by the constitution. Instead it's what's known as a common law right, something backed by precedent and case law, but vulnerable to legislative change. In NSW last week we saw exactly that.In this episode of Purser Explores The World, I speak with criminal lawyer Andrew Tiedt about the changes passed last week and how they introduce new limits to your right to silence.Show NotesEvidence Amendment (Evidence of Silence) Bill 2013:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/bills/docref/ca44aa57-8cc1-449d-8c8a-eaa630c0cc45">http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/bills/docref/ca44aa57-8cc1-449d-8c8a-eaa630c0cc45</a>Andrew Tiedts blog:&nbsp;<a href="http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/">http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/</a>The Silent Menace:&nbsp;<a href="http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/the-silent-menace.html">http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/the-silent-menace.html</a>An Opportunity to Improve:&nbsp;<a href="http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/an-opportunity-to-improve.html">http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/an-opportunity-to-improve.html</a>Something Wonky Episode:&nbsp;<a href="http://somethingwonky.com/podcast/2013/3/21/37-prime-minister-ferguson.html">http://somethingwonky.com/podcast/2013/3/21/37-prime-minister-ferguson.html</a>

Right To Silence

I'll be honest, I'm not a great fan of economic theory. The world of the international currency exchange leaves me cold. However, the explosion of the cryptographic digital currency Bitcoin has caught not only my eye but that of the rest of the world. I thought I would turn to a couple of experts to find out a bit more about the great BTC. Aimee Maree is an Open Source Architect and world citizen who's been involved with Bitcoin since 2010, while Richard Chirgwin is a science and technology journalist who's been reporting on Bitcoin for just as long.Show NotesAimee has helpfully provided a few links to help explain everything from Bitcoin to why the current situation in Europe could be fueling the current value jump for Bitcoin.<a href="http://libertycrier.com/forum/top-5-things-you-should-know-about-litecoin/">http://libertycrier.com/forum/top-5-things-you-should-know-about-litecoin/</a><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/04/20134572639241668.html">http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/04/20134572639241668.html</a>MtGox: Worlds largest Bitcoin exchange mentioned in the show -&nbsp;<a href="https://mtgox.com/">https://mtgox.com/</a>&nbsp;

Bitcoin: What even is it?

Dr Mel Thomson and Dr Michelle Harvey are a Microbiologist and Forensic Entymologist who have combined their powers to launch a new research project into how effective maggots are in debriding the wounds caused by a particularly nasty bacteria called M.Ulcerans.This in itself is cool, however what makes it extra cool is the fact that they're reaching out to the community both to help fund their project (they're crowdfunding it) and build a level of public engagement from the start.Show Notes:Mighty Maggots Pozible page:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pozible.com/mightymaggots">http://www.pozible.com/mightymaggots</a>&nbsp;(goes live 8th May)Mighty Maggots Facebook page:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mighty-Maggots-at-Deakin/129319170596521?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mighty-Maggots-at-Deakin/129319170596521?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts</a>MIghty Maggots twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/mightymaggots">https://twitter.com/mightymaggots</a>Flesh Nom Bug twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/fleshnombug">https://twitter.com/fleshnombug</a>

Crowd Funding the Mighty Maggot

The&nbsp;<a href="http://ausvotes2013.com/">ausvotes2013.com</a>&nbsp;site is a political blog with a difference. Rather than being blatantly partisan or featuring the usual suspects it provides an opportunity for new writers and voices from all sides of the political spectrum to discuss, debate and explore the issues in the upcoming election.This episode is a bit of an experiment, it's the largest "round table" discussion I've ever conducted with not two or three, but five of the writers from AusVotes sitting down and discussing why they write for the site and what they hope to get from it.Show Notes:For the notes this episode I'm going to link to each of the people on the round table, their blogs and twitter accounts.Paula MatthewsonBlog:&nbsp;<a href="http://dragonistasblog.com/">http://dragonistasblog.com/</a>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Drag0nista">https://twitter.com/#!/Drag0nista</a>Andrew TiedtBlog:&nbsp;<a href="http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/">http://mrtiedt.blogspot.com.au/</a>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/mrtiedt">http://twitter.com/#!/mrtiedt</a>Ed ButlerBlog:&nbsp;<a href="http://shoutingatthevoid.wordpress.com/">http://shoutingatthevoid.wordpress.com/</a>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/fakeedbutler">https://twitter.com/fakeedbutler</a>El GibbBlog:&nbsp;<a href="http://bluntshovels.wordpress.com/">http://bluntshovels.wordpress.com/</a>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/bluntshovels">https://twitter.com/bluntshovels</a>Damian WalkerBlog:&nbsp;<a href="http://theunderwhelmingblog.blogspot.com.au/">http://theunderwhelmingblog.blogspot.com.au/</a>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/DamienCWalker">https://twitter.com/DamienCWalker</a>

AusVotes2013

Just before we get into it, this episode deals with topics of a sexual nature, including sex work and fetishes, if this is not your cup of tea, then I recommend you don't listen.Let us not speak of the time between episodes, but let us glory in the fact that I managed to get one out at all :)Episode 20 of Purser Explores The World brings us the Sex Workers Opera, a performance piece produced and presented in London, made by sex workers in an effort to tell the stories of sex workers the world over, both good and bad.You can find out more about the Sex Workers Opera here:<a href="http://www.sexworkersopera.com/">http://www.sexworkersopera.com</a>And in the show I promise to link to a review of the performance, so here it is (warning, site deals with fetishes around spanking and is adult in nature).<a href="http://pandorablake.com/blog/2014/05/sex-workers-opera/">http://pandorablake.com/blog/2014/05/sex-workers-opera/</a>

Sex Workers Opera

For the first episode back I decided on a project called Faces of Addiction by Chris Arnade which focuses on the stories of people living with addiction in the New York neighbourhood of Hunts Point.

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