Futureproof With Jonathan Mccrea
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 195:31:12
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Sinopse
Jonathan McCrea brings you the latest developments from the world of Science and Technology from robotics in warfare to artificial lifeforms and beyond
Episódios
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Extra: Solar Maximum and the Northern lights explained
10/02/2026 Duração: 14minGuest:Dr Alexandra Ruth Fogg, Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
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What is Aphantasia? Why some brains can’t visualize
08/02/2026 Duração: 35minGuests: Dr Lara Dungan, immunologist, and Dr Shane Bergin, physicist at University College Dublin Prof Adam Zeman, Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, at the University of Edinburgh
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Extra: What Is Childhood Dementia?
03/02/2026 Duração: 11minGuest: Prof Matthew Campbell, Head of the Genetics Department and Chair of Neurovascular Genetics at Trinity College Dublin
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Building a womb lining in the lab
01/02/2026 Duração: 36minGuests: Dr Susan Kelleher, School of Chemical Sciences at DCUDr Shane Bergin, physicist at University College DublinDr Peter Rugg-Gunn, group leader at the Babraham Institute at the University of Cambridge
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Extra: Turning muscle signals into speech
27/01/2026 Duração: 14minGuest: Professor Luigi Occhipinti, Research Professor of Smart Electronics, Biosystems and AI, at Cambridge University
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Why some wounds won’t heal
25/01/2026 Duração: 31minGuests:Professor Kimberly Kline, Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Medicine at The University of Geneva and Visiting Scholar at Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeDr Shelley Brady, DCU’s Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data AnalyticsDr John Regan, Research Fellow in the Department of Theoretical Physics at Maynooth University
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Extra: What if stopping Alzheimer’s means targeting one gene?
20/01/2026 Duração: 13minGuest: Dr Dylan Williams, Principal Research Fellow in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology at UCL
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Tackling Space Debris
18/01/2026 Duração: 31minGuests:Dr Penelope Wozniakiewicz, Senior Lecturer in Space Science at the University of KentDr Shane BerginDr John Regan
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Extra: What exactly is DNA?
13/01/2026 Duração: 13minGuest: Dr Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin
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How blood vessels boost lab-grown mini-brains
11/01/2026 Duração: 31minGuests:Dr Mihai Lomora, Scientist with CÚRAM, the Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices based at the University of GalwayDr Jessamyn Fairfield from the School of Natural Sciences at the University of GalwayDr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin
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Extra: Earth’s Early Wildfires
06/01/2026 Duração: 12minGuest: Dr Clayton Magill, Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland
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Sustaining human life on the Moon and Mars
04/01/2026 Duração: 15minGuest: Professor Matthew Gilliham, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, at the University of Adelaide
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The Surprising Flaws of Evolution
04/01/2026 Duração: 21minDr Andy Dobson, author of ‘Flaws of Nature: The Limits and Liabilities of Natural Selection’
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Extra: CAR T-Cell Therapy (Best of)
30/12/2025 Duração: 19minGuests:Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s HospitalDr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s
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Best of Futureproof: Creating Dark Matter, Curing Addiction
28/12/2025 Duração: 33minGuests:Dr John Regan, Maynooth UniversityYale Neuroscientist Vaughn Steele
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Extra: Obtaining Fingerprints from Ammunition (Best of)
23/12/2025 Duração: 14minGuest: Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUS
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Best of Futureproof: Mirror Life & The Science of Embalming
21/12/2025 Duração: 44minGuests:Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of MinnesotaGlyn Tallon, Founder of Tallon Mortuary Specialists in Navan
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Extra: Is butt breathing achievable?
16/12/2025 Duração: 14minGuest: Prof John Laffey, Professor of Anaesthesia Intensive Care Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Galway and a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Galway University Hospitals.
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The winter hibernation gene in animals
13/12/2025 Duração: 32minGuests:Professor Tyler Stevenson, Head of Physiology, Ageing & Welfare at the University of GlasgowDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin
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Extra: Vitamin D is linked to BMI?
09/12/2025 Duração: 13minGuest: Prof Lena Zgaga, Professor in Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the School of Health in Trinity