Left to right: Isabella, Pat, Hannah, and Sam
About our Show
Welcome to the Benchside. Our podcast has three main segments:
1) Research in Progress. 2) Past & Present. 3) Tales of the Trainee.
We will rotate through these periodically to showcase the varied paths and stories of scientists from all backgrounds and stages. Our episodes “From the Bench” will just be us hosts reflecting on previous episodes, our personal progress, and what we hope to accomplish as our podcast grows.
No research project follows an easy linear path. The Research in Progress segment focuses on the work that PhD students are in the middle of doing. If you’re curious about what the most modern science is, these are the people to ask. We hope to learn what cool techniques they use, interesting data they produce, and challenging questions they grapple with.
Science follows the data. The Past and Present segment will interview leading scientific experts in various disciplines to understand how perspectives and accepted theories evolve over time. We want to capture the origins of a field and learn about its current state. It’s also a chance for us to speculate about the future, and who better to do that with than the pros?
How are scientists made? The Tales of the Trainee segment highlights the stories of young scientists in the earliest stages of their careers. We will cover the spectrum from undergraduates starting their STEM journey all the way to budding principal investigators starting a new lab.
