Meet our most recent guest: Ludovic Orlando! 🌟

Jaap de Roode is concerned that the biodiversity and climate crises might rob the world of the pharmacy and pharmacists in nature. He draws on the words of Jane Goodall to give some hope that we can all do something to make a change and help protect nature’s doctors. 🐻 🐵 🦋 🩺

From parasite-fighting plants to behavior that prevents infection, animals use astonishing strategies to stay healthy.

Doctors by Nature by Jaap de Roode, explores self-medication across the animal kingdom.

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The podcast explores infectious diseases across scales from molecules and pathogens to populations and their pandemics!

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What can we learn from animals when it comes to medication? 💊 🌿

Recent Big Biology guest Jaap de Roode says we could follow their lead in using mixes of chemicals for medication, which may help prevent the evolution of antibiotic or antiviral resistance! 🦠 🧫

Big Biology guest Jaap de Roode talks about the focus of his book “Doctors by Nature”. He chose to write about medication in animals, when animals use of chemicals from outside of their bodies, which may result in side effects just as human medication has. 💊 🌿

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To hear more about how animals use medication and what humans can learn from animal self-medication, check out episode 142 “Doctors By Nature” with Dr. Jaap de Roode!

Meet our most recent guest, Jaap de Roode, a Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology at Emory University, where he is director of the Infectious Diseases Across Scales Training Program.

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Dr. Katie Lotterhos (@drk-lo.bsky.social) talks about the potential and pitfalls of using genomic offsets to forecast species vulnerability. 🧬

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When asked what was about the overall results from the Impacts on Science survey, Big Biology guest Katie Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social concluded: “We really need freedom for science to work.” 🔬 🧪 🧬

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Episode 141: Vulnerability in Science and in Genomes Cover Art! 🌟

Tune in to our newest episode to hear from Dr. katie Lotterhos as she talks federal funding cuts on science.

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Could brain invading parasites be re-engineered to deliver helpful molecules into neurons?

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Oded Rechavi thinks that a fear of failure is holding scientists back. Helping science students to embrace mistakes can help them more creative. 🔬 🌟

Meet our most recent guest, Dr. Oded Rechavi. ✨

Tune into our newest episode to hear more about his groundbreaking work and his newest venture, q.e.d, and AI platform built for scientists