What's Love Got to do with Science? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 15/02/2024

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(2:18) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:51) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! by Dr. Kiki
(4:03) - Opening Theme Music
(4:41) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki & Special Guest Host, Science Communicator, and Neuroscientist, Dr. Allison Coffin! Blair & Justin are off — but they shall return!

(7:55) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(9:29) - Feeling known predicts relationship satisfaction, Dr. Kiki
See also - Research reveals the key to an irresistible online dating profile, Dr. Kiki
(16:45) - Charlotte, a stingray with no male companion, is pregnant in her mountain aquarium, Dr. Kiki
(23:04) - Love songs lead scientists to new populations of skywalker gibbons in Myanmar, Dr. Kiki
(31:36) - Female lab mice behave very differently when placed outdoors, Dr. Kiki
(41:18) - Fibroblasts in the penis are more important for erectile function than previously thought, Dr. Kiki
See also — Corpora cavernosa fibroblasts mediate penile erection

(45:28) - And... we're at the Break!

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...More minions, please!

(46:26) - And we're back from the Break!

(46:43) — Introduction of Dr. Allison Coffin

It's time to reintroduce our guest this evening and get into the real meat of this particular show with our incredible guest, Dr Allison Coffin. Allison is a Neuroscience Professor at Washington State University, Vancouver where her lab studies mechanisms involved in hearing loss & repair. She is the President of The Association Of Science Communicators in which I have had the privilege of working with her for the past several years. She has been interviewed on this program before, which is why i hope we can talk a bit more intimately about her love of science and science communication.

Subjects Dr. Coffin Shared —

• Would you send your Science, a Valentine?
• Steelhead Science at the Hatchery
• Gene therapy in Humans for people who were born Deaf
• We need MOAR Science Enthusiasts
• We're Drinkin' Science!! (with beer 🍻, pizza 🍕, and maybe tequila!)
• #SonnetsForScience

(1:14:19) - Where To Find Dr. Coffin —

• sciencecomm.org & sciencetalk.org
     ScienceTalk 2024 Conference — April 11 - 12, 2024, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
     also with 👉 a Science-themed Cabaret at Danté's club in downtown Portland!
• https://directory.vancouver.wsu.edu/people/allison-coffin
• Twitter — @allison_coffin & @ScienceTalkOrg
• Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/alli.k.coffin

(1:18:26) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's..

(1:19:16) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:21:03) - Next Week: Justin shall return! (maybe)!

(1:23:34) - End Theme

And that's all, folks! Except, we still have...

(1:24:55) - The After Show! - Another Big Thank You to Dr. Alli! Love where you are, love the ones you're with. But without any of the capitalist consumerism. And much, much more…