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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · 13h

🎧 New episode! Dr. Samuel Dicken talks about his fascinating new study on what happens to people who eat ultraprocessed food, how he avoids burnout, and why social skills are so important in science. #ultraprocessedfood #nutrition #science #scientist @ucl.ac.uk
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Samuel Dicken ponders ultraprocessed food (he's a clinical scientist) - Socializing with Scientists

As a child, Samuel enjoyed eating "potato smileys" and "turkey dinosaurs," even though most of his meals were homemade. As he grew up, he played sports and became interested in optimizing his nutritio...

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · 2d

🎧 Listen to Dr. Fadi Lakkis on SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS. #transplantation #kidney #nephrology #evolutionarybiology

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · 3d

🎧 New episode with Fadi Lakkis, MD! #transplantation #kidney #evolutionarybiology Click here to listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...

Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · 5d

🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS, with Dr. Fadi Lakkis!

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · 6d

🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS out now, with Fadi Lakkis, MD! Fadi wants to better match #kidneys with recipients, infuses his work with #evolutionarybiology and philosophy, and isn't afraid of starting over.
#kidneytransplant #nephrology #scientist

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Fadi Lakkis is a kidney match-maker (he's a physician scientist) - Socializing with Scientists

Fadi Lakkis grew up in Lebanon during a time of political unrest, which led him to perpetually question the world around him. Once he became a nephrologist with a speciality in immunology and transpla...

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · 13d

🎧 Dr. Allison Brager talks about growing up in a tough midwestern town, her recent life as a U.S. Army neuroscientist, and how being an athlete is fundamental to her identity. #neuroscience #gymnastics #polevault #scientist #westpoint #sleep

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · 15d

🎧 New episode of the SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS podcast out today! Dr. Allison Brager talks about her work on sleep deprivation for the U.S. Army, how #gymnastics and #polevaulting helped her career, and mobsters in #Youngstown, OH. #sleep #neuroscience #science

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Allison Brager helps soldiers survive, and thrive (she's a U.S. Army neurobiologist and sleep scientist) - Socializing with Scientists

Allison grew up during a tumultuous time in a city bruised by crime. Playing sports helped secure a kid's reputation, so she focused on athletics, eventually becoming the first female pole-vaulter in ...

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎧 Developmental psychologist Dr. Jenna Alley talks about avoiding the ivory tower, and the importance of maternal warmth.

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#developmentalpsychology #parenting #scientist #socialscience #science #maternalwarmth

Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Aug 5

🎧 Do babies like it when we sing to them? Lidya Yurdum has the answers on the latest episode of Socializing with Scientists. #parenting #socialpsychology

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎧 What's an easy, cheap, fun way to make a baby happier? Dr. Lidya Yurdum tells us on the latest episode of Socializing with Scientists. #science #scientist #psychology #babies #parenting @lidyay.bsky.social

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎧 New episode with Lidya Yurdum! She studies vocal behaviors - human sounds of all kinds - and just published fascinating research on how singing to babies alters their mood. @lidyay.bsky.social

#socialpsych #babies #music #singing #science #scientists

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Lidya Yurdum studies whether singing helps babies feel good (she's a social psychologist) - Socializing with Scientists

Raised in a bilingual household in Istanbul, Lidya had lots of questions. She was keenly interested in people, and, on top of that, wondered things like, does her personality change when she speaks a ...

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎧 Listen to 14 amazing, normal scientists at www.buzzsprout.com/2464891 !

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎧 Dr. Katie Amato talks about how to feed our microbiome, her favorite high school teachers, and The Boxcar Children.
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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 26

🎧 New episode! Dr. Katie Amato talks about how we spread good microbes via socializing, suburban summers as a child, and the best teacher mentors. #scientist #science #biologicalanthropology #evolution @tgsatnu.bsky.social

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 24

🎧 New episode with fascinating Northwestern biological anthropologist Katie Amato! @tgsatnu.bsky.social

#scientist #science #biologicalanthropology #microbiome #microbes #juicing #interview #northwestern

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Katie Amato wonders what it means to be human (she's a biological anthropologist) - Socializing with Scientists

As a child, Katie thrived in her suburban Chicago backyard, reading The Boxcar Children and leading her little brother on adventures. A second grade unit on Jane Goodall cemented her curiosity about p...

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 13

🎧 Episode with UCLA's Dr. Jenna Alley, developmental psychologist and health researcher. #science #scientists #LGBTQ #maternalwarmth #developmentalpsychology

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 9

🎧 New episode with the personable and super cool developmental health psychologist Dr. Jenna Alley! #parenting #science #scientists #developmentalpsychology

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎧 New episode with Dr. Jenna Alley! She says parents need not be perfect to raise healthy and happy kids. #parenting #maternalwarmth #developmentalpsychology

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 3

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