FT Science with Clive Cookson

Gardening, medical ethics, disclosure of information

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:06:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to the head of science at the Royal Horticultural Society about the science of gardening and about a new competition he has launched to encourage biodiversity in gardens, called The Big Wildlife Garden; we talk to Amy Gutmann, chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, about an awful breach of ethics which involved US researchers in Guatemala infecting people with sexually transmitted diseases without their consent; and, Deborah Cohen reports for the BMJ on an unprecedented disclosure of product information by a medical technology company.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Live from the British Science Festival

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:11:00 GMT

We are live from the British Science Festival in Bradford, for this week's podcast. Astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, President of the British Science Association, joins Clive Cookson and FT Science regular, Diana Garnham, to talk about her presidential address, on the theme of science and culture. She also talks about the influence of poetry in her life and reads a couple of poems.Nadia Ramlagan from AAAS reports on the love songs male hummingbirds make with their tail feathers to attract femalesPresented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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The scientific workforce and, is chocolate good for your health?

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:36:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: we review a report by the Science Council on the scientific workforce; we talk to Jonathan Wood, medical and scientific press officer for Oxford University, about his internship at the FT; and, Duncan Jarvies from the BMJ asks whether eating chocolate is really good for your health.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Vaccine developments and smart skin

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:03:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We discuss the science and business of vaccine development with chief executive of biotech company Seek, Gregory Stoloff and Nadia Ramlagan from AAAS reports on how electronic 'smart skin' will provide a new way to monitor the human body.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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DNA patents and mobile TB units

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:23:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to commissioning and governance director of the Genetics Labs at Guy's Hospital, London, Gail Norbury, about gene testing laboratories and patents on DNA; and, Harriet Vickers, from the BMJ, reports on mobile detection units for tuberculosis in the UK.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Growing new body parts

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:26:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to professor of medical immunlology at Leeds University and founder of biotech start-up Tissue Regenix, Eileen Ingham, about tissue engineering - how we can make new body parts to replace ones that have failed; and, we look at the health of Britain's science-based businesses with serial entrepreneur Hermann Hauser of Amadeus Capital Partners.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Complementary medicine - does it work?

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:28:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: we discuss the efficacy of alternative and complementary medicine with once advocate, now critic, Professor Edzard Ernst; and, we find out from Duncan Jarvies and the BMJ, how cities can be made more 'age-friendly' for increasingly ageing populations.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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How can science cut the number of animals used in testing?

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:38:00 GMT

In this week’s podcast: We talk to chief executive of the UK National Centre for the Replacement and Reduction of Animals in Research, Vicky Robinson, about a new policy set out by the UK government to reduce the use of animals in research; and, we hear about the stressful life of an alpha male baboon, from Nadia Ramlagan and AAAS.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Practical experiments in schools and water consumption

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:17:00 GMT

In this week’s podcast: We talk to Andrew Miller, Labour MP and chair of the Science and Technology Committee, about a new inquiry examining the importance of experiments in school science lessons, plus Duncan Jarvies reports for the BMJ on water and whether there is any scientific evidence that proves drinking too little is harmful.Presented by Andrew Jack with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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NIH, the sound of graphs, e. coli

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:32:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to Francis Collins, head of the world's biggest biomedical research agency, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about translating basic science into clinical benefits; we discover the sound of graphs with a Bristol research team at this year's Royal Society Summer Exhibition; and, Duncan Jarvies from the BMJ reports on what really happened during the recent outbreak of e. coli in Germany.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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US versus EU science reporting

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:49:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: we talk to vice-president of the Association of Healthcare Journalists and science editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Karl Stark, about the state of health/science journalism in the US and in Europe and we hear from AAAS about new enzymes linked to a cancer-related muscle wasting disorder called cachexia.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana GarnhamProduced by LJ Filotrani

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Optimism and weight loss

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:40:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We take an optimist's tour into the future, with writer and comedian Mark Stevenson and Nadia Ramlagan from AAAS reports on why smoking can keep your weight down.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana GarnhamProduced by LJ Filotrani

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New brain cells and sleep deprivation

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:50:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to neuroscientist at King's College London, Christoph Anacker about how anti-depressants stimulate new cell growth in the brain and Duncan Jarvies from the BMJ reports on the chronic health effects from lack of sleep.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani and Martin Stabe

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Science and the senses

Tue, 31 May 2011 16:36:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: The sounds of science - we talk to composer Bill Dougherty about a piece of music composed for the Sound of Science day at the Science Museum called 'In Time'; plus we hear from Nadia Ramlagan from AAAS about how the sense of smell may have stimulated brain evolution in our mammalian ancestors 200 million years ago.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana GarnhamProduced by LJ Filotrani

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The IAS, science and art, substantial equivalence

Tue, 24 May 2011 15:45:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to the new executive director of the International Aids Society, Bertrand Audoin about his role and the agenda for the IAS in the coming months; we hear from the National Gallery about using science to detect fakes, study art history and help restore Old Master paintings; Duncan Jarvies from the BMJ reports on the practice of substantial equivalence, which allows manufacturers of medical devices to make tweaks to products without having to go through lengthy clinical trials.Presented by Andrew Jack with Diana Garnham. Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Science and diplomacy

Tue, 17 May 2011 16:22:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to David Clary, the first chief scientific adviser to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office about science and diplomacy and how the UK government finds out what is happening scientifically in other countries, and we hear from Professor Steven Bishop of University College London about an ambitious plan to computerise the social sciences and policy-making.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Cancer cells, robots, and arsenic

Tue, 10 May 2011 15:49:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to professor of cell biology at St George's, University of London, Dorothy Bennett about her research into the mortality and immortality of cancer cells; we talk to a computer scientist from the University of Vermont, Josh Bongard, about his work enlisting evolution to help design robots; and, the British Medical Journal's contribution this week from Duncan Jarvies is on the prevalence of arsenic in drinking water in many parts of the world, particularly Bangladesh.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack in Berlin.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Emergency planning and dry ice on Mars

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:54:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We hear about the latest discovery of dry ice on Mars and why the release of carbon dioxide has a cooling effect on the Martian climate; and, we talk to Jeremy Farrar, head of Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam about planning for emergencies.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack.The AAAS contribution on the discovery of dry ice on Mars, is by Nadia Ramligan.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Maths, the silent science partner

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:30:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to mathematician Tony Crilly about the role of maths in science and whether it's possible to determine a fair voting system by using a mathematical theory. We also talk about his latest book Big Questions: Mathematics.The British Medical Journal contribution by Duncan Jarvies is on the development of an artificial pancreas which could make life much simpler for diabetics.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Space science and the continuing fight against malaria

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:10:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We celebrate space science on the 50th anniversary of the day Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space - we talk to guest John Zarnecki, one of Britain's leading space scientists, inspired to become involved in space, after meeting Yuri as a school boy in north London. We also find out about the continuing battle against malaria with a report from Andrew Jack who has just returned from Senegal.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Alternatives to smoking and prostate cancer screening

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:30:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We look at the tobacco industry and ask Action on Smoking and Health campaigner, Deborah Arnott, whether companies which make huge amounts of money selling cigarettes can be trusted to develop safer alternatives to smoking; and we hear a report from Duncan Jarvies of the BMJ about whether screening for prostate cancer does more harm than good.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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UK and French science policy

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:00:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to shadow minister for science and innovation Chi Onwuhra about UK science policy issues; we hear from France's minister for science and higher education, Valérie Pécresse, about the French government's ambitious reform programme for research and universities; we hear about people who lived in India more than a million years ago, in a report from AAAS by Nadia Ramlagan.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Dirt, TB and risk

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT

In this week's show: A major new exhibition by the Welcome Trust - Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life; and, ahead of World TB day on Thursday, we talk to TB-HIV advocate from Malawi, Thokozile Phiri-Nkhoma about the enduring problems of tackling the disease; BMJ contribution is on risk - the tricks companies use to obfuscate risk with numbers.Guest in the studio is professor of microbiology at UCL and author of Bacteriology of humans - an ecological perspective, Mike Wilson.Presented by Andrew Jack with a BMJ contribution from Duncan Jarvies.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Nuclear emergency in Japan and multiple universes

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:32:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to nuclear expert Richard Wakeford, from Manchester University's Dalton Nuclear Institute, about the situation in Japan. We also explore multiple universes with professor of maths and physics Brian Greene. Brian's new book, The Hidden Reality is all about parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos. Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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The Hidden Reality

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:42:00 GMT

Clive Cookson talks to author Brian Greene about his book The Hidden Reality: Parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos

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Looking up or cause for concern? Two views on the environment

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Should we be pessimistic about the environment and climate change, or is there cause for optimism? Two environmentalists, Tim Flannery and Bjørn Lomborg, give their view. Plus: cannabis and psychosisPresented by Andrew Jack

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Out of body experiences and NHS R&D

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:41:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to Dame Sally Davies, head of research and development in the NHS about her future plans for the National Institute for Health Research; and, we hear from Olaf Blanke about a project he is heading up at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, on using virtual reality to project volunteers into the bodies of avatars.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Cohort studies, discredited research, 3d biological printing

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:05:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: report on the 65th birthday of the National Survey of Health and Development from the BMJ; testing research - journalist Brian Deer talks about Andrew Wakefield and his discredited research on the MMR vaccine; and Hod Lipson on 3d printing - exciting new developments from Cornell University, in replacing traditional 3d printing materials with biological materials such as live cells.Presented by Andrew Jack with Diana Garnham and Brian Deer in the studio and Clive Cookson on the phone. Contribution on cohort studies from the BMJ is by Duncan Jarvies.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Camouflage, prevention and the future of pharma

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:31:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We return to our science and art feature with author Peter Forbes and his new book – Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage; we consider the debate surrounding prevention rather than cure with Andrew Thompson from biomedical company Proteus; we look at the future of the pharma industry following the announcement by Pfizer recently that it is to close its research facility in Kent, with Dr Chas Bountra, chief scientist and head of the Structural Genomics Consortium at Oxford University.Presented by Andrew Jack with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Nudging, calorie counting and EU innovation policy

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:08:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We ask whether people can be nudged into changing their health behaviour; we look at the science behind watching your weight with chief scientist of Weight Watchers International, Karen Miller-Kovach; and we discuss European innovation policy with Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.BMJ segment on nudging behaviour by Duncan Jarvies.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack, Diana Garnham and Fi Godlee, editor of the BMJ.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Genetics

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

In this week’s podcast: We focus on genetics - past and future advances in understanding how our genes work, and the opportunities these provide for improved healthcare and disease prevention. With guests, writer and broadcaster Vivienne Parry OBE and director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Peter Donnelly.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham and Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Food, farming and the NHS

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:56:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: Clive talks to the chief scientific adviser to the UK government, Sir John Beddington, about the long-term global future of food and farming and we have our first contribution from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) about the implications of the shake-up planned for Britain's National Health Service.The BMJ contribution on the NHS is presented by Duncan Jarvies.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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La Nina, cancer stem cells and health in Haiti

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:23:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk to Rob Allan from the UK Met office and Nick Klingaman from Reading University about the impact La Nina is having on Australia and surrounding countries. We talk to Clive Stanway, chief scientist for Cancer Research Technology, about cancer stem cells and we hear from Andrew Jack about his recent trip to Haiti - a year on from the earthquake.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham and Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Regulation and bioscience

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:15:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We ask how health research can be regulated in a way that protects patients without stifling science and we hear from a group of Californians who have come to learn about bioscience in Britain.Studio guest is David Gillen, head of international medical affairs at Gilead Sciences.Also on the show: Moira Gunn, head of biotechnology programmes at the University of San Francisco business school and two of her masters degree students, Olga Levin and Karim Michael Tahir.Presented by Clive Cookson, with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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A look back, a look forward

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:20:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: Studio guest is Fiona Fox, director of the Science Media Centre in London. She talks to Clive Cookson about the role the media play in disseminating science to the public, some of the biggest stories from 2010 and things to watch out for in 2011.Presented by Clive CooksonProduced by LJ Filotrani

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The science of brewing

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A festive FT science podcast this week, with a look at the science behind beer brewing, with special guest Simon Jackson, chief executive of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. Presented by Clive Cookson, with regular guest Diana Garnham, chief executive of the Science Council.Produced by Emily Cadman

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Edible clothing

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:08:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: One of the world's most innovative fashion designers, Emily Crane, brings her edible clothing into the studio. We talk to her about the science used to make her materials.Science Magazine reports on a microbe that lives on arsenic.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Space travel, Aids, women in physics

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:47:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We mark World Aids Day with a chat to Sir Nick Partridge, chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, we discuss the future of space flight with Kevin Fong, from University College London - an expert on space medicine, and we hear from Science Magazine about how women can overcome sexist stereotypes in physics courses.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Selling sickness, meningitis and quantum physics

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:24:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk about selling sickness and ask whether drug companies are turning us all into patients whether we like it or not; we hear about a cheap new meningitis vaccine developed for the communities in Africa and Science Magazine reports on quantum physics concepts. Guest this week is Simon Denegri, chief executive of the Association of Medical Research Charities. Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack in the studio.Produced by Emily Cadman

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Optimism for AIDS and wandering minds

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:08:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk about the prospects for an AIDS vaccine with one of the world's leading HIV vaccine researchers, Gary Nabel, and we hear from Andrew Jack in Brussels who is attending a conference on innovation in health organised by the thinktank Friends of Europe. Science Magazine reports on why we feel unhappy when we let our minds wander.Presented by Clive Cookson, with Andrew Jack in Brussels.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Biofuels, snake venom and BP's oil spill

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:00:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk biofuels with the new director of Purdue University's Energy Centre in America, Maureen McCann; we hear from Andrew Jack in Brazil about the production of anti-snake venom in horses and the state of the pharmaceutical sector, and we hear from an engineering professor, Steve Wereley and his involvement in estimating the amount of oil leaking from the broken BP pipe in April.Science Magazine reports on how flowering plants avoid fertilising themselves.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham in the studio and Andrew Jack in Brazil.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Space, astronomy and South Africa

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:35:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We hear from South Africa's science minister Naledi Pandor about why her country should host the world's biggest radio telescope. Science Magazine reports on the proliferation of planets around other stars and we have guest Robert Massey, deputy executive secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society to join our discussion on space and astronomy. Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham and Andrew Jack in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Bio-banking, education and disease

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:23:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: Clive Cookson joins us from Brussels to tell us about a European parliament hearing on research infrastructure. We then discuss the importance of university education in preparing our scientists of the future and Science Magazine reports on the environment and disease risks.Presented by Andrew Jack with Clive Cookson in Brussels and Diana Garnham in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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A Nobel prizewinner and regulating science

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:22:00 GMT

In the podcast this week: We talk to Andre Geim, the latest Nobel prizewinner in physics about his discovery of graphene, flying frogs, the importance of humour in science and the subject of funding. We also hear from US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Margaret Hamburg about science and regulation. Science Mag reports on how practising for tests and exams improves memory and learning.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Online healthcare ethics, university funding review and mapping the brain

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:00:00 GMT

This week we take a look at the ethics and regulation of online healthcare, including consumer genetic testing, with our studio guest Hugh Whittall, chief executive of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, with Science Magazine giving us the US perspective.Also in the studio is regular guest Diana Garnham of the Science Council with her take on the Browne review of university funding, and Clive Cookson hears about the Blue Brain project in Switzerland which is attempting to reverse-engineer the mammalian brain, in order to understand brain function and dysfunction through detailed simulations.FT Science is presented this week by Andrew Jack and produced by Emily Cadman

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Commercialising science, state funding of research and the political mood

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:00:00 GMT

In this week’s podcast, we roam from the Nobel prize awards in Stockholm and the challenge of commercialising technology, to science in emerging markets, and the political appetite for science spending.Our guest in the studio is David Kelly, a biotech entrepreneur and venture capitalist, who discusses the role of venture capital in science, and one of his new projects in India which attempts to use consultants’ time more efficiently. And our regular contributor Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council, takes the temperature at the Conservative Party conference. Additionally, we hear from Science Magazine about the latest developments in America on stem cell research funding. FT Science this week is presented by Andrew Jack and produced by Emily Cadman.

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Niffenegger, the Science Museum, oil eating bugs

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:37:00 GMT

In this week podcast: We talk to author of The Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger about dreaming and string theory, we discuss the latest exhibition on climate change at the Science Museum with its director Chris Rapley, we find out who the winners of the prestigious medical research awards, the Lasker Prize, are and we listen to Science Magazine's report on the bugs eating hydrocarbons from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Presented by Clive Cookson with studio guests Chris Rapley, director of the Science Museum and Felix Greaves, a public health scientist who has been interning with the FT for the past few weeks.Thanks to author Audrey Niffenegger and Maria Freire from the Lasker Prize.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Funding, engagement and leadership

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:50:00 GMT

On this week’s podcast: We are live in Birmingham at one of Europe’s largest scientific gatherings – the British Science Festival. We talk to Lord David Sainsbury, president of the British Science Association, which organises the festival and Professor of psychology at Exeter University, Alex Haslam, about the importance of continuing to fund research in the UK, public engagement with science and encouraging good leaders within the scientific community.Science Magazine reports on how to stop climate change.Presented by Clive CooksonProduced by LJ Filotrani

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Quantum optics, the search for truth and online networks

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:22:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We are joined by leading physicist Sir Peter Knight who talks about his research into quantum optics and photosynthesis. We hear from author Joanna Kavenna about her search for truth and her fascination with scientists and Science Mag reports on an online experiment into how social networks affect the spread of behaviour.Presented by Clive Cookson, with the FT's pharmaceuticals correspondent Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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AS Byatt, ants and the RI Christmas lectures

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We introduce a new feature to the podcast, that of how literature and the arts are influenced by science and scientists. We start this week by hearing from novelist AS Byatt about her passion for science and how this passion permeates her writing. Guest in the studio is materials scientist Mark Miodownik, who has just been named this year's RI Christmas lecturer. He talks about scale and self-healing materials. Science Mag's contribution is all about ants and epigenetics.Presented by Clive Cookson, with Diana GarnhamProduced by LJ Filotrani

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The importance of design

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:10:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk about the importance of design in getting advances in science and technology out of the lab and into the market, with chief executive of the Design Council, David Kester.Science Magazine reports on a dreadful plague that threatens to wipe out some bat species in the US.Presented by Clive Cookson, with Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council and Andrew Jack.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Statistics and brain chemistry

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:23:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We delve into the world of stats and discuss how they are used in politics and the media. What responsibility do we have to educate the public about the meaning of stats and the understanding of risk? Plus, Science Magazine reports on research into brain chemistry and impulsive behaviour.Presented by Clive Cookson, with Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council and David Hand, professor of statistics at Imperial College London and president of the Royal Statistical Society.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Biotech and animal testing

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We talk about the biotech industry with Nigel Gaymond, CEO of the UK BioIndustry Association. We also talk about the figures released by the Home Office today on animal testing. Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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FT Science special: Annie Lennox

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:51:00 GMT

From the international AIDS conference in Vienna.Eurythmics singer-songwriter Annie Lennox talks to Andrew Jack about her role as Goodwill ambassador for the UN Programme on HIV/AIDS and what role celebrity has in giving campaigns a voice. Produced by LJ Filotrani

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FT Science special from AIDS 2010 in Vienna

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:00:00 GMT

This week's podcast is live from the AIDS conference in Vienna.In this week's podcast: We discuss the research released this week; the breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of the HIV virus; the challenges of funding; what more needs to be done to tackle the disease.Science Magazine's contribution is about social corporate responsibility.Andrew Jack presents the show with guests:Tony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of HealthAmbassador Eric Goosby, head of Pepfar, the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS ReliefStefano Bertozzi, the head of HIV programmes at the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationLydia Mungherera, a Ugandan doctor and advocate who is herself HIV positiveProduced by LJ Filotrani

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FT Science special: Zeke Emanuel

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:08:00 GMT

Andrew Jack speaks to Zeke Emanuel, a medical ethicist who oversees health issues at the US Office of Management and Budget, about President Barack Obama's priorities and funding for global health, and greater efficiency in future spending.

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Funding, evolution and Chinese life sciences

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:27:00 GMT

In this week’s podcast: We discuss the difficulties of securing government funding for research; Science Magazine tells us about the discovery of an ultra-fast form of evolution; Andrew Jack reports on the state of Chinese life sciences from Shanghai. Guests in the studio are: Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council and Andrew Herbert from Microsoft Research.Andrew Jack joins us from Shanghai. Presented by Clive Cookson.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Doping in sports

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:01:00 GMT

In this week's podcast: We discuss the significance of the deal signed today between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturer & Associations. We speak to David Howman, director general of WADA about the deal and the state of doping in sports today. We also get a personal view from olympic swimmer Karen Pickering about what it's like competing with people who have tested positive. And Clive joins us from the Euroscience Open Forum in Turin - we hear his interview with a Nobel prize winner for Chemistry, Kurt Wűtrich, about blood doping and sport.In the studio: Diana Garnham from the Science Council and Paul Levy, the principle analyst at the Drug Control Centre at Kings College in London. Presented by Andrew Jack with Clive Cookson live from Turin.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Growing lungs, Israeli research and maternal health

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:28:00 GMT

In this week’s podcast: Growing replacement lungs through tissue engineering; an interview with Daniel Zajfman, president of Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science; and maternal and child health, the main topic of last week’s Pacific Health Summit.Presented by Clive Cookson, with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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From AIDS to flu: a health special

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:24:00 GMT

In this week's pod Clive talks to one of the world's most foremost virologists and public health experts, Peter Piot, about world diseases. Joining them in the discussion are Diana Garnham and Andrew Jack, who reports back on the annual meeting of the Global Health Council, which he attended last week in Washington. Science Mag's contribution from Robert Frederick, ties in with a report calling for a systematic monitoring network for influenza in swine.Presented by Clive CooksonProduced by LJ Filotrani

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Intelligent transport, assisted living and oxytocin

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:00:00 GMT

In this week's podcast:What will transport of the future look like - are we moving to a more controlled system? And once we are home again, will our home understand the care we need?Also, from Science Magazine in Washington: oxytocin, the so-called "love hormone" turns out to have an aggressive side too.Guests in the studio: Diana Garnham, chief executive of the Science Council, and David Bott, director of innovation programmes at the UK's Technology Strategy Board.Presented by Clive CooksonProduced by Rob Minto

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Risk analysis and septic shock

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:04:00 GMT

In this week's pod: Recent research conducted by Philip Thomas, professor of engineering development at City University in London, has been released which gives companies a framework for assessing how much money to spend protecting against accidents and other events which may result in deaths or damage to the environment. Clive asks Philip about the BP oil spill and how his framework could have helped insure the company against such a disaster. From Science Magazine in Washington; a discussion about the development of a possible treatment for septic shock, one of the biggest killers in the world's hospitals.Guests in the studio: Diana Garnham CEO of the Science Council, Philip Thomas, professor of engineering development at City University and FT correspondent Andrew Jack.Presented by Clive Cookson Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Chemistry, TB and fairness and equity

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:11:00 GMT

In this week's pod: Clive Cookson talks to Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council, Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet and FT correspondent Andrew Jack about the plans for tackling TB, the future of chemistry as a university subject and from Science Magazine research into children's sense of fairness and equity. At what age do we change from being egalitarian to meritocratic?Produced by LJ Filotrani

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Synthetic life, discredited MMR research and the political landscape

Tue, 25 May 2010 17:07:00 GMT

In this week's pod: Andrew Wakefield and his discredited MMR research, the new political landscape and how it fares for science and the creation of the first synthetic life. We hear from Craig Venter about the building of the bacterial genome in our regular feature from Science Magazine.Guests in the studio are; Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council and Fiona Godlee, editor of the British Medical Journal. Presented by Clive Cookson and Andrew JackProduced by LJ Filotrani

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Stem cells, the flu pandemic and rising carbon dioxide levels

Tue, 18 May 2010 14:57:00 GMT

This week Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council joins Clive and FT pharmaceuticals correspondent Andrew Jack, in the studio. Topics covered include the controversial use of embryonic stem cells. We hear from three different companies using these cells in different ways, with one of them using them to stimulate hair growth. Andrew reports back on his recent visit to the World Health Organisation in Geneva. Science Magazine reports on how future food security is threatened by rising carbon dioxide levels.Contributors:Bill Caldwell, chief executive of the company Advanced Cell TechnologyBob Palay, chief executive of the iPSC company Cellular DynamicsGail Naughton, chief executive of the company HistogenNext weekSomething very exciting which we are not allowed to breathe a word of until then.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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WHO special: Is the flu pandemic over?

Tue, 18 May 2010 09:00:00 GMT

Andrew Jack asks Keiji Fukuda, special adviser on pandemic influenza to the head of WHO about the flu pandemic - is it really over? And did we all overreact?

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WHO special: A world without malaria deaths by 2010

Mon, 17 May 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Andrew Jack talks to Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria about the impact the recession is having and will have, on funding for drug stocks and whether they are still on target to achieve their goals with respect to eliminating malaria, mother to child transmissions, AIDS and TB.

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WHO special: Shift in focus

Mon, 17 May 2010 13:52:00 GMT

Dr Alwan, assistant director general of WHO, talks to Andrew Jack about the international shift towards tackling non-communicable diseases as opposed to the more traditional focus on infectious diseases.

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Bio-fuel, neurogenesis and the Neanderthal genome

Tue, 11 May 2010 16:55:00 GMT

In our launch show Clive reflects on the impact the general election has had on the provision for science-based research. He also reviews some of the major topics of the recent BIO Expo in Chicago. He talks to Anna Bligh,Queensland premier about why attending an exhibition like BIO is important and to John Tracy, chief technologist for Boeing about the developments in aviation bio-fuel.Carrolee Barlow from Braincells Inc tells us about the important progress research into neurogenesis is making, particularly with reference to sufferers of depression.Our regular feature from Science Mag is about the recent decoding of the Neanderthal genome - and the discovery that all modern Europeans and Asians carry a little bit of Neanderthal blood. For more downloads from Science Mag - http://www.sciencemag.orgNext weekStem cells, the World Health Oranisation and guest in the studio is Diana Garnham, chief executive of the Science Council.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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