Podcast

In the Deutschlandfunk Kultur podcast “Zeitfragen,” immunologist Katja Simon discusses spermidine and whether the substance can actually have a positive impact on our health and the aging process.

How can we keep our cells healthy for as long as possible? On the detektor.fm podcast “Forschungsquartett,” Dr. Katja Simon discusses autophagy — a cellular recycling system — and the role it plays in immune system aging.

ScienceCLASH, a podcast developed at the Gläsernes Labor, has won the MINT-EC School Award, which is sponsored by the Dr. Hans Riegel Foundation and comes with 7,000 euros in funding. A second season is already in the works – and researchers at the Max Delbrück Center are invited to participate.

How can we live longer while staying healthy? In the radio3 Ateliertalk, researcher Katja Simon joins guests from the worlds of art and photography to discuss longevity, healthy aging, and the role of autophagy.

The neurotransmitter serotonin is not only responsible for the feeling of happiness in the brain, it is also present in the body. In the podcast “Forschungsquartett” (Research Quartet), a collaboration between detektor.fm and our center, Michael Bader reports on what happens when our bodies have too little – or too much – of it.

Evangelia Nathanail is fascinated by the structures of biological macromolecules. The biochemist from Oliver Daumke's lab discusses zooming in on the details of the protein machines in our cells, creativity in the lab, and role models in the podcast “Zia – Audible Women in Science.”

Paula Leupold is researching how our environment, e.g., viruses and microplastics, enters the brain and causes cellular changes and diseases. She is a PhD student in Nikolaus Rajewsky's lab.

Can microbiome science be engaging, entertaining, and educational? Absolutely, as shown by “Biopolis.” In the podcast, Chemist Theda Bartolomaeus and producer Michiel van Poelgeest take listeners on a journey into a hidden universe.

Ines Lahmann explains how organoids could change medical research in a podcast called ‘Forschungsquartett’. Listen to the interview with detektor.fm editor Esther Stephan (in German).

A young scientist explores the human microbiome in a part-science, part-fiction audio series. Podcastmaker Michiel van Poelgeest follows Dr. Theda Bartolomaeus from the Max Delbrück Center on her quest to decode the microbes within us. (6 episodes)