Podcast

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)

The Life Science Learning Lab has launched a new podcast intended to spark young people’s interest in research. During the first three episodes of “scienceCLASH,” students from Berlin interviewed Sarah Kedziora and Theda Bartolomaeus from the ECRC about the gut microbiome’s influence on heart health.

mRNA research has delivered vaccines against the coronavirus. Could RNA technology one day even defeat cancer? Markus Landthaler is working on deciphering the mode of action of RNA-binding proteins and making them usable.

Trillions of microorganisms live in and on us - and they have a major influence on our well-being. The microbiome not only controls digestion and the immune system, but can also influence cardiovascular diseases and our mental health.

When we hurt ourselves, it hurts. This pain tells us that something is wrong. But how does it arise? And what happens in the body with chronic pain?