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Double Shelix

Beta Pleated Chic

Conversations and real talk on women in STEM, the grad school grind, and inclusive science.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Double Shelix episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Double Shelix for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Double Shelix episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

When her first career dreams were absolutely dashed, Dr. Maria Artunduaga reinvented herself, founded a company, and learned to thrive.Trained as a physician in her home country, Colombia, Maria dreamed of coming to the US to become a pediatric plastic surgeon and hustled to make it happen. When blatant discrimination and subsequent litigation forced her out of medicine forever, she felt stuck. Eventually, she trained and studied to become an engineer and entrepreneur. She founded Respira Labs and is using acoustics to identify COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) flareups. Maria shares her journey, her advice for others going through career hell or facing discrimination, and lessons learned as a CEO. We are honored to share her story as part of our Journeys series.
Find Maria on Twitter @DrArtunduaga and Respira Labs @RespiraLabs or RespiraLabs.com.
Subscribe to Double Shelix and tell your friends! Find us on Twitter @doubleshelixpod or email us - [email protected].
Thanks to the Berkeley Student Tech Fund for supporting the series and to Joel Wanek for editing and production.
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We kick off our You do Belong in Science series with Dr. Tamara Alliston, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCSF. Tamara discusses her journey into science and academia, and how she found belonging through peer mentorship, despite imposter syndrome. As a mentor, Tamara works to help mentees "stay connected to what gives them joy," and we also discuss what brings Tamara joy - musculoskeletal biology and surfing with her family! Tamara stresses the importance of STEM outreach to adult audiences, and shares her practical tips for "making this life work." Finally, we dispel myths about the Pipeline Problem, and Tamara shares some data about funding disparities in orthopedic surgery. We encourage everyone to dig into the data to learn about funding demographics in their own field; for most of us, there's still a long way to go. Bonus: Tamara's qualifying exam advice!
Resources
* Alliston Lab at UCSF - allistonlab.ucsf.edu
* Musculskeletal Biology Gordon Research Conference - https://bit.ly/2H5wPqx
* The importance of peer mentorship in graduate school - https://bit.ly/2InhBwj
You do Belong in Science
* Submit your story of belonging or ask a question - email us [email protected] or call our voicemail 415-895-0850!
* Get your Double Shelix and You Do Belong in Science stickers - email us!
* Stay tuned for our next episode, out April 10
* Sign up for our mailing list - https://goo.gl/forms/hQm1Tl0UgPLx9rKi1
* Check out our *newly redesigned* website - doubleshelix.com
* Follow us on Twitter @doubleshelixpod. Join the conversation with #YouDoBelongInScience and #YDBIS
* Recommended episode - Teaching for Active Learning with LeAnn Dourte (Double Shelix Episode 8)
Many thanks to...
* University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering
* Berkeley Student Tech Fund
* Gustavo Villarreal, @wikirascals on Twitter, for our amazing logo
* Kaz Lewis, for our official portraits on our website - follow him on Instagram @kazlewis
* You, our listeners, for telling your friends about our podcast and our #YouDoBelongInScience campaign
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Zoe Leavitt, senior consumer product and retail analyst at CB Insights, joins Sally and Kayla to discuss what's hot at the intersection of tech and retail. She truly has her finger on the pulse of the latest trends - and the data to back that up! We also talk about her experiences working for Bank of China in Shanghai, and communicating technical content to lay audiences - like on Good Morning America! We also calls BS on VCs being "afraid to meet solo with women founders" in the post-#MeToo era and conclude that the future of futurism is female. Zoe's a master communicator, and shares some awesome tech communication tips. You'll love Zoe's insights!!!
Resources:
- Follow Zoe on Twitter @zoe_leavitt and on LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/Fkm24w
- Find some of Zoe's analysis, including her work on coffee, Amazon drone warehouses, and more: https://goo.gl/D5xX3D
- Zoe on Good Morning America: https://goo.gl/wB7Fqi
- Subscribe to Zoe's newsletter to follow all the hottest trends in consumer goods! https://goo.gl/oQaHGq
- CB insights blog - cbinsights.com/research
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We're back for Season 2, and this episode is inspired by what our listeners want to hear! Kayla and Sally are huge fans of listener-recommended science crush, the late MIT Prof. Millie Dresselhaus: Queen of Carbon Science, tireless advocate for women in STEM, and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science in Engineering. A recent GE commercial asks, "What if we treated female scientists like they were stars? What if Millie Dresselhaus was as famous as any celebrity?" Kayla and Sally are 100% behind this mission, and plot meet-cutes with the sci-lebrities in their lives. Also, in the first-ever listener-submitted Better Talk Next Time stories, listeners tackle biased perceptions of women in engineering, how to deal when your significant other believes damaging STEM stereotypes, and other *fun* themes. Don't worry, listeners - you do belong in science!
Please rate us on the Apple Podcast app/iTunes store! Stay tuned to the end of the episode for overly detailed step-by-step instructions (methods section) about how to do this.
We're keeping it real on Twitter @doubleshelixpod Follow us to be reassured that you do belong in science.
Email us [email protected] - Have you had a sci-lebrity encounter? An experience you hope to Better Talk Next Time? Any sug*guest*ions? We love our listeners, so reach out and say hi!
Millie's GE Commercial #goals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ6_fOX7ITQ
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What was your first job? The first thing you were paid to do? Your first position in your field? Kayla and Sally discuss first jobs and how to find your next first job. We argue that it’s silly that in academia your “first job” isn’t until you’re a tenure-track faculty, and that this undermines the hard work of students and trainees. Also on this episode, Kayla shares an Oh Shoot moment from the lab bench, and things get v. real in our Better Talk Next time segment. Finally, we learn about crosslinking gels in the Tech Talk, and on Stuff We Love, we love the Nikon Small World microscopy image competition and this awesome article by Sue Bird about the shameful lack of analytics in women’s sports.
Find us and share your thoughts!
Twitter - @doubleshelixpod
Instagram - @doubleshelixpodcast
Email – doubleshelixpodcast AT gmail DOT com
Web – doubleshelix.com
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Double Shelix - You do Belong in Science-stravaganza!
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05/09/18 • 55 min

We wrap up the You do Belong in Science series with listener stories and lessons learned from this series. Listeners write in with stories about the importance of professors' LGBTQ allyship and dealing with chronic illness in graduate school. We reveal who does not belong in science (spoiler alert/content advisory, it's sexual harassers). We also welcome allyship correspondent Jon Muncie to discuss actions everyone can take to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace, fairly judge peers' research, and increase representation and promote inclusion of people from underrepresented groups in STEM. He reminds us that we need to get comfortable being uncomfortable when it comes to discussing and addressing these important issues facing our science workplaces.
Resources
* Resources for LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty at Berkeley: https://queer.berkeley.edu/on-campus, at UCSF: https://lgbt.ucsf.edu, at U of Pennsylvania: https://bit.ly/2jJqjdZ
* Proud and Prepared: A Guide for LGBT Students Navigating Graduate Training - resource from the American Psychological Association. Preview it here: http://www.apa.org/apags/resources/lgbt-guide.aspx
* Dr. Kate Clancy's congressional testimony video (starts ~41:30) https://bit.ly/2oqm5dn and transcript https://bit.ly/2GUXtkB
* Dr. Kate Clancy's amazing podcast, Period Podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/period-podcast/period
* Sexual harassment videos and NYT analysis: https://nyti.ms/2Gg4NHT
* Resources for dealing with sexual harassment: rainn.org/thatsharassment
Thank you to our funders, the University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering and the Berkeley Student Tech Fund. Also thanks to Gustavo Villarreal @wikirascals for our amazing graphics. Get your Double Shelix and You do Belong in Science stickers at doubleshelix.com/stickers.
Share your thoughts on this episode - or your belonging story - on our voicemail 415-895-0850 or email us [email protected]. We're on Twitter @doubleshelixpod and coming soon to Instagram @doubleshelixpodcast - give us a follow! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed us on the iTunes store! Keep penning those awesome reviews!
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Double Shelix - Prep your research pitch - skill share!
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09/05/20 • 43 min

What do you study? Whether it's to a leading faculty in your field or to your aunt's best friend, you have probably been asked to explain your research many, many times. How can you make your answer count without reciting an entire review paper? Sally and Kayla discuss how to craft an effective research “pitch" and then test their skills in real time. Spoiler alert: practice matters.
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How can you make the most of a short research or work experience? Sally and Kayla give their tips for how to succeed in a summer internship or research rotation, including how to manage day-to-day responsibilities, demonstrate your curiosity and eagerness, and finish strong to leave a great impression. We give the inside scoop on asking for letters of recommendation and navigating tough conversations about authorship and publication goals. Also, what to do when you end up in a truly toxic situation (which you probably won’t, but still it’s scary). Other important things: great lab notebook habits and tips for all stakeholders to make a successful undergraduate poster fair. If you supervise interns or rotation students, or if you are one - this is the episode for you!
Resources:
All the best practical tips for crushing your summer research experience, from The STEM Squad
https://goo.gl/AgsEQC
Excellent tips about framing your summer work experiences in future job, school, or fellowship applications on our episode with Christina Fuentes and Shaheen Jeeawoody
https://goo.gl/e8PHvm
Stellar advice for becoming an amazing mentee and mentor, on our episode Next Level Mentorship for Mentors and Mentees with Julea Vlassakis
https://goo.gl/H8HRLw
Sally’s post on how to ask for a letter of recommendation on Beta Pleated Chic
https://goo.gl/rNrey
Thank you to our funders, the University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering and the Berkeley Student Tech Fund.
Share your thoughts on this episode on our voicemail 415-895-0850 or email us [email protected]. We're on Twitter @doubleshelixpod and on Instagram @doubleshelixpodcast - give us a follow! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed us on iTunes!
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Going in, graduate students expect they'll have to work hard, but most students are unprepared for the mental anguish that grad school can induce - especially when experiments aren't going well, or when we compare to themselves to others' successes. Penn Bioengineering PhD students Meagan Ita and Michael Magaraci join Sally and Kayla to discuss wellness in graduate school. Meagan and Mike discuss the importance of taking charge of your own wellness, and what departments can do to support student wellness. Things also get real with discussions of the value therapy and/or medicine to address depression or anxiety, and we sound off on the harm caused by toxic mentor/mentee relationships. If you've struggled with being well, want to stay well, or want to support others on their journey to wellness, check this out!
Resources:
*Professor Arjun Raj's blog - truly, a font of knowledge - goo.gl/h2Wwi2
*UC Berkeley graduate student wellbeing survey results​ - goo.gl/kcby7w
*FixYourRun.com
*PhillySurgeRunning.com
*Meagan's Lab, the Spine Pain Research Lab - goo.gl/Zq2nbK
*Mike's Lab, the Chow Lab - https://goo.gl/BnYWtg
*7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey - goo.gl/SXgECv
*Headspace, a meditation app - Headspace.com
*The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle - goo.gl/Jh5SLu
*The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson - goo.gl/z4mmWq
Follow us on Twitter @doubleshelixpod
Feedback? We love it - [email protected]
Thanks to the University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering for supporting our podcast and this episode!! We love their Twitter @pennbioeng and their blog - beblog.seas.upenn.edu
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How can you use the first year of your postdoctoral research position to set yourself up for long-term success? How do you decide if a postdoc is even right for you? In this episode, Sally and Kayla dive into reasons to do (or not to do) a postdoc, how to find a position, and how to get started. Kayla shares her personal experience and what she wishes all new postdocs would know.

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How many episodes does Double Shelix have?

Double Shelix currently has 48 episodes available.

What topics does Double Shelix cover?

The podcast is about Women, Natural Sciences, Podcast, Podcasts, Technology and Science.

What is the most popular episode on Double Shelix?

The episode title 'Episode 39: Post PhD Paths: Sally’s Industry Job Hunt' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Double Shelix?

The average episode length on Double Shelix is 49 minutes.

How often are episodes of Double Shelix released?

Episodes of Double Shelix are typically released every 42 days, 7 hours.

When was the first episode of Double Shelix?

The first episode of Double Shelix was released on May 15, 2016.

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