Plants And Pipettes

There is an important part in recording a podcast and that is hitting the record button. As one of us missed that crucial input for this week’s episode, the sound is a bit… not great. Don’t worry though, the stories we tell are making up ten-fold for the lack audio quality. We talk about how scientists developed a way to use soap bubbles to pollinate plants!

First things first: Black Lives Matter. After a short break, we’re back with a new episode, we first address the issue at hand of police brutality against people of colour and what it means to us as white plant scientists. To provide a little diversion from the horrors of the current situation of the world, we also talk about our favourite science and plant related fun facts.

It's the 50th episode! Instead of our usual routine, we play a game of fake, fake, truth and answer your listener questions. Tag along for a fun special episode!

This week, we’re talking about cowpeas and how they grow in arid regions, the contribution of Georgiana Simpson to Black Rights in the US, and the effect of humor on information retention. Plus so much more!

This week, we’re diving into a science paper that was hard to miss. It’s all about creating artificial photosynthesis using spinach chloroplasts. We also talk about our favourite genome duplication events and news in the world of science.

It’s time for all our segments! We talk weird chewing gum, South African botanists, biases and answer your questions. Do trees still breathe when they lose their foliage?

We’re back. We were never really gone. We had just hurt our individual faces and now they’re in good enough shape to drag them in front of the microphones. This week, we talk about coffee, rat spines and glow-in-the-dark plants. Keep your faces intact and enjoy!

Grab your top hat and ball gown, it is time to get fancy! This week, we dress up and talk about favourite plants, great scientists and all sorts of things that moved us in the last week.

This week, we're exploring a short but dense paper on the Arabidopsis proteome.

This week, we're talking yellow shrubs, palm researchers and ostrich biases. Plus exciting facts about yeast, bread, cats and more!

It's the best time to start a sourdough and listen to us talk about plant biology. Let the dough rise and watch your plants move in response to light and/or gravity!

We're trying something new in these trying times. Every other week we'll have a deep dive into a new paper and on off-weeks, like this one, we'll talk about some of our other segments. So practice social distance and enjoy our new episode!

This week, it's all about viruses. We feel anxious about the corona virus, we talk about viruses in Maize and we even listen to viral music.

I hope you're doing well and the ever-present Corona virus hasn't reached you or your loved ones. While conferences and such are cancelled, we remain unaffected as we both dwell in our homes with little to no contact to the outside world, only connected by a remote podcasting session.

We're finally back together – even though it's just for one night. We celebrate by recording a podcast for you and we talk about sex changing trees, the tiniest plants and lots of fun stuff.

Why do plant embryos do photosynthesis? New research investigated this vexing phenomenon and we had a look at the paper. We also talk about bats and cacti, why leaving science can be the best option, and about getting overly excited about random clusters in your data analysis. Plus so much more.

Have you ever done an experiment for longer than 2 years? How about 12 years? Today, we're talking about an extermely longterm experiment that might shed light on the origin of eukaryotes. Plus: a ton more...

This is a long episode because we have so much to tell you. Luckily for you, technology has your back. This episode is best consumed through the use of chapter marks, smart playback and 2x playback speed. Unless you really like us, then there is so much more for you to enjoy.

What are you doing with your life? Are you having a good time? You're about to because this here is another episode of the best podcast about plants and pipettes you'll hear all day. This, is plants and pipettes – the podcast.

Have you heard about division planes in growing leaves? Well, you should have, because we literally talked about this yesterday on the blog. If you're not doing your homework, I don't see why we should put in an effort to educate you. Just kidding, we repeat everything that was written yesterday (and more!)