Taking a break to get some new interviews recorded for Season 2.

I'll be back in early summer... thank you for listening!!!!

Let's celebrate Rare Disease month with Dr Noémie Hamilton, lecturer in Neuroimmunology in the Department of Biology. Noémie studies rare brain disorders - the Hamilton Lab is part of the York Biomedical Research Institute and continues to focus on neurological disease modelling using zebrafish and developing new therapies.

Some useful links below

Hamilton Lab site: https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/hamiltonlabwebsite/home

Alex TCL Charity https://alextlc.org/leukodystrophy/

LEUKOLABS research network https://www.leukolabs.org/

Ippuku Tea House and

https://www.thealicehawthorn.com/Bedoin village for holidays

I had a great conversation with Katherine about her life, her enthusiasm for science and her time in a band with Marcus Mumford! Fortunately, there was nobody booked in after us so it was a long chat.

Katherine's profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/katherine-bridge/

Information on Katherine's recently formed company can be found here: https://www.antigonie.bio/ (funders welcome!!)

This episode also has me wondering if I sound like Michael McIntyre. Hmmm....

In this podcast I speak to Simon about his important research into the causes of bladder cancer, as well as his life and career.

Story from Kidney Research UK about Simon's important breakthrough:

https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/12/04/new-results-suggest-that-bladder-cancer-could-be-caused-by-the-bodys-response-to-common-childhood-virus/

The scientific paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea6124

Night Science Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6berzd2rX6rpJQ6CPnbOtI

Merchant Adventurer's Hall ⁠https://www.merchantshallyork.org/⁠

Merry Christmas!!!

This is the final episode of the year - a very sprawling discussion with James that could have gone on for a lot longer... the converation is competely unedited and therefore feels suitable for a Christmas episode. (I think that makes sense??)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/20/are-you-an-otrovert-why-this-personality-type-could-be-your-greatest-gift

Tim Minchin address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc&authuser=0

Batanga: https://www.batanga.co.uk/

It was great to speak to absolute legend Gareth about his career, research and experiences getting rodents stoned.

https://neverstraysfar.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/comfort-eating-with-grace-dent/id1571446706

The Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1g7VVFyslWl2oI7qgp5zJU?si=25bc2321e2c34d0e

https://www.ambiente-tapas.co.uk/fossgate

In a Placements Pod/Phil Lang is Not a Scientist crossover, I spoke to Jodie Malcolm for this eipsode. Jodie was a placement student at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics in Bradford a few years ago, went on to do a PhD at York and is now a Research Associate in the Department of Biology. She is York through and through!!

https://www.bradford.ac.uk/ict/

https://rowntreepark.org.uk/home/the-park/

https://open.spotify.com/show/4TdO8A5i0196IhwWYUAlV1

Joshua is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of York working on some really interesting science!

https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/joshua-ang/

https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/

Diary of a CEO https://stevenbartlett.com/doac/