Imperial News

Podcast: mental health, synthetic biology and crater science

by Gareth Mitchell, Sam Wong

An app for anxiety, a stress gauge for cells and a mission to Mexico all feature on the latest Imperial podcast.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on Imperial's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributions from our roaming reporters from the Research Communications group.

Download the complete podcast (mp3)

OR LISTEN TO INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS

News: T cells and the Imperial Festival – A discovery that could lead to a new cancer therapy and a look ahead to our big event on 9-10 May.

Apps for mental health – Sarah Jones talks about her work to develop an app to help people overcome anxiety and a chance for Imperial Festival visitors to voice their own thoughts about mental health.

A light bulb moment in synthetic biology – Dr Tom Ellis explains how his team have developed a method to measure the burden placed on cells by adding components.

Expedition to sample the Chicxulub crater - Dr Joanna Morgan is part of an international team that will drill into the seabed off the coast of Mexico next year to take samples from the crater of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.