Jenny Graves

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Jenny Graves

FromThe Life Scientific

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28 minutes

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Oct 1, 2013

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Australian geneticist Jenny Graves discusses her life pursuing sex genes in her country's weird but wonderful fauna, the end of men and singing to her students in lectures.

Released:

Oct 1, 2013

Format:

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future.

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Vikram Patel: Jim Al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Prof Vikram Patel. by The Life Scientific
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Lord Robert Winston: Lord Robert Winston on IVF, the House of Lords and scientists' ethical responsibilty. by The Life Scientific
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Nicky Clayton: Nicky Clayton talks to Prof Jim Al-Khalili about her work on the intelligence of birds. by The Life Scientific
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John Lawton: Jim Al-Khalili talks to ecologist John Lawton. by The Life Scientific
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John Sulston: Jim al-Khalili talks to biologist John Sulston. by The Life Scientific
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Lloyd Peck: Jim Al-Khalili meets Antarctic scientist Lloyd Peck and discovers giant sea spiders. by The Life Scientific
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Tim Hunt: Prof Jim al-Khalili talks to Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Sir Tim Hunt. by The Life Scientific
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Chris Stringer: Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer to find who our ancestors were. by The Life Scientific
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Colin Pillinger: Prof Jim Al-Khalili talks to planetary scientist Colin Pillinger about life on Mars. by The Life Scientific
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Uta Frith: Jim meets psychologist Prof Uta Frith, whose work changed how we view brain disorders. by The Life Scientific
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Dame Ann Dowling: Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling. by The Life Scientific
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Tony Ryan: What is the future of nanotechnology? Chemist Tony Ryan shows some of its surprising uses. by The Life Scientific
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Angela Gallop: Jim Al-Khalili talks to the forensic scientist Angela Gallop. by The Life Scientific
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Barbara Sahakian: Jim meets neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian to discuss her work with Alzheimer's disease. by The Life Scientific
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Robert May: Jim al-Khalili talks to the former chief scientific advisor Robert May about public trust. by The Life Scientific
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Frances Ashcroft: Frances Ashcroft on a lifetime spent studying the link between blood sugar and insulin. by The Life Scientific
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Iain Chalmers: Jim Al-Khalili talks to pioneering health services researcher, Iain Chalmers. by The Life Scientific
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James Lovelock: James Lovelock on elocution lessons, defrosting hamsters and Gaia. by The Life Scientific
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Tejinder Virdee: Jim Al-Khalili talks to physicist Tejinder Virdee about the search for the Higgs boson. by The Life Scientific
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Martin Rees: Jim Al-Khalili enters the multiverse with the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees. by The Life Scientific
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Martin Siegert: Jim Al-Khalili goes under the Antarctic ice with glaciologist Martin Siegert. by The Life Scientific
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Robin Murray: Psychiatrist Robin Murray on why he has changed his mind about the cause of schizophrenia. by The Life Scientific
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Pat Wolseley: Jim Al-Khalili talks to Pat Wolseley talks about her obsession with lichen. by The Life Scientific
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Sanjeev Gupta: What links the English Channel to valleys on Mars? Jim talks to geologist Sanjeev Gupta. by The Life Scientific
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Andrea Sella: Jim Al-Khalili discovers why Andrea Sella's chemistry demonstrations are filling theatres. by The Life Scientific
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John Pickett: Jim Al-Khalili meets John Pickett, whose recent work on GM wheat caused a public debate. by The Life Scientific
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Nancy Rothwell: Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with the neuroscientist Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell. by The Life Scientific
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Russell Foster: Jim Al-Khalili talks to zoologist Russell Foster about circadian rhythms and jet lag. by The Life Scientific
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Jared Diamond: Jared Diamond on gall bladders, global history and the birds of Papua New Guinea. by The Life Scientific
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John Gurdon: 2012 Nobel Prize winner John Gurdon on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep. by The Life Scientific
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Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful: Jim Al-Khalili chats to a 'solutions scientist' about solving our CO2 problem. by The Life Scientific
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