Sentient
Sentient discusses how life sciences improve our living. A podcast host, Lithuanian science journalist and proud advocate of science secularism & reason Goda Raibytė dives into 10 different topics about cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, ethics of gene editing, hormones, addictions, biotechnology, microbiome, COVID-19 research, and even life in space. A podcast brought to you by Life Sciences Baltics, the largest international life sciences forum in the Baltic countries, organized by Enterprise Lithuania, funded by the European Union Structural Funds. https://lifesciencesbaltics.com/
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Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
This time we are discussing astrobiology. Although it's a pretty recent scientific field in the world, astrobiology has a lot of potential in science as well as in business. After an internship at the NASA Ames research center in California, Aivaras Vilutis, a biophysicist at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Centre, came back to Lithuania and started a continuous astrobiology research. At the same time he's rooting a pretty crazy idea - the Lithuanian astrobiology center.
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Dr. Rima Budvytyte from the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center is a guest of this episode. Her research interests include surface biophysics, artificial membranes and neuroscience. Rima focuses mainly on neurodegenerative diseases so on this episode she talks about her research and why curing neurodegenerative diseases is such a complex matter.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Every niche of our body is covered by bacteria and other microorganisms which may be linked with our health and diseases. We only now start to understand how human microbiome impacts our daily lives. Can we consider it as a separate organ? Can it affect our decision making? Are there “good” bacteria and “bad” bacteria? And finally, how to keep it diverse and rich? Join to listen to the talk with professor Juozas Kupčinskas of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences!
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
In the second episode of Sentient, Lithuanian professors of neuroscience Valentina Vengelienė and Osvaldas Rukšėnas debunk some myths around addiction, explain what happens in the brain of addicted person. “Of all psychiatric disorders, alcohol addiction is the most complex one”, says prof. Vengelienė who have been carrying out the research on the topic for more than 20 years and still hopes for positive results.
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
“It’s all starts with the brain”, says dr. Urtė Neniškytė, a prominent Lithuanian neuroscientist from Vilnius University Life Sciences Center. So that's why in the very first episode of our podcast series we invite to dive into many aspects of brain research, reflect the latest global neuroscience news and get to know three practical tips for the effective brain work.