Science Actually is a podcast by Imperial College London students and staff. Are you keen to find out more about current and future research, and to discover how not every question will have one answer? In each episode a member of our podcast team interviews an Imperial expert to see if they have the answers to our burning questions. In the first series, we dive into myths surrounding different aspects of student life: memory, food, sleep and partying. The second series revolves around the science that is shaping our future. Intro by Clara Tillous Oliva, jingle by Hendrik Vogt, artwork by Ali Al-Sikab. Check out our website (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/study/undergraduate/science-actually-podcast/), or follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/science_actually_podcast/) and Twitter (@ScienceAccPod)
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Ageing and Disease: Can our environment affect neurodegeneration?
In this episode of Science Actually, Madeleine Eaton talks to Dr. Sarah Marzi about ageing and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Marzi is a research fellow leading a group at the UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial. Using epigenetic, genomic, & computational techniques, her lab aims to understand mechanisms of neurodegeneration. She’ll tell us more about her work, how both genetic and environmental factors affect neurodegeneration, and the difficulties in researching these diseases. Finally, she also tackles the future of ageing and whether neurodegenerative diseases be cured in the future… Check out our website (www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/study/…tually-podcast/), or follow us on Instagram (www.instagram.com/science_actually_podcast/) and Twitter (@ScienceAccPod)