Radio Life Sciences
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RADIO LIFE SCIENCES – a podcast produced by the GSLS for its students. Listen to Educators, Policy makers, Researchers, Fellow students and others share their perspectives. Learn about the inner workings of the graduate school, educational opportunities and more. Lead the conversation by brainstorming, deciding and producing the content on upcoming episodes
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United States
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RADIO LIFE SCIENCES – a podcast produced by the GSLS for its students. Listen to Educators, Policy makers, Researchers, Fellow students and others share their perspectives. Learn about the inner workings of the graduate school, educational opportunities and more. Lead the conversation by brainstorming, deciding and producing the content on upcoming episodes
Language:
English
Website:
https://gsls.nl/
Episodes
How we see well-being
9/26/2022
What are different perspectives on the issue of mental well-being? A talk with a professor Floortje Scheepers (her main line of research is: innovation in medical health care) and a student of the GSLS Lieke Gol, who studies on the programme “Biology of Disease” and works in a lab at the “Experimental Neurology” department of […]
Duration:00:27:55
Introducing “Well-Being Series”
9/12/2022
This is the introduction episode to the “Student Well-Being Series” of the Radio Life Sciences (RLS). The podcast series will consist of five episodes. Meet our hosts – prof. Harold van Rijen and Eveline Kallenberg, MSc. They introduce themselves, share their personal stories and explain, why addressing the topic of student well-being is especially relevant […]
Duration:00:14:55
Episode 16 – Introducing Life Sciences (ILS) – The introduction week at the UU GSLS
2/4/2022
This episode was recorded in September 2021 with the aim to give an impression about the UU GSLS introduction week (the ILS, in short) to prospective and starting students of this graduate school. In this episode, Anastasia Kurysheva talked to one of the organizers of the GSLS – dr. Kirsten Koymans and interviewed two students […]
Duration:00:20:25
Episode 15 – How to Get a PhD Position? What does a PhD Trajectory Entail? A conversation with Dr. Saskia Ebeling.
12/10/2021
Are you interested in academic career? This episode is dedicated to everything you wanted to know about applying for a PhD position and actually doing a PhD project. How early should you apply? What is the GSLS PhD center and how is it helpful? How should your dissertation look, according to the official requirements? Gijs […]
Episode 14 – Academic vs. Business (Research) Internships
10/19/2021
During this episode, we zoom into the possibilities for masters’ research internships both at the university as well as in companies. We’ve invited three guests: two current master’s students, Georgia Avramidou and Vasiliki Gkouzioti, and one recently graduated master’s student, Laurie Kerkhof. Book recommendations of this episode: (1) ‘The Memory Game’ by Nicci French, (2) […]
Episode 13 – Translational Life Sciences profile
7/9/2021
This podcast presents you with another brand new profile at the GSLS – Translational Life Sciences (TLS) profile. Spiros Pachis talks to Sanne de Jong, who is the coordinator of this profile and to Joshua Elford, one the students, who chose this profile and is about to finish it. Interested to learn more about the […]
Episode 12 – Life of a Principal Investigator. A Talk with Prof. Dr. Elly Hol
6/15/2021
Are you dreaming about academic career? It is very useful to hear the experiences of daily professional life of a principal investigator from a person, who actually has undergone this pathway. Learn about a great example of outstanding academic career in the conversation of a GSLS student and Radio Life Sciences team member Zuzanne Altmann […]
Episode 11 – Communication profile
5/30/2021
The Communication profile aims to teach students to make all kinds of knowledge accessible and useful for target audiences. Learn more about this very special and popular GSLS profile.
Episode 10 – The Life Sciences and Society profile
5/17/2021
An exploration of the brand new Life Sciences and Society profile for the GSLS students: a talk with its coordinator Gisela van der Velden and one of the students – Elisa Ballan
Episode 9 – Career Services: When should I Pay a Visit? A Talk with Marte Otter and Kim van den Heuvel
4/9/2021
This is an episode which broadens your horizon. You will learn not only what career services do for the GSLS students, but also whether there has been a shift in the career prospects of our students and what the career options of a master’s student are if s/he does not want to pursue research career […]
Duration:00:26:25
Trailer Radio Life Sciences
2/10/2021
Are you curious to get to know those, who are standing behind creating these podcasts? We, the team members of the Radio Life Sciences, introduce ourselves in this trailer. Check it out to learn more about us!
Episode 8 – Food 4 health and safety course: a talk with course coordinators Michèle Gerbrands and Maartje van Reedt Dortland
2/3/2021
You will learn about the new and innovative course – Food 4 health and safety. It starts right now at the GSLS. It is a collaboration between the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, UMC Utrecht and three Dutch universities. Vivian Hageman talks to Michelle Gerbrands and Maartje van […]
Episode 7 – Jitte Jennekens, the chair of the Life Sciences Representatives
1/14/2021
In this episode, Gijs and Anastasia talk to the chair of the Life Sciences Representatives (LSR). The LSR represents the interests and rights of all Master’s students of the Graduate School of Life Sciences at Utrecht University. How has the LSR become a huge success? What are the directions of their work? Let’s listen to Jitte […]
Episode 6 – Interview with Academic counsellors
11/13/2020
Why would you want to reach out to an academic counsellor? Get to know Desley van der Zande and Jaco de Fockert-Koefoed closer! Get inspired by their non-linear career trajectories towards their profession, their vision on their mission in their work with students and the ideas on happiness. Book recommendations of this episode: “I am […]
Episode 5 – International Officers and Policy of GSLS
11/2/2020
Interview with our GSLS International Officers Tamar Aprahamian and Nadine Nonnekes about the UU policy for travelling abroad and more. Who are they, what drives them, and which books do they recommend to you?
Episode 4 – Renske de Kleijn: Introduction to Designing and Teaching in Higher Education
10/11/2020
Interview with Dr. Renske de Kleijn by our new RLS member Vivian Hegeman. Renske is an Assistant Professor at Biomedical Sciences, Course coordinator of the new GSLS course ‘Introduction to Designing & Teaching in Higher Education‘ (Start in Period 3), and writer of the children’s book ‘Als het virus straks voorbij is‘ (still available).
Episode 3 – First year GSLS international students
9/9/2020
Meet the international GSLS students! Learn about academic backgrounds of Cheyenne Gumbs, Carla Rios, Inês Marcelino, Muhamad Rifki Ramadhan, and Anushree Ray. Listen to their perceptions of the Introduction week at the GSLS and their views on the most challenging problems in the Life Sciences field.
Episode 2 – Trisja Boom First year student Epidemiology
9/3/2020
Get to know the GSLS students: Hear about Trisja’s educational path and her first experiences with the ILS and online education. Trisja’s book recommendation: “Noah Barleywater Runs Away” by John Boyne.
Episode 1 – Harold van Rijen
8/31/2020
Interview with Prof.Dr. Harold van Rijen, Director of the Graduate School of Life Sciences and Professor of Innovation in Biomedical Education by Anastasia Kurysheva. The book recommendation in this episode: “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. You can direct the questions to our future guests and your feedback to: radiolifesciences@umcutrecht.nl