web02.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:13:06 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Science Night - Episodes Tagged with “Policy” https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/tags/policy Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 Science! What is it? Who does it? Why does it matter? At the Science Night Podcast, we highlight the people doing the work, and give them a place to tell their stories. We also cover science news and discoveries to keep you up on all the amazing things that are happening. en-us episodic A place for scientists to tell their story. Riverpower Podcast Mill Science! What is it? Who does it? Why does it matter? At the Science Night Podcast, we highlight the people doing the work, and give them a place to tell their stories. We also cover science news and discoveries to keep you up on all the amazing things that are happening. no science, scicomm, science communication, Riverpower Podcast Mill jreed4432@gmail.com The Interface of Science and Policy with Dr. Alma Cristal Hernandez-Mondragon https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/35 41ea4691-9df9-4524-8ddc-ebdf2780bb1e Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 3 Riverpower Podcast Mill This week we're featuring a conversation with Dr. Alma Cristal Hernandez-Mondragon, a science policy advocate from Mexico City that is paving the way for a generation of science advocates in Mexico. In the news, we're talking about troubling transmissions, frog tinder, and anti-venom achievements. 1:05:47 no This week we're featuring a conversation with Dr. Alma Cristal Hernandez Mondragon, a science policy advocate from Mexico City that is paving the way for a generation of science advocates in Mexico. In the news, we're talking about troubling transmissions, frog tinder, and anti-venom achievements. Your Hosts] James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Steffi Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) Our Guest Alma (https://twitter.com/AlmaCristalHM) is a pioneer in Mexico in the study, practice and design of courses in government scientific advice and scientific diplomacy. She is an enthusiast of science communication and outreach. She has been a fellow of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Pfizer Scientific Institute, the Mexican Council of Israeli Women and the National Council of Science and Technology. Alma is a member of the Steering Committee of the Latin American Chapter of the International Network of Government Scientific Advice (INGSA) and in 2020 she was admitted as a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), an international Academy that brings together 200 young scientists from around the world. Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- James Reed Music: Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License Steffi Remix music by James Reed lyrics by Steffi Diem Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2SLVPC3Jc | Standard YouTube License Travel Light by RW Smith | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLzO7-gjUeM | Standard YouTube License The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family scicomm, science, biology, astronomy, physics, theoretical physics, space, NASA, JPL, Three Body, The Three Body Problem, Dartmouth, frogs, mating calls, climate change, snakes, scorpions, policy, Mexico, scipolicy This week we're featuring a conversation with Dr. Alma Cristal Hernandez Mondragon, a science policy advocate from Mexico City that is paving the way for a generation of science advocates in Mexico. In the news, we're talking about troubling transmissions, frog tinder, and anti-venom achievements.

Your Hosts]
James Reed
Steffi Diem
Jason Organ

Our Guest
Alma is a pioneer in Mexico in the study, practice and design of courses in government scientific advice and scientific diplomacy. She is an enthusiast of science communication and outreach. She has been a fellow of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Pfizer Scientific Institute, the Mexican Council of Israeli Women and the National Council of Science and Technology. Alma is a member of the Steering Committee of the Latin American Chapter of the International Network of Government Scientific Advice (INGSA) and in 2020 she was admitted as a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), an international Academy that brings together 200 young scientists from around the world.

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- James Reed

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Steffi Remix music by James Reed lyrics by Steffi Diem
Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2SLVPC3Jc | Standard YouTube License
Travel Light by RW Smith | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLzO7-gjUeM | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

]]> This week we're featuring a conversation with Dr. Alma Cristal Hernandez Mondragon, a science policy advocate from Mexico City that is paving the way for a generation of science advocates in Mexico. In the news, we're talking about troubling transmissions, frog tinder, and anti-venom achievements.

Your Hosts]
James Reed
Steffi Diem
Jason Organ

Our Guest
Alma is a pioneer in Mexico in the study, practice and design of courses in government scientific advice and scientific diplomacy. She is an enthusiast of science communication and outreach. She has been a fellow of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Pfizer Scientific Institute, the Mexican Council of Israeli Women and the National Council of Science and Technology. Alma is a member of the Steering Committee of the Latin American Chapter of the International Network of Government Scientific Advice (INGSA) and in 2020 she was admitted as a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), an international Academy that brings together 200 young scientists from around the world.

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- James Reed

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Steffi Remix music by James Reed lyrics by Steffi Diem
Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2SLVPC3Jc | Standard YouTube License
Travel Light by RW Smith | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLzO7-gjUeM | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

]]> Funding Science: It's Good Policy https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/21 804f4a8e-dfe6-4eac-9c71-6acb741a6576 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 3 Riverpower Podcast Mill Science isn't political. But that doesn’t mean that scientists don’t have influence in politics. Join us for our conversation with Dr. Naomi Charalambakis, Associate Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, to learn about how animal research informs human health and why it’s important for scientists to advocate for increased federal funding for science. Plus, is greener air travel on the horizon? And can photosynthesis be harnessed to restore nerve function? - these topics are covered in our news segment. 1:10:40 no Science isn't political. But that doesn’t mean that scientists don’t have influence in politics. Join us for our conversation with Dr. Naomi Charalambakis, Associate Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, to learn about how animal research informs human health and why it’s important for scientists to advocate for increased federal funding for science. Plus, is greener air travel on the horizon? And can photosynthesis be harnessed to restore nerve function? - these topics are covered in our news segment. Our Guest: Naomi Charalambakis, PhD, is a Senior Science Policy Analyst for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), a coalition of 29 scientific societies collectively representing over 130,000 individual biological and biomedical researchers. In this role, she leads efforts of FASEB’s Animals in Research and Education working group, developing policy statements, tracking congressional legislation and agency directives related to animal use in federal research, and creating resources for the lab animal community. This includes preparing comments to federal Requests for Information. Additionally, Dr. Charalambakis serves as the staff liaison for the FASEB Shared Research Resources Task Force, coordinating with volunteers across the country to guide policy discussions pertaining to core facilities. Dr. Charalambakis launched her policy career at FASEB in November 2018, after graduating with her doctorate in Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology from the University of Louisville School of Medicine where she utilized mouse transgenics to evaluate the role of retinal input on inhibitory interneurons in the visual thalamus. As a PhD Candidate, Dr. Charalambakis spent the summer of 2015 as a science policy intern at Research!America, and co-founded and served as Director of the first science policy University of Louisville student organization. Your Hosts: Steffie Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- Chris Goulet Music: Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell | https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family scicomm, science, politics, policy, NIH, NSF, weird science, science fiction, green energy, climate change, environment, air travel, engineering, aviation, biology, design, sustainable fuel, fossil fuel, travel, anatomy, chemistry, fusion energy, energy, renewable, photosynthesis, lobbying, FASEB, democrat, republican, Science isn't political. But that doesn’t mean that scientists don’t have influence in politics. Join us for our conversation with Dr. Naomi Charalambakis, Associate Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, to learn about how animal research informs human health and why it’s important for scientists to advocate for increased federal funding for science. Plus, is greener air travel on the horizon? And can photosynthesis be harnessed to restore nerve function? - these topics are covered in our news segment.

Our Guest:
Naomi Charalambakis, PhD, is a Senior Science Policy Analyst for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), a coalition of 29 scientific societies collectively representing over 130,000 individual biological and biomedical researchers. In this role, she leads efforts of FASEB’s Animals in Research and Education working group, developing policy statements, tracking congressional legislation and agency directives related to animal use in federal research, and creating resources for the lab animal community. This includes preparing comments to federal Requests for Information. Additionally, Dr. Charalambakis serves as the staff liaison for the FASEB Shared Research Resources Task Force, coordinating with volunteers across the country to guide policy discussions pertaining to core facilities. Dr. Charalambakis launched her policy career at FASEB in November 2018, after graduating with her doctorate in Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology from the University of Louisville School of Medicine where she utilized mouse transgenics to evaluate the role of retinal input on inhibitory interneurons in the visual thalamus. As a PhD Candidate, Dr. Charalambakis spent the summer of 2015 as a science policy intern at Research!America, and co-founded and served as Director of the first science policy University of Louisville student organization.

Your Hosts:
Steffie Diem
Jason Organ
James Reed

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- Chris Goulet

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell | https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

]]> Science isn't political. But that doesn’t mean that scientists don’t have influence in politics. Join us for our conversation with Dr. Naomi Charalambakis, Associate Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, to learn about how animal research informs human health and why it’s important for scientists to advocate for increased federal funding for science. Plus, is greener air travel on the horizon? And can photosynthesis be harnessed to restore nerve function? - these topics are covered in our news segment.

Our Guest:
Naomi Charalambakis, PhD, is a Senior Science Policy Analyst for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), a coalition of 29 scientific societies collectively representing over 130,000 individual biological and biomedical researchers. In this role, she leads efforts of FASEB’s Animals in Research and Education working group, developing policy statements, tracking congressional legislation and agency directives related to animal use in federal research, and creating resources for the lab animal community. This includes preparing comments to federal Requests for Information. Additionally, Dr. Charalambakis serves as the staff liaison for the FASEB Shared Research Resources Task Force, coordinating with volunteers across the country to guide policy discussions pertaining to core facilities. Dr. Charalambakis launched her policy career at FASEB in November 2018, after graduating with her doctorate in Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology from the University of Louisville School of Medicine where she utilized mouse transgenics to evaluate the role of retinal input on inhibitory interneurons in the visual thalamus. As a PhD Candidate, Dr. Charalambakis spent the summer of 2015 as a science policy intern at Research!America, and co-founded and served as Director of the first science policy University of Louisville student organization.

Your Hosts:
Steffie Diem
Jason Organ
James Reed

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- Chris Goulet

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell | https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

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