Science Gets Personal: Stories about science getting real
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’re presenting two stories about times when science got personal and research started to hit home.
Part 1: After years of suffering, Phillip Comella discovers the cause of his “excessive bathroom breaks” while working on his thesis in biomedical science.
Part 2: Neuroscientist Kelley Remole begins suffering from mysterious and paralyzing headaches.
Phillip Comella is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His research includes machine learning and genetics in an effort to better diagnosis patients and simulate disease. Phillip has a passion for translating technology and tales from science to the public.
Kelley Remole, PhD, is the senior director of scientific programs at Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. She worked previously at the American Museum of Natural History and has consulted on a number of projects, including Neurodome, a planetarium show about the brain. She has been nationally recognized for her science outreach work and has been featured on local and national television.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | I felt... |
| 0:07.0 | I felt... |
| 0:08.0 | I was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:13.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:27.6 | I am your host, Erin Barker, and this week we're presenting stories about science getting personal. |
| 0:33.6 | We've got two stories for you from scientists who unexpectedly found their lives imitating their science, or vice versa. |
| 0:41.4 | I experienced some science personally myself this past week when I flew to our recent show in Boise, Idaho with a sinus infection. |
| 0:50.3 | It turns out, and here's a science fun fact for you, when you fly with a lot of fluid in your head and you go through some turbulence, you can in fact pop a hole in your eardrum. |
| 1:01.7 | I did not know that, so when my brain exploded and trickled out my ear, I was somewhat startled. |
| 1:09.4 | But shout out to Boise's St. Luke's urgent care and their luxurious and diverse selection of Musinex at the downtown Rite Aid location. |
| 1:19.0 | Thank you for taking care of me, Boise. |
| 1:21.1 | I am mostly better now. |
| 1:25.6 | Our first story this week is from Philip Camilla. |
| 1:28.6 | It was recorded in July 2018 at Caviot in New York City. |
| 1:32.7 | The theme that night was Transformation. |
| 1:41.3 | So about five years ago, I'm sitting in the basement bathroom of my first job with my head |
| 1:46.0 | in my hands as my boss is shrieking her voice through the crack. Phil, are you in the bathroom |
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