Building Biodiversity into Building with Jacqueline Theis

Andrew Wilson, a PhD student in Chemistry, talks about how to make a sensor to detect Alzheimer's disease on someone's breath Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Connal McLean talks about his research into how native bee populations in New Zealand are affected by introduced bees and also about his work in raising the profile of NZ's native bees in the community. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Jacqueline Theis talks about why we should encourage a consideration of biodiversity when developing urban areas and about a new tool to help with this. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Kasey Hutchison, a Master student in Botany, talks about how lichens can help us work out how old something is. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Katie Buschang, a PhD student in Zoology, studies the impact of the parasite Toxoplasma on the birds of New Zealand Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Ashlee Berryman, a PhD student in Neuroscience, talks about how to evaluate the consequences of the pain felt by women with endometriosis. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Charlie Boocock-Yee, a Masters student in Zoology, studies the ear bones of fossilised fish to find out about their lives. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

PhD student Elena Piere talks about the issues around food waste in aged care facilities in New Zealand and the development of tools to try to reduce this. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Lily Bentall, a PhD student in Neuroscience, talks about her research into trying to understand levodopa-induced dyskinesia, a widespread side effect of the use of levodopa to treat Parkinsons disease Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Panos Lakeas talks about his PhD research into measuring intercranial pressure in healthy people to try to understand how this is affected by, and can affect, performance in athletes. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz