Inspiration Dissemination is an award-winning radio program that occurs Sunday nights at 7PM Pacific on KBVR Corvallis, 88.7FM. Each week on the program, we host a different graduate student worker from Oregon State University to talk about their lives and passion for research here at the university. By presenting these stories, we can present the diverse, human element of graduate research that is often hidden from the public view. Please find us on social media! Twitter: twitter.com/kbvrID facebook: www.facebook.com/InspirationDissemination/ Blog: blogs.oregonstate.edu/inspiration/ Radio Station: www.orangemedianetwork.com/kbvr_fm Host University: oregonstate.edu ...
Latest episodes
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53 min
A Cocktail of Shrimp Facts
West Coast pink shrimp are a staple in classic dishes such as shrimp scampi and shrimp fried rice. Roughly 56.8 million pounds (or 7,322,122,984 individuals) of West Coast pink shr…
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42 min
Clone Wars – Applying Selective Pressures to Evolve Clonal Multicellularity
As many of us learned in high school biology, there are uni-cellular organisms, like bacteria, and multi-cellular organisms, like us! Our guest this week is Brysyn Goodson, a Ph.D.…
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56 min
Holdfast! There's more to kelp than meets the eye.
Various species of kelp inhabit Oregon’s subtidal waters, providing food, nutrients, and shelter for an array of marine organisms. One such species, bull kelp, can be seen by diver…
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49 min
The Gamification of Music Education
In this episode of Inspiration Dissemination, we speak with Bonnie Kraxberger, a graduate student in the College of Education at Oregon State University, about her innovative use o…
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46 min
Tiny Messengers, Big Impact: Exploring the Gut–Brain Axis
Your gastrointestinal tract is home to hundreds of bacterial species that play essential roles in digestion and metabolism. As this field of research expands it is becoming increas…
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49 min
Knock, knock! Black-backed Woodpeckers have arrived, and it’s not where you’d expect
Our guest this week is Mark Kerstens, a PhD student at OSU, who studies black-backed woodpeckers with the hope of improving forest management before and after wildfires. Black-back…
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1 h 06
Wolves, Cougars and the Fight for Food in Yellowstone
Millions of people visit U.S. National Parks each year. The amazing flora, fauna, and natural ecosystems of these parks draw visitors from all over the world to the United States.…
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54 min
It’s a RNA’s World and We’re all Living in it
Molecular biology is often introduced through the central dogma: DNA makes RNA, and RNA makes protein. But biology is rarely that simple. In this episode, Sanjay discusses how disc…
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1 h 15
Understanding the Vole Picture
Many wildlife populations experience change over time. For some, this can be defined as “boom” and “bust” periods – cycles of change where population numbers rise and fall. Underst…
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51 min
A pear a day keeps the doctor…wishing for pear varieties with better rooting abilities
Imagine you are in the produce section of the grocery store picking out your fruit for the week, and you remember the apple marketing slogan “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”.…
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1 h 05
From Space to the Sea: Oceanography Across Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales
Satellite imagery has transformed how scientists study the ocean, particularly true today with the recent launch of a new NASA satellite. However, understanding more of the oceans…
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48 min
Scat, and wolves, and worms, oh my!
Alaskan wolf populations can have varied diets, likely shaped by the landscape and prey availability. But how can we study these mobile, remote animals and what is the extent of kn…
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58 min
When the Party’s Over: The Effects of Megafire on Oregon’s Forest Ecosystems
As the occurrence and intensity of wildfires in Oregon annually increase, there is an urgent need to understand how these events impact community ecology in affected areas. This ep…
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59 min
Entering Tsunami Hazard Zone
Everyone living on the U.S. west coast has likely heard of "The Big One". This earthquake is commonly said to be "due any day now" and will likely have devastating consequences for…
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52 min
Farewell Interview: Esteban Hernandez
A farewell interview for one of the hosts here at I.D. Esteban Hernandez. Esteban will be finishing up his degree soon and off to New Mexico to start his post-doc. Listen to his fi…
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47 min
Mimicking the body to help mother earth
Climate change driven by global warming is a highly debated topic in today’s world. However, what we can be sure of is that certain gases cause changes to our environment and are o…
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52 min
Oregon’s Next Top Model: Bull Kelp!
Kelp are an important foundation species in Oregon, however are experiencing multiple stressors that may directly influence their biomass, including rising ocean termperatures and…
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40 min
Getting a Sense of the World Around You
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51 min
An Expert on Experts!
How do you identify “an expert”? The answer to this question is more complex than you might think. Most of us might think of people with multiple degrees or extensive experience in…
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57 min
Giants of Aotearoa: Predator-prey dynamics of blue whales in South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand
Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are the largest animals that have ever existed on Earth. Despite this, they feed exclusively on krill (Nyctiphanes australis) which are typicall…