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Summary:

Host Margaret O´Sullivan meets Toronto’s Science Sam! Learn about Samantha Yammine’s PhD research in Dr. Derek van der Kooy's Neurobiology Research Group investigating some of the first cells of the brain - neural stem cells. Continue the conversation in our Facebook Group, NGS Navigators, and be entered to win a model brain for your classroom! 

Show Notes:

• Introduction of Samantha Yammine, Science Sam.
• Her research is based on neuro brain cells and their development
• Details on how a PhD program works
• One important part of the scientific process: what are the alternatives if your hypothesis is wrong?
• The research Samantha does is good for brain injuries, alzheimer's disease, or other degenerative diseases.
• PhD looks to see which pharmaceuticals are activating brain cells and how the stem cells build the cells in our brain
• Sam recounts her experience...