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3MT (Three Minute Thesis)

 

    Ryley Yost (2019 Finalist at Western university): Becoming the fly whisperer

    Wes Robinson (2019 Science Heat 2019):  "X" marks the spot

    Ariel Frame (2018 Finalist at Western university): What fuels age-related memory impairment?

    Dova Brenman (2017 Finalist at Western university): The progeny of aged parents are less social

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Podcasts:

    GradCast:

             Ariel Frame: (2018) The super Secret Sex Life of Fruit Flies

             Wes Robinson (2018) Don't fly so close to me

             Ryley Yost (2017) Pretty Fly for a Social Guy

   Science at Western: "Genetics and Social Behaviour with Dr Anne Simon" by Henry Standage  - 2018

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    Western BUGS: Humans of Biology: Dr. Anne Simon, by Dorisa Meng & Tyler Lue - 2018

 

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Journal interviews: 

    Daily Mail: “Don't stand so close to me: Study on fruit flies uncovers the processes in the brain that drive our

                       need for personal space”, by Sage Lazzaro

    CBC Radio London: “How fruit flies are helping improve social interactions”, by Hala Ghonaim

    London Free Press: “Fruit flies the buzz in boundaries study”, by Charlie Pinkerton

    The New-Yorker: “How Methods Videos Are Making Science Smarter”, by Jamie Holmes

    

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TV interviews: 

    CTV News London: “Bugging Out”, by Celine Moreau

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Radio interviews:

    RCI (Radio Canada International), with Marc Montgomery

    Live with Wei Chen, the host of Ontario Morning on CBC Radio (8/11/17 – 6:50 am)

    Live with Chris de la Torre, the afternoon host of CBC Radio London (8/9/17 – 4:45pm)

    106.9 The X – Jesse LaFramboise (8/11/17)

    The TKO Show with Kara Ro, on CJBK 1290 Radio (AM) locally and in Windsor/Detroit on CKLW AM800 (8/17/17)

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Other coverage:

    Western News: “Too near, or too far? What fruit flies teach us about personal space”

    EurekAlert!: "Too near, or too far? What fruit flies teach us about personal space"

    NSERC Tweet 

    Science Daily: "Too near, or too far? What fruit flies teach us about personal space"

    Health Medicine Network: "Too near, or too far? What fruit flies teach us about personal space"

    NY Post: "Why some people have zero sense of personal space: study"

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YouTube Video

      Provost Lecture Series, CUNY York college TV (2012)

“Don't stand so close to me”

"'Don't Come so close to me': Using the fruit-fly to understand the genetic basis of social interactions" What can we learn about human social behavior from a fly? Focusing on behavioral, genetics and molecular techniques, we try to understand mechanisms underlying social interactions, some of which we expect to be common to all animals.

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