In this special episode of Paul Talks Science—the first in a series recorded during my visit to the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell—I sit down with TURI Director Baskut…
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Oxitec’s Mosquitoes and the Promise of Malaria Control
In this episode, Paul spotlights Oxitec — the biotech company behind one of the most ambitious malaria control projects on the African continent. CEO Grey Frandsen joins Paul Talks Science to break down how Oxitec’s…
Battle of the mosquitoes
What if the future of malaria control involves releasing more mosquitoes — not fewer? In this special feature episode, science journalist Paul Adepoju takes you deep into the high-stakes fight against a new urban malaria threat: Anopheles stephensi….
What we know, thanks to genomics, about Mpox
Mpox is surging again across parts of Africa — and this time, it seems like the world is paying even less attention. In this episode, I sit down with Ifeanyi Omah, a Wellcome Trust Doctoral Researcher…
The Politics of a Scan: Making Imaging a Global Priority
In this episode of Paul Talks Science, I spoke with Prof. Hedvig Hricak, lead commissioner of The Lancet Oncology Commission on Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, to discuss a historic win for global health: the…
TIME 100 and Beyond: Christian Happi on Science, Strategy, and Sovereignty
In this episode of Paul Talks Science, Dr. Paul Adepoju sits down with Professor Christian Happi—molecular biologist, genomic trailblazer, and one of TIME’s 100 most influential people. From his pioneering work on Ebola and COVID-19…
From Donors to DIY Vaccines—Africa’s Leap: Africa CDC DG, Dr Jean Kaseya
“From Donors to DIY Vaccines—Africa’s Leap” brings Africa CDC Director-General Dr Jean Kaseya onto Paul Talks Science with host Paul Adepoju. In a short candid conversation, Dr Kaseya explains why the continent is pivoting from…
Prof Oyewale Tomori Throw Away the Box
When U.S. funds abruptly dried up, Nigerian virologist Prof. Oyewale Tomori saw an unlikely gift: proof that Africa can—and must—stand on its own. In this episode, he tells host Paul Adepoju why the continent is…
Cell Counts and Bank Accounts: Mapping Cancer Risk
While roving the abstracts stand at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva (17 ‑ 19 September 2024), Paul Adepoju bumps into Swiss TPH PhD researcher Peace Ayeni and ends up unpacking a jaw‑dropping data set of 4.1 million…
S02E14: The Shrinking Malaria Map: Vaccines, Funding Shocks and Rising Horizon
On this World Malaria Day, host Paul Adepoju, PhD sits down with genomicist Dr Jane Carlton, Director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, for a candid look at how—and why—the global malaria map keeps…