Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry

Jasmina Wiemann is a groundbreaking molecular paleobiologist with wide interests in the fossilization of biological molecules and the chemical signatures they carry. She is currently an Agouron Institute Fellow at the University of Chicago, Department of Geophysical Sciences and is also a Research Affiliate at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Jasmina’s research actively contributes to the new “Molecular Revolution” of the paleontological sciences by developing creative new molecular experiments and building a mechanistic understanding of organo-mineral interactions on Earth and in Space, "drilling down" to the origin of life itself.

LINKS
Jasmina Wiemann's website
More Jasmina
Jasmina on Researchgate
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Derek Briggs Burgess Shale fossils
Jacob Vinther Paleobiologist
Melanosome -Pigment and color in organisms
Raman Spectroscopy explained
Don't be scared of the Tully Monster
What a cute little creature... Opabnia
Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
This is how it's done: Raman Spectroscopy
Liquid Chromatography gets you deeper!
Bird eggshell pigments paper on Nature.com
Brood parasites; is that really YOUR egg?
What chickens lay blue eggs?
Metabolic Rates
Reactive Oxygen Species: Warning, It’s complicated!

MUSIC
Colugo by the Ratfish Wranglers
Dayte by Whiskey Class
Clove by Patrick Troll 
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