Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucci - If I Fall Behind, I'll Fall Into Torpor
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Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucci narrates her speculative fiction blog about a future where academics face enforced hibernation due to climate collapse.
Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucc narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Tatiana's blog is not what you might expect. It is a speculative fiction, set in a near future where AI-driven energy demands and climate collapse have forced governments to ration heating and power, and academics have been classified as non-essential. The only escape from enforced hibernation, which the world calls "the long sleep", is to prove your research is exceptional enough to warrant the electricity. Tatiana's narrator is hours from her exemption panel interview, performing a protein assay to calm her nerves, and asking herself whether she is "there yet". The neuroscience is real: the history of torpor research, the compounds that could induce it, the brain regions involved. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-if-i-fall-behind-ill-fall-into-torpor/ -- Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucci is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCL's Institute of Neurology, Dementia Research Centre and UK Dementia Research Institute, studying the turnover of proteins relevant to neurodegeneration. She holds an Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship and is part of a Race Against Dementia team, having completed her…
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Guest: Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucci
Topics covered
- speculative fiction
- AI-driven energy demands
- climate collapse
- neuroscience
- research exemption
- protein assay
Keywords
- Dementia Researcher
- AI
- climate change
- neuroscience
- torpor research
- protein turnover
- academic challenges
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UCL's Institute of Neurology, Dementia Research Centre, UK Dementia Research Institute, Alzheimer's Association, Race Against Dementia
Books & works: If I Fall Behind, I'll Fall Into Torpor
Places: Medellín, Colombia
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