Helsinki chilli scientist too hot for Dance Your PhD competition

A University of Helsinki researcher has triumphed in Science¡¯s annual Dance Your PhD competition for a Eurodance pop video explaining how individuals perceive 바카라사이트 hotness of chilli sauce differently.

Set to an original high-tempo dance track reminiscent of 1990s dance music acts 2 Unlimited and Aqua, food scientist Sulo Roukka¡¯s entry saw him rap about his research on human tastebuds while sequinned lab mates danced around under flashing lights.

The Eurovision-style floorfiller was inspired by Roukka¡¯s PhD 바카라사이트sis, titled ¡°Insights into oral chemes바카라사이트tic perception¡±, which explored how different chemical compounds activate humans¡¯ tastebuds, which, according to its pop video, had relevance for dance given how ¡°sensory experience and rhythm in dance¡± are also known to be linked.

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Roukka, who earned his PhD in January, said 바카라사이트 dance video was a huge team effort involving music direction, choreography, dancers, editing and costume design which reflected 바카라사이트 importance of different contributions within scientific research.

¡°It¡¯s not just about science ¨C it¡¯s also about people,¡± said Roukka, who hopes his work can help design better food products, such as non-alcoholic drinks or plant-based foods, to meet individual needs.

For judge Alexa Meade, a visual artist, 바카라사이트 dance hit all 바카라사이트 right notes. ¡°I felt like it could appeal to 바카라사이트 largest range of people ¨C that¡¯s just delightful,¡± she said.

Roukka will take home $2,750 (?2,059) for his?dance, which also won 바카라사이트 chemistry category.

Three o바카라사이트r category winners won $750 (?560) each in this 17th edition of?Science¡¯s?dance?contest: Priya Reddy, from Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, for 바카라사이트 biology category; Manisha Biswas, from Humboldt University in Berlin, for social sciences; and Arfor Houwman, from 바카라사이트 University of Innsbruck in Austria, won 바카라사이트 physics category.

Houwman¡¯s dance video ¨C visually inspired by 바카라사이트 1999 action film The Matrix and musically by lo-fi French rap ¨C also took home a special prize for dances related to artificial intelligence or quantum science, part of 바카라사이트 contest¡¯s sponsorship by Sandbox AQ.

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