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University of Auckland PhD student, Luling Lin, pops up to Breakfast to chat with Rachel about her research into paediatrics, focusing on early nutrition for preterm babies at the Liggins Institute at Auckland University. She’ll be talking about her research at a free public lecture at the Liggins Institute in Grafton tomorrow evening, Better brains or life-long health – is there a trade-off for at-risk babies?

Dr. Rebecca Deed from the University of Auckland's School of Chemical and School of Biological Sciences joins Rachel to talk wine, a mysterious and magical union of compounds. Dr. Rebecca's talk at Raising the Bar, From rotten eggs to passionfruit – the pungent world of wine sulfur compounds, will help you figure out why your wines might smell like beautiful berries or stinky asparagus.

We're talking robots, and healthcare with Craig Sutherland from the University of Auckland. He's here to give us the low down on where robots are helpful, what they can be used for and should we be worried about them taking over the world?

The University of Auckland is starting a new degree in Design and Rachel chats to Deb Polson, who is the appointed head of the faculty and is currently in the midst of developing the programme. Rachel and Deb discuss how this new degree fits into the University as it currently stands. Exciting things on the horizon, as it seems.