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Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu, chemist

Michael Berkeley's guest is the chemist Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu.

Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu has dedicated her career to studying nanoparticles, finding ways to carry medicines to parts of the body that are notoriously hard to reach, such as the back of the eye and the brain, while causing fewer side-effects.

She鈥檚 Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London, President of Wolfson College Cambridge and was appointed a DBE in the King鈥檚 New Years Honours List last year.

She鈥檚 also written a book called Chain Reaction: the Wondrous Chemistry of Everyday Life, in which she blends explanations of the science that surrounds us with moments of personal memoir.

Ijeoma's music list includes Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach and Johann Strauss.

Presenter Michael Berkeley
Producer Clare Walker

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1 hour, 26 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Apr 2026 12:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    An der schonen, blauen Donau (the Blue Danube) Waltz Op. 314

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
    • Johann Strauss - Waltzes & Polkas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze (Cantata no.208)

    Music Arranger: Egon Petri. Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Motherland.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ray Evans

    Mona Lisa

    Composer: Jay Livingston. Singer: Nat King Cole.
    • Nat & Peggy (Forever Together) 30 Classic Love Songs.
    • Play Digital.
    • 1.

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Variations for cello and orchestra (Introduction; Variations 1-4)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Jon Hiseman. Performer: Gary Moore.
    • Variations.
    • MCA RECORDS.
    • 001.

  • Trad.

    The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O!

    Singer: Alison Moyet.
    • Voice (Re-Issue 鈥� Deluxe Edition).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 7.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Conductor: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Paul Desmond

    Take Five

    Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • Hits of the World 1960-61.
    • Polygram.
    • 16.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K.459 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 19.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 4.

  • Nina Simone

    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

    • The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967 - 1972 - Sugar in My Bowl.
    • RCA.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Apr 2026 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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