The Language Exchange is a place where poets and scientists meet to share ideas and create new work. In each episode a poet will sit down with a scientist to find out more about a specific piece of research. The poet will then write a brand new poem inspired by their discussion.

Here, poet Liz Berry meets scientist Buzz Baum. Liz Berry's poetry has examined the joy and anguish of motherhood. In this programme, Liz will be thinking about the very beginnings of life as she sits down with Buzz Baum at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Buzz studies cell division, the process where one cell becomes two.

Liz Berry won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2014 for her debut collection 'Black Country'. Her latest collection is 'The Republic of Motherhood'

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