Articles by Sam Roome PhD

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Paige Mumford

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Paige Mumford

Meet our latest Early Career Scientist Grant winner! Paige is a Research Assistant and PhD Student at the University College London Dementia Research Institute. Find out more about Paige, and what she plans to spend her grant money on...

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020 Runner-Up: Dr. Abiola Isawumi

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020 Runner-Up: Dr. Abiola Isawumi

Meet the first of our Lab Heroes AwardsTM 2020 runners-up, Dr. Abiola Isawumi, who received 16 nominations from current and former work colleagues who told us about his passionate commitment to teaching and the calm nature and motivational words he brings to the lab...

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020 Winner: Katarina Ilić

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020 Winner: Katarina Ilić

Meet our Lab Heroes AwardsTM 2020 winner, Katarina Ilić, who received an incredible 93 nominations for her determination, passion for science, teaching skills, work ethic, knowledge, professionalism, resourcefulness, dedication, willingness to help and more...

Meet The Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020 Winners

Meet The Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020 Winners

The winners of our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020 have been announced!

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Amanda Gleixner

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Amanda Gleixner

Meet our latest Early Career Scientist Grant winner! Amanda has recently transitioned into a Research Assistant Professor position at the University of Pittsburgh and is excited to develop her independent research program. Find out more about Amanda, and what she plans to spend her grant money on...

Nominations Are Open For The Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020!

Nominations Are Open For The Lab Heroes Awards™ 2020!

That’s right life scientists, it’s that time of year again - our Lab Heroes AwardsTM are back for 2020.These awards are your chance to celebrate the scientists who make a real difference to you, your life, and your work. Find out how to nominate your Lab Hero!

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Facts & Reasons: a rising platform which fights scientific misinformation

Facts & Reasons: a rising platform which fights scientific misinformation

Facts & Reasons is a platform that fights scientific misinformation by investigating and explaining the truth behind click-bait “science” articles in mass media. We spoke to the cofounders Kamil Wolanin and Ambra Villani to find out more...

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Marie Labouesse

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Marie Labouesse

Meet our first ever Early Career Scientist Grant winner! Marie is a post-doctoral researcher at Columbia University, New York, USA working in Christoph Kellendonk’s group. Find out more about Marie, and what she plans to spend her grant money on...

Scientist Talks: Heema Vyas

Scientist Talks: Heema Vyas

Next up in our Scientist Talks video series, we chatted to Heema Vyas. Heema is a fourth-year PhD student at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute at the University of Wollongong in Australia. We spoke to Heema about her current research, her experience of managing her mental wellbeing during her PhD, and her advice for new PhD students when it comes to balancing mental health and wellbeing in the academic environment.

Scientist Talks: Professor Stuart Maudsley

Scientist Talks: Professor Stuart Maudsley

Next in our Scientist Talks video series, we speak to Professor Stuart Maudsley, the Odysseus Professor of Receptor Pharmacology at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. We spoke to Stuart about the importance of motivation in science research, why it’s easy for scientists to become demotivated, and how he motivates himself and his team.