Articles by Sam Roome PhD

Like many professions, life scientists are finding themselves in an unprecedented situation right now as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts scientific research around the world. We've spoken to some members of our life science community in the UK, USA and Europe to find out what the impact on their research has been, how they’re planning on spending their time away from the lab productively, what they’ve learned from this global situation, and what words of advice and encouragement they have for fellow scientists around the world.

We’re delighted to speak to final year PhD student Sophie Prosolek, a passionate science communicator and champion for public engagement. We spoke to Sophie about her scientific research, mental health in academia, how her creativity and science complement each other, and more...

With all of the uncertainty around the world at this time, we want to do our very best to ensure that researchers around the world will still have access to our products, protecting the continuity and integrity of their research, where they are still able to do it. We have compiled some FAQs that might help to address some of your immediate practical concerns...

Dörte Schulte is a researcher working at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and is researching the role of the VEGFC/VEGFR3 pathway in lymphatic development. The award will help fund her trip to the Gordon Research Conference “The Growth and Function of Lymphatics for Therapeutic Targeting During Development and Disease”.

Need advice on writing a scientific paper? For a lot of scientists the task of putting pen to paper can feel daunting. To help you prepare and write your next scientific paper with ease, we’ve spoken to our fantastic community of life scientists around the world and put together this Life Scientist's Guide to Writing Scientific Papers. Enjoy!

Cintia Stival is a postdoctoral researcher working at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario in Argentina. Her research fouces on on how mammalian sperm get ready to fertilize an oocyte in a process called “capacitation”. The award will help fund her trip to the American Society of Andrology annual meeting in Philadelphia, USA

If you have students considering entering iGEM 2020, then this interview with the 2019 gold medalists will give you valuable information about the experience and process...

Meet Gabrielle Todd, Lab Manager of The Scimemi Lab at the University at Albany, and one of our two Lab Heroes Awards^TM 2019 Runners-Up! Gabrielle received glowing nominations from her lab colleagues, who told us how incredibly supportive, positive and hardworking she is. We chatted to her to find out more...

Now it's time to meet Dr Irfan Khan, one of our two Lab Heroes Awards^TM 2019 Runners-Up! Irfan received some fantastic nominations from his colleagues at the Stem Cell Lab, PCMD, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Science in Pakistan. They told us what a great supervisor and scientist he is, and we chatted to him to find out more...

Meet our Lab Heroes Awards^TM 2019 winner, Jaana van Gastel, who received so many incredible nominations from her colleagues who described her motivation, efficiency, hard work, supportive nature, knowledge, dedication, academic achievements, leadership capabilities and more...