We were delighted to talk to Dr. Severn B. Churn (Ben), program director at NINDS, USA. We spoke to Ben about his current work and what his role involves, his lifelong interest in science, his advice for scientists thinking about pursuing a career outside of academia, and more...
In our next Interviews with Scientists, we were delighted to speak with Dr Eugene Eng Leng Shaw from Boston University. We caught up with him to hear about his research on the heart, how COVID-19 has affected him, his advice for PhD students and more...
It was great to catch up with past travel award winner Sonia Shah recently and speak to her more about her current research, passion for science, the biggest lessons she’s learned in her career so far, and more...
Myrthe Mampay is investigating the impact of psychological and pathological stress on synaptic plasticity and cognitive function at the Centre of Stress and Age-Related Disease (STRAND) at the University of Brighton, UK . We chatted to Myrthe to find out more about her work, what she does when she’s not stressing out about researching the effects of stress and more...
Nikolaos Doumpas is a post-doctoral researcher in genetics and molecular biology at the Institute of Molecular Life Sciences (IMLS), University of Zurich. Nikolaos shared with us his current research, career to date, advice for fellow scientists and more...
Cancer researcher Dr Lahiru Gangoda is working on improving treatment outcomes for melanoma patients at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia. We spoke to Lahiru about her current research, the biggest lessons she’s learned in her career so far, and more...
Listed in the prestigious 30 under 30 list in Forbes magazine, Daniel Almeida is a PhD student at McGill University, studying the molecular impacts of severe childhood abuse on the brain. A mental health advocate and educator, Daniel shared with us his passion for science and more...
Dr Concetta di Natale is an IBSA 2019 Research Fellow at the Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca sui Biomateriali (CRIB) in Italy, focusing on neurodegeneration and pain-related phenomena. She told us about her past and present research, the scientists she most admires and her advice for early career researchers...
It was our pleasure to speak with Daniel Austria, a PhD candidate at the University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research, working on Alzheimer's Disease. Daniel shared with us his research, passions, advice and the lessons he's learnt during his PhD...
Summer Rosonovski is a third year PhD researcher investigating the mysterious i-motif DNA structure at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, UK. We loved chatting to her about her research, passion for science, and more...
