Last month, we were delighted to be sponsoring and exhibiting at ENCODS 2019: a two-day event providing a platform for early-career neuroscientists from different backgrounds to meet fellow students and make connections with internationally renowned scientists. Here’s our round up of highlights from the two days!
Looking for the best advice and top tips on presentation skills and public speaking? The inspirational Dr Emily Grossman gave a fantastic presentation skills workshop at ENCODS2019 - find out what she said and take that first step to becoming a brilliant science communicator yourself...
We met Célia Domingos at ENCODS 2019 last month, where she was one of the five scientists to benefit from our fee waiver sponsorship. It was great to catch up with her for our Interviews with Scientists series, and speak more about her work, the challenges facing life scientists, her advice for those just starting out with their PhD and more...
Meet Dr. Gilda Stefanelli in our next Interviews with Scientists! Gilda is a postdoc in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga working under the supervision of Dr. Iva Zovkic. She advocates for women in STEM and is in the process of founding a non-profit organization to help women pursue a career in science in difficult countries. Find out more about Gilda and her work...
Meet Oli Steele! Oli is a PhD student at the University of Sussex in the Penn Lab. His work is part of the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Center, and centres on the electrophysiological impact of different Apolipoprotein E isoforms. Find out more about Oli...
Kate O'Neill is a postdoctoral researcher working at the University of Maryland, College Park and is studying the role of the cytoskeleton in primary neurons and astrocytes. Find out about how she plans to use her Hello Bio travel award...
Next in our interviews with scientists, meet Abi Abrahams! Abi is currently a neuroscience PhD student at the University of Nottingham as part of the BBSRC Doctoral Training Programme. Abi told us about her work, her volunteering at The Loop and more...
We were delighted to sponsor a travel award for delegates of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Meeting 2019. The winner is Francesca Managò, a researcher working at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), in Italy. Find out more about Francesca's work and her trip to Australia...
Next in our Interviews with Scientists, we speak to Fabien Naneix. Fabien is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour at the University of Leicester, UK, and we were delighted that he agreed to share his thoughts and research with us...
Our latest travel award winner is Bo Li, a Research Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto - find out more about his work, and his plans to visit ISSCR2019 in Los Angeles...
