Lab Heroes Gallery

The Lab Hero Awards 2017 celebrates the unsung heroes of the lab - those special scientists that really make a difference. If you haven't already nominated someone - there's still time. Find out how to nominate. Here are the nominees so far...

Dr Trevor Wardill


Trevor Wardill is the ideal candidate for this award as he demonstrates outstanding commitment to creating a supportive structure for anyone who wishes to work with him. Despite being a busy...

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Dr Mick Craig


Mick is a great supervisor for the whole team, both motivational and supportive. His personal philosophy is to encourage peoples’ academic development, with every member of...


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Dr.Sooraj V. Nair


I knew about Dr. Sooraj as my lab senior since 2015, since then he had been a good friend, a great senior and good pharmacologist. He guided me through the initial process, he was instrumental...

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Ilona Nowak


Ilona is our lab hero who not only helps ensure the smooth running of our lab and perform experiments for multiple projects but also brings sunshine to the lab with her cheerful...


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Agnes E Haggerty


Aggie is my daily inspiration in the lab for multiple reasons. She is the greatest advocate for accuracy and experimental repetitions, magnificent defender of scientific logic and the relevance of...

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Mafalda Cacciottolo


Mafalda has been a mentor to me throughout my tenure in lab. Despite the fact she is a post-doc with her own experiments and students to manage she has always...


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Pinggan Li


Pinggan (Jennifer) is a true asset to the lab! She has only recently joined our lab, but she is already an integral member. She hit the ground running and learned as many new techniques as she...

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Atom J. Lesiak


It is with great pleasure that I nominate Dr. Atom Lesiak (they pronouns) as a Lab Hero. As a graduate student in the UW MSTP (Medical Student Training Program), Dr. Lesiak has been an influential mentor...

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Paola V. Figueroa-Delgado


Paola is an excellent student that will do her best regardless of any circumstance. She is determined to make contributions in the field of science, especially in neuroscience. Her...

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Antoine Almonte


Antoine has worked in my lab for just over three years. In that time, he has helped move our research in many exciting directions and has proven to be a tremendous asset to our...


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John Hayes & Maria Cristina Picardo


John and Maria are senior scientists in the Del Negro Lab. They are highly experienced and always eager to share their knowledge with...


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Rosana Molina


Rosana is a bright, funny, and hardworking PhD student in our lab. When I first started working at Molecular Motion I was new to lab work and kind of shaky. I didn't believe that...


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Min Liu


It gives me great pleasure to support the nominee’s application for The Hello Bio Lab Heroes Awards 2017. As the nominee 's supervisor during her PhD, I have...

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Ning Yao


Dr. Ning Yao works on a collaborative project within a program that promotes international cooperation in research and higher education. Thanks to his efforts and dedication to research, we now...
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Yan Wang


Dr. Wang is a clinically trained opthalmologist who joined by laboratory 13 years ago after her family immigrated to the USA. She currently serves as a research...

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Wijnand van Paassen


He makes everything for everyone possible in the lab.




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Fiorenza Stagni


Is always supportive; Constantly puts in dedicated effort in the lab; Plays a fundamental role in the research carried out at my laboratory; Has brilliant and innovative ideas regarding the future perspectives ...

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Thomas Olivier


If you need his help he will be there for you. If an equipment has a software problem he will fix it. If your ...




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Dr Swarnendra Singh


He is the person, who came to our mind when we read your email. He makes science exciting and always tries to generate enthusiasm with his works and...


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Khadija Ghanam


To provide innovative products and services to reduce time, cost, and risk in the drug discovery process, with integrity, collaborating...



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Kimberley Evans


Our lab manager keeps amazing records of our stocks, experiments and manages the transgenic colonies. She ensures that the health and...


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Dr Emma Yhnell


Dr Emma Yhnell is a Health and Care Research Wales Fellow at Cardiff University, she is pioneering novel clinical research to investigate how computer-based...

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Irene Sebastianutto


Irene Sebastianutto is definitely the most tenacious, motivated and passionate person I have ever met in science.
Irene is unstoppable in her...

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Anthony West


Tony is a great scientist and an amazing mentor. teaches us honesty and transparency in our work, and is patient while working with everyone in the lab. everyday...

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Dr Andrew Beekman


With great power, comes great responsibility." What do you get when you take a man with a beard, an incredible mind and an ability to perform...

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Didier Letourneur


Didier Letourneur, Engineer in Material Sciences, PhD in Chemistry from Paris North University, is Research Director at CNRS. Since 2014, he is the...


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Prof. Angela Cenci Nilsson


Prof. Angela Cenci Nilsson is the true lab hero in our group. She is a world leader in the research field of Parkinson’s disease and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia...

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Hannah Walker


Hannah is one of those rare finds; she is a technician that has been in her current post for 17 years. She has shown complete loyalty to the leader of our...

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Elena Shcherbakova


Elena Shcherbakova joined my research group at Bowling Green State University as a Ph.D. candidate in 2012. Her doctoral research focused on the...
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Mo Rassul


Mo is the nicest PhD I have ever met. He is always helpful, and looking to help. He is always on call if you need anything, and looks to make lab life easier...
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Masahiro Otsu


Masa is always available to help, whether it is something simple like helping you problem solve or something complex like helping to...

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Paola Bonsi


I would like to name Paola Bonsi as my lab hero because she is really the soul of the Lab. She can motivate people, teach them a lot of things...

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Dr Thomas Piers


We would all be buried under piles of old Eppendorf tips and tubes, tissue culture bottles, old cells, gels and plates if Tom were as disorganized...
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Kate Fisher


I would like to nominate Kate because our lab would not be such a smooth running, happy lab without her. Kate is the loveliest person to work with...
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Giulia Antognolli


The best pre-doc student ever had!


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Sibylle Bechet


Sibylle is one of the best researchers I have ever met, not only in terms of technique...
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Anne Catrin Rakete


Best technical assistance, always supportive, makes the lab a great place to work.

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Magdalena Julkowska


Magda is super Post-Doc and an absolutely amazing person to is always on call if you need anything, and looks to make lab life easier...
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Dean Hallam


I am nominating Dr. Hallam for the following reasons:
Is always supportive...
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Laura Stafman


I am the undergraduate in the lab so it would be easy to treat me as unimportant. Laura, however...


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Elena Kutsarova


Elena is always helping all the other members of the lab to do their...


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Austin Coley


Austin's research focuses on postsynaptic density 95 (PSD-95), a highly abundant protein that is involved...
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Androniki Raftogianni


It is my pleasure to nominate Dr. Androniki (Niki) Raftogianni for the Lab Heroes...

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Joseph Collin


I'd like to nominate Dr. Collin for the following reasons;

Is always supportive and ready to help his colleagues...

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Eriola Hoxha


Eriola is a very talented researcher. She's also a very nice person who loves teaching her students...



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Ameya Kasture


too many reasons, to name a few:
1) very kind and always, always...



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Kristina Schulz


always supportive...




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Sotiris Kakanos


Sotiris is a great science-problem listener. He has a real passion for problem solving and engineering. Any difficulty...
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Mr Rakesh Kumar Majhi


Did excellent work with good publications.
* Did it in a new lab in a new...

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Gabriele Baj


always supportive of colleagues in order to make the lab a great place to work!

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Salah Hooman


Working non-stop and multitasking.


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Yung-Feng Liao


Work very hard to find a new potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease.




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Jaehyun Lee


She have cared most of lab works including administration, financial and experimental stuffs.



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Vipin Sharma


Vipin Sharma has evolved from being from skilled person to being an expert in the field of pharmacology & toxicology. I had been with him for 2 years...

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Loredan Stefan Niculescu


He is loyal, smart, funny. He always helps everyone. Despite the fact that he is the best colleague anyone could ever...


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Arijit Biswas


Strong intellect & motivation power to bring out the best from the group. Dr Biswas is involved with almost every research group at the institute...


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Bart Nieuwenhuis


Looking at the Hello Bio lab hero criteria, I cannot help but share with you about a person who transformed not only mine and everyone else's experiences in my lab...

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Dr Gabriele Lignani


Gabriele has been my mentor since 2011. He was a last-year PhD student when I was just a second year Bachelor’s Degree student and he welcomed me not only...

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Sisi Chen


Dr. Sisi Chen is an outstanding young investigator. She is capable of well-performing a series of



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Edenia de Cunha Menezes


Psychiatry and Early Neurodevelopment Lab, University of Iowa, USA When Edenia first joined our neurodevelopment lab, she...


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Vanessa Charrier


It is my great pleasure to write this letter in support of Vanessa Charrier’s application for the Lab Hero Arward 2017. I have been working with Vanessa for many years now...

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