Lab Heroes Awards 2025 Nominees

Focused, scientific, brilliant "I would like to nominate my lab hero because his dedication, innovation, and guidance have had a transformative impact on my early research...

Catalyst, backbone, mentor "Quirin joined my lab as a Postdoc supported by his own grant at a time when we had recently relocated to our new institute. From the very beginning, he...

Supervises 4 masters students and 3 Phd students "Vadim is an exceptional researcher, who goes above and beyond when supervising and helping his students. He will work on the...

Positive, perceptive, powerful "Scientific Success: Zsofia is a Hungarian superstar who joined my lab at the very beginning of my independent career. She moved to Scotland during...

Exceptional, impactful, inspiring "I am delighted to nominate my PhD student Marianne Courgeon for the Lab Heroes Award. She is an exceptionally dedicated and gifted young...

Wise, Ingenious, Attentive "Dr. Kai-Yi Wang has been a postdoctoral fellow in my laboratory since 2023, and in this short time she has become an essential pillar of our scientific...

Dedicated, knowledgeable, stubborn "It is with great enthusiasm that I nominate our technician, Ms. Diana Steinhart, for the Lab Hero Award. Diana is the person who makes sure...

Helpful, entertaining, clever "I want to nominate Robert, because he is such an enrichment to our lab. He has worked since 2015 in the Larkum Lab and is not only a Post Doc, no,...

Leader, hard-worker, smart "She is trying to make true change in the world. She is a kind leader and also persevering, strong-willed and determined. She is the kind of PI who...

Dedicated, creative, supportive "I knew Wael since 2015, since then we have been involved in much partnership research projects. Our collaboration varied between basic...

Supportive, creative, knowledgeable "I’m excited to nominate Dr. Nasrollah Moradikor for the Lab Heroes Awards 2025. Nasrollah is currently working as principal investigator and...

Essential, puzzle-wizard, dedicated "Raymond is an exceptionally skilled organic chemist and a true problem solver. He’s the go-to person whenever an experiment doesn’t go as...

Curious, Helpful, fearless "I want to nominate Maria because she brings a unique combination of brilliance and heart to the lab. She approaches every challenge with curiosity and...

Creative, insightful, dedicated "Clarisse is the kind of colleague who quietly but profoundly transforms the atmosphere of a lab. As a postDoc researcher working to decode the...

Diligence, precision, collaborative "I would like to nominate Elisabeth because she is a dedicated problem solver and an excellent team leader. The lab would not be the same...

Visionary, leader, creative "Esau is one of those scientists who utilizes every resource available to creatively give the best possible insight regarding a research question. He...

Hardworking, hopeful, meticulous "In the world of scientific research, progress is built on three pillars: tenacity, curiosity, and collaboration. We are incredibly fortunate to...

Supportive, helpful, kind "He has helped me with both scientific and non-scientific work in the lab." Nominated by Ghazala Rahman, Ion channel biology lab/Department of...

Smart, dedicated and an excellent researcher "Because she is the best scientist that I know. She is smart, dedicated, proactive and help ALL of us in our lab. She helps to...

Essential, awesome, unstoppable "I recruited Abi in my lab to set up a brand-new research model, stem cells, in a lab that uses zebrafish day in day out. I had my worry that she...