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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Your brain is amazing: Meet Caroline Hartley
Your brain is amazing. Whilst just a collection of cells, it is these cells that allow us to be creative, to build memories, and to respond and interact with everything else in the world. I’m interested in finding out how … Continue reading
More than a white lab coat and Birkenstocks: meet Verena Kriechbaumer
Verena Kriechbaumer is a researcher in the plant cell biology group at Oxford Brookes University. Her current project tries to get plants to clean up methane from soil such as ex-landfill sites or rice paddy fields. Why is that important and how … Continue reading
Happening against all the odds: Meet Susan Canney
Dr Susan Canney (@CanneySusan) is a research associate at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. Her research focusses on understanding the as a means to find ways for humans and nature to co-exist and thrive. Susan will be standing … Continue reading
Blood vessels shouldn’t be hard as teeth, and other stories: Meet Dr. Irina Velsko
Irina Velsko is a postdoc at the University of Oxford studying ancient dental calculus, how the oral microbiome has changed over time, and how this has played a role in the rise of “diseases of civilization”. She’s passionate about promoting … Continue reading
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You don’t need a PhD to be extremely successful in science: Meet Rebecca Hemingway
Rebecca Hemingway (@beckyhemingway9) is a scientist at the Met Office where she carries out research and works on the development of the Hazard Impact Model. Here she tells us about how she got into this fascinating and challenging role and why … Continue reading
Stop misrepresenting how science works: Meet Rebecca Thompson
Dr Rebecca Thompson (@Bex_16) is a researcher at the Astbury BioStructure Laboratory, University of Leeds, helping other scientists to use state-of-the-art electron microscopes to look at the protein machines that drive life. Rebecca will be standing on our soapbox on … Continue reading
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Stand your ground: Meet Jessica Davies
By Dr Jessica Davies Jessica is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on understanding the genetic risk of multiple sclerosis. Come hear Jessica’s talk – “From DNA to disease: how single letter changes in our genetic code can … Continue reading
Identifying super-recogniser officers in Police ranks: Meet Anna Bobak
Anna Bobak (@akbobak) is a Research Fellow in psychology based at Bournemouth University. Anna’s work focuses on face recognition, specifically in those who never forget a face: super-recognisers. Anna will be standing on a soapbox in Oxford on the 18th … Continue reading
The best possible thing to do on a Saturday afternoon: Meet Regan Early
Dr. Regan Early is a Lecturer in Conservation Biology at the University of Exeter. She studies the effect of human activity on wildlife all around the world. Come and see her in Exeter on the 11th of June where she … Continue reading
Entrench the Athena SWAN’s aims into the fabric of institutions: Meet Olivia Champion
Olivia Champion is a research fellow in molecular pathogenesis at the University of Exeter and recently commercialized some of her research to become co-founder and CEO of a University of Exeter spin out company called BioSystems Technology. Here she tells … Continue reading