Author Archives: Isla Watton

Julia Potocnjak, University of Colorado- Boulder, took part in the first ever Soapbox Science Boulder event on 7th April 2019, with the talk:“Gummy Bears don’t wear Genes! How Genetics Works”       Soapbox Science: What, or who, inspired you to get a … Continue reading →

Dr Danielle Solomon (@df_solomon), Institute for Global Health, University College London is taking part in Soapbox Science London on 25th May with the talk: “Using research to understand sexual health”         What a scientist looks like By Danielle Solomon … Continue reading →

Professor Frances A Edwards, University College London, is taking part in Soapbox Science London on 25th May 2019 with the talk: “It takes two to tangle; scientists trying to understand Alzheimer’s disease”         So much for parental expectations … Continue reading →

Eugenia Pyurbeeva (part of @lab_mol), Queen Mary University of London, is taking part in Soapbox Science London on 25th May 2019 with the talk:“Heat engines: from steam trains to using quantumness as a resource”       Soapbox Science: How did … Continue reading →

Janneke Keemink is a researcher at the Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University. She obtained her PhD at KU Leuven in Belgium and moved to Sweden afterwards to do a postdoc. Her research focuses on the performance of oral drug formulations … Continue reading →

Efthymia Kyriakopoulou is an Assistant Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Before joining SLU  she has had positions at the University of Luxembourg, University of Gothenburg and at the Beijer Institute. Her research concerns e.g. environmental policy, … Continue reading →

Dr Stella Manoli (@StellaManoli1), University of Southampton, is taking part in Soapbox Science Brighton on 1st June with the talk: “Light my way”           Soapbox Science: What attracted you to Soapbox Science in the first place – and what are … Continue reading →

Fiona Scott (@fi0n0), Sussex Drug Discovery Centre, University of Sussex, is taking part in Soapbox Science Brighton on 1st June 2019 with the talk:“Medicinal Chemistry vs. BakeOff”       Soapbox Science: What attracted you to Soapbox Science in the first place … Continue reading →

Dr. Mariana Alarcón-Correa, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, is taking part in Soapbox Science Munich on 1st June 2019 with the talk: “Autonomos nanorobots. Science fiction or real life?“  Watch here video interview here:

Dr. Estefania Munoz Diaz, miniVERSUM Akademie / German AerospaceCenter (DLR), is taking part in Soapbox Science Munich on 1st June 2019 with the talk: “The future will be digital. Do you understand robots?“      Soapbox Science Munich: What challenges do you … Continue reading →