Category Archives: 2019 speakers blog

Dr Adebisi Adedayo Adebisi (@AdebisiAdeday11), Lagos State University College of Medicine, is taking part in Soapbox Science Lagos on 23rd November with the talk: “Using medicinal plants to reduce the side effects of combined oral contraceptives” Soapbox Science: how did you … Continue reading →

Prof Francisca Nneka Okeke  (@Proffrancisca01), University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is taking part in Soapbox Science Lagos on 23rd November with the talk: “Women participation in the development of science and technology, towards sustainable development” Soapbox Science: how did you get to … Continue reading →

Dr Sylvia Onyinyechi Anyadoh-Nwadike (@SylvPet), Federal University of Technology Owerri, is taking part in Soapbox Science Lagos on 23rd November with the talk: “Are you afraid of Microorganisms?” This is an experience I have been longing to share which has kept me … Continue reading →

Akinlabi Olabisi Comfort (@bcyemi), University of Ibadan, is taking part in Soapbox Science Lagos on 23rd November with the talk: “Diarrhoea; a threat to infant life” As a Nigerian scientist, I always wonder why there are fewer women than men … Continue reading →

Vimbaishe Chibanga is a final year PhD candidate at the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University in Gold Coast, Australia. She is a biochemist and virologist studying the mechanisms by which human parainfluenza viruses bind to the sugar on our … Continue reading →

Brakemi Egbedi is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos. She obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the above named department, with a specialization in Fisheries. She has as her areas of interest: seafood … Continue reading →

Comment avez-vous obtenu votre poste actuel? Je m’appelle Annabel Chung et je suis diplômée en chimie de l’Université de Montréal. Je travaille depuis 2013 à Environnement et Changement climatique Canada comme agente scientifique pour l’Inventaire national des rejets de polluants. … Continue reading →

Originally published on July 22, 2019, by Adriana Cabanelas, in Portuguese, here by Dr Adriana Cabanelas The first thing I had to explain when I said I was going to speak at Soapbox Science had nothing to do with science, … Continue reading →

In June 2019, the organizing team for Soapbox Science Ottawa had the pleasure of visiting the McLean Lab where Soapbox Science speaker, Cat Czyrnyj works. Upon arrival at the lab, we were welcomed by Cat, her supervising professor Dr. Linda … Continue reading →

Cristina Alexandru is a PhD student in the engineering department at the University of Exeter where she carries out research on wireless power transfer technologies. Here she writes about how a talk at a conference attended by approximately 20,000 women … Continue reading →