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Science is definitely for everyone: meet Hannah Wallace

Hannah Wallace is a PhD candidate in Dr. Rod Russell’s Lab in the division of Biomedical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University. Hannah’s project is called “Pyroptosis: A Pathogenic Assault or a Mechanism of Protection?” which she … Continue reading

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There is always something new to learn: Meet Maria Kahlert

Maria Kahlert is an Associate Professor in biology with specialisation in ecology. Her research focuses on freshwater benthic algae; their biodiversity, how they are regulated by environmental factors, and how they can be used as biomonitors in lakes and streams. Maria … Continue reading

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That time I tried to discuss science with shoppers: Meet Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez

Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez is a Spanish particle physicist that works at Uppsala University in Sweden where she teaches physics in the Department of Engineering Sciences. Now a member of the ATLAS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) since 2018, … Continue reading

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What is there to know about pig parasites?: Meet Emelie Pettersson

Emelie Pettersson is a veterinarian and a PhD student at the National Veterinary Institute and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. After graduating with a veterinary degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2008 she spent almost nine years … Continue reading

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Barriers are there to be broken: Meet Ijeoma F. Uchegbu

Professor Ijeoma F. Uchegbu is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at the UCL School of Pharmacy and teaches students how to become pharmacists.  She does research on pharmaceutical polymers, working on molecules that she and her group have designed and … Continue reading

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Conciliating experimental psychology and family life

Dr Angela Rowe is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.  She completed her undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology at Cardiff University (1996) and stayed there to do a PhD in social cognitive … Continue reading

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