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Toby Fountain (@toby_fountain) is Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Ecology at Uppsala University and joined RealScientists in May. One of the highlights was Toby’s easy-to-grok genetics lesson carried out with simple coloured markers on paper....
Gabriela Romero (@Reina_Remis) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and joined RealScientists in mid-May. We were lucky enough to learn that parasites can be cute! Proof: During my PhD I...
Ritu Raman (@DrRituRaman) is a engineer, writer, educator and postdoc MIT, and joined RealScientists towards the end of April. Ritu introduced us to her passion, #biobots – robots that use biological materials. Remember, this can...
April saw us welcome Christine Corbett Moran (@Corbett/@astro_corbett) to Real Scientists. Christine is a National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech. Christine began by sharing with us her amazing experiences working...
Jenny Martin (@Jenny_STEM) is a professor and Director of the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery at Griffith University and joined Real Scientists at the end of March. We were first treated to the story of...
Philipp Schiffer (@evolgenomology) joined Real Scientists at the end of February and is a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University College London researching evolution based on the development of marine worms. https://twitter.com/realscientists/status/836157537355509760 It sure has it’s moments Philipp!...
Nancy Miorelli (@SciBugs) is a Guide and Science Communicator at the Maquipucuna Reserve and Ecolodge in Ecuador and joined RealScientists in early March. As well as talking about conservation and life in Ecuador, Nancy...
César A. Urbina-Blanco (@Cesapo) is a postdoctoral researcher in sustainable chemistry and CO2 utilization in the Laboratory for Chemical Technology of Ghent University, and joined Real Scientists in March. César began his week by diving straight into...
Beginning on March 12, RealScientists hosted a special event with 3 brainy curators to celebrate Brain Awareness Week. We began with Sophie Scott (@sophiescott), Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL in London. Conversations generated around...
Mid-February saw us welcome Jennifer Tsang (@jw_tsang), microbiologist and postdoctoral research fellow at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Jennifer began with some discussions on the dire problem of antibiotic resistance,...