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#STEMStories: Kiara Sofia, Neuro PhD, USA
Oct 14, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you what do you do? I’m a 4th year Neuroscience PhD student at Baylor College of Medicine and a happy member of the Daoyun Ji lab. I study the neuroplasticity underlying contextual fear memory in the schaffer collateral synapse in mice via tetrode recording. In other words, I study the changes in specific connections in a region of the brain called the hippocampus (i.e. region highly implicated...
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#STEMStories: Dr. Sarah, Post-doc Researcher, Australia
Oct 14, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you what do you do? Hey, I’m Sarah. I’m a post-doc researcher working on the genetics of neuromuscular diseases. These are really debilitating diseases of the nerve and muscle that impair movement, and are often fatal. Finding the causative mutation is really important for helping the patients and their families get the best care and discovering new treatments. I also work at a national...
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#STEMStories: Ying Wan Loh, Manufacturing Engineer, UK
Aug 25, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you, what do you do? Hello! My name is Ying Wan Loh and I am a manufacturing engineer. I have worked for Rolls-Royce in the civil aerospace division and soon to be joining McKinsey Operations as a junior specialist in manufacturing. As a manufacturing engineer, I use data to streamline production methods. In 2019, I won the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the...
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#STEMStories: Laila, PhD Student in Astrophysics, Germany
Aug 18, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you, what do you do? Hi, I am Laila Linke. I am a PhD student in astrophysics at the University of Bonn. My research interest lies in cosmology, which is the science of the origin and evolution of the Universe and its main components, such as the mysterious dark matter. I analyze data from gravitational lensing - a process by which dark matter changes the images of galaxies and from this hope to learn...
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#STEMStories: Dr. Nikki, PhD in Neuroscience, England
Aug 04, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you what do you do? Hi, I’m Dr. Nikki Buckner. I recently completed my PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Bristol, UK.During my PhD, I used molecular biology to study what happens inside brain cells which die in neurodegenerative illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease. I now work for the NHS (the National Health Service in the UK), in a Clinical Genetics Laboratory. I am a Genetic...
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#STEMStories: Joyonna, Scientist, USA
Aug 01, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you, and what do you do? Hi! I am Dr. Joyonna Gamble-George. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Biology with Honors in Mathematics from Xavier University of Louisiana, a Master of Health Administration from the University of South Florida College of Public Health, and a PhD in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University. During my doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University, I became an...
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