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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hi! I’m Yasha Duggal, a chemistry PhD student at Penn State University. I study how bacteria talk with each other and their environment through small molecules.
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This was not something I always wanted to do! When I started college I was a premed and...
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I am an evolutionary biologist currently completing a PhD; I work in experimental evolutionary ecology, using fruit flies. That means I design experiments to see how evolution might drive changes we see in flies. Right now, I am giving flies different combinations of diets and monitoring their fitness and the fitness of their offspring.
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I am Seema Saharan, currently a Project Contributor at Student CodeIn. I am in my final year of BTech in Computer Science and Engineering. Apart from this, I am working on some side projects, exploring new technology every day. I was recently a speaker at Cloud Community Days on the topic of “ The World of Containers with Podman, Buildah, Skopeo ”.
I have been...
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I’m Sofia. I head a small research team at the MDC in Berlin that use computational methods and high-throughput sequencing to understand health and disease, especially how interactions between human host and gut microbiota interact to affect this.
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1. Introduce yourself, who are you what do you do? Hi, I'm Dr Zoë Ayres - I am a research scientist in the water industry. I lead a small research team in the UK, where we work on new technologies to keep our water clean and safe.I also advocate for improving inclusion and diversity in research, specifically improving mental health awareness.
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I am Saumya Singh, a full Stack Android Developer and a member of Google Actions Developer Community. I am currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology from New Delhi, India.
I have been recognized as RedHat Women In Open Source Academic Award 2020 finalist based on my leadership skills and Open Source Contributions.
I have mentored students at Google's...