Scientist Interviews

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Winners: Caroline Manicam

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Winners: Caroline Manicam

We’re delighted to shine a well-deserved spotlight on our third Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 winner! Caroline Manicam of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, was chosen as the winner of our Lab Leader category, and we found out more about her career so far, her early interest in medicine, and her passion for promoting innovation and change within science.

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Highly Commended Nominees: Elia Ranzato

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Highly Commended Nominees: Elia Ranzato

It’s time to meet another of our Lab Heroes AwardsTM 2023 Highly Commended nominees! Elia Ranzato was nominated in the ‘Lab Leader’ category for his ability to inspire others, and his drive to change the perception of a ‘typical’ scientist. We asked Elia some quick-fire questions about his career so far and his passion for working in STEM…

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Highly Commended Nominees: Serena Petruzzelli

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Highly Commended Nominees: Serena Petruzzelli

We’re delighted to introduce another of our Lab Heroes AwardsTM 2023 Highly Commended nominees! Serena Petruzzelli was nominated for her resilience, her work ethic and all-round talent in our Lab Leader category. She told us more about her current research work, the challenges of moving to a new country, and her hopes for the future!

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Winners: Paul Metzler

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Winners: Paul Metzler

It’s time to meet another of our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 winners! Paul Metzler is a lab manager at Dartmouth College, USA and the winner of our ‘Lab Supporter’ category. He told us about his career so far, the challenges facing life scientists today, and the qualities needed to become a good mentor!

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Winners: Elisa Corti

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Winners: Elisa Corti

It’s time to meet the first of our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 winners! Elisa Corti is a PhD student at CNC-UC, Portugal and the winner of our ‘Lab Scholar’ category. She told us all about her career so far, the challenges facing life scientists today, and how she plans to spend her prize money!

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Highly Commended Nominees: Silvia Radrezza

Meet Our Lab Heroes Awards™ 2023 Highly Commended Nominees: Silvia Radrezza

We’re delighted to introduce the first of our Lab Heroes Awards 2023 Highly Commended nominees! Silvia Radrezza is a postdoc who was nominated for her competence, compassion, positivity & support in our Lab Leader category. She told us more about her career so far & shared her top tips for a good work-life balance…

Interviews with Scientists: Chloe Connor

Interviews with Scientists: Chloe Connor

It’s time for another of our Interviews with Scientists, and this week we spoke to Chloe Connor of the NIH Department of Bioethics, USA. Chloe was the winner of our $100 charity prize draw at NIH Research Festival 2023 and she told us more about her chosen charity, Four Diamonds…

Podcasts by Scientists: Neuroverse

Podcasts by Scientists: Neuroverse

We love a science-themed podcast, and this week we’ve been listening non-stop to the brilliant Neuroverse podcast! We caught up with neuroscientists & podcast creators Carolina Soares and Clara Lenherr to find out more about making their audio project and the challenges they’ve faced along the way…

Interviews with Scientists: Emanuel Tahiri

Interviews with Scientists: Emanuel Tahiri

In the next instalment of our Interviews with Scientists series, we chatted to Emanuel Tahiri of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, who told us about his PhD research into Alzheimer’s disease, his passion for science, and the valuable advice given to him at the start of his PhD!

Podcasts by Scientists: Her Royal Science

Podcasts by Scientists: Her Royal Science

It’s time to take a closer look at another great science podcast & this time we’re shining the spotlight on Her Royal Science! Host & founder Dr Asma Bashir tells us more about the podcast which aims to create a safe space for people from minority groups within STEM to share their stories…