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Zahra Massoud
About Me:
I’m Zahra and I’m a PhD student. I live in Edinburgh with my partner and my puppy, Enzo. I spend a lot of my time doing research to get my PhD (and become a doctor!), but when I’m not doing that I like to read novels, play with my puppy, and go to drag shows! I also volunteer for the University of Edinburgh’s LGBTQ+ group.
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Vrushali Patil
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I’m a scientist trained in the UK and originally from Mumbai, India. I came to the UK to pursue a Master’s degree a decade ago and while I was never looking at ‘scientist’ as a career growing up, now I cannot imagine being anything else 🙂
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Victoria Cox
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I’m a PhD student studying infectious diseases who loves all things nerdy.
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Veronica Caraffini
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I am an Italian living in Cambridge, passionate about motorbike trips, reading and cooking (and eating!). And science, of course 🙂
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Thomas Williams
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I like running, cycling, football and growing vegetables. I don’t like sitcoms with laugh tracks and once had a drink with a dried-out human toe in it
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Tarnjit Sidhu
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Hi! I’m Tarnjit and i’m a PhD student at The University of Manchester 🙂
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Tammy Piper
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I’m a curious, book-loving tea drinker who likes to spend time with people and geek out about my interests.
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Suzan Kors
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I am a Dutch PhD student/researcher in Exeter. I love (audio)books, cooking and nature. I enjoy my kickboxing sessions during the week to do something completely different.
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Sarah Killcoyne
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I am originally from the USA and love the outdoors, horses, video games and books. Right now I have 3 cats and a pony.
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Sangeeta Bhatia
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I have always been a nerd. A library is my favourite place in the world.
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Romain Laine
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I am an outdoor-loving, pie-baking scientist!
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Rob Mahen
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I like running, cycling, food, sleeping, music and science. Just typical things. I once cycled from Liverpool to Istanbul with a friend after deciding it was a good idea over dinner.
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Richard Clayton
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I look at stem cells (cells that make other cells) which reside in our brains, and how they might be regulating our hormones. This could be important for different diseases, especially for something called ‘hypopituitarism’.
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Paola Galdi
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I like reading, photography and web comics. I am always curious to understand how things work.
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Nina Stoeberl
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PhD student loving science, travel, coffee and my bathtub!
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Nina Di Cara
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I live in Wales and work at the University of Bristol, where I research how we can understand mental health through social media. I love volunteering, going to watch live music and eating biscuits.
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Nicole Morrissey
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I am easily excited, I love dressing up, and I enjoy doing sports where I can hang upside down
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Natsuko Imai
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Infectious disease epidemiologist. Born in Japan – grew up in the UK. I love to cook and will happily eat (Japanese) rice with every meal.
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Lydia Barnes
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I live in Cambridge with two friends. I’m learning guitar, very, very slowly. I like listening to podcasts while I make dinner, or watching silly TV with my housemates and shouting advice at the characters.
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Lindsey Millward
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I’m a final year PhD student from London. I love thinking about how cells communicate with each other and their environments, and I believe that a career in science should be accessible to everyone! In my spare time I love running, swimming, and cooking
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Lily Andrews
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I am a first year PhD student at the University of Bristol. I enjoy playing netball, spending time with my friends (when I can!), and I have a keen interest in genetics and neurology 🙂
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Katie Pickup
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I’m a third year PhD student in Edinburgh studying stem cells. I love chocolate, making myself chunky crochet cardigans, and windy walks on Scottish beaches. I’m also helping make a science podcast through my university!
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Katarina Grobicki
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Northerner who migrated down to Cambridge to investigate genetics and stem cells. Outside the lab I enjoy playing ultimate frisbee, running and making (sometimes science themed) jewellery.
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Jonathan Benn
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I’m a first year PhD student studying Neuroscience at the UK Dementia Research Institute, currently dividing my time between writing up experiments and Animal Crossing.
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Joanne Anstee
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I’m a very driven positive person who loves learning about how things work in the world around us.
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Jamie McGinn
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I am a PhD student working at a Stem Cell Institute where we look at how just a few cells can grow to form a full human, and how special cells can help to keep you health as you grow and age.
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Ivan Andrew
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Originally from NZ but moved to London in 2004 to travel the world. Was only supposed to be here for two years but 16 years later I have a wife, a house, and two crazy little boys.
I love London for the huge variety of cultures that come together to create a super exciting city to live in.Latest Question:
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Isar Nassiri
About Me:
Knowledge of the biological context helps to explain the regulatory networks underlying diseases and complex traits. My current research is focused on identification of context-dependent regulatory variants and enrichment of genetic risk factors with aetiology of diseases.
I use computational biology to work with whole genome transcriptomic profiles from patient and control samples across diverse immune cell subsets to systematically explore downstream effects of context-dependent variants using statistical and integrative system-level strategies.
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Guy Yona
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I’m a neuroscientist studying motor control and Parkinson’s disease. Originally from Israel, I came to Oxford a couple of years ago with my family.
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Esra Guc
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I am from Turkey and I live in Edinburgh to do my postdoctoral research. I am a bit of a science geek, I am never bored with learning and teaching science. In my spare time, I like to discover small shops and pubs in Edinburgh, I am learning to play the guitar, and enjoy hiking in Scotland.
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Esme Bullock
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Hi, I’m Esme and I’m in my second year of my cancer research PhD in Edinburgh. I love going for big walks around Edinburgh and hanging out with my friends – in person pre-covid and via zoom now!
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Emily Speakman
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I am a scientist at the University of Exeter, I love finding out about how our body fights against killer bugs like fungi!
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Is COVID 19 the flu -
Ed Tunnacliffe
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Hi, I’m Ed! I’m a postdoctoral researcher living in London. I love playing football, reading books, and cooking my favourite foods (and then eating them of course!).
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Carissa Wong
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I love learning, music and appreciating the beauty of the natural world. My favourite things include walks, fresh air and dancing!
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Berengere Digard
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I teach Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, and I also research autism. I am from France but I moved to Edinburgh 4 years ago. I’m not good at recognising faces, BUT I can bend my left elbow the wrong way around because it got broken when I fell off of a cannon at age 4.
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Anitta Chacko
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I am a PhD student who studies the powerhouse of the cell and what happens when they don’t quite work like they should. I love harry potter, anything related to food and pretending to be a baking professional : ) p.s. I usually end up with burnt cake but hey its the effort that counts right?
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Alex Agrotis
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I am a post-doctoral researcher living and working in Dundee, Scotland. I enjoy running and playing the drums.
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Melanie S.
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I’m a PhD student in chemistry and neuroscience, using microscopes to look at proteins inside human brains to try to find new ways to detect and treat Alzheimer’s.
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Louise Millard
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I’m a health scientist working in Bristol. I studied Computer Science at university, and worked as a software developer in London for a few years. Then I did a PhD and became a scientist, and I now apply my computing skills to health research. I develop novel methods that health researchers can use to analyse data in new ways, to understand what causes ill-health.
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Bilal Ahsan
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I am a PhD scientist and help other scientists in their discoveries. How I do that? Well, I use a two-story-tall electron microscope and help them looking at tiny machines in action inside the human body with the most accurate detail.
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