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Head of Neuroscience Develops Protein Tools
Name: Rob Meijers (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, 2001 What was your main area of research? I studied quantum...
Sep 13, 20241 min read
Scientist Leads Preclinical Projects to Develop Therapeutics
Name: Oday Abushalbaq (he/him) PhD: Molecular Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my...
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Chief of Staff Helps Run a Biotech Company
Name: Akela Kuwahara (she/her) PhD: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, University of California - San Francisco, 2020 What was your...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Scientist Has Access to Fun and Cool Lab Equipment
Name: ChiChi Xie (she/her) PhD: Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I studied...
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Principal Scientist Runs a Lab Similar to a Career in Academia
Name: Teddy Yewdell (he/him) PhD: Biochemistry, Stanford University, 2015 What was your main area of research? I did my PhD with Aaron...
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Mathematical Engineer Enjoys the Startup Life
Name: Kaleigh Mentzer (she/her) PhD: Computational & Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, 2023 What was your main area of...
Sep 7, 20242 min read
Senior Scientist Works on Cutting-Edge Technology
Name: Sam Kimmey (he/him) PhD: Developmental Biology, Stanford University, 2021 What was your main area of research? My research...
Sep 7, 20243 min read
Founder Emphasizes Perseverance & Determination
Name: Bonnie EJ Maven (she/her/they/them) PhD: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, University of California - San Francisco, 2022 What...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
CSO Says There Is No Substitute for Experience
Name: Joe Arron (he/him) PhD: Immunology, Rockefeller University, 2002 (+MD from Cornell University, 2003) What was your main area of...
Sep 5, 20243 min read
Chemical Engineer Excited by the Private Sector
Name: Do Soon Kim (he/him) PhD: Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2020 What was your main area of research? My research...
Sep 3, 20242 min read
Specialist Leverages New Tech in Publication Development
Name: Marianna Johnson (she/her) PhD: Molecular Metabolism and Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, 2017 What was your main area of...
Sep 3, 20242 min read
Project Scientist Drawn to a Role That Extends Beyond the Lab
Name: Derin Mary Thomas (she/her) PhD: Radiation Biology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT University),Vellore, India What was your...
Sep 3, 20243 min read
Drug Development to Transform the Lives of Kids with Disability
Name: Jan Lui (he/him) PhD: Biomedical Sciences/Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, 2011 What was your main area of...
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Data Scientist Encourages Doing Internships
Name: Albee Ling (she/her) PhD: Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Data Scientist in a Fast-Paced & Collaborative Environment
Name: Jordan Sorokin (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Stanford, 2019 What was your main area of research? I studied the neural dynamics...
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Research From Her PhD Turned Into Her Company
Name: Caitlyn Miller (she/her) PhD: Bioengineering, Stanford, 2022 What was your main area of research? I was co-advised by Carolyn...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Chemical Physicist Seeks to Take Entrepreneurial Risks
Name: James Banal (he/him) PhD: Chemical Physics, University of Melbourne, 2016 What was your main area of research? In my PhD, I...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Immunologist With a Desire for More Translational Work
Name: Sally Demirdjian (she/her) PhD: Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth, 2020 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I...
Aug 25, 20243 min read
Allen Institute Investigator Works With Cutting-Edge Data
Name: Forrest Collman (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, Princeton, 2010 What was your main area of research? In my PhD,...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Senior Director of Drug Discovery Says to Trust Your Training
Name: Aimee Iberg (she/her) PhD: Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009...
Aug 25, 20241 min read
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