On this episode of the podcast we spoke with Shashank Pant( University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). We talked about how he started his journey as a researcher and how his curiosity of the scientific process continues to serve as a motivation to publish in high impact journals such as Nature (where he was recently part of an internationally collaboration with Renae Ryan's Lab (University of Sydney). Here they looked at Glutamate, specifically providing insight into the mechanism by which glutamate transporters support their dual function, you can read the full publication here. Connect with ..read more

On this episode of the podcast we spoke with Dr. Filip Van Petegem about his journey starting as a structural biologist, with the work his lab is currently doing with regards to studying the structure and function of ion channels, membrane protein responsible for electrical signaling in excitable cells. His current projects involve voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels, as well as Ryanodine Receptors which he recently published a paper about, read it here. Connect with Filip on LinkedIn. See the updates on his latest research on Google Scholar and ResearchGate and follow direct updates fr ..read more

On this episode of the podcast we spoke with Dr. Yohei Ohashi about his unique journey from the University of Kyoto where he was working on his PhD specifically within plant molecular biology. Connect with Yohei on LinkedIn. See the updates on his latest research on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.  ..read more

In this episode Fernanda tells us about her journey to be a biologist and her studies in arachnids and spider venom. Read more about Fernanda (University of Queensland) here.  Connect with Fernanda on LinkedIn and Twitter. See the updates on her latest research on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.  ..read more

Benjamin is a Wellcome trust PhD student, who is working under the supervision of Dr Christos Pliotas and Dr Stephen Muench. He recently joined their groups  to work on his project combining Cryo-EM and PELDOR with electrophysiology, to structurally and functionally characterise novel mechanosensitive ion channels. Find Benjamin on Twitter and connect with him on LinkedIn ..read more

In this edition of the podcast - we speak to Catherine Webley, Master of Chemistry, who completed a placement in the academic research lab in the Solar Centre at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology under the supervision of Prof. Iain McCulloch. She describes her 'love affair' with how the natural world works and the impact that the recent Nobel Prize winners have had on her. Connect with Catherine on ResearchGate and LinkedIn ..read more

Meet: Beatrice Badone, a Ph.D. student at the University of Milano-Bicocca. In the lab, Beatrice currently works with cardiomyocytes - under Professor Paola Coccetti and through the PRIN grant is working on her current project of the hiPSC-derived astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease; an example of how stem cells can serve as an alternative for screening purposes. Find Beatrice on Google Scholar and connect with her on LinkedIn ..read more

About: Nasreen Choudhury  is a Postdoctoral research fellow at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago,IL. Their group is studying Alzheimer's disease. In 2020, her group published the following paper: "Kv3.1 and Kv3.3 subunits differentially contribute to Kv3 channels and action potential repolarization in principal neurons of the auditory brainstem ..read more

About: Lars Kaestner is a professor at Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany) In 2013, Lars published the book "Calcium signalling - Approaches and Findings in the Heart and Blood". Connect with Lars on LinkedIn and on ResearchGate ..read more

Connect with Trong on LinkedIn During his time in the lab, Trong was a member of Hinz Lab working closely with Prof. Boris Hinz of University of Toronto. Dr. Hinz explores the biomechanical, molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating tissue repair and regeneration in physiologic wound healing and pathologic organ scarring (fibrosis). His research focuses on activated connective tissue repair cells – myofibroblasts ..read more