10 Questions with Trishla Sinha Trishla from the Netherlands is an MD/Ph.D. student at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands. In her research, Trishla aims to identify factors that shape the maternal and infant gut microbiomes and viromes, focusing on birth and environmental factors. By doing so, she hopes to find key microbial factors that are linked with the onset of disease later in life so that we can work towards preventing them. Her research primarily involves the large prospective multi-omics cohort, Lifelines NEXT, which consists of about 1500 mother-infant pairs from t ..read more

10 Questions with Alexia Cosby Alexia from the US is a postdoc at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA. Alexia is a chemist inspired by metals in medicine. Her current work investigates using small molecule chelators for the targeted delivery of radiometals to a cancer site. Radiometals possess different properties which allow for either disease diagnosis or treatment. She hopes to de-stigmatize the use of radioactivity as treatments continue to be FDA-approved. Alexia participated in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Enjoy the interview with Alexia and get inspire ..read more

10 Questions with Märit Jensen Märit from Germany is a neurology resident and postdoc at the Department of Neurology, MD at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Her research focuses on imaging-based clinical stroke research and the study of brain reorganization after stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. The study of the interaction of the heart and brain plays a central role in her projects. One goal is to better understand the relationship between cardiac dysfunction, vascular brain changes, neurodegeneration, and dementia. In the field of brain network organiza ..read more

10 Questions with Alexandrina Vasilichi Alexandrina from Romania is a Ph.D. student at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany. Her main interest is in interoception and brain-body interactions. Currently, she investigates the computational mechanisms by which interoceptive signals control affective expectations and affective learning processes. Alexandrina participated in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Enjoy the interview with Alexandrina and get inspired: What inspired you to pursue a career in science / in your discipline? I was the only one in m ..read more

10 Questions with Maria Bartosova Maria from Slovakia is a postdoc at the Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. Molecular understanding of vascular disease in children suffering from chronic kidney disease and require kidney replacement therapy. As a translational scientist, Maria seeks to transfer molecular findings into possible therapeutics. Maria participated in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Enjoy the interview with Maria and get inspired: What inspired you to pursue a career in science / in your discipline? My dad is a physicist, so I was in contact wit ..read more

10 Questions with Julia Gensheimer Julia from the US is an MD-PhD Candidate at MD-PhD Candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. She studies T cell development from hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the Crooks lab at UCLA. Specifically, she is interested in the role of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell aging and the aged thymic microenvironment on T cell decline with age. They hope their findings will inform regenerative medicine and therapies for age-related diseases. Julia participated in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Enjoy the interview with ..read more

10 Questions with Alicia L. Bruzos Alicia from Spain is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Université de Caen in France. Her research focuses on cancer genomics and the molecular basis of marine contagious metastasis. Alicia participated in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Enjoy the interview with Alicia and get inspired: What inspired you to pursue a career in science / in your discipline? Since I was a little girl, my parents nurtured my curious and adventurous spirit: from getting lost in the garden eating strawberries, hunting insects that would be my pet for a day ..read more

10 Questions with Mari Toppinen Mari from Finland is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research focuses on i) human DNA virus epidemiology and evolution and ii) merging viral and human genomics for the identification and characterization of modern and ancient human populations. Mari was invited to the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Enjoy the interview with Mari and get inspired: What inspired you to pursue a career in science / in your discipline? I have always been fascinated by biology – I spent most of my childhood at my grandparent’s summer cotta ..read more

10 Questions with Cornelia Schwayer Cornelia from Austria is a postdoctoral researcher at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in Basel, Switzerland. She would like to understand how organs regenerate. To address this question, she studies the intestinal organoid, a self-organizing system that forms a complex tissue from a single cell. She uses a multiscale analysis approach to identify the different extrinsic and intrinsic cues cells are sensing and integrating to trigger various cellular behaviors, such as cell division or differentiation. Cornelia participated in ..read more

10 Questions with Sandra Wagner Sandra from Germany is a postdoctural researcher and deputy group leader at University of Tübingen, Germany. Her research concerns nearsightedness, termed myopia, reasons for its development, and methods to prevent its onset or further progression. And she is interested in assessing the near response (accommodation) and possibilities to restore this function in the elder eye (presbyopia). A myopic eye has grown too long, which multiplies the risk of severe eye diseases. The prevalence of this refractive error is increasing rapidly and cannot only be based on ge ..read more