Disclaimer: this is also the official announcement of my second pregnancy! Since the pandemic started, I have always been pretty scared of getting COVID because I have asthma and I have a toddler. When I was granted the opportunity of getting the COVID vaccine, I immediately took the opportunity. In February 2021 I got my ..read more

Judith Love Cohen was born in 1933 into a Jewish family in Brooklyn. She had always been passionate about math and apparently by fifth grade she was payed by her classmates to do their math homework. When she was 19, she was studying engineering in college and dancing ballet in the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in ..read more

Holidays are fabulous! They allow us time to relax, to read that book waiting on the bedside table, to catch up with that Netflix series, to travel and visit the world. Unfortunately, we often get sick during the holidays. Why? Causes are different and vary from exposure to unfamiliar environments to being near other travellers ..read more

The founders of the Colossal start up announced their intention to recreate the woolly mammoth. Their aim is to fight the loss of biodiversity, especially in the artic region. According to Colossal website, there are 10 core goals for reviving the mammoth: To decelerate melting of the arctic permafrost. To prevent the emission of greenhouse ..read more

Episode three of Forgotten Women in STEM (read here episode one and two). Mary Allen Wilkes has a fascinating story and she is the living proof that women can achieve the impossible and excel in many professions. She was born in Chicago in 1937 and she initially wanted a career in law, but she was ..read more

What can I say? It has been quite an interesting year! First of all I want to celebrate one achievement for each trimester of 2021. First trimester: I defended my thesis and become dr. Martina Bodner! It has been a long and challenging ride. During my PhD I divorced, found a new loving and caring ..read more

Holiday season is one of my favorite periods of the year. I am not a religious person, but I really love the lights, the decorations, the flavour and the scent of this period. But I am also a scientist, so I was curios to know what is the chemistry behind this magical period. I search ..read more