• An Interview with Calvin James Smith

    An Interview with Calvin James Smith

    Current Job: Lecturer in Mathematics Scientific Discipline/Field:  Mathematics Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G, living a life of domestic bliss with my long term boyfriend and our two sons. Website? http://www.reading.ac.uk/maths-and-stats/about/Staff/calvin-smith.aspx What does your job involve? I hold a teaching intensive lectureship in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Reading. The main Read more

  • An Interview with Alex Bond

    An Interview with Alex Bond

    Current Job: Senior Conservation Scientist, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scientific Discipline/Field:  Ecology & Conservation Biology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website? labandfield.wordpress.com / alexanderbond.org What does your job involve? I do research to support conservation efforts in the UK Overseas Territories, and build capacity with local partners.  Right now, this means supporting our efforts on Tristan Read more

  • An Interview with Kirsty Flower

    An Interview with Kirsty Flower

    Current Job: Research Associate, Epigenetics Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London Scientific Discipline/Field: Cancer Epigenetics, mainly ovarian and breast Epigenetics is broadly defined by changes to the DNA or the proteins which package DNA (chromatin) and affect how genes are expressed, without changing DNA sequence. Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): L Twitter: @cassyorkirsty What Read more

  • An Interview with Kate Montague-Hellen

    An Interview with Kate Montague-Hellen

    Current Job: Research Nurse Scientific Discipline/Field: Clinical Haemato-Oncology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): P (Pansexual), B What does you job involve? Recruiting and supporting oncology patients on clinical trails within the NHS. How did you get to this job (education etc.)? Initially I read for a BSc in Biology at the University of Read more

  • An Interview with Robert Williamson

    An Interview with Robert Williamson

    Current Job: PhD Student Scientific Discipline/Field: Population Genetics Country: I’m from the US but live/work in Canada Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G and Q I suppose. I’m also fond of Å, because who doesn’t like tiny circles? Website? http://www.genomicconflict.com What does your job involve? I do primarily computational research, analyzing genomic sequences and simulating Read more

  • An Interview with Beth Hellen

    An Interview with Beth Hellen

    Current Job: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Rutgers University Scientific Discipline/Field: Computational Evolutionary Genetics Country: Currently USA, but I’ll be going back home to the UK soon Pick some letters: L, Q Website? https://wordpress.com/post/montaguehellen.wordpress.com/ What does you job involve? I’m a Computational Evolutionary Geneticist. This means that while I am interested in researching evolution, I work using a computer rather Read more