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SUMMARY:Dr. Nokuthula Mchunu - Global Accessibility to Science
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Nokuthula Mchunu is the Deputy Director at the African Open Science Platform\, which is hosted by the National Research Foundation in South Africa. With extensive expertise in academic outreach initiatives\, science popularization\, and the implementation of STEM activities within local communities\, she previously served as a senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa in the Biotechnology Platform. Dr. Mchunu earned her doctoral degree in fungal genomics and spent over 15 years as a senior scholar in the Department of Biotechnology at Durban University of Technology. \nListen to the episode here.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-nokuthula-mchunu-global-accessibility-to-science
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SUMMARY:Dr. Brandon Stell - The Evolution of Academic Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Brandon Stell is a Research Scientist at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris. Dr. Stell’s team studies a part of the brain called the cerebellum and how it processes sensory information encountered during movement to adapt behaviors to a changing environment. In 2012\, he co-founded the website PubPeer.com to provide scientists with a forum to discuss published research literature. PubPeer has grown to be one of the leading sites for scientific discussion with a dedicated community of users who have helped strengthen the scientific record by exposing and correcting its weaknesses.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-brandon-stell-the-evolution-of-academic-publishing
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SUMMARY:Dr. Alex Shalek - Reducing Barriers Through Open Data
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Alex Shalek is the J. W. Kieckhefer Professor in the Institute for Medical Engineering & Science and the Department of Chemistry at MIT. He and members of his lab strive to engineer and create technologies and methods achievable by any lab\, anywhere in the world through open source experimental protocols and computational packages. They employ a comprehensive\, five-step approach\, building innovative methodologies and leveraging them with partners around the world to facilitate deeper\, more mechanistic inquiry into how cells drive tissue-level behaviors across the spectrum of human health and disease.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-alex-shalek-reducing-barriers-through-open-data
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SUMMARY:Dr. Sara Yeo - Using Social Media to Make an Impact
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sara Yeo is an Associate Professor of Communications at the University of Utah. Specializing in science and risk communication\, Dr. Yeo’s research explores the intersection of science\, media\, and politics. Currently\, she is interested in how emotions and humor affect the formation of public attitudes toward science and technology. Sara is trained as a bench and field scientist and holds an MSc in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a PhD in Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-sara-yeo-using-social-media-to-make-an-impact
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SUMMARY:Dr. Caroline Hookway - How to Keep on Top of New Technologies For Your Research
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Caroline Hookway is a Scientist at the Allen Institute\, which is known for its “multidisciplinary approach at tackling large-scale\, foundational research serves as the bedrock for scientific discovery and continues to advance the frontiers of bioscience.” She specializes in live-cell imaging.  \nUsing advanced technologies to study the cell and its components as an integrated system\, teams at the Allen Institute for Cell Science are working to understand a cell’s history and predict its future by looking at its present makeup and state. \nShe’s been involved in creating new methods like this new technique to make human heart cells grow and numbering the internal organization of cells.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-caroline-hookway-how-to-keep-on-top-of-new-technologies-for-your-research
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SUMMARY:Dr. Richard Sever - The Role of Preprints in Moving Science Forward
DESCRIPTION:Richard Sever is Assistant Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York and Co-founder of the preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv. He also serves as Executive Editor for the Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives and Cold Spring Harbor Protocols journals and launched the precision medicine journal Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies. Previously he worked as an editor at Current Opinion in Cell Biology\, Trends in Biochemical Sciences\, and the Journal of Cell Science. Richard received a degree in biochemistry from Oxford University and a PhD in molecular biology from Cambridge University.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-richard-sever-the-role-of-preprints-in-moving-science-forward
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SUMMARY:Dr. Raeka Aiyer - Inclusion and Belonging in Science
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Raeka Aiyar is Vice President of Scientific Outreach & Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Belonging at the NYSCF Research Institute. She is an experienced geneticist turned science communicator\, whose research has focused on applying genomics to the study of disease\, with the goal of enabling precision medicine. \nIn her current role at NYSCF overseeing scientific communications and outreach\, she supports NYSCF scientists through science writing\, communications training\, collaboration building\, and grants strategy. She leads efforts to disseminate NYSCF’s research through various communications materials and initiatives as well as scientific event programming\, including overseeing the annual NYSCF Conference. Dr. Aiyar also oversees NYSCF’s diversity\, equity\, inclusion\, and belonging (DEIB) efforts across an internal affinity group program\, communications\, events\, health equity research\, and grantmaking. \nListen to the episode here.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-raeka-aiyer-accessibility-and-inclusion-in-science
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SUMMARY:Dr. Nika Shakiba - From Mentee to Mentor: How to Help Trainees Thrive
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Nika Shakiba is an Assistant Professor at the School for Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada. She completed her postdoctoral training in Dr. Ron Weiss and Dr. Domitilla Del Vecchio’s labs in the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT and her doctoral training in Dr. Peter Zandstra’s Stem Cell Bioengineering lab at the University of Toronto. Her group applies systems and synthetic biology principles to engineer stem cell behaviour. Nika has a passion for outreach and mentorship and is co-founder of the Advice to a Scientist initiative. \nListen to the episode here.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-nika-shakiba-from-mentee-to-mentor-how-to-help-trainees-thrive
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SUMMARY:Dr. Nima Najand - Taking Research from the Lab to the Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Nima Najand is Director of the Life Sciences Innovation Hub at the University of Calgary and is a strong advocate for the life sciences sector in Alberta. With a decade of experience supporting the commercialization of early-stage technologies\, Nima combines his understanding of science and engineering with knowledge of intellectual property\, licensing\, and business to devise commercialization strategies for life science companies. Nima received an MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Alberta and a PhD in Developmental Biology and Embryology from the University of Calgary. \nListen to the episode here.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/nima-najand-taking-research-from-the-lab-to-the-clinic
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SUMMARY:Dr. Jennifer Polk - To postdoc or not to postdoc?
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Polk\, PhD\, is a career coach\, educator\, and recognized expert in PhD careers. She regularly facilitates professional development workshops and delivers keynote presentations at institutions across the US\, Canada\, and internationally. Jen created her PhD Career Clarity Program to help PhDs navigate their career paths with confidence. Jen’s writing is published in University Affairs\, Inside Higher Ed\, the Chronicle of Higher Education\, the Globe and Mail\, Academic Matters\, and in three books. More recently\, she was an expert panelist for the 2021 Canadian Council of Academies report\, Degrees of Success\, on the challenges PhDs face transitioning to employment. Jen currently serves on the board of directors for the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies\, and she’s on the management committee for a multi-year transborder project about PhD career paths. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto. Find Jen online at From PhD to Life. \n  \nListen to the episode here.
URL:https://www.labcoatsandlifepodcast.com/upcoming-guests/dr-jen-polk-to-postdoc-or-not-to-postdoc
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