Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) is a smaller professional society of ~800 women in science around the United States. Once a year, they host a conference to bring women from across the STEM disciplines together, learn from and connect with …
Soph’s Path to Full-time Science Communication
Hi everyone. I’m Soph and I am a full-time science communicator! I still can’t believe that I get to say that! I have been working in science communication, or scicomm, for three and a half years now, but my scicomm …
Exploring Biology Conference 2022: What I Learned from my First In-Person Conference
I had the pleasure of going to the Exploring Biology Conference 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Exploring Biology is a huge conference made up of multiple large professional societies coming together. The society I came with was the American Association of …
Visiting the Alma Mater: What To Do in Madison, WI
During my undergrad at UW-Madison, I never appreciated the college-town surrounded by nature environment. It took until I moved to a big city, Miami, to remember how lucky I was to spend 4 years in a small city with such …
Kimberly’s Path to Pathology
Hi readers! My name is Kimberly Fiock, and I’m a PhD student in experimental pathology at the University of Iowa. That’s a fancy way to say that I use different techniques to study diseases, and my research is focused specifically …
Communicating Science to Non-Scientists
Why bother communicating science outside of your field? Why share your science to non-scientists at all? When more people understand the science we are doing, it increases people’s understanding of what science can do! Or, as the The National Academies …
Nermina’s Path to Chemistry Research
Hi! My name is Nermina and I’m a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of Miami studying chemistry. My research mainly falls under nanotechnology and materials chemistry. I basically study the interactions of peptides onto different nanomaterials like graphene. For …
Jen’s Path to Cancer Biology Research
I’m Jen, and I’m a final year PhD student studying cancer biology. I first became interested in STEM when I was around 15. I loved the TV show Grey’s Anatomy, and found biology fascinating. I thought I wanted to study …
Beth’s Path to Research & Science Communication
A Bit About Me Hi, I’m Beth, I’m a final year PhD student at the University of Leeds, UK. I’m studying platelet inhibitory signalling pathways in the context of cardiovascular disease. I’m currently in the final stages of my PhD …
Jodi’s Path to Neuroscience
About me Hello, my name is Jodi and I am a molecular neuroscience PhD Student at King’s College London. I graduated with honours from the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, with a first-class degree in Medical Neuroscience and a …