#ScientistSpotlight

This week we’re featuring Cansu Dinçer, a computational postdoctoral scientist in the Sharma Group within the MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit at the #MRCWIMM.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

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This week we’re introducing Yuqi Shen, a postdoctoral researcher at Beth Psaila Group here at the #MRCWIMM.

@yuqi-shen.bsky.social @bethpsaila.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AkademicSky

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This week we’re featuring Karmella Naidoo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Graham Ogg Group at #MRCWIMM

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #CD1a #cutaneousimmunity #innateimmunology #itch #barriersensing #MRCWIMM #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

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This week we’re featuring Paula Gomez Castro, a #DPhil student in the Simmons Group at #MRCWIMM.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky

👩‍🦰 Need an expert to talk to about #Endometriosis Month?

💬 Chat to today's #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Jessica Spain from @usceduau

🔍️ You can find her details here: www.scimex.org/experts?name...

#science #STEM #Scientistspotlight

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This week we’re featuring Toby Whitehead, a DPhil student in the Sharma and Davis Labs at the #MRCWIMM.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Immunology #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy #TCells #CheckpointBiology #AcademicSky

Congratulations Kenedy on succesfully defending your MSc!

Read more about her research and about Kenedy herself: icefishresearch.com/childhood-dr...

#ICEFishResearch #sciencecomm #sciencecommunication #science #biology
#education #educational #scientistspotlight

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This week we’re featuring David Fawkner-Corbett, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Surgery.

@ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social #AcademicSky

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This week we’re featuring Katie Croft, a #DPhil Student in the Claus Nerlov Lab at the #MRCWIMM.

#AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

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This week we’re featuring Laura Ciacchi, a postdoctoral scientist at the #MRCWIMM and a recent recipient of an HFSP early career fellowship.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

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This week we’re featuring Robert Watson, an Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Oncology, University of Oxford.

@ox.ac.uk @oncology.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

A photo of Alex, next to a quote from him saying "My research focuses on the characterisation of IFNAR2a, the soluble, secreted isoform of the type I interferon receptor. By dissecting the molecular mechanisms of IFNAR2a-mediated immune regulation, I aim to illuminate new therapeutic strategies for viral infection, autoimmunity, and cancer immunotherapy."

#ScientistSpotlight 🧪

This week we’re featuring Alex, a final-year PhD student in the Rehwinkel Group at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine.

@alex-redmond.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

#ScientistSpotlight 🧪
Meet Alison Kay, a health experience researcher at the #MRCWIMM. Alison works with scientists to understand how molecular discoveries affect clinicians, patients, and families in real life.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk
@medsci.ox.ac.uk
@genomics-ali.bsky.social 🧬

🌟 Scientist Spotlight: Ryo Ikesu, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA

Ryo examines how hypothetical interventions to reduce loneliness might affect memory function among middle-aged and older adults.

🔗 Learn more: www.time-ad.org/ryo-ikesu

#ScientistSpotlight #TIME-AD

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This week we’re featuring Hans Ng, a postdoctoral researcher in the Anne Goriely Lab at the #MRCWIMM.

@sciencehans.bsky.social @agoriely.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk

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This week we’re introducing Benjamin McMaster, a DPhil student at Hashem Koohy's Group here at the #MRCWIMM.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @benjamin-mcmaster.bsky.social

Good Morning DCPB! Just a friendly reminder our BSPs start at 10am today. Come see the 8 speakers this morning, such as our #ScientistSpotlight Caroline Terry, a PhD student from WSU who will be presenting on the physiology underlying a salinity-induced cross-tolerance to heat in the copepod.

Our final #ScientistSpotlight tonight is Luci! Luci is a third year undergraduate student from California State University, Long Beach and will be presenting tomorrow about: In the Jaws! Of a Public Health Concern: Organochlorine Contaminants in Elasmobranchs of Southern California.

This afternoon, our #ScientistSpotlight is Stefane Saruhashi a PhD Candidate at Cornell. Stefane studies how protein remodeling of the inner mitochondrial membrane allows freeze tolerant insects to maintain mitochondrial function after freezing 🧊

Our next #ScientistSpotlight is @elissakhodikian.bsky.social, a PhD Student at the University of Washington! Elissa investigates the osmo and ion regulatory strategies of salt-tolerant coastal rock pool mosquito larvae with a focus on their excretory organs and gills.

Who's ready for #SICB2026?!? Today and tomorrow we will spotlight some of the Best Student Presenters for DCPB. The first #ScientistSpotlight is Cole Deal. Cole is a PhD student from CSU studying neuroendocrine patterns, processes and mechanisms that underly seasonal physiological transitions⛰️

🌟Scientist Spotlight: L. Paloma Rojas Saunero, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA

At TIME-AD, Paloma develops methods to study Alzheimer’s outcomes and supports real-world studies that mirror pragmatic trials.

🔗Learn more: www.time-ad.org/paloma-rojas...

#ScientistSpotlight #TIME-AD

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This week we’re introducing Anna Li, a postdoctoral researcher in the Yin Dong Lab at the #MRCWIMM.

@ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #StructuralBiology #CryoEM #IonChannels #Neuroscience

Photo credit: Susan Maxwell

Graphic from the SWCC #ScientistSpotlight series featuring Donna Strickland. The upper half of the graphic shows the portrait of a woman scientist, Donna Strickland, smiling and leaning on her hand while sitting at a laboratory optical table filled with laser equipment. Below the portrait, there is a text that reads: "Donna Strickland, 10th Dec," a Nobel Prize Day emblem, and the words "Nobel Prize Day: Celebrating the brilliance, innovation, and compassion that inspire a better world." The SWCC logo and the hashtag #ScientistSpotlight appear at the bottom.

🧵December 10 is #NobelPrizeDay, and today #ScientistSpotlight highlights a trailblazing Canadian physicist: Donna Strickland. (1/6)

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This week we’re featuring Naeema Mehmood, a #DPhil student in the De Bruijn Group at the MRC WIMM.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

#ScientistSpotlight

This week’s spotlight features Kexin Xu, a DPhil student in the Agne Antanaviciute Group at the MRC WIMM. Kexin is a biologist who taught herself machine learning and deep learning.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

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This week’s spotlight features Pei Rong Toh, a DPhil student in the Hal Drakesmith Group at the #MRCWIMM

@drakesmith-lab.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk

Graphic from the SWCC #ScientistSpotlight series featuring Margaret Newton. The graphic background is a combination of yellow and beige, featuring illustrations of wheat. On the right, there is a black-and-white portrait of Margaret Newton, an older woman with curly hair, glasses, and a pearl necklace, smiling slightly. Text on the left reads: “Margaret Newton: The hero of Canadian wheat. How one determined Canadian scientist saved farmers’ fields and changed agriculture forever.” Bottom banner includes the SWCC logo and the hashtag #ScientistSpotlight.

🧵In our #ScientistSpotlight ✨ today, we remember Margaret Newton, the hero of Canadian wheat 🌾.
She was a trailblazing Canadian scientist whose groundbreaking research helped protect one of Canada’s most vital crops and reshaped agriculture worldwide. (1/8)

#ScientistSpotlight: This week we’re introducing Verena Körber, one of the newest Group Leaders at the MRC WIMM.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

#ScientistSpotlight
This week, we’re featuring Sumana Sharma, one of our newest Group Leaders here at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (MRC WIMM).

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
#WIMMCommunity #Immunology #TCells #SystemsBiology #CRISPR #MRCWIMM