2023 ASAPbio Fellows

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research. I am currently a lecturer in Protein Therapeutics at the School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast (UK). My research interests are in the use of synthetic approaches to modulate protein activity and address current unmet needs in human health. Why did you choose…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a senior postdoc fellow at the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, majoring in plant biology with expertise in protein homeostasis. I used Arabidopsis thaliana to mechanistically study ribosome behavior during translation and protein quality control inside the…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work Over the past three years, I have worked in the biotech industry. With a background in organic chemistry and synthetic biology, I leverage my expertise to develop innovative biotech tools, biomaterials and therapeutics. I am passionate about pushing the boundaries of biotech and…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research I am a Junior Lecturer (Maître Assistant) working in the lab of Prof. Patrick Meraldi at Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. I am interested in understanding how the centrosome duplication is synchronised with the cell cycle. Desynchronisation of cell…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I  am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Universidad de Concepción (Chile) and I work mainly on drug design for neurodegenerative diseases within the systems pharmacology paradigm. Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program?…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I’m a molecular biologist and neuroscientist working as a postdoc in Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB). In our lab we are specially excited about understanding early stages of neurodegeneration by integrating multi-scale imaging techniques: from single-molecule to functional imaging. Why did…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work Currently I am working as an Editor for Molecular Oncology and FEBS Open Bio journals, published by FEBS Press and Wiley. I am interested in understanding how one can improve the peer review experience from the ‘inside’ but also how preprints can be…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am pursuing a PhD in the field of Cell and Developmental biology at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-Mumbai, India. I am looking at how communities of cells communicate amongst themselves within tissue and with other cells in neighbouring tissues to facilitate…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am currently an assistant professor in the department of biotechnology and Medical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, and Odisha, India. My research interest lies in the field of design and development of micro-devices by applying principles of biomimicry,…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work I am the Director of Science Education Research for The Cuvette, a professional learning community and academic research journal dedicated to the advancement of science education.  Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program? I chose to participate in the…

What is your current role? I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. I am interested in developing therapeutics for protein-based neurodegenerative disorders. Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program? I chose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program since I believe such platforms provide better visibility…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research.  I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bristol (UK) in the laboratory of Dr Helen Weavers. In the lab we use the humble fruit fly to understand how tissues withstand and/or repair the damage caused by toxic and harmful insults to…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research I am a public health specialist and social scientist. My broad professional interest is in helping to improve public/global health, improve scientific practices in Africa, and inform policy to shape the equitable, responsible, and beneficial participation of health and…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work I’m the Scholarly Communication Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh’s Health Sciences Library System. I provide training and consultation support on a wide range of publishing topics, such as disseminating all types of scholarly outputs, increasing research visibility, and ways to track and…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a graduate student at Ohio State University in the Molecular Genetics Department.  I study how organ development evolves in nematode worms. Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program? I am always excited to read the newest literature available…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research I am currently a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Elaine Fuchs at the Rockefeller University in New York. In my research I am interested in delineating cellular communication circuits between stem cells and their niche in the…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your researchI am a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Sandra Siegert’s lab in the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). We are interested in understanding the interactions between microglia, a highly dynamic non-neuronal cell type that resides in the central nervous system, and the different…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research I am currently a senior postdoctoral fellow in the Wayne State University School of Medicine in in Detroit Michigan, USA. I work on understanding how mitochondrial metabolism in involved in the many pathophysiological processes and diseases such as neurodegeneration…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research. Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher in the field of biophysics at Leipzig University (Germany). The research I am involved in spans protein (mis-)folding in the context of Alzheimer’s disease (amyloid beta fibrils) and protein−carbohydrate interactions (carbohydrate-binding proteins) addressed by various biophysical techniques…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a PhD student who is about to defend my dissertation at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. I am working on the genetics of human diseases these past years, focusing on the…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research I am Herchel research fellow in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge and my interest lies in biosynthetic enzymes and their role in secondary metabolite biosynthesis. My current research employs biophysical and computational approaches to understand a novel…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research. I am a PhD student at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Currently, I work on fascinating regulatory mechanisms that can tune gene expression in our cells. Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program? I…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research I am an early career researcher interested in a scientific management role. I am a Research Associate at the University of Virginia in Wladek Minor’s laboratory.  Our research team is dedicated to understanding biological systems comprehensively by utilizing a…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research I am an aspiring public health bioinformatician. I currently work at the Helix Biogen Institute based in Nigeria, where I focus on using bioinformatics and molecular biology techniques and tools to develop interventions such as vaccines to diagnose, prevent…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am an early career researcher and academic scientist at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I teach and conduct research on microbiomes, antimicrobial resistance and microbial biotechnology. I also have expertise in farming systems and sustainable agriculture.  Why did you choose…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a PhD student in Cell and Molecular Biology at Duke University. I research macrophage recruitment and function after injury and disease in lung alveoli, focusing on the interaction between cell populations and stem cells within the tissue during regeneration. Why did…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research Currently I work as Research Coordinator at the Accelerator program for Discovery in Brain disorders using Stem cells (ADBS) Lab, at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS, Bangalore, India). Our lab focuses on stem cell models of…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research Born and raised in India, I am an early career researcher with a passion for cancer biology. After completing a PhD in molecular medicine from Ulm University, Germany, I returned to India to pursue a career in cancer research,…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a PhD student in School of Information Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. My research interest lies in scholarly communication where I study research data sharing and reuse. Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program? I am…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work I am Associate Professor of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. I am an Associate Alumni, Harvard Medical School and Clinical Scholar, Egypt Clinical Scholar Research Training and Harvard Medical School. I am an Associate Editor in the International…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research. I am currently an ICMR-Senior Research Fellow and pursuing a PhD in cancer biology. My research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer progression and identifying novel therapeutic targets for cancer treatment.  Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I’m a postdoc at the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology in Rosario, Argentina. My work focuses on the role of miRNAs and transcription factors regulating plant growth and development. Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows program? I think…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work or line of research My current role is program coordinator for the Computational Biodiversity Science and Services (BIOS²) training program, based at the University of Sherbrooke, in Canada. The goals of the program involve widening opportunities and skill sets among students and postdoctoral fellows, while fostering a…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research.  I’m currently working towards my PhD at the University of Kansas Medical Center, in Dr. Sarah Zanders’ lab. I work on understanding the mechanisms of how the selfish genes, wtf meiotic drivers, function in fission yeast. Why did you choose to participate in…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your work research I am a pharmaceutical chemistry lecturer with a master’s degree in molecular medicine from the institute of endemic diseases, faculty of medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan and I am currently in my last year of PhD in medicinal chemistry in a joint…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay). Currently, I am studying the importance of mechano-sensitive long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in glioblastoma and stem cells. I am focused on how the lncRNAs might contribute to cancer prognosis in…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a soon-to-be Assistant Professor in Visualization research at Linköping University. My main research interests lie in 3D interaction with volumetric data, immersive analytics, visualization of statistical data, methodological research, and open science.  Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio…

What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a visiting Fulbright Scholar at Yale University and a graduate student at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India. Molecular motors like kinesins and dynein are by far my favourite molecules inside the cell and my work is broadly trying…