A scientist’s life

COVID-19

Dear all,at the link below a letter from Italian scientists working all over the world to raise further awareness amongst academics over the apparent lack of appropriate countermeasures to the spread of the Coronavirus in several countries.Please share with your network if you find it appropriate.You can add your signature adding a comment to theContinue reading “COVID-19”

When we are introduced to someone new, one of the first questions we ask is “What’s your job”? When I answer “I am a researcher”, behind the smiling face that usually replies “Cool!”, a big question mark about what a researcher actually does is hiding. Well, I’m here to answer this question. Usually, people imagineContinue reading “A scientist’s life”

Women in STEM: dr. Carla

Originally posted on SciComm for everyone:
dr. Carla, in the lab Forth episode of Women in STEM. Today, I have the pleasure to host dr. Carla. A scientist working on Hepatitis Delta Virus, a dear friend of mine and creator of Virus&Co. Hi Carla, welcome! First of all, would you like to tell us something…

Let me introduce myself

Hello everyone! My name is Carla and I am a biotechnologist: I have always been attracted by the infinitely small and by the microscopic world. I am a researcher at the Blizard Institute, a research centre of the Queen Mary University of London, where I work on the smallest virus that can infect humans: theContinue reading “Let me introduce myself”