Background in Sustainable Food Systems, currently finishing a MSc in Human Nutrition and Food-Related Behavior. Particularly interested in food literacy, nutritional value chains, and how they can be both linked to a sustainable food system. Avid reader of broad-range science and fiction/non-fiction presenting new perspectives. Creative cook, board game player, and proud Servas traveler.
Lost in translation is a comic about two researchers, Jargon and Jumble, getting into linguistic miscommunications due to the different meanings attached to certain words in their work life as… Read More »Fit for model (Lost in Translation ep.4)
What are cancer organoids and how are they transforming the way we look at cancer? Learn more about the convergence of biomaterial science and cancer biology that’s revolutionizing our fight… Read More »Miniaturised Replicas of Tumours are Changing How we Look at Cancer
Have you ever tried Bubble Tea? Take a sip and discover how the tiny balls you are slurping are connected with smart drug delivery systems, breast implants, cancer, and live… Read More »Hydrogels: from Bubble Tea to Cancer Therapy
Lost in translation is a comic about two researchers, Jargon and Jumble, getting into linguistic miscommunications due to the different meanings attached to certain words in their work life as… Read More »Alien Encounters (Lost in Translation ep.3)
Medical research and practice have historically focused on male physiology, leading to significant gaps in understanding the female body and the potential sex-specific differences in disease presentation and response to… Read More »The Invisible Patient: Women’s Health in Medicine & Research
Can scientists use humour in science communication and benefit from increased engagement of the non scientific audience? Can we make math funny?
Lost in translation is a comic about two researchers, Jargon and Jumble, getting into linguistic miscommunications due to the different meanings attached to certain words in their work life as… Read More »Bug Issues (Lost in Translation ep.2)
Anecdotes about roommates who change their usual voice, vocabulary and even grammar structure when on the phone with their parents. Social media threads discussing whether it is normal to unconsciously… Read More »Why do we talk differently to different people?
“We tried to calm him in every possible way, but he cried and shouted all night”, desperately declared the Coopers about their three-year-old suffering from severe atopic dermatitis. Stories like… Read More »Calming the itch: the skin microbiome & atopic dermatitis
Lost in translation is a comic about two researchers, Jargon and Jumble, getting into linguistic miscommunications due to the different meanings attached to certain words in their work life as… Read More »Alcohol spirits (Lost in Translation ep.1)