A Day in the Life: “It is a very rewarding job”
Based in Sweden, Kerryn Elliott works with bioinformaticians to look at how the Sun's UV light causes DNA damage using cells grown from human...
A Day in the Life: “Curiosity is contagious”
Agata Nyga explains how she looks at understanding how cell mechanics work, combining both wet laboratory experiments with computational analysis.
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A Day in the Life: PhD to PI – 6 researchers at 6 career...
24 September is World Cancer Research Day, which raises awareness of the important and lifesaving work done by researchers. As part of this the...
A Day in the Life: “The overall goal: helping patients survive”
Wet lab scientist Beshara Sheehan explains the work she does with prostate cancer biomarkers, and the activities she takes part in to help keep...
A Day in the Life: “I am part of an orchestra of scientists”
Based in the United States, Jennifer Ose talks about balancing a busy life as a cancer epidemiologist, an assistant professor and a parent every...
A Day in the Life: “In vivo experiments… the most exciting part of my...
Radiation physicist-turned-radiobiologist Julie Constanzo takes us through a typical day working in a radioactive environment in a bid to better explain dose-response problems.
24 September...
A Day in the Life: 6 Cancer Researchers in 6 Different Countries
24 September is World Cancer Research Day, which raises awareness of the important and lifesaving work done by researchers. As part of this the...
A Day in the Life: “Do good experiments, and don’t worry about the rest”
Uwe Karsten reflects back on a career spanning over 40 years, and uses his experiences to give advice to researchers who are still early...
A Day in the Life: “Moving into the third dimension”
Australian-based German researcher Anna Jaeschke writes about the world of 3D models in cancer research, and her contribution to the jigsaw puzzle that is...
A Day in the Life: “The world economic crisis really affects research in Malaysia”
Malaysian-based researcher Nur Syamimi Ariffin talks about her pride and motivations in cancer research, despite the challenges she faces, both in terms of funding...
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