Meet a scientist virtually
Meet a Scientist sessions take place in person in our gallery, but as not everyone can make it to the Crick in-person, Meet a Scientist on Instagram Stories allows you to meet and ask questions to the researchers at the Crick wherever you are!
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Introduction
Crick scientists are taking to Instagram Stories to share behind-the-scenes insights into daily life as a research scientist, how they got to where they are today, and the big research questions that get them out of bed in the morning.
Bring your curiosity, submit a question and tune in over on our Instagram account where we post the questions and responses!
Catch up on ones you've missed
Christophe Galichet tells us about how an unexpected discovery led to his new area of research on the stomach and the brain!
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Theo Evan answers your questions about what its like to be a doctor and a scientist, and his work on pancreatic cancer
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Lucinda Tullie talks about her research growing mini guts and being a doctor in the vaccine centre.
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Anna Wilkins tells us about her motivations for volunteering in the vaccine centre, and her research on bladder cancer.
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Hear from Aska Przewrocka as she shares her experience of volunteering in the vaccine centre, and her research on heart development.
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Hear Berta Terre Torras about her work studying the brain, her favourite part of her job, and what cells 'eat'!
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Watch Alessandra Ferrelli talk about her work studying blood cancer and being part of the Cancer Research UK City of London Centre.
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Leticia Monin Aldama shares her research on how the body responds to infection and cancer, and her recent work on COVID-19.
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Alessandro Ciccarelli tells us about his work using microscopes to help other Crick scientists with their research.
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Final year PhD student Jack Major tells us about his research on how the lungs repair after viral infections, and his hopes for future COVID-19 vaccines.
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Laboratory research scientist Thomas Martinez talks about his work preparing antibodies and other cells to be used for research.
Watch on InstagramPost doc Aśka Przewrocka tells us about her work on genes and her different career path that led her to research at the Crick.
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Hear from PhD student Fernanda Subtil about her work on understanding antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis and coming back into the lab after lockdown.
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Crick PhD student Maryam Rahim was on hand to answer all your questions about the “second brain” – the system of cells that controls your gut.
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We heard from lab scientist Tony Fearns about his research on how tuberculosis infects our cells, and how he's training Crick volunteers to test coronavirus samples.
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Hear from PhD student Laabiah Wasim about her work on cancer using the gene-editing tool CRISPR and her return to the lab.
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We met viral immunologist and Crick Pride coordinator Kevin Ng to talk about Pride during lockdown his new work on coronavirus.
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We met PhD student Deniz Pirincci Ercan and learnt more about her work with yeast cells.
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Cristina Dix in the Crick's Making Lab answered your questions on her work, and the team's new role creating PPE for local hospitals.
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You sent in your for HIV researcher and Crick postdoc Ross Hall about working with viruses and life during lockdown.
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For the International Day of Immunology, we chatted to postdoc Duncan McKenzie about his work on the immune system.
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We heard from virologist Gen Barr about her life in the lab, her work on retroviruses like HIV, and her new role as part of the Crick's coronavirus testing team.
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Master's student Lizzie Horton from our World Influenza Centre answered your questions about vaccines, flu and how viruses spread.
Watch on InstagramVicki Shone shows us some amazing photos she's taken through a microscope, including as a quiz, and tells us about her work helping other scientists to study tumours.
Watch on InstagramHear postdoc Ashley Libby talk about her work on spinal cord development and using chickens in her research.
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