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The Impact of Early Exposure to Research in Building Great Physician-Scientists

Khalid El Bairi

The Impact of Early Exposure to Research in Building Great Physician-Scientists

Alumnus Khalid El Bairi shares his thoughts about the ideas you can gain by meeting Nobel Laureates. Additionally, he talked to a fellow scientists from his university about his sources for inspiration.

Meeting Nobel Laureates: The Inspiration and Importance of Becoming a Mobile Scientist

Khalid El Bairi

Meeting Nobel Laureates: The Inspiration and Importance of Becoming a Mobile Scientist

Lindau Alumnus Khalid El Bairi reflects how the interaction with Nobel Laureates has shaped his way and shares experiences from his scientific career.

World Tuberculosis Day: A Closer Look at the Challenges in Eradicating TB

Hanna Kurlanda-Witek

World Tuberculosis Day: A Closer Look at the Challenges in Eradicating TB

24 March is the annual World Tuberculosis Day, announced by the WHO. TB is the world’s leading cause of death from infectious disease.

Women in Research #LINO23: Maria Bartosova

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Maria Bartosova

We are closing the #LINO23 "Women in Research" series with Maria Bartosova whose research helps children suffering from chronic kidney diseases.

Women in Research #LINO23: Cornelia Schwayer

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Cornelia Schwayer

Cornelia Schwayer studies the intestinal organoid, a self-organizing system that forms a complex tissue from a single cell, to understand how organs regenerate.

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexia Cosby

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexia Cosby

As a chemist, Alexia Cosby is inspired by the ability to build intricate, complicated compounds from scratch which have incredible powers to image, treat, and irradicate various cancers and diseases.

Women in Research #LINO23: Märit Jensen

Märit Jensen

Women in Research #LINO23: Märit Jensen

Märit Jensen, Lindau Alumna 2023, focuses on imaging-based clinical stroke research and the study of brain reorganisation after stroke and cerebrovascular diseases.

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexandrina Vasilichi

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Alexandrina Vasilichi

Alexandrina Vasilichi investigates the computational mechanisms by which interoceptive signals control affective expectations and affective learning processes.

Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2023: A New Way of Looking at Vaccines

Hanna Kurlanda-Witek

Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2023: A New Way of Looking at Vaccines

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 is awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman who laid the basis for inventing mRNA vaccines. Their research made it possible to develop COVID-19-vaccines quickly.

Women in Research #LINO23: Chryso Th. Pallari

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Chryso Th. Pallari

Lindau Alumna Chryso Th. Pallari is conducting research in the fields of epidemiology, infectious diseases, and public health.

#LINO23 Alumna Shatarupa Bhattacharya: Enthusiasm and Motivation Matter

Shatarupa Bhattacharya

#LINO23 Alumna Shatarupa Bhattacharya: Enthusiasm and Motivation Matter

Shatarupa Bhattacharya focuses on the genetic disorder thalassemia as well as on blood-borne infectious diseases such as malaria and toxoplasmosis. She shared her #LINO23 experiences and reviewed her career as a female scientist from India.

Women in Research #LINO23: Greta Zaborskyte

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINO23: Greta Zaborskyte

Greta studies how the critically important bacterial pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae, evolves inside human hosts during colonisation and infection and explores it can improve its biofilm formation.