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Future-Proofing the Global Economy After COVID-19

Ben Skuse

Future-Proofing the Global Economy After COVID-19

A key takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the need to build resilience into the global economy. Two Online Science Days 2020 sessions on Monday 29 June illuminated potential solutions.

Future Chemistry: Learning from Nature to Build a Sustainable Future

Andrei Mihai

Future Chemistry: Learning from Nature to Build a Sustainable Future

In a series of lectures and debates at #LINOSD the panels discussed recent progress and future prospects of Chemistry, and there are reasons to be both concerned and excited.

COVID-19: The Role of Science in a Crisis

Meeri Kim

COVID-19: The Role of Science in a Crisis

Never before has immunology been such a hot topic. With the coronavirus pandemic still taking its toll, the Online Science Days 2020 addressed this pressing topic with a session involving three renowned experts on immunology.

An Immunity Boost: Conversation With Three Nobel Laureates

Andrei Mihai

An Immunity Boost: Conversation With Three Nobel Laureates

Never before has immunology been such a hot topic. With the coronavirus pandemic still taking its toll, the Online Science Days 2020 addressed this pressing topic with a session involving three renowned experts on immunology.

The First 24 Hours: Let the Online Science Days 2020 Begin

Fabiola Gerpott

The First 24 Hours: Let the Online Science Days 2020 Begin

Fabiola Gerpott describes her second Lindau experience which takes place online.

Neuroscience: Meeting in the Middle

Ben Skuse

Neuroscience: Meeting in the Middle

Edvard Moser and Erwin Neher chat about their respective top-down and bottom-up approaches to understanding the brain, and how they envisage the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists marrying the two.

Sciathon Winner in “Capitalism after Corona”: Samar Abdelmageed

Ben Skuse

Sciathon Winner in “Capitalism after Corona”: Samar Abdelmageed

Winning Sciathon project team leader Samar Abdelmageed talks about the inspiration behind her project and what it was like to work remotely with bright minds from across the globe in an intense 48 hours.

Global Solutions to Global Problems

Ben Skuse

Global Solutions to Global Problems

Can science live up to its principles of having no boundaries or biases? And is our current level of international cooperation sufficient to deal with global crises? This was the focus of the Debate ‘International Scientific Collaboration’, the first debate at Online Science Days 2020 on Sunday 28 June.

Women in Research: Lucy Ombaka from Kenya

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research: Lucy Ombaka from Kenya

Lucy had some female role models, but now she has become a role model herself.

Opinion: Does the Pandemic Make Education and Science More Inclusive?

Joanna Kacperczyk-Bartnik

Opinion: Does the Pandemic Make Education and Science More Inclusive?

Joanna Kacperczyk-Bartnik, Lindau Alumna 2018, shares her thoughts on the impact of the pandemic.

Population-Based View of COVID-19

Meeri Kim

Population-Based View of COVID-19

How to understand all the facts and figures we read about COVID-19?

Nobel Contributions to Digitalisation

Ben Skuse

Nobel Contributions to Digitalisation

They may not be tech billionaires or household names, but these Nobel Prize-awarded scientists made breakthroughs that underpin the digital devices connecting us all during the Covid-19 pandemic.