Life Sciences

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Mar 121 min read

2024 Life Sciences Awardees

Suffrage Science celebrated 9 new awardees in the Life Sciences category on 7th March. The event took place in the Department of...

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Suffrage Science Awards Night 2020: Reflection and Action

Katy Pallister

Nov 17, 20205 min read

Suffrage Science Awards Night 2020: Reflection and Action

A year like no other made for an unconventional Suffrage Science awards night. Two handovers of the scheme, which celebrates and inspires...

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Suffrage Science

Nov 10, 20204 min read

Life Sciences 2020: Nomination Speeches

The 2018 Suffrage Science Awardees on why they have nominated the next recipients of their award. Professor Cathy Price of University...

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Awards 2020: Leading women in ‘life sciences’ and ‘mathematics & computing’ win award

Sophie Arthur

Nov 6, 20205 min read

Awards 2020: Leading women in ‘life sciences’ and ‘mathematics & computing’ win award

Leading women scientists have been chosen by their peers to receive a prestigious award celebrating their achievements. The winners will...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Gisou van der Goot

Sophie Arthur

Oct 22, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Gisou van der Goot

“I had zero exposure to science growing up” Professor Gisou van der Goot is a molecular biologist whose research group studies aspects of...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Dr Cécile Martinat

Sophie Arthur

Oct 15, 20203 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Dr Cécile Martinat

Dr Cécile Martinat, of the Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases (I-Stem), France, has been chosen to...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Zena Werb

Sophie Arthur

Oct 9, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Zena Werb

“They wouldn’t let me go [on the summer field trip] because I was female” – Werb, 2010 Professor Zena Werb was a world-renowned cell...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Samantha ‘Mandy’ Joye

Sophie Arthur

Oct 1, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Samantha ‘Mandy’ Joye

“Most people love to go swimming and such but I always loved stinky water” Professor Samantha ‘Mandy’ Joye is an internationally...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Claudia Mazzà

Sophie Arthur

Sep 24, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Claudia Mazzà

"My maths teacher was always telling me ‘you should be an engineer’” Professor Claudia Mazzà is a bioengineer whose research focuses on...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Karalyn Patterson

Katy Pallister

Sep 17, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Karalyn Patterson

"Before I went to university, I had hoped for a career in music” Professor Karalyn Patterson is a pioneer of cognitive neuropsychology,...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Associate Professor Laura Colgin

Katy Pallister

Sep 10, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Associate Professor Laura Colgin

“When I was a teenager I wanted to start running some kind of experiment on my pet rat” Associate Professor Colgin is a neuroscientist...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Dr Veronique Miron

Katy Pallister

Sep 3, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Dr Veronique Miron

“[Growing up] I certainly wasn't aware that there were any female scientists at all” Dr Veronique Miron is a senior lecturer and...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Dr Kelly Nguyen

Lauren Green

Aug 27, 20204 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Dr Kelly Nguyen

“I had a very good chemistry teacher who really got me hooked into science as a career” Dr Kelly Nguyen is a structural biologist who is...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Associate Professor Naomi Matsuura

Katy Pallister

Aug 21, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Associate Professor Naomi Matsuura

“If someone said ‘Oh, this is going to be really hard to do,’ I knew I wanted to do it.” Associate Professor Matsuura is a medical...

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Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Elspeth Garman

Katy Pallister

Aug 14, 20205 min read

Life Sciences Awardee 2020: Professor Elspeth Garman

“I don't want a job because I'm a woman, I want a job because I'm the best person for the job.” Professor Garman is a renowned molecular...

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Suffrage Science

Jul 19, 20184 min read

Life Sciences 2018: Suffrage Science Celebrates Fantastic Women In Science Today

Every two years 11 inspirational female scientists are recognised and celebrated through the Suffrage Science Life Sciences awards....

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Life Sciences 2018: Nomination and Acceptance Speeches

Suffrage Science

Jun 6, 20186 min read

Life Sciences 2018: Nomination and Acceptance Speeches

On the awards night, nomination and acceptance speeches were read out whilst the piece of heirloom jewellery was passed from the current...

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Suffrage Science

Jun 6, 20182 min read

Life Sciences 2018: Leading Female Scientists Awarded Suffrage Science Heirlooms

Leading female scientists will be awarded scientific heirlooms by their peers at the fifth Suffrage Science awards for Life Sciences on...

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Suffrage Science

May 6, 20162 min read

Life Sciences 2016: Artist Brings DNA Ribbons To Suffrage Science

The latest Suffrage Science artwork is complete, with a strong theme around ribbons, DNA and making connections. Marta Pinilla Martinez...

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Life Sciences 2016: Creating A Web Of Women In Science

Susan Watts

Mar 18, 20166 min read

Life Sciences 2016: Creating A Web Of Women In Science

It was one of the most striking moments of the evening, and it came in the acceptance speech of Dr Sally John, a Suffrage Science awardee...

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