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Rossana De Lorenzi graduated in pharmaceutical biotechnologies at the University of Naples and in 2006 received a PhD in molecular biology at the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] in Monterotondo. Her project consisted in the generation of mutant mice to study pathologies of the central nervous system. During her stay in Monterotondo, she collaborated with the ELLS team in the organisation of a LearningLAB
focused on stem cells research.
Rossana joined ELLS in February 2007 to set up a schools programme and Teaching Lab at EMBL Monterotondo.
Philipp Gebhardt graduated in biology at the Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen and went on by doing a joint PhD between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] and the University of Heidelberg. During his work in the Gene Expression Unit of EMBL Heidelberg he focused on the purification and biochemical characterisation of novel protein complexes from the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Already during the PhD time Philipp participated extensively in the organisation of Learning Labs held regularly by the European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences [ELLS].
In September 2007 Philipp Gebhardt joined ELLS and took over as the SET-Routes Programme Administrator, which is an EU-funded project that aims to tackle the problem of under-representation of women in science, engineering and technology [SET].
www.set-routes.org
Alexandra
Manaia graduated in biology at the University
of Lisbon and completed a PhD in developmental biology
at the Institut d'Embryologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire
du CNRS et du Collège de France. From there
she returned to Lisbon where she undertook post-doctoral
research at the University Medical School, contributing
to undergraduate practical training in histology
and embryology. She also lectured in developmental
biology at a private university in Lisbon [Universidade
Lusófona]. She participated in training high-school
students during activities organized by Ciencia Viva,
the Portuguese Agency for the Scientific Culture
and Technology, which develops projects focused
on the communication of science and the establishment
of links between scientific institutions and society.
Alexandra joined ELLS in May 2003.
After receiving a PhD in microbial biochemistry
at Imperial College London, Julia
Willingale-Theune spent two and a half years
at the International Crops Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics [ICRISAT] in India, looking at disease resistance
mechanisms in the subsistence crop, pearl millet.
On returning to Europe, she moved to the Max-Planck
Institute for Cell Biology near Heidelberg, Germany,
to work on the cell cytoskeleton. In 1995, after
almost 8 years as a research scientist, she changed
tack, completing a Diploma in Science Communication
at Birkbeck College London and moving to the multinational,
Chemicals Company BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany,
as a Science Communication Consultant.
Julia
moved to ELLS in 2004. As well as working on ELLS core activities, LearningLABs, the TeachingBASE and outreach, she is Coordinator of the EU-funded project SET-Routes. |
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