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I got into singing through BlaBlaCar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Erika Pellegrini, Postdoc, EMBL Grenoble<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Erika Pellegrini. PHOTO: EMBL\/Hugo Neves<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A few years ago, I was dedicating all my time to work. Apart from that I just went to the gym \u2013 which I do for health reasons mainly \u2013 so I thought: I need something for my soul, something different, something that enriches me more. That\u2019s why I went for singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back then my husband \u2013 who at the time was still my boyfriend \u2013 was living in Italy, so we were commuting every weekend to see each other. I joined BlaBlaCar, the ridesharing community where drivers and passengers agree to travel together and share the costs of the journey. Through BlaBlaCar I met this Italian girl who was part of a choir. Eventually we discovered that I was attending the same church where her choir rehearsed and she invited me to join. I said, \u201cWhy not? Let\u2019s start!\u201d At first it was difficult, because even though I had played the piano as a kid and learnt how to read music, I couldn\u2019t read the notes and sing directly. I always need to go to the piano first. Eventually it also got more difficult because I\u2019m an alto, which often involves singing an accompaniment to the main melody while you can hear most people singing something else. I also think it\u2019s easier to be a soprano because there are more of those, but my voice doesn\u2019t go that high. Still, I really like it, and now I\u2019m going to start a new challenge: making the congregation in a church sing with me. I think I\u2019ll enjoy it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I play rugby on the side<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tom Boissonnet, PhD Student, EMBL Rome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Tom Boissonnet. PHOTO: Anastasiia Vlasiuk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I arrived at EMBL Rome a year ago and as soon as you arrive you meet everyone: it\u2019s like a little family and you start doing things together, you get invited everywhere. But I have a second family, because I play rugby on the side! I found a team to join last month, so I\u2019ve just started \u2013 cool guys, cool team, so I\u2019m going to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started playing rugby during university, in Clermont-Ferrand in France. There\u2019s a famous rugby team called ASM, who reach the finals almost every year \u2013 it\u2019s a big event. It looked like so much fun that I kept wondering what it would be like to try it. That\u2019s how I started playing, and later I discovered other advantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rugby is my way to \u2018de-contract\u2019 \u2013 there\u2019s also a yoga club here, but that wouldn\u2019t be enough for me, I need to express my frustration sometimes. Every experiment that went badly during the week. With rugby you can relieve the stress with someone who agrees to that. You go and play and have fun with someone who also wants to play like that: running into each other and at the end everyone is exhausted and happy! Then we can go back to work. That\u2019s the way I see it. It has to be something physical, and at the end when you just want to lie somewhere, it\u2019s such a good feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nature soothes me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Flavio Zizzo, Administrative and Purchase Officer, EMBL Rome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Flavio Zizzo. PHOTO: Talo Rosario<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

EMBL Rome is surrounded by mountains. I\u2019ve been looking at them for over 16 years. I wondered what it would be to walk them, though I never did \u2013 until now.  I\u2019ll be moving to Finland in January for family reasons, so I told myself, \u201cBefore I leave, the least I can do is go and see these beautiful places!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, it\u2019s a recent thing: I started in March. I\u2019ve started many things over the years, but I\u2019m not very good at continuing. I like taking pictures too. Now I try to combine photography and hiking, but so far I haven\u2019t captured anything exceptional. I take the camera but I almost forget I have it: I prefer looking around with my eyes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mountains here are small, but full of history. They were busy places during the medieval ages, full of anchorites \u2013 people who decided for religious reasons to retire from the world and live in isolation. You can still visit the caves where they lived. I also enjoy walking in the woods. The landscape and the quietness really satisfy me: you feel in harmony with nature and it\u2019s so beautiful. While I walk my mind empties, I detoxify and when I reach the top I\u2019m almost clean. The mountaintops soothe me: the beautiful landscape has a really good effect that lasts for over a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the reason why I started in a rush: until January I want to make the most of my sudden enthusiasm. I wish I\u2019d started doing this when I moved here: I really like it and soon I\u2019ll have to give it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The science of soap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Morlin Milewski, Research Technician, EMBL Hamburg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Morlin Milewski. PHOTO: Yann Milewski<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I find regular shampoo very harsh on my hair and skin, so I began to think about whether I could use my lab background to create a soap bar that would work better for me. It\u2019s something I do for myself and as a present for family and friends \u2013 the soap bars smell nice and you can decorate them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I experiment with my soaps, adapting the recipe every time. Now I\u2019ve started making soaps for my hair and also for my skin. The ones for the skin need to have some extra oil, so you put in less sodium hydroxide to make sure there\u2019s still some fat left to treat your skin. For me it works out fine, because I don\u2019t need to use lotions anymore \u2013 a really nice side-effect!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used nettles for my last soap \u2013 you can grow them yourself in the garden. They\u2019re supposed to make your hair shine. For this one I will also use dandelions. I collected some last spring and macerated them in oil for a few weeks. They colour the soap yellow and they\u2019re also supposed to be good for the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately I don\u2019t have very much time to do this \u2013 I have to do it when the kids are in bed so they don\u2019t jump around on all my things. But I really like to do something for me, and it\u2019s great to use products where you know exactly what\u2019s in there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to dance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dmitry Richter, Master Student, EMBL Heidelberg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dmitry Richter. PHOTO: EMBL\/Hugo Neves<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In high school talent shows I used to recite poetry, but a guy who did hip-hop was getting all the girls\u2019 attention. I thought, \u201cI need to dance!\u201d, so I joined lessons at school and now I\u2019m a hip-hop teacher. Dancing \u2013 like science \u2013 is a fantastic way to explore things and grow as a person. As a grownup, you don\u2019t fully explore your curiosity that often. Dancing allows you to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing I like most about dancing is the philosophy around it. First, you get the chance to play and be a child again. You keep exploring and playing with the music and your body, being creative. That\u2019s really nice, not only as a dancer, but as a person: to explore and try things out without knowing what the outcome will be. Maybe also failing sometimes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing I like is that it\u2019s a very intense activity. You need a lot of control over your body: strength, flexibility, endurance \u2013 you need discipline to be that fit. Communication with yourself is really important: when you try to move part of your body in a way you haven\u2019t tried before, you get this feeling like, \u201cWhat is my body doing?!\u201d The more comfortable you feel with your body, the more comfortable you feel overall. It\u2019s definitely a mental thing too, not only physical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the wild in Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Burke, Scientific Training Officer e-Learning, EMBL-EBI Hinxton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Melissa Burke. PHOTO: Mamut Slovenija<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I like being outdoors. I grew up in a farm near Brisbane, Australia, so I spent most of my childhood outside and now I always seek out the sunshine. I\u2019m also trying to see as much of Europe as I can while I\u2019m here. Over the years I\u2019ve visited France, Sweden, Denmark, Croatia, Iceland, Germany, Italy, Spain and Slovenia. There are still many things I need to see \u2013 Portugal is pretty high up the list \u2013 but Slovenia is definitely one of the top ten places I\u2019ve visited!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Slovenia it feels like they have a culture of being outside and being active. It was sunny while I was there, so it was perfect for enjoying the wilderness and doing something other than sitting in a chair in an office for the whole day. I went there alone \u2013 I\u2019ve tried travelling with my friends, but they usually have other things going on and I think: \u201cIf I don\u2019t do it, I\u2019m never going to do it.\u201d Because I was alone, I joined day trips here and there: hiking and white water rafting were my favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafting was really fun: being in a big inflatable boat and going down the rapids in the river, trying to avoid all the rocks. Halfway down, the rafts get pulled out of the river next to this big boulder. We climbed the side of the boulder and jumped off it into the water: it was really fun! It sounds crazy when you sit in an office and talk about it, but in the spur of the moment it was just wonderful. I would definitely do it again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel at home anywhere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amaranta Amador Bernal, Head of Administration and Senior Legal Advisor, EMBL Barcelona<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Amaranta Amador Bernal. PHOTO: EMBL\/Marietta Schupp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I come from a small town in the south of Spain with 5,000 inhabitants: Fuente de Cantos. I was always the unusual one \u2013 I wanted to travel, see the world! Neighbours asked me: \u201cWhy do you want to leave? We eat well here, and it\u2019s sunny! Isn\u2019t it cold where you\u2019re going?\u201d I kept thinking, \u201cWell, weather will not determine my whole life!\u201d Luckily my parents encouraged me to go out and try new things. They thought I would leave for a year or so and then come back, but it\u2019s been 13 now since I first left!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I started working in Luxembourg at the European Court of Justice I got the feeling that I had found my place, because when I work in international organisations \u2013 like EMBL \u2013 I have this feeling of belonging. Most people are like me: they\u2019ve moved a lot, lived in several countries, speak several languages. As soon as I arrive I have the feeling of being at home \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t depend on the country. I know I\u2019m lucky \u2013 I studied international law and specialised in international organisations, so I will always be in such environments. I feel very fortunate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was clear to me that I wanted to live in other countries and learn languages. I speak six now: Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese \u2013 even if I am not completely fluent in all of them. I\u2019ve also just started to learn Catalan. I started living abroad during college: I studied in Lubbock, Texas and then Brussels. After that I started working in Madrid, then Luxembourg City, then Heidelberg, and now Barcelona. I had no plans to return to Spain now, but that\u2019s life! I love beginnings, the feeling that everything is yet to be discovered, getting lost in the streets. That feeling of novelty is very joyful to me!<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"\"Curiosity is a profoundly human trait. We start asking questions almost as soon as we learn to speak and continuously redefine our understanding of the world by questioning it. This is the driving force behind science, technology, engineering and maths. As part of our curiosity editorial theme, we are exploring what EMBL is curious about.<\/p>\n

Read more articles about curiosity and where it can take you.<\/a><\/p>\n

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