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Portrait of Eoghan Forde

Finding your Place in Science

The path to becoming a scientist is littered with decisions and serendipitous events that shape a career. For young scientists it is next to impossible to decide which University, degree, and projects to go for. After all, the choices may feel equally good at times but could influence which position you find yourself in twenty […]

14th December 2021 0

A light microscope image of epithelium cells lined with cilia in the bronchus

Answering the question you want to ask – Dr Pleasantine Mill discusses her group’s work on cilia, centrosomes and ciliopathies.

Dr Pleasantine Mill, an MRC Investigator at the IGMM and winner of the 2019 BSCB Early Career Medal for Women in Cell Biology, discusses her approach to understanding the genetic and molecular processes that underpin cilia biogenesis and cilia-associated human diseases. Her work is funded by the MRC and the ERC. Born in Canada, Pleasantine […]

17th December 2020 0

Population Study of Breast Cancer in Ghana Identifies Associated Risk Factors

It is clearer now more than ever of the importance of epidemiology, the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease. Epidemiology is vital in shaping public health prevention and cancer control programmes by providing evidence of associated risk factors for the disease that, if modifiable, can be promoted and if not might […]

17th December 2020 1

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