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Lucy Doyle
City Co-ordinator
I’m a PhD student in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. My research focuses on investigating the role epigenetic regulators play in the control of early neural stem cell development.
Heather Love
City Co-ordinator
I’m a PhD student in Biomedical Sciences with Public Engagement at the University of Edinburgh. My research aims to understand how mutations in a specific gene, eEF1A2, cause conditions like epilepsy and developmental delay.
Plamena Panayotova
Our Society
I am a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. I study the popularisation of science and science literacy in the British context. It is heartening that 'Pint of Science' is preserving the spirit of a centuries-long tradition of science popularisation and am delig…
Eva Notari
Atoms to Galaxies
I’m a PhD student in Computational Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, working on protein design. It's my second year organising Pint of Science and I'm looking forward to a series of exciting talks!
Janet Poplawski
Beautiful Mind
Janet is currently doing a PhD in cancer in the University of Edinburgh, and has a background in behavioural neuroscience & psychology. She has a great deal of experience with teaching, volunteerism, and general public engagement, and loves making her knowledge & background accessible to everyone.
Mert Unal
Atoms to Galaxies
I am a PhD student in protein biochemistry, where I am trying to design catalysts for a bio-based economy. I have become a passionate advocate of open science since I started my PhD a short time ago, and PoS was an amazing place to start getting involved in science communication.
Amandine Hong-Minh (she/her)
Creative Reactions
I am a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. My research uses techniques from both physics and biology to better understand the biology of stem cells! I love sharing science with people outside of the field and I am very excited to be involved with Pint of Science again this year.
Claire Richmond
Beautiful Mind
I'm a 3rd year PhD student at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. My project focuses on spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish. I am so excited to combine two of my favourite things: science and beer!
Beth Williams
Beautiful Mind
Hi, I’m Beth, a final year PhD student studying learning in an Alzheimer’s disease model! I look at early changes prior to symptom-onset looking for new ways to identify disease. I’m also interested in the regions of the brain involved in learning and how experience alters these! I’m so excited to b…
Erin Watson
Creative Reactions
Hello! I’m Erin and I’m a PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh investigation how immune cells contribute to regeneration of the salivary gland after radiotherapy. I’m really excited to be involved with Pint of Science and sharing our research with the wider public!
Kenneth Wong
Communications and Marketing
I am a current master student in Science Communication and Public Engagement at University of Edinburgh with a biomedical science background. As the name of my study suggests, I have a genuine interest in engaging different people about science and share the fun of learning science from our daily li…
Alyssa Meng
Our Body
I'm Alyssa and I am a research assistant looking into learning and memory at the University of Edinburgh.
Celine Wittke
Atoms to Galaxies
I am a recent graduate from a research masters in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and hope to continue my research in the field of immunology. I currently work as a tutor and am passionate about making science more accessible to others. I am very excited to be involved with Pint o…
Kayla Wang
Creative Reactions
I am a PhD student in Infection Medicine. I am working on an interdisciplinary project to develop biosensors with advanced materials for pandemic preparedness. I love the interaction between scientific research and the real world and want to engage with knowledge of different fields. It is super exc…
Kellie Horan
Communications and Marketing
I'm a PhD student in Regenerative Medicine at The University of Edinburgh with a passion for science communication. My research aims to improve neuroprotection in models of Multiple Sclerosis by manipulating metabolism.
Alex Meier
Our Body
I'm a Swiss biomedical engineer gone full biology and I love the daily thrill of the realization about how little we know and how fast we are progressing.
Shiho Aizawa
Creative Reactions
I’m a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh, in the field of pluripotency for regenerative medicine in the future. As a book told me how fascinating Science is when I was a kid, I’d like to tell attractive Science to many people through the event.
Katie Pickup
Communications and Marketing
I am a PhD student at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer researching stem cells in early development. I'm excited to be involved in Pint of Science to hear about the range of exciting research happening in our city!
Emily Webb
Our Body
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the CRUK Scotland Centre trying to understand how the tumour killing immune response is blocked by brain tumours. I am looking forward to seeing the exciting line up of speakers at this year's Pint of Science!
Firuze Unlu Bektas
Atoms to Galaxies
I am a PhD student in Regenerative Medicine at The University of Edinburgh. My project aims to understand epigenetic regulation in the developing brain. I am excited to be involved with Pint of Science this year!
Annabel Black
Our Body
I’m Annabel and I’m a PhD student at the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre researching how adhesion proteins change our immune response to brain tumours. I’m excited to be involved with Pint of Science for the first time and look forward to hearing about some exciting research!