During a week of work experience at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre in the Public Engagement, Media & Grants Facility, Jess helped with image research and wrote a summary about stem cells.
Ant was the web editor in the early days of BPoD, and has since worked with the UK’s top science organisations as a writer and multimedia producer. He now splits his time between freelance work and managing multimedia at The Lancet.
Since completing her physics degree at Oxford, Alice has worked at Wired and Technology World magazines, and was deputy editor of The Oxford Student. She writes on tropical disease and bicycles.
A vascular biologist based in Boston, Roberta specialises in high-resolution live-cell imaging in the context of cancer and inflammation. She is constantly mesmerised by the artistic beauty of our cells.
Sarah McLusky is a freelance science education consultant. Her work varies from writing resources and managing science fairs to making rockets. Sarah used to be a ‘proper’ scientist and has a PhD in Plant Biochemistry.
Independent science blogger and musician. Got the whole BPoD show on the road while heading up the public engagement team at the MRC CSC. Loves gardening, cooking and diving. Makes corkbots too.
Currently completing his GCSEs, Matthew has taken part in an internship to get a feel for the work environment of the MRC.
During a week of work experience at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre in the Public Engagement, Media & Grants Facility, Josh helped with image research, and wrote a summary about an experiment on treatments for visual impairment.
Deborah is researching healthy cognitive ageing at the University of Cambridge. She previously worked as a science communicator in London, working closely with the BPoD team.