The student helping to demystify Cambridge
06 December 2021Tami Briggs didn’t want to apply to Cambridge but getting the right information made her change her mind. She became a volunteer for InsideUni, the...
The microbiologist tackling humanity’s next biggest killer
17 November 2021Since childhood Stephen Baker says he had a grim fascination with poo. He caught the bug for microbiology and spent 12 years in Vietnam researching...
The neurobiologist who grew ‘mini-brain’ tissues in a dish
20 September 2021When Madeline Lancaster’s attempt to grow neural stem cells ‘failed’ she had no idea that the floating balls of cells she saw in her petri...
The energy researcher who wants to build better to consume less
15 September 2021Against a global backdrop of rising energy demands and finite resources, Rihab Khalid set out to understand how buildings can become more energy efficient. As...
The virologist helping us to stay one step ahead of infectious diseases
10 August 2021An established virologist specialising in the field of HIV drug-resistance, Ravi Gupta pivoted his expertise to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last 18 months...
The futurist who'd like the future to slow down - just a little
10 June 2021The problem with being a futurist, says Richard Watson, is that change is happening a lot faster and a lot crazier these days. We talk...
The conservationist helping us to make better decisions
04 June 2021Bill Sutherland has started a revolution in conservation. Put simply he’d “like us to stop doing the things that we know don't work and do...
Humans who search
12 March 2021Stefanie Reichelt had long felt there was a disconnect between the public’s perception of scientists and reality. Armed with only a camera and a chair,...
The neuroscientist who champions LGBT+ equal rights
26 February 2021Duncan Astle is a neuroscientist on a mission to understand why the brains of some children develop differently to others – and how it affects...
The cosmologist modelling the Universe with maths
18 February 2021Dr Tobias Baldauf likes nothing better than seeing an equation ‘cross reality’. His work is helping us to answer some of the remaining questions about...