Opportunities in Science with Dr Mhairi Towler

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

Opportunities in Science with Dr Mhairi Towler episodes:

October 08, 2024 Opportunities in Science S4 Ep6: Dr Stephen Kemp
In the final episode of Series 4 (Episode 6) of the
'Opportunities in Science' podcast, my guest is the talented Dr. Stephen Kemp
https://www.stephenckemp.co.uk/.
Stephen is currently a research funding and impact consultant providing advice and training to universities and researchers to help them win research funding and boost the impact of their research.

We met at a 'Train the Trainer' run by the UKRI Future
Leader Fellowship Development Network in Edinburgh and immediately realised we had some parallels in our career choices. He has plenty of wisdom on offer when making career decisions - tune in to find out more in this
episode.
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38min
September 12, 2024 Opportunities In Science S4 Ep5: Dr. Amy Birch
In this week's episode (Episode 5/Series 4) of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast, we speak to Dr. Amy Birch (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-birch-phd-7b57a233/).
Amy is currently a Senior Researcher Developer at The Academy, University of Liverpool, and a freelance Resilient Leaders Consultant. She has vast experience in developing researchers at various universities and loves
making a difference to their lives through development
opportunities.
Tune in to find out more.
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25min
December 12, 2023 Opportunities in Science S4 Ep4: Dr Chris Jeffs
In Episode 4 of Series 4 of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast, we talk to Dr. Chris Jeffs, who is a Careers Adviser at Oxford University.
He has great insights in terms of assessing your career path and is delighted to have found joy and fulfilment himself, from
helping students define their careers.
Find out more about Chris at his LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-jeffs-635abb145/
or Twitter https://twitter.com/CTJeffs.
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25min
November 28, 2023 Opportunities in Science S4 Ep3: Dr Lewis Mattin
Welcome to Episode 3 of Series 4 of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast.
Today's episode features the energetic Dr. Lewis Mattin, who is currently a Lecturer at Westminster. Lewis talks us through his research path in sports science and nutrition, which stemmed from his career as a competitiveswimmer.
He is full of energy and drive and tells us about his 'winning
mindset'.
He is a member of The Physiological Society and a member of The Endocrinology Society, where he is involved in public engagement.
Find out more about Lewis at his LinkedIn profile here
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-lewis-mattin-81508b69/.

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30min
November 14, 2023 Opportunities in Science S4 Ep2: Dr Chinedu Agwu
In Episode 2, Series 4 of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast, we feature the inspirational Dr. Chinedu Agwu, who is a Lecturer in Biosciences at Brunel Medical School.
Chinedu has also started her own passion project, BioSci Toolkit which you can find @bioscitoolkit on Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok.
BioSci Toolkit is a non-profit organisation aiming to support prospective and current students into bioscience degrees and careers, especially racially minoritised groups.
Find out more about Chinedu here https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-chinedu-agwu-691180108/ and listen in to the episode today to hear more about her career and her BioSci Toolkit initiative.
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23min
October 31, 2023 Opportunities in Science S4 EP1: Dr Jennifer Paxton
I am delighted to be launching Episode 1 of Series 4 of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast today!

In today's episode, we feature the wonderfully talented Dr.
Jennifer Paxton, who is a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at The University of Edinburgh.
Jennifer has also been involved in many interesting public engagement projects such as, 'I am a scientist...get me out of here!', a programme for local primary schools called, 'Building Body Parts', and she has authored a series of public interest anatomy books called Anatomicum.

Find out more about Jennifer here
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-paxton-aaba8715/
and here https://twitter.com/Dr_JZP

and listen in to the episode today to hear more about her fabulous work.
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29min
July 11, 2023 Opportunities in Science S3 Ep6: Prof Leonie Ringrose
In the final episode of Series 3 (Episode 6) of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast, my guest is the
wonderfully talented Prof. Leonie Ringrose. We would like to dedicate
this episode to Leonie's late husband, Marc Rehmsmeier. You can read
about their life together here http://www.ringroselab.com/marc.

Leonie is currently a Professor at the Institute of Biology in The Faculty of Life
Sciences at The University of Humboldt in Berlin. We met through the
EPIGENESYS network of excellence, a consortium of scientists researching
epigenetics and systems biology. Leonie later commissioned Vivomotion to
make an animation about her research in this area for a special public lecture
she was giving at The University of Bergen in Norway. Leonie
is fantastic at communicating science to experts and non-experts alike and
you can see her public lecture here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmKHVSl5Wlo.
Enjoy what she has to say about making career decisions in
science and also find out more about the work she had started with Marc,
and continues now here www.science-kitchen.net.
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35min
June 27, 2023 Opportunities in Science S3 EP5: Laura Bates
In this weeks episode (Episode 5/Series 3) of the 'Opportunities in Science'
podcast, we speak to Laura Bates. Laura is currently Head of Research
Impact at The University of St. Andrews. Find out more about Laura here https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-bates-6b2156b2/

I met Laura when we worked together on a programme for doctoral
researchers in The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities
called 'A Creative Enlightenment', a THE-award nominated programme designed for
PhD students who were thinking about entrepreneurial possibilities in the
creative sector. She has since moved on to develop her career in Research
Impact, and has a wealth of experience to share on career decision
making.

Tune in to find out more.
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22min
June 14, 2023 Opportunities in Science S3 EP4: Dr Ross Donaldson
In this weeks episode (Episode 4/Series 3) of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast, we speak to
Dr. Ross Donaldson who is a Royal Academy of Engineering Research
Fellow and Assistant Professor at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh.

I met Ross when he
contacted Vivomotion to make an animation about his research on Satellite
Quantum Communications in the Single-Photon Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yocfFT1XeAo.
From our meetings I knew he had plenty
information to share on progressing a career in this area. Find out more
about Ross here https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-donaldson-4b889853/ or follow him on Twitter
@DrDonDon55.

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30min
May 30, 2023 Opportunities in Science S3 EP3: Dr Ally Hughes
Welcome to Episode 3 of Series 3 of the 'Opportunities in Science' podcast.

Today's episode features the talented and passionate Dr. Ally Hughes, who is Project
Manager at the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA). As an organisation, SULSA
are hugely progressive and have a number of resources you can access here https://sulsa.ac.uk/.

Find out more about Ally here https://www.linkedin.com/in/ally-hughes-2945a1123/ and
listen in to get some great advice from Ally, on how she navigated her PhD to
get to where she is today.
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22min

FAQs about Opportunities in Science with Dr Mhairi Towler:

How many episodes does Opportunities in Science with Dr Mhairi Towler have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.