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Soapbox Science

Issue 32 - May 2015

In this issue...

Impossible is just a state of mind and ‘defects’ don’t necessarily mean something bad – Dr. Solveig Felton, Lecturer in the Centre for Nanostructured Media at Queen’s University, Belfast

Combining medicine and engineering to develop biomedical materials that mimic the properties of bone to improve the lives of patients – Liz Tanner, Professor of Biomedical Materials at the University of Glasgow

Soapbox Science / Womanthology mashup edition: Here’s to the curious ones – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

A bit of what you fancy..? The popcorntastic psychology of decisions about meals and snacks – Dr. Laura Wilkinson, Lecturer in Psychology at Swansea University

Getting the chemistry right: Knowledge and innovation from all genders leads to better inventions – Dr. Geetha Srinivasan, Senior Research Fellow at Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories

Following my own unique career path: From natural hazards to science communication and cycling – Aoife Glass, Media & Events Coordinator for Soapbox Science

Science is for everyone: Increasing diversity among scientists and helping to protect global biodiversity in nature – Dr. Monika Böhm, Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Zoological Society of London

Setting up Soapbox Science: We can’t change policy, but we can change social norms – Dr. Seirian Sumner, Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Biology in the University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

Space: the final frontier? Encouraging more male physicists to engage with gender equality – Francesca Day, Researcher in the University of Oxford Department of Physics

Why physics needs the brightest brains from across the full cross section of society – Dr. Kathy Romer, Reader in Astrophysics at the University of Sussex