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Two star-struck students interview pioneering women who code and use technology to solve the biggest problems in research. They share their stories and advice of breaking into and succeeding in the male-dominated field of tech.

  1. Episode 11: Hacking the Spread of COVID-19

    06/05/2020

    Episode 11: Hacking the Spread of COVID-19

    In this episode, we talk to Dr Emma Hodcroft on her research in tracking the evolution of the new coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2, and her journey into computer science and bioinformatics. Emma is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Basel and co-developer for the Nextstrain project. She is an expert in phylogenetics and has previously worked on HIV, plant and fruit fly genetics. Read more about Emma's research: http://emmahodcroft.com and https://twitter.com/firefoxx66

    47 min
  2. Episode 10: What is Open Science?

    04/20/2020

    Episode 10: What is Open Science?

    We talk to Alexandra Lautarescu about open science, what makes good science, and what we can do as researchers and funders to promote and practise open science. Alex is a doctoral researcher at King's College London working on fetal and neonatal brain development. You can read more about her research and outreach at https://www.alautarescu.com and follow her on twitter @AleLautarescu If you are interested in the articles mentioned in this episode go to www.researcherscode.com/episode-10

    23 min
  3. Episode 9: Living with Imposter Syndrome

    03/16/2020

    Episode 9: Living with Imposter Syndrome

    What is imposter syndrome? Do you feel like an "imposter"? How do we tackle imposter syndrome? In this special episode, we talk to Professor Katherine Hawley, philospoher at the University of St. Andrews about imposter syndrome, why people get it, what we can do to support others with imposter syndrome and how we can tackle it as a society in the workplace and beyond. As well as Imposter Syndrome, Katherine also researches on Trust. You can read her work here: https://katherinehawley.org/

    33 min
  4. Episode 8: Careers in Tech with Careers In Your Ears Part 2

    01/20/2020

    Episode 8: Careers in Tech with Careers In Your Ears Part 2

    ResearcHers Code has teamed up with Vicki Tipton from KCL Careers to bring you Part 2 of two episodes interviewing women who moved from the academia into the tech industry. Listen to Part 1 -> https://www.researcherscode.com/episode-7 Listen to Part 2 -> https://www.researcherscode.com/episode-8

    1 min
  5. Episode 7: Careers in Tech with Careers In Your Ears Part 1

    12/16/2019

    Episode 7: Careers in Tech with Careers In Your Ears Part 1

    ResearcHers Code has teamed up with Vicki Tipton from KCL Careers to bring you the first part of two episodes interviewing women who moved from the academia into the tech industry. Join us in the new year for the 2nd part of this conversation. Listen to Part 1 -> https://www.researcherscode.com/episode-7

    1 min
  6. Episode 6: A Digital Design for Life

    11/26/2019

    Episode 6: A Digital Design for Life

    We chat to Dr Katie Seaborn, a postdoctoral scientist at the RIKEN Centre for Advanced Intelligence Project in Tokyo. Katie is currently researching into how elderly people interact and have conversations with robots that help prevent the onset of dementia. Katie is an expert in designing interactive games and user experience. Growing up, she enjoyed drawing and illustration, but once the internet took off she discovered her love of digital design.

    31 min
  7. Episode 5: Reimagining Reality

    10/21/2019

    Episode 5: Reimagining Reality

    We chat to Dr Flora Tasse, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality at Streem. She completed a PhD in computer science at the University of Cambridge and was also founder and CEO of Selerio, a start-up in augmented reality. It started when Flora watched Jurassic Park when she was eight. Amazed by the realistic nature of the computer-generated dinosaurs, Flora decided she wanted to work in computer graphics. By eleven, she was already programming a PC in Visual Basic.

    39 min
  8. Episode 4: A Journey into Quantum

    09/16/2019

    Episode 4: A Journey into Quantum

    We talk to Dr Ilana Wisby, CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits, a spin-out company from the University of Oxford building and designing quantum computers. Ilana's path to the quantum realm was not exactly linear. As an accomplished pianist and flautist, Ilana had aspirations to study music but decided to study a Physics undergraduate degree with a Minor in Music at Royal Holloway University. She then pursued a PhD in Quantum Physics and subsequently landed herself working in the start-up world.

    26 min
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Two star-struck students interview pioneering women who code and use technology to solve the biggest problems in research. They share their stories and advice of breaking into and succeeding in the male-dominated field of tech.

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  • Creator
    ResearcHers Code
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
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