Interviews

These two series are a tribute to some of the world's most renowned scientists as well current postdocs and how their experiences have shaped their perspectives as scientists. Find out why and what these scientists research - and what inspires them to continue forging ahead in some of science's hottest areas. 

Faculty Interview Series

Multiple Faculty: Nobel Prize 2019

Multiple Universities
Oxygen Sensing

Multiple Faculty: Nobel Prize 2018

Multiple Universities
Cancer Immunotherapy

Multiple Faculty: Nobel Prize 2016

Multiple Universities
Autophagy

Noboru Mizhushima

University of Tokyo
Autophagy

David Rubinsztein

University of Cambridge
Autophagy

Melanie Rutkowski

University of Virginia
Microbiology/Immunology

Patrice Codogno

INSERM
Autophagy

Francesco Cecconi

Danish Cancer Society Research Center
Autophagy and Apoptosis

Ivan Dikic

Goethe University
Ubiquitin Signaling and Selective Autophagy

Fulvio Reggiori

University of Fribourg
Autophagy

Patricia Boya

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Madrid
Autophagy

Vojo Deretic

Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Autophagy

Benjamin Deneen

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Neuroscience

Derek Davies

Francis Crick Institute in London, UK
Flow Cytometry

Li Yu

School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
Biology

Melanie Gillingham

Oregon Health Science University (OHSU)
Metabolism / Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders
Rare Genomics Institute BeHEARD Competition awardee

Bilon Khambu

Tulane University School of Medicine
Autophagy, Liver Injury
Rare Genomics Institute BeHEARD Competition awardee

Timothy Sampson

Emory University School of Medicine
Microbiology and Neuroscience

Postdoc's Perspective Interview Series

Accalia Fu

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Beta Cells and Metabolism

Kerry Purtell

Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai
Neuronal Regulation of Autophagy

Sarah Hopp

Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Tau Processing by Microglia

Andrew Leidal

University of California, San Francisco
Autophagy in microvesicle loading

Brian Aguado

University of Colorado, Boulder
Modeling the pre-metastatic niche through the use of implantable biomaterials

Andrew Johnson

University of Washington, Seattle
Host-microbiota interactions in inflammatory and metabolic disease

Hannah Chen

University of Oxford
Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Experimental Medicine Division

 

Jagannath Padmanabhan

Stanford University, CA
The role of mechanotransduction in fibrosis and biomaterial-tissue interactions.