Selected from a competitive pool of researchers, our 12 speakers will be sharing their work in technology, science, medicine and engineering. The speakers and their discussion topics are:
Yellow Martin (@YellowMartin2), Research Student, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Is love in the air?”
Sukhinder Cheema, Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Why you are what your mother ate during pregnancy”
Alicia Blackmore (@ATaylorNL), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Investing in healthy babies and healthy mothers”
[Alicia can no longer attend]
Janna Andronowski (@AndronowskiLab), Forensic Anthropologist, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Bones, Crimes and Careers: Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology”
Hannah Wallace (@hanahlouwall), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Wanted for Cellular Murder: Viruses”
Marisa Dusseault (@marisadusseault), Research Student, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“She sells sea shells by the sea shore: studying shells from an archaeological science perspective”
Katja Kochvar (@gotcha__katja), Research Student, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Why are puffins so… pretty?”
Leigh Anne Allwood Newhook (@leighnewhook68), Pediatrician and Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Improving children’s health through research”
Sydney Collins (@SydneyCollins23), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Big risks for tiny seabirds in the North Atlantic”
Sevtap Savas (@savaslab), Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Cancer and Us”
Shreyasi Sarkar (@Shreyasi09), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland
"The first step to therapeutics"
Susan Ziegler (@ziegler_sue), Professor and Canada Research Chair, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Where does the 50% discount on our CO2 emissions come from?”