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Podcast with cutting edge science and all the life/work advice you'll ever need to succeed! Brought alive by brilliant scientists 🧪 Hosted by @AinscoughAlex 🎙

London. England
Joined January 2021
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I'd be incredibly grateful if you could spare 30 seconds to tap the link and vote for my PhD project "pulmonary arteries on microchips" in @TheBHF's Heart Hero Competition! Link here 👇👇🙏 bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/… Thanks in advance!! 🙏
.@TheBHF Heart Hero Awards includes a new category to recognise BHF-funded research projects. Great to see 'Pulmonary arteries on microchips' by @BeataWojciak and former PhD student @AinscoughAlex featured. 🗳️ Vote by 16 Sept ow.ly/yrfy50KjQn6
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We are recruiting in Biomedical Engineering @UofGlasgow: Biomaterials, organoid technologies and organ-on-a-chip, including living biomaterials. Lecturer to Reader. Please help disseminate broadly. @UofGEngineering @theglasgowcemi jobs.ac.uk/job/CIR005/lectur…
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This Thurs 2nd Sept, #Virtual #Seminars in #Biomedical #Science returns with Dr Evelyn Sievert (@epsievert) of University California Davis (@ucdavis) telling us about "IRF4 and high affinity B cell production"! Join us by registering here: forms.gle/kpP78MrSN8DUUS45A
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This Thurs 2nd Sept, #Virtual #Seminars in #Biomedical #Science returns with Dr Sharon Fleischer (@fleisharon) of @Columbia University telling us about "cardiac tissue engineering: from repairing to modeling the human heart"! Join us by registering here: forms.gle/kpP78MrSN8DUUS45A
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My top podcasts of the month! @makeascientist - amazing stories from scientists recounting their journeys and research! @theGenomicsLab - keep up with genetics research via a podcast 😁 @ChameleonPod - the chronological story of the Hollywood Con Queen, absolutely mad 🤓
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10 years ago: I badly failed a maths exam. I didn't get the grades I needed for the uni course I originally wanted to do. 10 years later: I have 2 Masters degrees & (almost) a PhD all from @imperialcollege I will be starting at HARVARD (!) @hseas in May 2022 #alevelresults2021
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Looking to further expand our group’s diversity — if you are interested in a postdoc position working at the interface between soft functional materials and 3D printing — please email me @hseas! Please RT🙏
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This was a fun conversation covering #TissueChips, astronauts, being an #EssexGirl far from home, and living life with no regrets. Thanks for the invite to take part in a fantastic series, and it was an honour to close out the inaugural series @AinscoughAlex!
🚨 WE MADE IT TO THE SERIES FINALE! 🥳🚨 Organs-on-chips… IN SPACE.😱🚀 This week, my guest is Dr. Lucie Low @drlucieinthesky who is the Scientific Program Manager of the Tissue Chips for Drug Screening Program at the @NIH @ncats_nih_gov Links here: linktr.ee/makingascientist
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The Penultimate episode of Season 1 of my "Making A Scientist" podcast features an old mentor of mine that is doing an incredible job training the next generation of convergence scientists for @imperialCR_UK Keep up the amazing work Garrick!
🚨 PENULTIMATE EPISODE NOW LIVE 🚨 If it were down to you, how would you train the next generation of scientists and doctors? 🤔🤔🧐 This week, my guest is Dr Garrick Wilson who is Convergence science training program manager @imperialCR_UK Convergence Science Centre
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Our co-director Professor Justin Mason on his journey from junior researcher to Professor of Vascular Rheumatology at Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospital Imperial College NHS Trust @ImperialNHLI @ImperialNHS @ImperialMed #Vasculitis #AcademicTwitter #medtwitter
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE NOW LIVE! 🚨🚨 Ever wondered what is it like to be a clinical academic researcher?  To explore this, I am joined this week by Professor Justin Mason, a Professor of Vascular Rheumatology at Imperial College London @ImperialNHLI @ImperialMed @ICL_Vasculitis
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Know anyone or do you want to study Medicine but don't have work experience? Get in touch and I'll try help sort you out with some shadowing at my GP surgery in London.
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My cardiac immunology lab is looking for a postdoctoral fellow. A person with Ph.D. in immunology, knowledge of multiparameter flow cytometry, animal models and evidence of past productivity is welcome to contact me.
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UK: nearly 158 THOUSAND confirmed covid cases in last 7 days. Remember taking precautions against getting & spreading it protects you & others from #LongCovid which is estimated to affect at least 1 in 7 people with covid. You really don’t want to get it. Ask the long haulers 😔
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Podcast and please consider giving @makeascientist a follow!
🚨NEW EPISODE NOW LIVE!🚨 Long Covid is an under-appreciated condition that affects >2 million people in the UK alone. Tune in to this discussion with the brilliant @Dr2NisreenAlwan - an associate professor in Public Health @unisouthampton Links here: linktr.ee/makingascientist
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Big news - I'm starting my new research group in #Engineering #Complex #Living #Systems at @BristolUni! I'm recruiting 1 PhD student and 2 postdocs - check out the brand new group website (thearmstronggroup.co.uk) and email me if interested. Please retweet and share this advert!
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Have listen to Alex Ainscough’s recorded podcast ‘Grants and grant funding advice for ECRs - interview Prof Giovanni Mann, King’s College London 23 June 2021 (linktr.ee/makingascientist) @kingscardio @physoc @SFRR_Europe @SFRBM @BMVBSoc @BritPharmSoc @KCLDocStudies @AinscoughAlex
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Join @ImperialNHLI on 9 June to learn more about our MSc #Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare programme. Hear first-hand from the course team and @imperialcareers + get your questions answered during the live Q&A. There's still time to register 👇 ow.ly/Eug650EXTmf
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From Warrington… to Hull… to London… to Harvard?! I'm truly delighted to finally announce that in Spring '22 I’ll be joining Prof @JenniferALewis1's group at Harvard @hseas & @wyssinstitute!
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Replying to @makeascientist
Enjoyed our conversation @makeascientist! If you're interested in working in #medicalwriting - check out my blog on transitioning from academia to industry, life in medical communications, and working in pharma: Www.biomedbadass.com
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Family Event alert! @zoelaughlin, @BOldfrey and me will be (virtually) at the @Ri_Science on Thursday - this event especially aimed at helping those wondering what to do this their life. Hint: Get into Materials Science. rigb.org/whats-on/events-202…
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