James Canham is a PhD student who used his PiPs placement at Pwani University in Kenya to establish a new research consortium, the success of which has helped earn him a UEA Engagement Award

From a veterinary surgery to a plant science lab, via a classroom and a PhD, Dr Bethany Nichols career has been full of discovery. We sat down with Bethany to ask her about her career so far and how she is using data and computational modelling to prove plants are cool

Franziska Hoerbst is a Computational System Biology PhD student in Richard Morris lab, focussing on the physicochemical properties of mRNAs and their influence on travelling. We asked her how and why mRNA travel?

Rotation PhD student Emma Raven joined our Rotation PhD programme. Emma co-chairs the JIC Student Voice with Josh Waites, and is currently working on plasmodesmata and plant communication. We asked Emma about her project, and the importance of communication in cells, and in the student community

Josh Waites in the new co-Chair of our PhD community; the PhD Voice. We asked Josh about his own PhD project and how a global pandemic has affected the PhD community more broadly

Dr Carol Ibe is a Postdoctoral Scientist in Dr Diane Saunders lab, working on yellow rust in wheat. We asked Carol, what is yellow rust, why is it a problem and what can we do to save our daily bread?

Late last year the Journal of Cell Science interviewed Dr Christine Faulkner as part of their 'cell scientist to watch' series. Here is the Journal's interview with Christine, covering her career path, current research, challenges and the best advice she's been given