Women of Science

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Tag: moving abroad

  • Merve Suzan Zeden: Microscopic Bacteria, Big Impact

    Dr. Merve S. Zeden is a microbiologist specializing in the study of how Staphylococcus aureus responds to antibiotics and environmental stressors. During her PhD, Dr. Zeden investigated cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP), a signaling molecule present in many bacterial species and thought to contribute to cell survival. Dr. Zeden discovered the mechanism by which c-di-AMP is essential…

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  • Yili Xu: A Passionate Biologist in Drug Discovery

    Yili Xu’s career has spanned the globe from China to California and shifted between medicine, academic research, and the pharmaceutical industry. Here, we ask Yili to share her journey and to discuss the lessons and values that helped shape it. How would you describe your current role? I would consider myself a researcher at a…

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