Yifan Cheng
Yifan shares his unique career trajectory and what it felt like to make a ground-breaking discovery. MImi, Mike and Liz learn how Yifan works to build a great lab culture, and how he encourages himself and others to think productively about scientific competition.
Melody Campbell
Melody gives us an inside look into her work on extremely flexible, challenging cryo-EM targets like integrins, the struggles of starting a lab during the pandemic, and a pivotal moment in her career that set her on the path to founding and leading the Campbell Lab. Mike and Melody talk about a few silver linings that arose from the pandemic-driven Zoom revolution, and everyone shares what made them fall in love with cryo-EM.
Lisa Eshun-Wilson
Lisa talks about her passion for microtubule associated proteins, trusting the process during your scientific journey, and how to make it as a young scientist starting out in Cryo-EM. Mimi, Mike & Liz learn about Lisa’s love for manual plunge freezing in the cold room.
Mark Herzik
Mark talks about his work challenging cryo-EM paradigms by pushing the size limits for small protein samples and using 200kV microscopes for high-end data collection. Mimi, Mike & Liz chat with Mark about his experience as a first-generation academic, the hidden curriculum in academia, and the importance of improving access to resources in cryo-EM.
Ellen Zhong
Ellen shares her journey into the world of cryoEM and her excitement for the future of ML and structural biology. Mimi, Mike & Liz talk with Ellen about being newcomers to a field and how to bridge disciplines using interdisciplinary meetings, like the Machine Learning in Structural Biology Workshop at NEURIPS 2022.