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Season 2

March 29, 2021

#26 Two passions, one life-time - Christian Tidona is driving innovat…

Dr. Christian Tidona is a biotech entrepreneur, an angel investor, and the founder of BioMed X Institute in Heidelberg, Germany. He is also a molecular biologist, educated in the academic hallways like many of us. When he fou...

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March 15, 2021

#25 Now you see it now you don't - Dr. Elisabeth Bik is spotting scie…

Dr. Elisabeth Bik is an independent Science Integrity Consultant. She is also an image sleuth, investigating independently into image manipulations in scientific publications and publically publishing her findings. Dr. Bik is...

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March 8, 2021

#24 Bonus LIVE episode - Amir Nakar, can academics network online too?

Amir is an interdisciplinary scientist, doing his PhD at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena, Germany. His work on using spectroscopy to diagnose drug-resistant bacteria brings together biology, chemistry, en...

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March 1, 2021

#23 NASA postdoc - Linda Rubinstein is doing science out of this world

Linda Rubinstein is studying how isolation and radiation are affecting physiology on the molecular level at the NASA Ames Research Center, California. We talked about the collaborative spirit and the feeling of unity around a...

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Feb. 15, 2021

#22 “What is the physiological relevance?" - Oded Rechavi on academia…

Prof. Oded Rechavi, professor at the Department of Neurobiology at Tel Aviv University. His lab challenges basic dogmas regarding inheritance and evolution, using simple powerful genetic model organisms. Oded is very active o...

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Feb. 1, 2021

#21 What to do when you are passionate about fermentation - Tal Zeltz…

Tal has a Ph.D. in Biotech and Food engineering, but that is only part of a long story that landed her as Phytolon co-founder and acting CTO. Tal brings a fresh look at career planning for a scientific track, where she had as...

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Jan. 18, 2021

#20 Anat Bohme-Cagan - Policy making in the service of the public

Anat Bohme-Cagan finished her Ph.D. in neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. Yet, even though she is very passionate about science, she realized an academic path is not for her. An ad on the radio, yes, radio, brought her to a...

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Jan. 4, 2021

#19 To give a proper advice and consult is a science done by Kim Staa…

With an extensive scientific background in neurodegeneration, and especially in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Kim is driven to move safe and effective therapies to people with ALS or with other rare diseases across the...

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Dec. 21, 2020

#18 Orly Levitan is keeping in touch with both worlds

Orly Levitan is the Chief Scientific of a cool startup called HyGIeacare Inc. While being in charge of the growing company's scientific program, she maintained her affiliation with Rutgers University. Post leaving her full-ti...

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Dec. 7, 2020

#17 Building innovation - Maria Blekher

Maria Blekher, PhD is a startup value accelerator , behavioral researcher and the founding Director of Innovation Lab at Yeshiva University, New York. Maria created a borderless New York City-based hub that connects startups...

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Nov. 23, 2020

#16 A story of perseverance - Natalie Yivgi-Ohana is changing the wor…

Natalie Yivgi-Ohana, PhD, started a postdoc in Canada, yet decided to come back after just two and a half months, realizing it is not working for her and her family. For some, this could be the end of their scientific careers...

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Nov. 9, 2020

#15 "Tinder" for scientists - Beatrice Zatroska introducing great min…

Beatrice brings her worldwide experience in business and getting great technology into the real world by creating applications. Her current mission is to make great minds interact, get to know each other, and eventually work ...

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Oct. 26, 2020

#14 In the service of science and scientists - Joanne Kamens running …

Joanne Kamens runs every molecular biologist's favorite non-profit organization, Addgene. They distribute 90,657 plasmids on behalf of 4,366 labs from around the world and to more than 100 countries. Joanne made the journey f...

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Oct. 19, 2020

#13 Welcome to season 2

Just before releasing some of our newest interviews, Lena and Ofer share what they had learned thus far and where they want to expand in the upcoming season of mAcademia. We are excited to bring new stories, new bridges being...

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