Spectrum

Kelly Culhane and Larry Bowman are both graduate students in the MB&B and EEB departments, respectively, as well as Graduate Teaching Fellows at the Center for Teaching and Learning. They discuss their trajectories to STEM education, share some advice for incorporating inclusive teaching practices, and describe their innovative Teaching as Research (TAR) project focused on improving the introductory biology course sequence, BIOL101-104, here at Yale.

Gabriela Bosque Ortiz sat down with Kaltuma Mohamed, an INP PREP student at Yale, about her experiences in the United States as a Somali refugee and a science student. The third of three Spectrum mini-series episodes about current events and science.

Gabriela Bosque sat down with Rob Fernandez, a MB&B graduate student, about how undocumented status affects working in science. The second of three Spectrum mini-series episodes about current events and science.

Gabriela Bosque sat down with graduate students Sarah Smaga and Tina Su to discuss the March for Science. First of three Spectrum mini-series episodes about current events and science.

Daniel Colon-Ramos is an Associate Professor of Cell Biology and of Neuroscience. Giovanna Guerrero-Medina is the Executive Director of Ciencia Puerto Rico. We sat down with Daniel and Giovanna to discuss their trajectories to Yale, how they collaborated to found the Yale Ciencia Initiative, and their perspectives on the future of engaging a diverse population of young scientists.

Meg Urry is the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, the former President of the American Astronomical Society, and also the Director of the Yale Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics at Yale University.

Kimberley Gibson is a research assistant in Chuck Sindelar's lab in the Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry. I sat down with Kim to discuss lab cultures, best practices in mentorship, and the differences between the Canadian and American scientific systems.

Ashley Schloss is a 5th year PhD candidate--and soon-to-be PhD!--in Lynne Regan's lab at the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. Anthony Scruse is a 3rd year PhD Candidate in the Department of Chemistry.

Valerie Horsley is the Maxine F. Singer '57 Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellcular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University. We sat down with Valerie to discuss her lab's work on regeneration and would healing, her thoughts on fixing the "leaky pipeline" for women in STEM, and how individual actions can change science cultures.

Anjelica Gonzalez is the Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Amanda Pellowe is a 4th year PhD candidate in Anjelica's lab. We sat down with Anjelica and Amanda to discuss their perspectives on various outreach initiatives they've spearheaded, being a woman in engineering, and diversity in STEM.

Sarah Demers is the Horace D. Taft Associate Professor Physics at Yale University. We sat down with Sarah to discuss her work at CERN, her experience advocating for women in physics, and her ideas for creating a more inclusive physics environment.

In this episode, Karla tells us why she starts the day off by doing laundry, why balance in self-confidence and self-criticism is crucial for a scientific career, and how she went from addressing sexism in science by "putting her head in the sand," to creating the EMBO Women in Life Science (WILS) Database.