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The occurrence of infectious diseases still remains one of the major challenges the world has to face. These diseases have not only brought economic losses, but more importantly some have posed great threats to human health. It is my objective that by specialising in microbiology, I can contribute to solving this problem. Being accepted in one of the best universities in the world and winning a prestigious Gates scholarship have greatly encouraged me in my belief that I can realise this goal.

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University of Cambridge M.Phil. in Linguistics 2001
Harvard University AB Applied Mathematics 1999

Solange Manche’s doctoral project is concerned with the resurgence of the critique of political economy in contemporary French philosophy, after the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Focusing on the thought of Catherine Malabou, Frédéric Lordon, and Bernard Stiegler, she works on the relation between the temporalities of financialisation and individuation. Other aspects of her research include social movements, new forms of labour, French cinema activism, and the reception of Hegel and Marx in France.

She is currently preparing a post-doc project on the return of economic planning and the question of communism with a focus on France, but not exclusively.

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Artez University of the Arts
Utrecht University
EHESS and ENS (Paris)

Ayan S. Mandal, PhD, is a medical student and neuroscientist at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to medical school, he received a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a PhD at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where he wrote a thesis on network neuroscience and brain tumors. Ayan graduated from Georgetown University in 2018, where he majored in Neurobiology and Physics. His research has been presented at several national and international conferences and published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. He is also the author of A Stethoscope for the Brain, a book about proactive strategies to prevent brain diseases.

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Georgetown University

Biologist (Developmental Neurobiology) & International Affairs; 3 years as science journalist; 6 years communications for International Organistion dedicated to water management (ICPDR); As of autumn 2016, Head of Communications for bio-medical research institute (IMP).

I spent my childhood in Calhoun, Kentucky, a small town in the US heartland (we recently got our first traffic light!). I subsequently attended the University of Kentucky, where I completed my BSc in Agricultural Biotechnology. While a student, I was actively involved in undergraduate research with the Department of Plant Pathology and served as the President for the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research. After graduating from UK, I devoted my time to a startup compost company on my family farm. I will be continuing some of my responsibilities with Charlie’s Compost while completing the Bioscience Enterprise MPhil at Cambridge. My plans after the MBE program are to pursue a PhD in Biology at MIT. My long-term goals are to establish myself in the biotechnology industry without losing partial involvement in my family business. I am particularly interested in agricultural and environmental issues and how they can be positively affected by conscious capitalism.

I was born and raised in The Gambia and completed my undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences (Genetics, Cell & Developmental Biology) at Arizona State University. While in The Gambia, I worked in a research lab and it was here that I developed an interest in biomedical research. Most recently, studying public health has made me understand the magnitude of the threat that infectious diseases possess to human health and wellbeing, but tackling these diseases requires an in-depth understanding of the diseases both at the cellular and molecular levels to help inform public health approaches to controlling and eradicating them. At Cambridge, I will be investigating the molecular mechanisms by which rare variants of the human glycophorin protein (transmembrane protein in human red blood cells) provide protection against malaria using biochemical and microscopy approaches. Increasing our understanding of these mechanisms can help us develop new therapies to protect people against malaria- a leading cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. My future goal is to be a part of the global effort to understand and eradicate malaria and other infectious diseases that are affecting millions of people around the world.

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University of British Columbia Public Health 2020
Arizona State University Biological Sciences 2018

While Archimedes chose a lever and fulcrum, I would pick data and the right question. Properly directed analytics really can move the world. That’s why I so passionately believe in making vital data skills and tools available to everyone, whether you are starting from the beginning or seeking to take it to the next level. This passion is voiced in my analytic education and consultancy business, Merakinos. My goal with Merakinos is to advance how we use data, with a special focus on those people and organizations new to the analytics space. Together we can transform the world, one data-inspired decision at a time.

Links

https://www.merakinos.com
http://www.alexandraorion.wordpress.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandramannerings
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323830

Originally from Greece, I came to the UK to study Biomedical Sciences. During my studies, I grew an interest in cancer treatment research, which was developed in my internship at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics in Bradford. There, I realised the uncanny similarities between embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and cancer cells at the metabolic level, and identified the need to gain a deeper understanding of the key events occuring in early mammalian embryogenesis. For this reason, I decided to do an MPhil in Developmental Biology at the University of Cambridge, and to focus on the link between metabolism and embryonic development, by studying a recently generated in-vitro model, called gastruloids. These are 3D aggregates of ESCs (mouse and human) that successfully mimic the spatiotemporal patterns of embryos and give us access to some previously inaccessible stages of early embryogenesis. Preliminary data of my research support the crucial effect of energy metabolism, not only on cell growth, but also on cell signaling and pluripotency. My goal as a PhD student at the Martinez Arias lab is to continue and expand on my current research, which is in accordance with the principle of the ‘3Rs’ (Replace, Reduce and Refine the use of animals in Research) and paves the way towards personalised medicine. I am incredibly honoured to be part of the vibrant and insightful Gates Cambridge Community and its global network of Scholars, who collectively aim to improve the life of others.

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University of Cambridge Biological Science (Genetics) 2019
University of Bradford Biomedical Science 2018

Previous Education

Princeton University MPA Public Policy/International Development 2004
Chulalongkorn University BA International Relations 2001

As an undergraduate studying Chemistry and Life Sciences in Taiwan, I engaged in a structural biology study about the crystal structure determination of mitochondrial nuclease MGME1. This study revealed the molecular mechanism of MGME1's function in mtDNA maintenance and motivated me to extend my knowledge of structural biology and mitochondrial biology in the Mitochondrial Biology Unit at the University of Cambridge. My future research will focus on using Cryo-EM for determining the structure of human mitochondrial ATP/ADP carriers, which play a vital role in cellular energy production. I hope my research can not only uncover the molecular mechanism of mitochondrial functions but also promote mitochondria-targeting drug discovery for the betterment of human health. Besides research, I wish that I could contribute to the scientific education in my hometown, Tainan. I want to facilitate the collaboration between local universities and high schools, making the scientific resources available for any potential and motivated young scientists. I am thrilled to meet all Gates Cambridge Scholars in this fantastic academic community.

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National Cheng Kung University Chemistry and Life Sciences 2024

Over the past few years I have worked with and founded educational institutions that provide students with opportunities to engage in hands-on democratic self-governance. As one deeply concerned about the decline of civic participation in developed democracies, these experiences have changed the way I think about political life and the way we prepare young people to take leadership in it. I am passionate about creating new ways to make civic education less rote and more experiential, and I am excited to explore possibilities for this innovation through the MPhil in Politics, Development, and Democratic Education at Cambridge. I hope to draw on this education in my future career: helping schools structurally integrate democratic practices into their administration and pedagogy, creating programs that give young people meaningful governance experience, and empowering students for lives of active civic engagement in their communities and world.

My interdisciplinary studies in the fields of international relations and art theory, as well as my work experiences in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in the Russian Art department at Christie’s, have led to my interest in modern aesthetic developments and visual relationship between Western European and Russian art. For my doctorate degree, I examined these aspects within printmaking in Russia at the turn of the twentieth century.

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New York University M.A. Humanities and Social Thought 2007
University of Oregon B.A. International Studies 2004

I did my PhD in the Material Science Department (Device Materials Group). Currently I am a yield engineer in the fab at Intel.

I am a lawyer by profession and most recently served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Mr. Justice Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to this, between 2008 and 2010, I practiced in the area of general commercial litigation at a Wall Street firm. My experience working at the epicenter of the Global Financial Crisis made me realize the need fundamentally reform the governance and regulation of large financial institutions. To this end, I am pursuing a Master of Law and writing a thesis that I hope will propose a regulatory framework better suited to mitigating the systemic risks that materialized three years ago. In 2011, I became a Fellow of Action Canada, where I am studying the links between inequality and the knowledge-based economy. I am also President of the CAPE Scholarship, which helps people from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue professional studies. Upon completion of my studies, I will join the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law as an assistant professor.

While a student at Harvard University, I completed a BS in Biomedical Engineering, and an MS in Biomedical Engineering. My research throughout college included designing medical devices for dialysis patients, new filtration systems for biological fluid disposal, and focused ultrasound work for chemical treatment and biological applications. I dedicated much of my time serving as Statistician for the Harvard Varsity Football Team and Chairman of the Institute of Politics Fellows Selection Committee, among others. In addition, I co-founded American Aptitude, a non-profit, non-partisan group dedicated to improving and promoting civic education throughout the United States. I spent 2013-2014 in India as a Fulbright Scholar designing low-cost medical devices and working on public health projects. I have also worked as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. At Cambridge, I have worked to develop a device to deliver medicines to breastfeeding infants, which I hope will improve access to quality, affordable healthcare solutions worldwide.

Research in Prof. Sir Alan Fersht's lab in the Department of Chemistry and the MRC Centre Protein Engineering at the Addenbrook's site. Research is on protein folding using spectroscopy and other physical techniques. Other areas of interest include neurobiology, membrane biophysics, single molecule studies, protein recognition and binding, genomics, and systems biology.