• Quality Assurance
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SPOKES Think Tank

Within the framework of the programme SPOKES Wellcome Trust Funded Think Tank (SWTFTT), a group of 12 early career researchers (ECRs) from the BIH research community was funded.

They worked together over a period of two years to develop, conduct and complete a project that aims to improve the quality of translational research in Berlin. Selection was based on applicants' previous engagement with improving research, project ideas, commitment to the Think Tank and possible role in the group.

SPOKES Think Tank Members

  • SPOKES Think Tank Members
    • Alexandra Damerau (Doctoral candidate, AG Buttgereit (Glucocorticoids and Bioenergetics), Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Joachim Fuchs (Doctoral candidate, AG Eickholt (Signaling Mechanisms in Brain Development and Disease), Institute for Biochemistry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Deetje Iggena, MD (Postdoctoral researcher, AG Ploner (Brain & Behavior), Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Postdoctoral researcher, AG Finke (Cognition in Neurological Disorders), Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
    • Gabriel Janach (MD/PhD candidate, AG Strauß (Ionic Current Development), Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Christine Knoll (Junior Doctor and doctoral candidate, Clinic for Pediatrics and Endocrinology/Diabetology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Hung Lo (Doctoral candidate, AG Johenning/AG Schmitz (Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity), Neuroscience Research Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Evelyn Medawar (Doctoral candidate, AG Villringer/AG Park, Berlin Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & Department of Cognitive Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig)
    • Marta Oliveira (Doctoral candidate, AG Gerhardt (Integrative Vascular Biology), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine)
    • Daniel Parthier (Doctoral candidate, AG Schmitz (Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity), Neuroscience Research Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Constantin Yves Plessen (Research assistant, AG Fischer (Psychometry and Health Outcomes Research), Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Andrea Salazar Lázaro (Doctoral candidate, AG Rosenmund (Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission), Institute for Neurophysiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
    • Philipp van Kronenberg (Doctoral candidate, AG de Hoz (Sensory Gating and Subcortico-cortical Interactions), Neuroscience Research Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Podcast: Doing Science Differently

A podcast has been produced as part of the SWTF Think Tank programme.

The podcast takes a closer look at (negative) aspects of research culture and practice in order to improve translational research in Berlin and beyond. The experts interviewed give insights into their work and provide both tips and resources on how to change ways of working in the lab, clinic and institutes.

Please follow us on Twitter for more information and useful resources @DoSciDiff.

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