#77 — Kelly Vere is the University Director of Technical Strategy at the University of Nottingham. In this episode of The Microscopists, Kelly joins Peter O’Toole to discuss funding her degree by working as a Junior Medical Technician with no science A Levels. They also chat about the amazing work Kelly has done to champion the work of technicians in education and get their contributions internationally recognized.

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#S7:E75 — In this episode, Peter O'Toole hosts an entertaining panel discussion with former members of his lab group who have gone on to pursue non-academic science careers. His guests are:

• Lotta Katriina Räty, Senior Marketing Manager at Miltenyi Biotec.
• Rakesh Suman, Innovation Development Officer at the University of Leeds.
• Richard Kasprowicz, Investigator and GSK Associate Fellow at GlaxoSmithKline Pharma GmbH.

The panel shares their motivations for choosing their respective career paths and highlights of their respective jobs.

Richard explains how working in pharmaceuticals can bring you closer to the translational impact of research and lets you see positive outcomes for patients.

Rakesh describes some of the weird and wacky ideas that can come out of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, such as creating an entire artificial egg!

And Lotta dispels some of the stereotypes and myths that exist about scientists without PhDs and shows you can have a successful and influential science career without one.

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#75 — Graham Wright is the Director of the Research Support Centre at A*STAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research. In this episode of The Microscopists, Graham joins Peter O’Toole to discuss his motives for switching from research to running a core facility. They also chat about his exciting move from the UK to Singapore and how he manages his hobbies and family between the two countries.

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