Samantha Yammine
Samantha Yammine PhD is a Neuroscientist, Science Communicator, and Digital Media Producer who earned her PhD from the University of Toronto researching how stem cells build the mammalian brain before birth and maintain it throughout adulthood. She founded Science Sam Media to create science media that are fun and accessible for all, and is a member of the Editorial Committee for the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers and the Program Committee for the Royal Canadian Institute for Science. Learn more & get in touch at samanthayammine.com
Posts by: Samantha
Bioprinting tissues of the future with Dr. Stephanie Willerth
This year, the annual Till & McCulloch Meetings ended with a plenary session on the “next generation of regenerative medicine” to keep attendees thinking forward as they headed back home. While all of them were incredibly exciting, I was particularly struck by the futuristic techniques presented by Dr. Stephanie Willerth, who showed fantastic images and […]
Insider tips for becoming a PI
You’ve heard the rumours – it is notoriously difficult to get a job as a tenure-track Principal Investigator (PI). The 10,000 PhDs project reported that, on average, about 23 percent of life sciences PhDs from the University of Toronto get a tenure stream position. An interactive mathematical model put forth by David van Dijk et […]
Positive update on Asterias’ SCiStar study for spinal cord injury – TMM 2017
With the extensive exploitation of regenerative medicine through the marketing and selling of unapproved stem cell “therapies” online, it was refreshing to hear an update about clinical trials for a legitimate stem cell therapy at the Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) earlier this month. Dr. Jane Lebkowski, President of R&D and Chief Scientific Officer at […]
Communicating new science in a crisis
On most days, scientific discoveries are not cover stories or even top headlines. That hasn’t been the case since COVID-19 hit our collective consciousness. We are being inundated with science news, which would be great under different circumstances. But communicating new science during a crisis appears to have its own challenges. The scientific community has […]