Why we launch this program
What You Will Gain
Meet Your Mentors
Timeline
How to Participate?
Click "Apply now" below to enter your information, and we will select 30 females to be part of our "ELEGOO With Her" program based on the creativity, feasibility, and substance of their applications.
Let's Delve into Her Stories
Her story: Annika
Annika is a Neuroscientist currently doing research for her PhD in the Netherlands (Radboudumc). She is focused on the immune system in the brain and developed novel human stem cell-based technologies to model immune cells and their interaction with the other cells in the brain.
Next to the bioengineering work in the lab, Annika uses 3D printing to show her brain cell models and let them come to life in 3D. This is super helpful for teaching and for people to immediately visualise what the models we are working with in the lab look like. Based on microscopy data, the z-stack images of a cell can be converted into code for the 3D printer.
I’m truly proud of the work I’m doing
This discovery of stem cell technology was awarded the Nobel prize in 2012. Because that means that we can now take – in a non-invasive way – cells from patients. And for us this is huge, right?
Try out new things in your career
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You don't have to be less girly to be a scientist
But now growing up in the world of science, I actually realized that the things I like or do outside my job, they really don’t define the quality of my research.
Any advice for future women in STEM?
Be bold. Try out new things. It does not need to be perfect from the start.