Our newest venture has simply been launched: Becoming a Scientist: The Graphic Novel!
The novel follows the tales of the superb group members within the lab (or, at the very least, these group members who’ve been round since final October once we began this venture!). We comply with their story in turning into a scientist: the limitations they needed to overcome, the role-models who helped them on the way in which, and the motivation that drove them to enter STEM.
It is a distinctive venture for us, as a result of it is not about our science. It’s about us as scientists. The place we got here from, and the way we acquired right here. None of us have been destined for science, but by some means right here we’re, working collectively to higher the world…
Our superb illustrator, Yulia Lapko, brings to life every individual’s story. We now have Magda, daughter of Somali refugees, drawing power from her mom’s sacrifice and equally decided to assist others in flip. We now have Alvaro, who barely managed to get into faculty rising up in Peru, and has now made it to Cambridge with a ripper of an under-graduate venture. James, who took a protracted and winding route, overcoming each drawback life offers a foster child, and but by some means beating the chances and now serving to others succeed. Stevi made the transition from affected person to researcher, and Tombi brings her mission from Zimbabwe to assist the worldwide ubuntu. I realised, wanting across the lab, that I may discuss how inspiring I discover actually each individual – so I put all of them right into a ebook!
I draw inspiration from these superb group members. I may have written this story at any level over the previous fifteen years – we’ve practically 200 superb alumni, every with their very own distinctive story. I wrote these tales to offer role-models to anybody fascinated by beginning a profession in science. Science is just not for the privileged few. Science is for anybody who has ever requested “why?”, and anybody who is simply too cussed to know when to cease asking! Have a look into these tales – if we are able to reach science, you possibly can too!
The ebook is live now to read at Issuu, and will likely be launched quickly in print. If you wish to assist extra progressive initiatives in broadening participation from our lab, drop us a donation!
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