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Meet our #November feature Sophia Hitzler, a doctoral researcher at Leibniz-HKI, in this year’s #calendar 2025! From a fascination with fungi 🍄 to mentoring 👩‍🏫 and an unexpected dream job 🐳, discover her journey here: lmy.de/sBQAV

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A young woman with curly reddish-brown hair stands by a staircase railing in a modern building. She is wearing a long yellow pleated skirt, a black top, and black boots. She is holding several notebooks or books in her arms and is smiling gently at the camera. Graphic design image with a blue-to-purple gradient background. The word ‘NOVEMBER’ appears at the top in bold orange letters, followed by the name ‘Sophia Hitzler’ in large purple text. Below, in smaller black text, it reads ‘Leibniz-HKI Calendar 2025.’ The word ‘SWIPE’ is written in bold black letters next to a yellow arrow pointing to the right. The Leibniz-HKI logo is placed in the bottom left corner. A woman with curly reddish-brown hair is working in a laboratory. She is wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves and is examining a transparent bottle filled with liquid. In the background, another person in a lab coat is seated at a workstation. The room is bright and equipped with typical laboratory instruments. A person with curly hair, wearing a black top and a long yellow skirt, stands on an indoor staircase holding books and looking upward with a smile. A colorful speech bubble above reads: ‘It’s especially fun to introduce young people to science and see how curiosity develops.’ The logo ‘LEIBNIZ-HKI’ appears in the bottom left.
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Hoe dachten mensen in de Middeleeuwen over dieren? Via beestenboeken, pretparken, en dierenrechtszaken verkent historicus Sven Gins (@rug.nl) wat we kunnen leren over mens-dier relaties, technologie en dierenrechten van toen. Sven is dit jaar een v/d #facesofscience van NEMO Kennislink en de KNAW.
July 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Microbioloog Mink Sieders (Universiteit van Amsterdam) ontwikkelt modellen die de natuurlijke omstandigheden in je darmen beter nabootsen. Mink is dit jaar een van de #facesofscience van @NEMOkennislink en de KNAW. Samen met 11 andere onderzoekers vertelt hij over zijn leven als jonge wetenschapper.
June 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Paleobioloog Yanell Braumuller (@naturalis.bsky.social en @unileiden.bsky.social) onderzoekt óf mensapen de oversteek van Europa naar Afrika konden maken. Yanell is dit jaar een van de #facesofscience van NEMO Kennislink en de KNAW. Hele verhaal van Yanell kijken? Hier: youtu.be/J3-vPTWG1RQ
June 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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🩸 👩‍⚕️ Typ-1- #Diabetes ist behandelbar, aber bis heute nicht heilbar.

#FacesOfScience – Ekaterine Berishvili (Universität Genf) züchtet Bauchspeicheldrüsen, um damit die #Krankheit definitiv zu besiegen.

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June 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Jake Odger, PhD Student (Medicinal Chemistry), Newcastle University #facesofscience #chemsky #sciencesky
April 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Meet our #December #calendar 2025 feature Wolfgang Vivas & Dolly Montaño, postdocs from Venezuela 🇻🇪 at Leibniz-HKI. How do they both juggle demanding research 🧪 with family life 👨🏻‍👩🏻‍👦🏻 while also keeping their creativity alive? 🎨 Find it out in their interview: lmy.de/Ibiul

#FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI
A man and a woman stand side by side in a hallway, leaning casually against a doorframe. Both are smiling and wearing light-colored shirts and trousers. On the left side of the image, a large colorful speech-bubble graphic contains a research quote about metabolic adaptations during bacterial infections. A pink arrow near the bottom right indicates swiping. The wall features decorative artwork, and a ‘Leibniz-HKI’ logo appears in the lower left corner. A woman and a man are standing on a staircase landing inside a building. The woman stands with arms crossed and the man leans casually against the wall, both smiling. A large multicolored text bubble on the left displays a quote about immune responses to fungal infections and postdoctoral research. A ‘Leibniz-HKI’ logo is visible at the bottom left, and a pink arrow on the floor points to the right. A graphic page with a bright rainbow gradient background. Large bold text reads ‘December – Wolfgang Vivas & Dolly Montaño.’ Below it is smaller text saying ‘Leibniz-HKI Calendar 2025.’ A pink arrow on the right indicates swiping. The Leibniz-HKI logo appears in the lower left corner. A couple walks hand in hand with a small child between them along a paved path on a research campus. All three are wearing jackets, and the adults hold the child’s hands. Above them is a colorful text bubble with the quote: “More awareness of family dynamics in academia would help many scientists. (Dolly)”. The logo “LEIBNIZ-HKI” appears in the lower left corner.
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Honoring scientists who advanced humanity yet faced tragedy. How can we protect those protecting us?

Molecular scientists that have controversial deaths.

#ProtectScientists #FacesOfScience #HumanitarianInnovation #ScienceAndSafety #ReflectOnTruth
November 23, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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#FacesOfScience -- What do Saint Francis of Assisi and Diego Maradona have in common? A literature researcher at Bern University explains. 📚🧐😇

👉 Read our profile of Nicolas Detering, who unearths the saints of the past in contemporary culture: ➡️ https://buff.ly/3Ea3yMQ
January 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Communicatiewetenschapper @puckguldemond.bsky.social van @w-u-r.bsky.social onderzoekt politieke microtargeting: specifieke boodschappen die politieke partijen op kleine groepen richten. Puck is dit jaar een v/d #facesofscience van @NEMOkennislink en de KNAW. Check haar verhaal: youtu.be/mn0cLLazanw
Faces of Science: Puck Guldemond
YouTube video by De KNAW
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June 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Jeeven Singh, Research Biochemist, Milton Park (Oxford) #facesofscience #sciencesky
September 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Wat is jouw favoriete Griekse mythe? Cultuurwetenschapper Julia Neugarten onderzoekt aan de Radboud Universiteit hoe 'fan fiction' de Griekse mythologie gebruikt. Zo ontdekt ze welke elementen fans aanspreken. Julia is dit jaar een van de #facesofscience van @NEMOkennislink en de KNAW.
June 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Dit jaar neem ik deel aan #facesofscience en in onderstaande video vertel ik meer over mijn onderzoek. Leuk als je meekijkt! 🤩👀

Mocht je meer willen weten, neem dan een kijkje op www.nemokennislink.nl/facesofscien... voor mijn profielpagina en eerste blog.
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Communicatiewetenschapper @puckguldemond.bsky.social van @w-u-r.bsky.social onderzoekt politieke microtargeting: specifieke boodschappen die politieke partijen op kleine groepen richten. Puck is dit jaar een v/d #facesofscience van @NEMOkennislink en de KNAW. Check haar verhaal: youtu.be/mn0cLLazanw
Faces of Science: Puck Guldemond
YouTube video by De KNAW
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June 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Max Hill, PhD Student (Sellars Group), Newcastle University, UK #facesofscience #chemsky #sciencesky
September 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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🌸🌈 Happy #DiversityDay! Meet Moemi Kawashima, our #May #calendar face and one of our many PhD researchers coming from abroad! From Tokyo 🇯🇵 & physics to Jena & fungi, she’s now decoding a mysterious mold protein 🧬 that can be found in Aspergillus nidulans: lmy.de/mdoge

#FacesOfScience #DDT25
Photo of Moemi Kawashima in a gray long dress standing in a large bright room with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. She leans against a tall white column that supports the room and gazes dreamily out of the window. There is a little smile on her face. In her hands, she holds a small white origami artwork depicting a swan. There is the following text: “I am characterizing a protein in the plasma membrane of a mold called Aspergillus nidulans. The protein is conserved in many organisms but nobody knows its exact function and that is what I am trying to find out.” Illustration of the cover page of the Leibniz HKI Calendar 2025 for the month of May as a graphic in overall muted shades of dark beige, gray and white. Close-up of Moemi Kawashima, whose face can only be seen blurred in the background. In the foreground, she holds two petri dishes up to the camera, her hands are wearing blue rubber gloves. In the black-labeled petri dishes with lids, you can see two different fungi cultures that have grown there and fill the dish. The fungus culture on the left is white with a dark brown dot in the center. The fungus culture on the right is light brown in color, with a larger black dot in the middle. It is accompanied by the following text in black and white font: “I was fascinated by the international environment and the photonics research in Jena.” Frontal view of Moemi Kawashima in a long gray dress. She is holding a small white origami artwork in her hands in front of her stomach. She is standing in a large, bright conference room. A lot of bright light enters through floor-to-ceiling glass windows. To her left and right are rows of chairs with metal legs and gray textile backrests. To Moemi’s right, you can see the following text in black and white lettering with a beige splash of color underneath: “It is all about being respectful to each other.”
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Are you a PhD candidate in NL? Share your research! 🌍 KNAW is looking for new Faces of Science. 🧪

Inspire youth through blogs & vlogs about your researcher life. 🎥

🗓️ Deadline: Jan 16, 2026 Get nominated now: 👇 shorturl.at/FwsU2

#SciComm #PhDLife #FacesOfScience #PNN #KNAW
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Faces of Science communiceren over hun wetenschappelijk onderzoek en hun leven als promovendi aan de hand van blogs, vlogs, artikelen, lezingen, optredens in de media en activiteiten op sociale media....
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January 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Bestuurskundige Thaïs Franken (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social en Universiteit van Aruba) onderzoekt hoe maatschappelijke organisaties op Aruba en Bonaire invloed uitoefenen op beleid en bestuur. Wat zijn de verschillen? Thaïs is is dit jaar een van de #facesofscience van NEMO Kennislink en de KNAW.
July 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Dr Kevin Bevernaege, Research Associate (Medicinal Chemistry), Newcastle University, UK #facesofscience #chemsky #sciencesky
May 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Sporty 🏸, curious, and far from cliché: In our #July feature of our #calendar, colleagues Tongta Sae-Ong & Sascha Schäuble share their paths in bioinformatics, love for sports, and why science is as much about people as it is about data: lmy.de/fTKMI
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Sascha Schäuble concentrates on his work at his standing desk in the office. In the accompanying quote, he explains his work at the Leibniz-HKI: “As Head of Integrative Data Analysis, I am a bioinformatic hub at the Leibniz-HKI and open for collaboration with all groups on data (pre-)processing, analysis and integration.” Tongta Sae-Ong is sitting in a dress on a chair similar to a bar stool with a “Peanuts” coffee cup in her hand, the arm with the cup is leaning on a high table in front of her. There is a large window in the background. She is in conversation with her colleague Sascha Schäuble, of whom only his knees and one hand are visible. In the accompanying quote, she explains her work at the Leibniz-HKI: “As a bioinformatician my projects focus on metagenomics. After studying fungal genomes, I now work on the plant microbiome.” Graphic with color gradient in yellow-pink. In large colorful letters it says: “JULY – Sascha Schäuble & Tongta Sae-Ong”. Below that: “Leibniz-HKI Calendar 2025”. At the bottom is a lilac arrow with the word “SWIPE”, inviting you to turn the page. At the bottom left is the Leibniz-HKI logo. Tongta Sae-Ong and Sascha Schäuble play a game of ping-pong across a large wooden table and benches on a green lawn. Lush green deciduous trees can be seen in the background, obscuring part of a modern Leibniz-HKI building behind them. The accompanying quote from Sascha reads: “You’re only limited by your imagination.”
July 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Extreme stormen kunnen hoge waterstanden en golven veroorzaken, die in het ergste geval leiden tot overstromingen. Paulina Kindermann (@tudelftwm.bsky.social) onderzoekt hoe we zulke stormen beter kunnen voorspellen. Dit jaar is zij een van de #facesofscience van NEMO Kennislink en de KNAW.
May 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Mensen dóen de hele dag dingen. En voor alles wat we doen hebben we woorden. Helpt taal ook als je nieuwe handelingen leert? Dat onderzoekt taalkundige Rosa Zaaijer (Universiteit van Amsterdam). Ze is dit jaar een van de #facesofscience van NEMO Kennislink en de KNAW. youtu.be/Q8OzbqNO1R0
Faces of Science: Rosa Zaaijer
YouTube video by De KNAW
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July 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Dr Jessica Graham (@jessicagraham1.bsky.social), Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Chemical Biology), The Francis Crick Institute #facesofscience #chemsky #sciencesky
April 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Dr Kerry Elgie (@kerryasynt.bsky.social), Commercial Director, Asynt Ltd (@asynt.bsky.social), Nottingham, UK #facesofscience #chemsky #sciencesky
April 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Prof. Mike Waring (@mikewaring.bsky.social), Chair of Medicinal Chemistry, Newcastle University #facesofscience #chemsky #sciencesky
April 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Dr Jennyfer Goujon-Ricci (@jenricci-ncl.bsky.social), PDRA (Medicinal Chemistry), Newcastle University #facesofscience #chemsky #sciencesky
March 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM