Dominique is a faculty member in the Department of Biotechnology at MiraCosta College. She teaches courses on design of experiments, upstream and downstream bioprocessing, and biostatistics. Dominique has mentored undergraduate students in research projects ranging from ‘optimization of chemical cell disruption of Nannochloropsis oculata’ to ‘development of inquiry based projects for teaching design of experiments.’

Lab of the Future:

The future of lab work centers around accessibility. It’s an absolute must that laboratory software developers be committed to accessible design. 

Fields of Interest:

Microbiology, food, pathogens

Jonas is a Microbiology student at the university of Aix-Marseille. And the Co-president of the iGEM local chapter since 2019. Besides his scientific interests and duties, he enjoys photography, cooking, and taking a walk in Les Calanques, Provence’s natural wonder.

Fields of Interest:

Synthetic biology, molecular biology, iGEM

Javier is a 2rd year Microbiology PhD student from the University of Barcelona. His research focuses on preclinical research and discovery of new antimicrobials to help fight Antimicrobial Resistance.

Lab of the Future:

I believe the lab of the future will be a space where science can be performed without hurdles thanks to technologies such as 5G or the Internet of Things, leading to reducing the amount of time it takes to develop cutting edge projects.

Fields of Interest:

Microbiology, food, pathogen

Maria-Isabel is a 5th year Molecular Biology PhD student at San Diego State University and University of California San Diego. Her research focuses on understanding how viruses that infect bacteria, phages for short, persist in or escape from their bacterial host. Her work combines tools of molecular microbiology, genomics, biochemistry, and microbial ecology. Twice a year, she organizes the student innovation workshop for the Viral Information Institute.

Lab of the Future:

In the lab of the future we will be able to access protocols for experiments in various fields of science from different institutions, and the details of their development and optimization will be readily available.

Fields of Interest:

Microbiology, phages, pathogens, corals

Goutham is a Scientist in Neurosciences from the Philipps University of Marburg. His primary research focuses on understanding the molecular basis of alpha synucleinopathies in neurodegeneration and Parkinson's disease using state of the art technologies like viral vectors and complicated brain surgeries. Since long time, he has been looking for handsfree voice-activated smart applications for protocol collection and sharing with colleagues in real-time.

Lab of the Future:

The future of scientific laboratories should be smart and remotely controllable. I believe with the new age technologies like Artificial Intelligence voice recognition will revolutionise the way scientific experiments are done to enhance the accuracy and reproducibility.

Fields of Interest:

Virus, neuroscience, electrophysiology

Aline is the founder and CSO of VITAbolus. She is a recognized cell therapy expert with over 20 yrs experience who recently sold her 1st stem cell technology. Now with VITAbolus her goal is to democratize cell therapy by developing a proprietary, inexpensive, and simple to take stem cell pill.

Lab of the Future:

The lab of the future is virtual. You can program, record, and analyze the experiment from anywhere. Colleagues can comment, suggest modifications—e.g. controls etc...from anywhere and or follow from anywhere. It occurs in simulated or surrogate settings rather than requiring living or animal test subjects.

Fields of Interest:

Stem Cells, diagnostics, cancer

Anne Voigt is a biochemist, behavioral biologist and neuroscientist. She is currently pursuing her PhD in neuroscience at the Charité Berlin and the Humboldt University Berlin in an effort to understand the formation of memories in the brain.

Fields of Interest:

Neuroscience, psychology

Katrine is on her 2^nd year of her microbiology PhD at Aarhus University and University of Copenhagen. The focus of her PhD is Mobile Genetic Elements and their importance in a variety of ecosystems, while also addressing and attempting to overcome biases in retrieval of Mobilomes and Viromes.

Lab of the Future:

Wetlab work in the future will hopefully be way more efficient with streamlined technology to help the scientist to take correct notes, having timers and following the protocol while the work is happening and not after.