BigHat Biosciences, a California-based start-up co-founded by 2018 Schmidt Science Fellow Dr. Peyton Greenside, has just announced the successful completion of an over-subscribed $19 million Series A funding round. Peyton, Chief Scientific Officer at BigHat Biosciences, founded the company with Chief Executive, Dr. Mark DePristo, in 2019, following her Fellowship Placement at Stanford University. BigHat … Continued
Schmidt Science Fellows and International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021 In recognition of the UN International Day of Women and Girl’s in Science today, we are giving space to some of our Fellows to share their perspectives being a woman in science, the importance of leadership, and initiatives they have supported. The … Continued
This blog features in UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021. On October 7, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier. This marked a day of absolute excitement and inspiration for many women in science, including me, as this was the only science Nobel Prize … Continued
This blog features in UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021. Over the last 40 years, studies have asked different groups of young children to draw a scientist – and consistently across the four decades they have drawn a white man. This assumption is not necessarily unfounded; one just needs to look at … Continued
This blog features in UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021. I am extremely fortunate that from very early on in my education, I have had the opportunity to learn from several inspirational women mentors including Professor. Özlem Ece Demir at the University of Iowa, Prof. Erica Flapan, Prof. Katy Muzikar, and … Continued
The scientific response to COVID-19 has been impressive, inspiring, and, above all, interdisciplinary. Schmidt Science Fellows from all cohorts and disciplines refocused their science to play their part in the global scientific effort to combat COVID-19 and its effects. Click here to watch our latest film and read more about our Fellows’ work.
Read our Annual Report in full here We are pleased to publish our second Annual Report, covering the period August 2019 to July 2020 and sharing stories of the development of the Fellowship and the achievements of our Fellows. Highlights from this edition include: Our Fellowship community’s broad, interdisciplinary role in the scientific world’s response … Continued
This case study features in the Schmidt Science Fellows Annual Report 2019-2020. Dr. Ahmad Omar is a 2019 Schmidt Science Fellow. Completing his PhD at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Ahmad used theoretical and computational tools to develop a more complete molecular description of the mechanical properties of hydrogels. Ahmad deferred a faculty job offer … Continued
This case study features in the Schmidt Science Fellows Annual Report 2019-2020. Dr. Mina Konaković Luković was selected as a Schmidt Science Fellow in 2019 following an undergraduate and master’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and a PhD at EPFL in Switzerland. Mina pursued her Fellowship Placement … Continued
This case study features in the Schmidt Science Fellows Annual Report 2019-2020. Dr. Xiwen Gong is a member of the inaugural cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows, selected in 2018. She obtained her first degree in Materials Physics from Fudan University, in Shanghai, China before moving to Canada to pursue her PhD at the University of Toronto. … Continued