Vinita B
- Research Program Mentor
PhD at Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Germany
Expertise
Neuroscience, Illustrations, Science communication
Bio
I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA. I finished my doctoral studies; being the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Neuroscience student at European Neuroscience Institute, Goettingen, Germany. Along with enjoying being a researcher, I am passionate about science communication and wants to connect science and the world together. Presenting science in an easy and fun way is what I love doing through my online platform “Fuzzy Synapse” (www.fuzzysynapse.com).Project ideas
Making fun science zines/ books
Through my online platform Fuzzy Synapse, I have worked before on cell biology zines, I would like to teach the art of communicating various science topics in a fun and easy way in this project. We would work together to design various interesting, artistic zines on any scientific topic of interest. Also, depending on the interest of the student, we can also aim to transform the content into science illustration book.
Understanding The Brain In and Out
In this project, we will read, understand, and design summaries of neuroscience research papers in the form of single-page doodle illustration. We can then compile and communicate the research of various paper together in form of a series.
Science Videos
Making 2-minute videos explaining research mentioned in scientific papers by reading and understanding various scientific papers on any topic of interest.