The Class Ceiling with Prof. Selina Wray

Half-peppers wrapped in cling-film, leaving small towns and the power of stubbornness. This month we’re talking about the ‘class ceiling’ with Professor Selina Wray, a Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. She shares with us her experiences of food poverty, growing up working class and the barriers she faced navigating a career in science. 

Follow Selina (Twitter: @SelinaWray) and check out her lab’s amazing work and what they get up to (Twitter: @WrayLabUCL) .

Other things mentioned in the episode, which you should check out:
In2ScienceUK ( https://in2scienceuk.org/ )
The Trussell Trust ( https://www.trusselltrust.org/ ) - UK charity providing food bank services and working to end food poverty in the UK.
Dementia Researcher (Twitter: @dem_researcher , IG: @dementia_researcher , Website: http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk) 

The UK Dementia Research Careers Festival (1st - 6th March) http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/careers : Dementia Researcher has teamed up with Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer's Research UK, Race Against Dementia, Dementias Platform UK and the UK Dementia Research Institute to deliver the first UK Dementia Research Careers Festival. It is a week-long programme of events, aimed at (UK) undergraduates and young-people, highlighting the variety of ways they could bring their talents to dementia research. Includes live daily webinars, and blogs and articles providing advice and guidance, and an opportunity to explore how others came to be in dementia research. There will also be informal Q&A sessions and connections to over 25 Universities and employers!

If you are a dementia researcher and want to be involved connect with @dem_researcher on Twitter. They are looking for blogs or short clips about what you do and why you do it. You can also drop in to chat to students and young-people about your research and career for the virtual ‘coffee hour’ on Friday 5th March at 4pm (GMT) on http://wonder.me . No pre-booking is required, simply join using the link below, find the area which aligns to your research area, and chat to any young-people and students who come along.

To join the coffee hour, book onto webinars and find more details visit: http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/careers 

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Recorded: 1st February & 20th February 2021(recorded remotely via Zoom due to COVID-19, please excuse some fluctuations in audio quality) .
Released: 26th February 2021 .
Hosts: Rebecca Casterton, Jodi Parslow .
Producer & Editor: Rebecca Casterton .
Music: Right Place, Right Time | Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library) .

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Recorded: 14th March 2024 & 26th August 2024
Released: 30th August 2024
Hosts: Rebecca Casterton, Jodi Barnard
Producer & Editor: Rebecca Casterton
Music: Right Place, Right Time | Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library)