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Petar is a young researcher with a background in Biotechnology and holds a Master of Science in Molecular Biotechnology. He is currently employed at the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health in Zagreb, where he is also pursuing a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of
Read moreAlisha is currently on a gap year and will be an incoming Mathematics student at Imperial College London. She is passionate about the mathematics behind game theory, investing, and financial markets, and is also a competitive chess player who enjoys the tactical challenges of the game. During her gap year,
Read moreMia is a biology student at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Science with a deep interest in molecular biology. Very early on in her studies she became active in the Association of biology students - BIUS, where she discovered many opportunities, and became a co-founder of several projects the
Read moreKathrin is a second-year PhD student in the Machine Learning Group at the University of Bielefeld, where she also did her undergrad and master’s degree in computer science. Her current research focuses on stream learning and fairness. Kathrin participated in several regional summer school programs during her time at
Read moreTom is a second-year Bachelor’s student in Earth and Climate Science at ETH Zürich. His academic interests are very wide and include surface Earth processes, natural disaster prevention and oceanography. He participated in the International Biology Olympiad in 2024 before starting university. In his free time, he likes to
Read moreFederico has a degree in Biomedical Engineering, and is currently attending his master degree in Bioengineering for Neuroscience at the University of Padua, in Italy. Even though he is interested in a lot of scientific topics, he is now focussing on Brain-Machine Interfaces. He has too been a student at
Read moreSandra is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Chemical Ecology at Bielefeld University and specializes in global change stressors, particularly light and chemical pollution. Her main research interests include global change ecology as well as nature and environmental protection. She is passionate about science education and loves teaching
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Molecules with antibiotic properties have been around long before mankind recognized their usefulness in preventing and treating bacterial infections. In the 20th century we began mass-producing antibiotics, mainly synthetic derivatives of naturally produced antibiotic molecules. Since then, antibiotics have routinely been used for different purposes in the fields of medicine,
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Human activities have substantially altered ecosystems. This means that all kinds of organisms now have to cope with different stressors, such as global warming, pollution, invasive species, and habitat destruction. We already know that such alterations cause a loss of biodiversity, bringing countless species to the verge of extinction. To
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The global ocean plays a key role in many terrestrial processes and is changing rapidly with climate change. The ocean is a complex system influenced by biological, physical and chemical processes. It stores dozens of times more carbon than the atmosphere. Photosynthesising organisms in the surface ocean produce about half
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