Conversations with Science’s Leading Minds: New Interviews Coming Soon

Supporting young researchers continues to be an important part of our mission. Following a successful launch last year, the Rising Stars program and our Conversations with Science’s Leading Minds series are back, featuring new video interviews with established scientists as they reflect on research, mentorship, and the early stages of a scientific career.

Launched to bring personal stories and practical advice to early-career researchers, the series was met with strong interest and engagement from viewers around the world.

Last year’s guests included Nobel Laureate Prof. Sir Richard J. Roberts from New England Biolabs (USA); Prof. Carl-Henrik Heldin of Uppsala University, former Chair of the Nobel Foundation; MIT’s Prof. Robert Langer; Ivana Vodopivec, MD, PhD, Principal Medical Director at Roche in Switzerland; and Dr. Adrijana Kekic from the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualised Medicine in Arizona.

We welcome back our expert host, Alen Juginovic, a doctor and neuroscientist at Harvard, passionate about mentoring and science communication.

Watch key takeaways from previous interviews:

This year’s interviews build on that success with a new collection of powerful voices:

• Dr. Joachim Frank, 2017 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, recognised for pioneering cryo-electron microscopy.
• Dr. Catherine Mohr, President of the Intuitive Foundation, known for leading initiatives that advance global medical education and technologies.
• Prof. Manolis Kellis, Professor at MIT and Broad Institute, a leading figure in computational biology, working across computer science, genomics, and biomedical research.

More interviewees will be announced in the coming weeks.

Want to explore further? Visit the Rising Stars Hub to watch past interviews in full and explore other initiatives dedicated to supporting young researchers.