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For #InternationalWomensDay I want to highlight some fantastic female scientists I’ve worked with on the two YouTube series I’ve made w @AXA’s @AXAResearchFund.

(These are not sponsored tweets, I just wanted to use today to mention these brilliant #WomenInSTEM again)

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First up is Esther Delbourg @EDelbourg a water economist & communicator who introduced me to the water footprint of food

#doyouknow that 1 🥑 takes 1000L of water to grow?!

Discover more in this film:

#IWD2018 #WomenInSTEM @AXA @AXAResearchFund #notspon

Astrophysicist and “solar storm chaser” 🌞 Miho Janvier @MihoJnvr told me the effect a solar flare (CME) could have on our planet:

& check out her @Ted talk:

#IWD2018 #WomenInSTEM @AXA @AXAResearchFund #notspon

Prof Helen Colhoun, a Medical Informatics Researcher at @EdinburghUni, is using #bigdata to help beat #diabetes

my interview with her:


+ my film ft Helen & @novonordisk (an elite cycling of riders w type1 diabetes)


@EdinUniMedia

Sarah Pressman @sarahpressman at @UCIrvine looks at how you can reduce your stress😡 and increase your happiness😁.

If you’d like some science based tips on exactly that here’s my interview with her:

#IWD2018 #WomenInSTEM @AXA @AXAResearchFund #notspon

I had such an interesting day with Sabine Langie at @VITObelgium learning about how the urban environment affects unborn babies 🚗 👶

We chatted on her way to work:

#IWD2018 #WomenInSTEM @AXA @AXAResearchFund #notspon

The same project also featured Nadia Chanzu’s work at @UCT_news.

Nadia’s important work is looking to reduce the incidence of preterm births. Sadly I didn’t meet her but she told me a little about it:

#IWD2018 #WomenInSTEM @AXA @AXAResearchFund #notspon

And coming soon, a video looking at #ageing and how to stay healthier for longer featuring Miia Kivipelto @MiiaKivipelto at @KarolinskaUnsju and Francesca Baggio at The Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing @MPIAGE

#IWD2018 #WomenInSTEM @AXA @AXAResearchFund #notspon