Kim Ekroos is currently the CEO of Lipidomics Consulting Ltd and the President of the International Lipidomics Society (iLS). After receiving a PhD in Biology for his work in glycerophospholipid characterization by quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry from the Technical University in Dresden, Germany, Kim's lipidomics career began. Keep reading to find out what he believes to be the greatest breakthroughs in lipid technology have been, as well as where he thinks the field of lipidomics is headed, and more!
Rachel is a lipid researcher working on her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. She works in Gerry Hammond's lab in the Cell Biology program. She successfully defended her PhD in July 2022 just before conducting this interview. She is also the recipient of a FASEB Phospholipids 2022 travel award. Continue reading Rachel's interview to find out how she became interested in lipid research, what she believes is the biggest breakthrough in lipid research in recent years, and the best advice she would give a new grad student, and more!
Dr. Kelly Hines took the time to answer a few questions about her research interests and inspirations, as well as her life outside the lab. Find out what she believes to be the greatest breakthrough in lipid research, why she chose to focus on ion mobility - mass spectrometry to study the lipidome, and more!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experiences from the community's most influential and upcoming scientists. In this interview, Dr. Julie Saba discusses her research experiences while studying sphingolipid metabolism and signaling for the past three decades. Find out how Dr. Saba became interested in sphingosine-1-phosphate, what influenced her to dive into medical research, and more!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experiences from the community's most influential and upcoming scientists. In this interview, Dr. Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy discusses his research to develop polymers for lipid-nanodiscs and their applications in studying membrane proteins. Keep reading to find out what he had to say!
Federico Torta is an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore and is part of the Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING). His research is focused on automation, high-throughput technologies for the assessment of the lipidome and sphingolipidome. Dr. Torta took the time to answer a few questions for us related to his research and the path he took to become one of the leaders in lipidomic analysis research.
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Maria Fedorova!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Robert Ahrends!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Richard Schwarz!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Jon Lovell!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Susan Baldwin!
We would like to congratulate Dr. Elina Ikonen on being the recipient of the 2021 European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA) Avanti Lipids Award! We caught up with Dr. Ikonen to find out more about her research and what winning the EBSA Avanti Lipids Award means to her! Keep reading to find out what she had to say!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Dennis Voelker!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Bruno Antonny!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Yusuf Hannun!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Fumio Sakane!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Miriam Greenberg!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Felix Goni!
We would like to congratulate Dr. William Griffiths on being the recipient of the 2021 the American Oil Chemists’ Society’s Schroepfer Medal which recognizes a scientist who has made significant and distinguished advances in the steroid or sterols field. We caught up with Dr. Griffiths to find out more about his research and what winning the Schroepfer Medal means to him! Keep reading to find out what he had to say!
We would like to congratulate Dr. Jean Schaffer on being the recipient of the 2020/2021 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Avanti Award in Lipids for her pioneering work in understanding and preventing lipotoxicity. We caught up with Dr. Schaffer to find out more about her research and what winning the Avanti Award means to her! Keep reading to find out what she had to say!
We would like to congratulate Dr. Jeremy Baskin on being the recipient of the 2020/2021 ASBMB Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator in Lipid Research Award unique blend of chemical biology, biochemistry, and cell biology approaches to develop innovative methods for imaging and probing various classes of lipids in vivo. We caught up with Dr. Baskin to find out more about his research and what winning the Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award means to him! Keep reading to find out what he had to say!
We would like to congratulate Dr. Richard Pastor on being the recipient of the 2021 Biophysical Society Avanti Award in Lipids for his pioneering Molecular Dynamics Simulations of lipids and the development of the widely used lipid forcefield. We caught up with Dr. Pastor to find out more about his research and what winning the Avanti Award means to him! Keep reading to find out what he had to say!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Professor Yvonne Perrie!
The Conversations with Lipid Leaders Interview Series brings forward insights and experience from the communities most influential and upcoming scientists to stay connected to current colleagues and inspire the next generation of Lipid Leaders! Keep reading for our interview with Dr. Dan Raben!
