🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔊 Say hello to Crystal D'Silva, toxicologist and Associate Director at Baxter.
💊 With a PhD in Medical Biophysics and a passion for public education, Crystal studies the fascinating science of poisons and how toxic substances affect the body — and how we can better protect ourselves from them.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt.
📰✨ We’re in the news! ✨📰
Soapbox Science Brussels has been featured by @RTBF for bringing science into the public space.
🚀 On June 28, 12 brilliant women scientists will step onto soapboxes to share their research with passersby, making science visible, approachable, and inspiring.
🗞️ Read the full article here:
👉 https://www.rtbf.be/article/douze-femmes-scientifiques-dans-l-espace-public-a-bruxelles-pour-lutter-contre-les-stereotypes-11563281
💜 Thank you to our speakers, volunteers, and curious audience — together, we’re reshaping what science looks like.
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔊 Meet Lucile Gely, PhD candidate exploring the surprising link between your tongue and your#sleep.
😴 Lucile studies how the brain’s control over our mouth and throat muscles impacts #sleepapnea — and how tongue exercises might turn those rough nights into restful ones.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt.
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔊 Say hello to Florine Janssens, medical doctor and PhD researcher in nephrology at UZ Brussel.
🩸 Florine is passionate about bridging the gap between clinical care and scientific research. Her work focuses on how dialysis challenges our immune system. Instead of adding more meds, what if we rethink the way the machine works?
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe /Europakruispunt.
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔳 Introducing Sasha Viktorova, postdoctoral researcher in pure #mathematics, studying how shapes behave in higher dimensions and what happens at their most special points: #singularities.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt.
🤝 We are still looking for volunteers! Help us make this event a success and fill the form at https://lnkd.in/eCQEHMGp
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬👩🦽➡️
🔊 Introducing the innovative Hiva Hushyar, PhD researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, leading cutting-edge projects to improve #accessibility in cities — helping #wheelchair users navigate urban spaces through sensor-based technologies.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt. Full agenda: soapboxsciencebrussels.be/agenda/
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔊 Today we are introducing Vendula Smolíková, environmental scientist tracking the invisible threats in our water.
🌊 Vendula investigates how toxic elements move through #water systems, combining fieldwork with cutting-edge analysis.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt. Find the full agenda on our website: https://soapboxsciencebrussels.be/agenda/
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔊 Say hi to the brilliant Nora Colson, PhD researcher at Hasselt University — working at the crossroads of #spacescience and #sustainability.
🛰️ Nora’s research explores an unexpected partnership: diamonds and #cyanobacteria! Her mission? Finding innovative ways to produce #hydrogen fuel for space missions, paving the way for a greener future beyond Earth.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt.
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔊 Next up is Emilie Despontin, PhD researcher in theoretical and mathematical physics at @ULBruxelles
🕳️ Fascinated by black holes since childhood, Emilie now devotes her research to understanding these cosmic enigmas. But her curiosity doesn’t stop at equations — she’s on a mission to make science accessible, inspiring wonder in people of all ages.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt!
🧑🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑🔬
🔊 Introducing the curious and passionate Emilie Duthoo, #marinebiology researcher exploring nature’s very own superglue at @UMONS
🦪 Her fascination? How sea creatures stick to rocks, piers — and sometimes even ships — using natural glue. She dives deep into this sticky science to understand how it works and how we might harness it ourselves.
📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt!
