🎤🚀 Only 2 days to go until Soapbox Science Talks at WiseNight 2025!
This Friday, 26.09, inspiring scientists will step up on a soapbox at the Brussels Planetarium to share their passion and make research come alive in a fun, engaging way. 🌍✨
🔗 Register at https://wisenight.eu/activities/the-soapbox-science-brussels-booth/
Soapbox Science Brussels is back – joining WiseNight at the Planetarium of Belgium! 🌍✨
📅 26 September 2025
🕔 17h – 22h
📍 Planetarium, Brussels
An evening full of inspiring talks where women scientists take the stage to share their research with the public.
🔗 https://wisenight.eu/activities/the-soapbox-science-brussels-booth/
🧑🔬✨ 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/
