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The Microscopists

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The Microscopists is a podcast from Bitesize Bio and ZEISS Microscopy that takes you into revealing, entertaining, and personal meetings with the great microscopists of our time. Your host is Dr Peter O’Toole. Peter will help you understand what drives great, successful scientists, what really inspires them and what they enjoy most in life. This set of candid, fun, and engaging interviews serves not only to help inspire upcoming scientists but to show how career tracks and work-life balance are managed by some of the best. Not only are they great at work, but they have some amazing stories to tell about their lives outside science. Browse all The Microscopists episodes here: http://bit.ly/the-microscopists-pds

Latest episodes

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Steve Altschuler and Lani Wu (University of California, San Francisco)

Steve Altschuler and Lani Wu are Professors in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. In this episode of The Microscopists, Peter O’Too

Jan 23
54 min

Uri Manor (UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences)

In this episode of The Microscopists, Uri Manor, Assistant Professor of UCSD, opens up about growing up with profound hearing loss and how, despite wanting nothing to do

Jan 9
1 h 15 min

Leonel Malacrida (Universidad de la República & Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Uruguay)

In this episode of The Microscopists, Peter O’Toole sits down with Leonel Malacrida of Universidad de la República & Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Uruguay. Leonel reflect

Dec 12 2025
1 h 02 min

Elisa May (German Cancer Research Center)

In this episode of The Microscopists, Peter O’Toole sits down with Dr. Elisa May, Chief Enabling Technology Officer at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), one of th

Nov 28 2025
1 h 00 min

Kelly Rogers (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)

In this episode of The Microscopists, Peter O’Toole sits down with Kelly Rogers, Head of the Division of Advanced Technology and Biology at the Walter and Eliza Hall Inst

Nov 14 2025
1 h 00 min

Manu Prakash (Stanford University)

We're thrilled to bring you this episode of The Microscopists with an absolute force in accessible science and microscopy innovation—Manu Prakash of Stanford University.

Oct 31 2025
1 h 10 min

The Microscopists Discusses Menopause and Perimenopause

In this special episode of The Microscopists, we're joined by three passionate voices who share their personal experiences with perimenopause and menopause. They share p

Oct 17 2025
1 h 03 min

Christophe Leterrier (CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université)

This time on The Microscopists, we're joined by Christophe Leterrier, team leader at NeuroCyto in Marseille and director of a Nikon Center of Excellence for super-resolut

Oct 3 2025
58 min

Robert Haase (Leipzig University)

We're thrilled to bring you the latest episode of The Microscopists, this time featuring Robert Haase, Lecturer and Training Coordinator at Leipzig University. In this

Sep 19 2025
1 h 04 min

Maddy Parsons (King's College London)

This time on The Microscopists, we're thrilled to have Maddy Parsons, Professor of Cell Biology and Director of the Nikon Imaging Centre at King's College London, as our

Sep 5 2025
57 min

Louise Cole (Australian Institute for Microbiology and Infection)

#84 — Louise Cole is MIF Director and Associate Professor of the Australian Institute for Microbiology and Infection at the University of Technology Sydney. In this episo

Oct 3 2024
1 h 04 min

Anna Schueth (Maastricht University)

#83 — Anna Schueth is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences at Maastricht University. In this episode of The Microscopists, Anna

Sep 19 2024
1 h 04 min

The Microscopists Mental Health Special with Beth Cimini, Kedar Narayan, and Jason Rodgers

#82 — In this special episode, our host, Peter O'Toole, and a panel of guests discuss mental health and its impact by sharing their struggles and victories. Beth Cimini

Sep 5 2024
1 h 15 min

Ilaria Testa (Karolinska Institutet Science Park)

#81 — Ilaria Testa is an Associate Professor in the Science for Life Laboratory at Karolinska Institutet Science Park. In this episode of The Microscopists, Ilaria joins

Aug 22 2024
1 h 02 min

Ammasi Periasamy (University of Virginia)

#80 — Ammasi Periasamy is a Professor and Director of Keck Center for Cellular Imaging at the University of Virginia. In this episode of The Microscopists, Ammasi joins

Aug 8 2024
1 h 00 min

Michael Dustin (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

#79 — Michael Dustin is a Kennedy Trust Professor of Molecular Immunology and Director of Research at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford. I

Jul 25 2024
1 h 05 min

Erin Tranfield (VIB Bioimaging Core, Ghent)

#78 — Erin Tranfield is Head of the VIB Bioimaging Core, Ghent. In this episode of The Microscopists, Erin joins Peter O’Toole to discuss her inspirational contribution t

Jul 11 2024
1 h 05 min

Kelly Vere (University of Nottingham)

#77 — Kelly Vere is the University Director of Technical Strategy at the University of Nottingham. In this episode of The Microscopists, Kelly joins Peter O’Toole to disc

Jun 27 2024
59 min

Panel Discussion — Non-academic Career Paths

#75 — In this episode, Peter O'Toole hosts an entertaining panel discussion with former members of his lab group who have gone on to pursue non-academic science careers.

Jun 13 2024
1 h 06 min

Graham Wright (A*STAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research)

#75 — Graham Wright is the Director of the Research Support Centre at A*STAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research. In this episode of The Microscopists, Graham joi

May 30 2024
1 h 05 min

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