The London Infection Network for ECRs (LINE) presents a new seminar series - LINE+, where invited speakers talk about their science and more! Recognising science does not happen in a vacuum, we are keen to tackle how different researchers approach and marry their science with their ethical values and personal experience.
Upcoming: Dr. Yaw Bediako (11th Nov, 5pm Blizard Institute QMUL)
From Africa to the World: Leveraging African Data to Solve the World's health challenges
Dr Yaw Bediako is the CEO of Yemaachi Biotech and works at the cutting edge of immunology and genomics. With a background in infectious disease immunology spanning the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme, the Francis Crick Institute, and WACCBIP, including postdoctoral work on malaria immunity, he addresses global health inequalities by leading African genomic research, conducting clinical oncology studies, and creating accessible molecular testing like the home Sheba HPV test.
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While his current focus centres on oncology, his work across population-level immune profiling, genomic surveillance, biomarker discovery, and building high-tech biotechnology away from traditional Western hubs offers our infection biology audience valuable parallels to explore, alongside the direct link provided by his viral oncology applications.
You can read more about his work on the Yemaachi Biotech team page and see his profile on the Crick WWW Consortium team page through his role as a Crick Africa Network fellow and his collaborative work.
To sign up for the seminar and networking reception (both in the neuron pod!) use the registration page.
LINE+ seminars are sponsored by
Dr. Nathan J. Day (20th May 2026)
How deep is your learning? Interactive data science with big data visualisation and fast-growing Mtb
We welcomed Dr Nathan J. Day, a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Francis Crick Institute. Nathan utilises high-resolution microscopy and machine learning to understand how Mycobacterium tuberculosis persists within human cells.
His work focuses on building automated pipelines for image analysis, but his interests extend far beyond the code: he is a proponent of interactive data science and finding ways to make "big data" visually accessible and engaging to the public. You can check out his interactive preprint here; imagine you could just click on a data point on a graph and see all the metadata associated to it!
Dr. Suzanne Faure-Dupuy (18th February 2026)
Interactions matter: from virus-macrophage biology to communication and inclusion
We welcomed Dr. Suzanne Faure-Dupuy, researcher at the Institut Cochin (Paris, France), where she passionately studies how small viruses (HBV, HRV, YFV) manipulate macrophages to drive infection and disease. She is also the co-founder of the science popularization channel ‘Du neuf docteur’ (French science popularization channel, 'what's up doc'), Recipient of the 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents France Prize for Women in Science and Co-organizer of the Paris Postdoc Seminar Series, amongst other things...!
You can watch her recorded presentation HERE