Shannon Weiman
Shannon Weiman earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, San Diego, specializing in microbiology and immunology. Prior to joining the Keystone Symposia team, she worked as a freelance writer for leaders in academic, industry and government research, including Stanford University’s Biomedical Innovation Initiative, the University of Colorado’s Biofrontiers Program, UCSF, the FDA and the American Society for Microbiology.
Investing in the Future of Science: Scholarship Opportunities for the Next-Wave of...
As a non-profit organization for the advancement of life-science research and medicine, it is part of our core mission at Keystone Symposia to support and train the next-wave of research leaders and innovators. The...
Engaging Women in Vector Control
Despite modern medicine’s best efforts, the global malaria epidemic continues to plague millions worldwide. Researchers, doctors and public health experts seem to have tried everything in vector-control and vaccination against this persistent pathogen, but...
Keystone Symposia Fellow Manu Platt on Mentorship and Career Advancement
Manu Platt pursues science, and life, with a sense of adventure. I always tell my students to take every opportunity, because you never know what is going to come from it. Value and embrace your...
Q&A with “Microbiome: Therapeutic Implications” Meeting Organizer, Fergus Shanahan
The microbiome underlies nearly all aspects of human health, with implications for diseases ranging from allergy to cancer and even mental health. While the last decade was spent exposing many of these connections, which...