Ask the Scientist - Vittoria Roncalli

How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?

If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with our weekly Seminar speakers on Wednesdays from 2:30 - 3 PM.

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Speaker: Vittoria Roncalli.

I am a research scientist at Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn in Naples (Italy). My research focuses on zooplankters ecophysiology, in particular copepods. With my research I bridge the field of ecology and molecular biology (e.g. transcriptomics) to investigate the organismal plasticity in response to signals and stressors in the marine environment. In the last years, I have been fascinated by a developmental process known as diapause used by organisms to enter a state of “suspend animation” that ensures survival during adverse periods. My goal is to understand the genetic mechanisms that control this process in copepods.