51. Ricardo “Kikas” Correia
Ricardo "Kikas" Correia is a PhD Physicist. Smart work, a never settle for less mentality, and a childlike fascination with what's outside his experience took him from Maputo all the way to Harvard and the in-betweens are nothing less than inspirational. What a guy, what a story, and can you believe he wanted to be a professional footballer! We talk about his incredible journey from "a praceta do rei dos frangos" to the Kirchhausen Lab at Harvard Medical School.
Links
Phoqus project (Kikas' PhD program, 2014-2017. A total of 200 candidates, 13 were chosen for this project) - https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/phoqus/members/
https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/phoqus/the-project/ricardo-filipe-bango-da-cuhna-correia/
Marie Curie - Actions - European Union Webpage (info about the Marie Curie fellowships) -
https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/funded-projects/initial-training-networks_en
Prof. Kees Weijer Lab webpage, Kikas' PhD boss (2014-2017) - https://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/people/kees-weijer
Prof. Ernst Stelzer Lab, Stelzer was the first "revolutionizing" 3D imaging with Lighsheet microscopy. Kikas worked in this Lab in collaboration (from October/2015 - January/2016), designing a microscope that he would eventually build at the end of his PhD in Dundee - https://www.physikalischebiologie.de/
In 2016 Kikas attended this conference, and after submitting an abstract about his work he was able to win a slot to talk about his scientific developments with Lightsheet, on Day 2 - https://www.lsfm2016.org/files/2114/7195/6037/full_lsfm_programme_23_August.pdf
Kikas was at i3s, in Porto working at this facility. Paula Sampaio was his boss - https://www.i3s.up.pt/scientific-platform?v=63
Prof. Tom Kirchhausen Lab webpage - https://kirchhausen.hms.harvard.edu/
Janelia Research Farm - HHMI - https://www.rvapc.com/works/howard-hughes-medical-institute-janelia-research-campus/
Janelia Research Farm - HHMI (Eric Betzig Lab, Nobel Laureate 2014), Kikas was in his lab to receive training on how to build the new MOSAIC, from April/2019 - December/2019) - https://www.janelia.org/lab/betzig-lab
The microscope behind Kikas in our YouTube video, at this moment there are only 4 functioning on planet Earth - https://www.janelia.org/node/46947/#mosaic