Collaboration Is Key: Exploring the Impact of Partnerships on Global Scientific Innovation in New Episode of Science Will Tell Podcast

Season two of the Science Will Tell podcast from the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, explores how key initiatives in the scientific community increase access to science education.

In this episode, Melissa Hackmeier, global head of employee & community engagement at the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is joined by:

• Melissa P. Wu, Ph.D., CEO of Seeding Labs
• Abebaw Fekadu, professor of psychiatry at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia
• Thabile Ndlovu, head of the chemistry department at the University of Eswatini in Eswatini.

Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode:

• the interrelationship between supporting global access to science and the creation of scientific discoveries that impact local communities
• the effects of providing equipment and scientific resources to the advancement of social and economic global human progress
• the importance of philanthropic investments and international partnerships to building solid and sustainable programs where scientific breakthroughs can flourish

The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has invested in Seeding Labs’ Instrumental Access program, which accepts donations of laboratory equipment and supplies from companies and places them at universities and research institutes in developing countries.

Professors Fekadu and Ndlovu are just two of more than 2,700 research staff and faculty from around the world who benefitted from the Instrumental Access program. As participants, they received high-quality laboratory equipment that has advanced research innovations and increased STEM educational opportunities in their communities and abroad.

Listen to the episode here: https://sciencewilltell.podbean.com/