Christiana Ruhrberg is Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Biology at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London. Her lab investigates the relationship between nerve and blood vessel development in the central nervous system. In 2018, she was awarded the British Society for Developmental Biology's Cheryll Tickle Medal, which recognises outstanding achievements of mid-career female scientists in the field. In advance of her medal lecture at the society's spring meeting, we met Christiana to find out what the award means to her, how she settled on neurovascular development after many changes in direction early in her career and her thoughts on what makes a good scientific mentor.
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