Nikea Pittman, PhD, a structural biologist and postdoctoral fellow at the ºÚÁÏÍø, was featured in a Nature article that included insights from six black scientists from the United States and Europe.

Nikea Pittman, PhD, is a structural biologist and SPIRE postdoctoral scholar at the ºÚÁÏÍø.Ìý³§he utilizes cryo-electron microscopy to capture three-dimensional images of membrane proteins in the laboratory of Saskia Neher, PhD, in the ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Recently, Dr. Pittman shared her experience through a personal interview that encourages all scientists to create opportunities for difficult conversations about race, in addition to other actionable goals. The freely accessible , published in Nature on June 22, also features insights from five other black scientists in the United States, Sweden, and Great Britain.