Sammie Le Sommer

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Samantha Le Sommer is a Scottish immunologist currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Masonic Medical Research Institute in the United States. She is a co-founder of the STEM Village - a platform to improve visibility of LGBT+ scientists.

Education

Sommer reports that she left school without qualifications. After high school, she joined West College Scotland, where she developed interest in pursuing higher education in STEM.

She graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc Biological Sciences with Honors. During her undergraduate studies, she joined Professor Rose Zamoyska's laboratory.

She completed her PhD at the University of Aberdeen with Professor Mirela Delibegovic.

The STEM Village

The platform was co-founded by Sammie Le Sommer, Brynley Pearlstone and Matthew Sinton in 2020 with the aim to challenge heteronormativity and provide more opportunities to queer people from wider scientific backgrounds to showcase their research. The name is inspired by the gay villages which served as community-building sites. The organisation runs seminars and conferences on the range of STEM topics.

Publications

The rising tide raises all ships.
Detection and Eradication of a Demodex Infestation in Specific Pathogen-free High-barrier Laboratory Mouse Facility Housing Immunocompromised Animals.
Cardio-rheumatology: the cardiovascular, pharmacological, and surgical risks associated with rheumatological diseases in women.