Sally Le Page

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Sally Le Page
Sally Le Page in a laboratory
Born1991/1992 (age 26–27)[citation needed]
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationUniversity of Oxford (BA)
Occupation
Known forShed Science on YouTube
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
GenreScience education
Subscribers60 thousand subscribers[1]
(November 2018)
Total views1.2 million views
(April 2018)
Associated acts
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 3 April 2018.
Websitesallylepage.co.uk
Signature
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Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist and science communicator. She is best known for making educational science content on YouTube, both for her own channel and for collaborations with groups such as General Electric and Rooster Teeth. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Oxford researching sexual selection.

Education[edit]

Le Page attended King's High, Warwick.[2] She studied biology at the University of Oxford starting in 2010, and graduated with a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in 2013.[3]

Research[edit]

Le Page is a PhD student at the University of Oxford researching sexual selection.[3] She is using Drosophila melanogaster to understand evolutionary theory. She found that if brothers grew up in the same environment as larvae they are less harmful to female fruit flies.[4] Her research was covered in American Association for the Advancement of Science's Eureka Alert and on Oxford Sparks.[5][6]

Public engagement[edit]

In 2013 Le Page won The Guardian and Oxford University Press Very Short Film competition.[7][8] She is the science correspondent on Rooster Teeth.[9][10] She won Science Slam in Oxford in 2013.[3] Since 2012, Le Page has created videos for her own science YouTube channel Shed Science, which has over 50,000 subscribers, and where she publishes science videos, vlogs and interviews other science communicators.[11] In 2014 she performed at the Royal Institution.[12] In 2015 she became the General Electric Creator in Residence.[13][14][15] She joined them at South by Southwest, where she discussed the neuroscience of taste.[16] In 2017 she was invited by BNP Paribas Foundation to make a science video studying coral reefs in Polynesia,[17][18] and later in the year criticized UK water suppliers for their use of dowsing to find water.[19][20] Le Page is a campaigner for LGBT equality and queer visibility in STEM.[21][22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9AUeAvdEVJfyS9rd9pvp8g
  2. ^ "Welcome | King's High Warwick". www.kingshighwarwick.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  3. ^ a b c "DTC - Sally Le Page". www.dtc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  4. ^ Page, Sally Le; Sepil, Irem; Flintham, Ewan; Pizzari, Tommaso; Carazo, Pau; Wigby, Stuart (2017-08-16). "Male relatedness and familiarity are required to modulate male-induced harm to females in Drosophila". Proc. R. Soc. B. 284 (1860): 20170441. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0441. ISSN 0962-8452.
  5. ^ "What can a power ballad teach us about the sex life of a fruit fly? | www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk". www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  6. ^ "Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  7. ^ "Student's short film wins £9,000". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  8. ^ Students, Guardian (2013-03-21). "Student filmmaker bags £9,000 prize for video on evolution". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  9. ^ Rooster Teeth (2016-11-06), Let Me Clarify #0.01 - Why Ice Floats on Water | Rooster Teeth, retrieved 2018-04-02
  10. ^ PickleWeevil (2015-04-01), Science Questions Answered by a Scientist - Rooster Teeth Podcast, retrieved 2018-04-02
  11. ^ "Shed Science - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  12. ^ The Royal Institution (2015-01-28), The Science of Sex - with Sally Le Page, retrieved 2018-04-02
  13. ^ "The Mary Sue Interview: Biologist, Science Vlogger, and GE Creator-in-Residence Sally Le Page". www.themarysue.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  14. ^ "Why GE is sponsoring a 22-year-old British YouTube star". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  15. ^ General Electric (2015-03-13), Introducing Sally Le Page - GE Creator-in-Residence!, retrieved 2018-04-02
  16. ^ General Electric (2015-03-25), The Science of BBQ: Sally Takes SXSW! | Special Reports | GE, retrieved 2018-04-02
  17. ^ "Coral reefs at risk: an unprecedented study explained by Youtubers Dr. Nozman and Sally Le Page - BNP Paribas". BNP Paribas. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  18. ^ Sally Le Page (2017-12-13), Corals reefs aren't as doomed as you think | Shed Science, retrieved 2018-04-02
  19. ^ "Water companies are using 'magic' medieval techniques to find underground pipes". Newsweek. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  20. ^ "Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks". BBC News. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  21. ^ http://www.contextureintl.com, Designed by Contexture International | (2016-02-16). "Coming out in STEM". Royal Society of Biology blog. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  22. ^ Sally Le Page (2016-02-09), Coming out, retrieved 2018-04-02

External links[edit]

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