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Sally Le Page

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 completed her PhD at the University of Oxford researching sexual selection.

Sally Le Page
Sally Le Page in a laboratory
Born1991 or 1992 (age 32–33)[citation needed]
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Oxford (BA)
University of Oxford (PhD)
Occupations
Known forShed Science on YouTube
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
GenreScience education
Subscribers87.00 thousand[1]
(June 2021)
Total views2.28 million[1]
(June 2021)
Associated acts
Last updated: 08 Jul 2022
Websitesallylepage.co.uk
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Education

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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

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Le Page completed her PhD at the University of Oxford researching sexual selection.[3] Her research focussed on 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "About shedscience". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Welcome | King's High Warwick". www.kingshighwarwick.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "DTC - Sally Le Page". www.dtc.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ Page, Sally Le; Sepil, Irem; Flintham, Ewan; Pizzari, Tommaso; Carazo, Pau; Wigby, Stuart (16 August 2017). "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. PMC 5563793. PMID 28794215.
  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. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Student's short film wins £9,000". Oxford Mail. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. ^ Students, Guardian (21 March 2013). "Student filmmaker bags £9,000 prize for video on evolution". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  9. ^ Rooster Teeth (6 November 2016), Let Me Clarify #0.01 - Why Ice Floats on Water | Rooster Teeth, retrieved 2 April 2018
  10. ^ PickleWeevil (1 April 2015), Science Questions Answered by a Scientist - Rooster Teeth Podcast, retrieved 2 April 2018
  11. ^ "Shed Science - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  12. ^ The Royal Institution (28 January 2015), The Science of Sex - with Sally Le Page, retrieved 2 April 2018
  13. ^ "The Mary Sue Interview: Biologist, Science Vlogger, and GE Creator-in-Residence Sally Le Page". www.themarysue.com. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Why GE is sponsoring a 22-year-old British YouTube star". Fortune. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  15. ^ General Electric (13 March 2015), Introducing Sally Le Page - GE Creator-in-Residence!, retrieved 2 April 2018
  16. ^ General Electric (25 March 2015), The Science of BBQ: Sally Takes SXSW! | Special Reports | GE, retrieved 2 April 2018
  17. ^ "Coral reefs at risk: an unprecedented study explained by Youtubers Dr. Nozman and Sally Le Page - BNP Paribas". BNP Paribas. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  18. ^ Sally Le Page (13 December 2017), Corals reefs aren't as doomed as you think | Shed Science, retrieved 2 April 2018
  19. ^ "Water companies are using 'magic' medieval techniques to find underground pipes". Newsweek. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks". BBC News. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Coming out in STEM". Royal Society of Biology blog. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  22. ^ Sally Le Page (9 February 2016), Coming out, retrieved 2 April 2018
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