Participant from Portugal defines career path and pursues a PhD in medical imaging Silvia Dias Almeida’s visit to EMBL, facilitated by the Scientific Visitor Programme, helped solidify her career plans and set her up for a competitive PhD programme in biomedical imaging. Credit: Hanna de Groot As a young girl, Silvia Dias Almeida learned resolve from a mother who studied for her own university degree each night after the dinner table was cleared, and then again after she put a young Silvia to bed. Silvia’s mother soon became an agronomic engineer, exemplifying the drive to succeed in sc...