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#5 Introducing Focused Research Organisations: What does this mean for UK Science?
The Microscope: In Conversation with Meridial
May 19, 2026, 6:35 PM - 7:00 PM GMT+1

Join us for a conversation with Mehmet Fisek, CEO of Meridial, the newly launched UK Focused Research Organisation working to map the living brain at scale.

In conversation with Dr Aga Iwasiewicz-Wabnig from the Maxwell Centre, this session will explore how Meridial is using the FRO model to tackle the large-scale challenge of mapping the living brain, why this requires a new institutional structure, and what it could unlock for neuroscience and beyond.

Speakers

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Mehmet Fisek
Founder & CEO

Mehmet Fisek is the Founder & CEO of UK FRO Meridial. Mehmet is a neurophysiologist by training, with extensive experience developing cutting-edge methods for in vivo physiology and biophysics in multiple model systems including crabs, fruitflies and mice.

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Agnieszka (Aga) Iwasiewicz-Wabnig
Director
Maxwell Centre, University of Cambridge