The sisterhood at the Plant Tissue Culture in St Philip facility has become the nurturing force behind a young scientist’s growing ambition to help find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

Senior agricultural assistant Romelia Dabreo has found more than employment within the laboratory’s walls. She has discovered mentorship, empowerment and a sense of purpose among a close-knit team of women who helped transform her curiosity into a passion for scientific research.

Surrounded daily by head of the facility Dr Sophia Marshall, senior laboratory assistants Althea Grace and Deslyn Newton, along with laboratory worker Sandra Alleyne-Belgrave, Dabreo said the environment created by the women around her gave her the confidence to thrive in a field she never imagined entering.