London2014 - 2015Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park, Imperial College London.
Supervised by Dr. Richard Gill.
Light-Microscopy, morphometrics analysis of pollen, R software.
Working on the effects of pesticide exposure on pollen foraging of bumblebees.
Coral Reef Ecosystem Laboratory, Australia
- Trainee
2013 - 2013Supervised by Dr. Sophie Dove and Dr. Simon Dunn.
High-performance liquid chromatography, cell counts, airbrushing of the corals and protein extraction, statistical analysis using Minitab (one-way ANOVA).
Writing of a scientific report about the understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Trainee
2012 - 2012Molecular pathology diagnostic services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. Supervised by Dr Philippe Tanière.
A major cancer centre and one of the biggest molecular pathology diagnostic services in the UK with more than 5000 tumours tested yearly for gene mutations.
Nucleic acid extraction, histological studies of testis samples by real time PCR and quantitative PCR. Use of Cobas® equipment for mutation detection, Rotor-Gene® instrument and BioMarkTM HD System Fluidigm to analyse the level of expression of genes.
Writing of a scientific report about the frequency of mutations in KRAS, BRAF and EGFR genes and the level of expression of ERCC1 gene in pancreatic cancer.
