Cohort 2019

Gitanjali Sharma

Project title - Microfluidic Based Reactions with [18F]Fluoroform: A Toolbox for Next Generation 18F-Radiolabelled Medicinal Chemistry Compounds

Julia Perea Paizal

Project title - Biomechanical activation of pro-metastatic programs in circulating tumour cells by vasculature constriction forces

What were you doing before you joined the CSC Programme?

Master in Biomedical Engineering: Bionanotechnology & Advanced Biomanufacturing at the University of Twente (The Netherlands)

What inspired you to choose this project?

I selected this project because it merged engineering and biology, the two disciplines I am interested in, ultimately aiming to improve our understanding of cancer metastasis. Specifically, it involved engineering vascular networks using organ-on-a-chip technologies to gain insights into the behavior of circulating tumor cells.

Interesting fact about yourself

Can’t read maps but will always find my way back

Marco Barbone

Project title - Enabling real-time adaptive radiotherapy by leveraging accelerators to improve the performance of MRI image reconstruction algorithms and dose planning methods

Jehanne Hassan

Project title - Understanding systems and molecular mechanisms underlying cancer immunotherapy for the development of precision immunotherapy with informed strategies

Nicol Matthews

Project title - Investigating the roles of the proteasome vs. autophagy, two major protein degradation pathways, in degradation and stabilisation of the proteome of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC)

Non-clinical PhD students

Simran Kukran

Project title - Development of MRI brain tumour fingerprinting for clinical assessment of brain tumour biology

Gitanjali Sharma

Project title - Microfluidic Based Reactions with [18F]Fluoroform: A Toolbox for Next Generation 18F-Radiolabelled Medicinal Chemistry Compounds

Julia Perea Paizal

Project title - Biomechanical activation of pro-metastatic programs in circulating tumour cells by vasculature constriction forces

What were you doing before you joined the CSC Programme?

What inspired you to choose this project?

Interesting fact about yourself

Marco Barbone

Project title - Enabling real-time adaptive radiotherapy by leveraging accelerators to improve the performance of MRI image reconstruction algorithms and dose planning methods

Jehanne Hassan

Project title - Understanding systems and molecular mechanisms underlying cancer immunotherapy for the development of precision immunotherapy with informed strategies

Nicol Matthews

Project title - Investigating the roles of the proteasome vs. autophagy, two major protein degradation pathways, in degradation and stabilisation of the proteome of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC)

Clinical research fellows

Ainkaran Santhirasekaram

Katharine Webb

Alvaro Ingles Russo

Nida Pasha

Elizabeth Appleton