Electrophysiology (In-Vivo and Ex-Vivo), Rodent Handling, Rodent Behavioural Assays, Stereotaxic Surgery, Dissections, Drug Preparation and Administration, Immunohistochemistry, Light Microscopy, Statistical Analysis, ImageJ (Fiji)
Projects / Research
2021 – 2023: Research Assistant at Ulysses Neuroscience Ltd. where I worked on numerous projects as required by the company’s many research collaborators, with most projects being in the fields of In-Vivo electrophysiology and behavioural pharmacology.
2020 – 2021: An investigation into the relationship between parvalbumin inhibitory interneurons and alterations in neuronal network activity in APP/PS1 mice.
Scholarships / Awards
2023 – 2024:
Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS
A strong scientific interest of mine is electrophysiology. I have always loved learning about neuronal oscillations, the cellular populations involved, the resulting cognitive processes, etc. Electrophysiology gives us a unique insight into how the brain works, and as a result I chose a project in my undergraduate degree which allowed me to carry out ex vivo brain slice electrophysiology and gain experience in the field. I then chose further developed my EEG skills by joining Ulysses Neuroscience Ltd., where I was involved in rodent EEG studies. In the future, I am very interested in combining EEG, cognitive neuroscience and disease as I would love to investigate how cognitive processes such as memory are disrupted in diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease using electrophysiological techniques. I believe that better understanding how disrupted neuronal oscillations and networks are linked with deficits in cognitive processes in different diseases can provide us with alternative therapeutic targets.
