I completed my undergraduate studies at Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile, graduating with a BSc in Engineering and a Bioengineering Professional Degree. After a gap year, I pursued a Master’s degree in Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Research at King’s College London, completing a six-month research project under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Stroud. Following my studies, I worked as a research assistant at the Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat) and the Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaiso (CINV)

I moved to London to pursue a BSc in Medical Biosciences at Imperial College. During my second and third year, I had the opportunity to learn about iPSC maintenance, reprogramming, and cloning. I also participated in establishing a cerebral organoid differentiation protocol in the Germline and Pluripotency lab, in the aim of modelling intracranial germ cell tumours.

I obtained by Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences (Molecular Genetics) from The University of Edinburgh (UoE). Alongside my undergraduate studies, I undertook multiple internships which helped me develop skills in both computational and wet-lab techniques. In Dr Baranovic lab (UoE) I was focusing on improving the super-resolution imaging of AMPA receptors by using molecular dynamic simulations. During my placement in Loschmidt Laboratories (Czech Republic), I performed in silico screening to identify binders for the AHK4 receptor. Later, I was awarded the Gurdon Studentship award to conduct research in Dr Soufi lab (UoE) where I studied the role of Sox2 gene in pluripotency maintenance. For my Bachelor’s thesis, I joined Prof Kaji lab (UoE) where I was developing an in vitro disease model for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis using CRISPR-Cas9 technology. After these experiences, I became passionate about stem cell & regenerative medicine and decided to pursue further research in this field during my PhD.

I have completed my integrated Master’s (Msci) degree at University College London, and also spent a year abroad at the California Institute of Technology. During my studies I have gained insights into both wet-lab work and computational analysis. In my Master’s project, I have discovered various genetic and environmental perturbations that can trigger multicellularity in the otherwise single-celled fission yeast.

I obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Genomics at the University of Bologna. As part of my undergraduate thesis project, I completed a placement at King’s College London in Dr. Alessandra Vigilante lab. During this time, as part of a collaboration with Prof. Micheal Malim and Dr. Luis Apolonia labs, I used a multi-omics approach to interrogate HiPsci cell line’s variation to study the influence of host genetic factors upon HIV-1 infection.

I obtained a bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology and Physiology from the University of Belgrade, followed by a master’s degree in Human Biology from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). During my time at LMU, I completed my thesis project in Mirjana Kessler’s lab, where I worked on in vitro modelling of carboplatin response in high-grade serous ovarian cancer patient-derived organoids. Afterward, I joined a biotech startup in Munich, where I spent a year working on novel AAV gene therapies for retinal diseases.