Non-clinical PhD 2021 Cohort

 

Alexia

Alexia Martin

Project title - Spatiotemporal 4D live imaging to characterise chromosomal instability and drug resistance in breast cancer organoids.


What were you doing before you joined the CSC Programme?

I studied BSc Medical Biosciences at Imperial College London 2018-2021. My bachelor’s project (Bernardino lab, NHLI) found that flavouring chemicals in vaping liquids can disrupt lung surfactant function. I also had a Summer Studentship and a Scientific Officer position at the Institute of Cancer Research validating triple-negative breast cancer treatment biomarkers (Tutt lab, BCN) prior to starting my PhD.

 

What inspired you to choose this project?

My interest is in translational research closely related to patient benefit. I also enjoy learning new imaging techniques and image analysis. My group at the ICR has strong links to the clinic, and in combination with the imaging expertise in my Imperial group, the collaborative project was perfect for me.

 

Interesting fact about yourself

I’m the “President” of my lab’s “Cake Club”. 

 

 

Bastien

Bastien Lecoeur 

Project title - Accelerating volumetric MR Imaging for Real-Time Adaptive Radiotherapy


What were you doing before you joined the CSC Programme?

Diplôme d’ingénieur généraliste (MSc in General Engineering), Telecom Paris - France (2018-2021)

MSc in Advanced Computing, Imperial College London (2020-2021)

 

What inspired you to choose this project?

I selected this project to be able to apply my computing skills to a real-life working scenario. I wanted to work towards helping patients with hard to treat cancers. 

 

Interesting fact about yourself

I have a white and ginger cat called Biscuit

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Flittner 

Project title - 'Molecular barcodes for high-dimensional functionalization of cancer heterogeneity

What were you doing before you joined the CSC Programme?

 

I completed my MSci Biochemistry at King’s College London 2017-2021. I undertook several placements throughout the degree which sparked my love for wet lab research.

 

What inspired you to choose this project?

I chose this project as it’s biotechnology heavy. I think creating novel bio-tools to help us better understand cancer is very important. 

 

Interesting fact about yourself

When I was a younger, I wanted to be a firefighter or a cancer researcher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qiquan

Qiquan Wang

Project title - A Multimodal Topological Approach to Brain Cancer: Unifying Molecular and Imaging Data

What were you doing before you joined the CSC Programme?

I studied an integrated Master's in Mathematics at Imperial, where my Master’s project was studying a Bayesian model for player ranking in Tennis.

 

Interesting fact about yourself

I enjoy watching anime and doing outreach in my spare time.


 

 

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Pooja Kaur

Project title - Engineering next generation laminin targeted cancer immunotherapy