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Alumni 2017

2017 Alumni

Our fourth cohort are all out and about, changing the world and putting their OPTIMA training to excellent use in industry, academia, communication, and entrepreneurship.

Aryanne Finnie

Currently finishing up


PhD Multiplexed Bioaffinity Detection of Pathogens- Optical Antibiotogram for detection of multidrug resistant pathogens in the setting of Organ TransplantationProfessional experienceResearch AssociateMoredun Research Institute

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Charlotte Campbell

Currently finishing up


PhD Imaging the onset of oncogenic splicing isoforms of CD44Professional experienceBusiness Development InternTargoPep

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Gemma Cairns

Currently finishing up


PhD Super-resolution microscopy for clinical research: Detecting mitochondrial interactions with intracellular bacteria after bacterial challengeProfessional experienceDevelopment EngineerWideBlue

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Lisa Kolln

Currently finishing up


PhD Taming the Hippo Signalling Pathway in mesotheliomaProfessional experienceResearch AssociateDermalog

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Mairi Ward

Strategic Partnerships Analyst

Edinburgh Innovations


PhD Direct imaging of renin secretory granule movement and secretion in vivoProfessional experienceAnalystInveniam

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Marie Gjika

Currently finishing up


PhD Sensing and imaging of macrophage polarisation in cancer through galectin profiling by using SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering)Professional experienceResearch AssociateRoche

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Mishal Tariq

Currently finishing up


PhD Developing imaging probes for the detection of cancer micrometastasesProfessional experienceTBC

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Philippe Potey

Technology Transfer Fellow

LifeArc


PhD Development of novel imaging probes to investigate FPR1 and FPR2 mediated pathways in lung inflammationProfessional experienceOpportunities Assessment AnalystLifeArc

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