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

Cecilia Boz
Senior Analyst
ArchiMed
PhD Developing fluorescent probes to stratify IPF through iron metabolism in macrophagesProfessional experienceBusiness Analyst InternMDPPNHS AcceleratorInveniam

Charlotte Campbell
Currently finishing up
PhD Imaging the onset of oncogenic splicing isoforms of CD44Professional experienceBusiness Development InternTargoPep

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

Katrina Wesencraft
Currently finishing up
PhD Mesoscopic imaging of insulin-secreting human islets for clinical transplantationProfessional experienceScience writerNASA Ames Research Center

Lisa Kolln
Currently finishing up
PhD Taming the Hippo Signalling Pathway in mesotheliomaProfessional experienceResearch AssociateDermalog

Mairi Ward
Strategic Partnerships Analyst
Edinburgh Innovations
PhD Direct imaging of renin secretory granule movement and secretion in vivoProfessional experienceAnalystInveniam

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

Mishal Tariq
Currently finishing up
PhD Developing imaging probes for the detection of cancer micrometastasesProfessional experienceTBC

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