Projects | Marta Zaccaria

Marta Zaccaria

welcome to my reflective portfolio

My undergraduate journey: the big picture

As I look back at my 1st year at UCL, I am thankful for choosing to study Applied Medical Sciences. I truly enjoyed learning about the human body, both in health and disease. First year layed the foundations for a deeper understanding of the molecular basis of disease in Year 2. Among all new topics,…

Research internship at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

It’s truly challenging to capture in a few words what a learning experience this summer has been: I participated in the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) organised by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), a top-notch biomedical research institution located in Long Island, New York (USA). Dr Tobias Janowitz gave me the opportunity to work on my…

Year 3 research project at the Crick

From November 2021 to May 2022 I had the opportunity to join Dr Erik Sahai’s Tumour Cell Biology laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute. As part of my third year of studies in Applied Medical Sciences I was required to carry out a research project in a lab at UCL or at an affiliated institute….

Research internship at the Francis Crick Institute

Summer 2021 has flown by. I had the incredible opportunity to spend 9 weeks at the Francis Crick Institute, as part of the Crick-Calleva Summer Student Programme. I worked in the Cancer Metabolism Laboratory, led by Dr Dimitrios Anastasiou, under the supervision of the postdoctoral fellow Dr Agustin Asuaje; my project was entitled “Developing a…

UCL ChangeMakers

My reflective portfolio is part of a wider project which started in November 2020. I was offered the oppurtunity to work on a UCL ChangeMakers project alongside Dr Nephtali Marina-Gonzalez and Dr Jennifer Rohn, two of my module leads in Year 1, and Advaith Veturi, who recently graduated in Applied Medical Sciences. The aim of…

Research experience: physiological data analysis

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, at the beginning of Year 2 I was looking for an extracurricular activity to experience first-hand the research environment. I was so excited when Dr Alireza Mani, Head of the Network Physiology Laboratory, offered me the opportunity to help in the data analysis for an article which was under revision. Although I…

Lab experiences before university

During secondary school in Italy, I had the opportunity to learn about the practical aspects of a scientist’s job through different placements, including the following: a 3 weeks internship at Testing Center Globaltest in Sofia (Bulgaria), focusing on the chemical properties of drugs (July 2018). a 1-week internship at the Medicine Department of University of…

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