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Our 2020 Student Profiles
- Oliver Burman
- Hannah Cooke
- Rachel Healy
- Charlotte Hudlerová
- Jake Samuel
- Vincent Saverat
- Hannan Seyal
- Karen Zhu
- Aileen Cooney
- Sabrina Pia Nuccio
- Lino Prados Martin
- Katherine McPhie
- James Zhang
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Jake Samuel
Project Title: Cell-engineered synthetic chylomicrons for oral drug delivery applications
Jake obtained a first-class BSc in Biology at Swansea University, before working as a Research Technician at Mars Inc. for a year. He then studied for an MRes in Biomedical Research at Imperial where he received the Galen prize for excellence in medical research. He now works in the laboratory of Dr. Nazila Kamaly, where he is developing a biomimetic gut to investigate the lymphatic transport of drugs.
Jake Samuel
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: Cell-engineered synthetic chylomicrons for oral drug delivery applications
Jake obtained a first-class BSc in Biology at Swansea University, before working as a Research Technician at Mars Inc. for a year. He then studied for an MRes in Biomedical Research at Imperial where he received the Galen prize for excellence in medical research. He now works in the laboratory of Dr. Nazila Kamaly, where he is developing a biomimetic gut to investigate the lymphatic transport of drugs.
Hannan Seyal
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: Smart Bioisosteres: Beyond a spatial mimic to improved plant biology
Hannan joined the CDT in 2020, having completed an MSci in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, during which he carried out a 12-month internship at F. Hoffmann la-Roche, Switzerland, followed by his Masters’ project in the Clark Group. His previous research experience includes the design and synthesis of small molecules, including the use of computer aided design, and methodology for total synthesis, investigating 2-carbon ring expansions. Currently working in the Bull Group, in collaboration with Dr James Murray and Syngenta, his research focuses on the investigation and design of novel phenyl bioisosteres in agrochemistry.
Vincent Saverat
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: Directing protein modification in living systems with bifunctional molecules
Vincent graduated in Organic Chemistry at Paris-Saclay University, before further exploring his interest in biology through an MRes in Chemistry and Life Sciences jointly at Ecole Normale Supérieure and Paris Sciences et Lettres University. Funded by the EPSRC under the co-supervision of Prof. Ed Tate and Dr. Mark Rackham, Vincent’s PhD research focuses on using chemical biology approaches to investigate the role of protein S-acylation in cells. Outside of the lab, you may find him enjoying the diverse architecture of London or at home during rainy days reading The Economist.
Charlotte Hudlerova
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: Ultrasensitive prostate cancer screening based on miRNA sensing from whole blood
Charlotte joined the Institute of Chemical Biology at Imperial College London in October 2020 and is currently a PhD candidate. Previously, she completed a BSc in Molecular Biology at the University of Aberdeen (2019) and then an MRes in Cancer Biology at Imperial College (2020). In her current work, she seeks to improve the early detection of prostate cancer by developing multiplexed single-molecule binding assay utilising miRNAs and electro-optical nanopore platform under the supervision of Dr Sylvain Ladame, Prof Charlotte Bevan, Dr Aleksandar Ivanov and Prof Joshua Edel.
Oliver Burman
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: Next-generation biosensors for real-time, enhanced sensitivity antigen detection
Oliver Burman joined the Chemical Biology CDT programme at Imperial College London after graduating from Imperial in 2020 with an MSci in Chemistry with Molecular Physics. His research, co-funded by the ICB and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, consists of using gold nanoparticles as molecular carriers, focusing on their self-assembly and the change in electro and optical signals that this creates.
Tom Kitto
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: A multifunctional biomimetic lab-on-a-chip assault course for agrochemical bioavailability screening
Tom is a 2020 CDT student within the Institute of Chemical Biology and is supervised by Oscar Ces, Yuval Elani, Laura Barter and Nazila Kamaly. His project is a collaboration between Syngenta and Imperial College London, where he will attempt to reconstruct the plant cell wall using synthetic biology technologies. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath, UK.
Rachel Healy
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: Biomechanical regulation of cell extrusion and migration during metastasis
Rachel joined the CDT as a PhD candidate in October 2020. She is co-supervised by Dr Sam Au (Bioengineering Department) and Professor Vania Braga (National Heart and Lung Institute).
Her research focuses on using microfluidic devices to investigate the biomechanics of tumour cell extrusion and migration leading to metastasis. She will explore how cell-cell and cell-ECM adhesions, intrinsic and extrinsic forces contribute to cell extrusion and migration in three dimensions.
Rachel has a BSc in Genetics from University College Cork, Ireland and completed her MSc in molecular medicine at Imperial College in 2020, where she was introduced to organ-on-chip devices. As part of her research, she was involved in the microfabrication of a pulmonary artery-on-a-chip-microfluidic device to model inflammatory responses of pulmonary arterial hypertension. She intends to use her knowledge of cancer biology and microfluidics to understand the fundamental mechanisms that drive tumour cell extrusion and migration.
Lino Prados Martin
ICB CDT: Meet our students
Project Title: Bionic Robotics: Autonomous Biohybrid Machines powered by skeletal muscle tissues
Lino Prados is currently a PhD student at Prof. Molly Stevens group researching soft robotics and point-of-care biosensing. He joined Imperial in 2019 to study an MRes in Nanomaterials after completing his BSc in Biomedical Engineering at Carlos III University of Madrid.
Lino is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training.
Date last reviewed: 31 January 2024
Date last updated: 31 January 2024
