Celebrating the end of a busy term

Year 8 were today having a talk from a STEM ambassador for the East of England

Dr Soudabeh Imanikia, PhD, MRSB, Bye-Fellow in Biological Sciences at Girton College, Cambridge, and Science Manager, Molecular Diagnostics at Astrazeneca, was discussing her journey into research and the work currently being done on cloning

Dr Imanikia lists her research themes as cancer genomics, molecular diagnostics, protein quality control and ageing and neurodegenerative diseases

On her Girton College profile page, Dr Imanikia said: “As a Molecular Diagnostics expert, I use my expertise in late oncology clinical trials ” The Science Department arranged the visit to celebrate the end of a busy term with Year 8 having completed their tests earlier in the week

GUEST SPEAKER: Dr Soudabeh Imanikia