My Journey MARTA ANDRÉS-TERRÉ B E C O M I N G A “ G L O B A L” S C I E N T I S T
Today’s presentation A roadmap
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LEAVING BARCELONA & HIGH-SCHOOL
THE UNIVERSITY YEARS
GRADUATE SCHOOL AND BEYOND
How it all started
Getting the ball rolling
What does the future hold?
How it all started (or how things took an unexpected turn, definitely for the best)
2005 Awarded scholarship
Had an amazing time FRIENDS, MENTORS, TRAVEL, EXPERIENCES, LEARNING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
2008 Graduated with focus on Biology/Chemistry
The university years
2010 2010
2011
First Research Project Zurich
Third Research Project New York
Second Research Project Stockholm
2012 2011 2009 Start undergraduate Barcelona
Second Year Barcelona
Undergraduate International Scholarship Philadelphia
Zurich, Switzerland
First Research Project Biology Undergraduate Summer School
Worked in a neuroscience lab, studying neuronal regeneration in the spinal cord
Stockholm, Sweden
Second Research Project Amgen Scholars Summer
Worked in an immunology lab, studying the mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
New York, USA
Third Research Project Cold Spring Harbor Undergraduate Research
Worked in a molecular genetics lab, switching model organisms to Arabidopsis thaliana
Finishing undergraduate: what now? Decisions, decisions, decisions
En route to a PhD Living in the USA and applying to graduate programs
Cold Spring Harbor, NY Internship
Stanford, CA PhD
Philadelphia, PA B.S.
My PhD Studying the heterogeneity of infection
EXPERIMENTAL
COMPUTATIONAL RIG-1-like receptors (RLRs)
Transcription factors
2’-5’ -oligoadenylate synthetase
Interferon-induced proteins
Dr. Seuss
Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street. And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air. Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you. And then things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too.
Oh, the places you will go!
Thanks to:
The mentors
The friends