Café Scientifique were treated to a fun and informative talk from old girl Serena De Nahlik (KHSW 2004-2011), about her time at Oxford University studying Engineering and her career after getting her degree. She talked about her third and fourth year projects, the first of which was based on helping a team design a prosthetic limb which was controlled by muscle impulses. Her fourth-year project was co-culturing nerve and muscle cells on an electrospun scaffold, which is essentially figuring out how to make nerve and muscle cells grow in a natural way with the help of a specially made plastic scaffold. Serena also talked about her first job out of university, which was with Oxford Mestar working on building a bioreactor which grows cells for cell therapy. Finally, we learnt about her current work with Oxford University Innovation, helping academics at the university start businesses and get patents. It was lovely to hear about all the exciting, and unexpected opportunities an engineering and science degree affords, especially from an old girl.
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