Translational Molecular Medicine Research in Oxford
Name: Lui Yat Man Edmond
Institute: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
University: University of Oxford
Period: Summer, 2015
Translational Molecular Medicine Research in Oxford
Through the GPS overseas research internship, I spent my summer in the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine of the University of Oxford for three months. My supervisor, Prof. Zameel Cader, is a physician-scientist specializing in neurology. The main focus of my lab is the pathology of migrane headache.
Migrane headache is very common, yet its pathology is not well-understood. My major work was to try different techniques on cells reprogramming and I had the opportunity to develop a lentivirus transduction system and transport a reporter gene. This was challenging but definitely a fulfilling learning experience, which helped me to learn and discover more on this aspect.
In addition to my project, I was very impressed by the research environment in Oxford. Researchers in my lab are willing to teach and share with me. Therefore, besides the techniques involved in my project, I actually had a chance to work on almost every techniques from different specialists in my lab. Moreover, a lot of seminars and talks were held during the summer and I was granted great chances to attend them. Even more rewarding, I met and learnt from a group of doctors and scientists pursuing DPhil in Oxford of how to plan in order to become a biomedical researcher.
Finally, I would like to thank Cader’s lab, WIMM and CUHK for this educational and fruitful internship. It gave me a wonderful experience working in a molecular medicine lab and met new the top researchers around the world.
