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Sophie Morse

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  • Education:

    Liceo Scientifico in Italy, Imperial College London for undergraduate and masters

  • Qualifications:

    MEng, MRes

  • Work History:

    PA consulting

  • Current Job:

    PhD student at Imperial College London

  • About Me:

    I am a PhD student enthusiastic about science and keen on getting you excited too!

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    I live in London with my boyfriend and an italian couple. We have a kitten called Pelusa and I’m italian too. I play the piano and violin and love dancing. Latin salsa dancing is my favourite at the moment. I have 2 little sisters and get to travel a lot with my work to conferences. I’ve just been to Japan where the food is amazing!

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    I get medicine into the brain which normally isn’t possible. I’m doing this with ultrasound and microbubbles, which are super tiny bubbles that you can put inside the body and get them to move so that the medicine gets into the brain through the vessels. It’s super cool!

    I do lots of experiments to make this as safe and efficient as possible and get to colour tissue with really cool colours to identify cells, neurons and helper cells in the brain.

  • My Typical Day:

    Experiments in the morning, staining and microscope in the afternoon

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    I will go in, sort out what I need to do and answer some emails. Go down to the lab and do some experiments to test whether I can get medicine in the brain better with a certain way of pulsing the ultrasound on the brain. After lunch, I will go to the microscope to analyse some results or do some staining to colour tissue so I can see cells lighting up with the medicine or not. And to see if the cells are healthy or not.

  • What I'd do with the prize money:

    I would invest it into getting children more involved with the science I do.

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      Reliable, kind, patient

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      A bioengineer

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      No

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Imagine Dragons

      What's your favourite food?

      Pizza with mozzarella di bufala

      If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

      Always be kind. Be successful and inspiring in my career. Manage to do that and have a wonderful family.

      Tell us a joke.

      Why was the maths book depressed? Because it had so many problems.

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