Camela Rieline Cruz
EDUCATION
College / University
University of the Philippines Diliman
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Country
Philippines
Lab Experience
I have worked with different molecular biology techniques including gDNA extraction from tumor samples, gene cloning, site-directed mutagenesis, semi- and quantitative PCR, Western blotting, and ELISA. I have also explored cellular biology methods such as transfection via lipofection and electroporation, immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, and high-content imaging using cell-based assays to study wound migration, ECM degradation, caspase 3/7 activity, actin rearrangements, ROS generation, and metabolic reprogramming in cancer cells.
Projects / Research
- 01/2018 – 11/2018: Drug Discovery: Orthogonal assays to eliminate artefactual drug bioactivities
- 08/2018 – 09/2019: Internship at the DKFZ in Heidelberg: Radiobiology of novel particles for hadron therapy
- 08/2017 – 01/2018: Colorectal Cancer: Identification and functional characterization of Filipino-specific mutations in RAS, RAF, and PIK3CA genes via NGS and cancer hallmark assays
- 04/2015 – 06/2017: Undergraduate Thesis: Cigarette smoke-induced upregulation of SCAL1 lncRNA in A549 and associated increase in metastatic potential and resistance to smoke-induced toxicity of lung cancer cells
Scholarships / Awards
| 2019 – 2020: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School. |