Marina Slashcheva

EDUCATION

College / University

St. Petersburg State University

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biology

Country

Russian Federation

Lab Experience

Molecular biology techniques (molecular cloning, qPCR, DNA and RNA extraction, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, protein purification), cell culturing, light and fluorescence microscopy, patch-clamp, optogenetics

Projects / Research

07/2017 – 09/2017: “Effect of dendrite structure on optogenetic stimulation” (Offenhäusser, Maybeck), IHRS BioSoft Guest student program at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
11/2016 – 02/2017: “ECM proteins involved in homeostasis and plasticity” (Dityatev), Laboratory of molecular neuroplasticity, DZNE, Magdeburg, Germany
02/2016 – 07/2017: “Fragmentation patterns in circulating cell-free DNA” (Ivanov), Bioinformatics Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015 – 2017: Bachelor thesis "Investigation of transcription strategy of the AR9 bacteriophage” (Severinov, Sokolova), Research Center of Nanobiotechnologies, St. Petersburg, Russia

Scholarships / Awards

2017 – 2018:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2016 – 2017:	State Academic Scholarship of St. Petersburg State University

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am interested in exploring the brain on different levels of complexity – from molecules and genes underlying molecular interactions in neurons to micro- and macrocircuits playing a crucial role in memory formation and storage, data processing, neuroplasticity, etc. Manipulations of neuronal activity and wiring by optogenetics with regard to clinical applications are particularly exciting for me.