Miss Marina Flores Payan

About me:

Marina graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc (Hons) in Cognitive Science, during which she developed a strong interest in the use of bioinformatics and Machine Learning to understand the relation between molecular processes and diseases. Following this she completed a MSc in Bioinformatics at the University of Glasgow. Her Masters project involved the development of a Graphic User Interface for the exploration and analysis of transcriptomics data from cancer patients and their predicted sensitivity to different treatments.

Marina is currently a Graduate Research Assistant (Bioinformatics) in the Complex Disease Epigenetics group. Her work is focused on the analysis of cell-type-specific genomic variation associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Interests:

Marina has a keen interest in the use of bioinformatics to understand genomic or molecular variations associated with neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons) Cognitive Science (2018-2022, University of Edinburgh)
• MSc Bioinformatics (2022-2023, University of Glasgow)