Carrie Q Shi

MB/PhD Student at University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

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Experience

  • Doctoral Student at Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
    Oct 2024 - Aug 2025 · 11 mos

    PhD Student at the Sinha Lab. Investigating the potential of endocardial reactivation for vascularisation therapies using myocardial slice technology. Proficiency in analysing single-cell transcriptomics, production and culture of organotypic cardiac slices and sterile cell culture. Funded by the Cambridge Trust and Frank Elmore Fund.

  • Clinical Researcher at Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CIITD)
    Jul 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Group: Clatworthy Lab Investigated the effect of normothermic regional perfusion on donation after circulatory death livers through bulk-transcriptomics. Presented research findings at The European Society of Organ Transplantation Congress 2025.

  • Research Student at Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
    Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 · 3 mos

    Group: Carrington Lab Investigated the effect of specific tRNA silencing with dCas9 on mRNA content of Trypanosoma brucei. Acquired proficiency in trypanosome culture, cell-line generation and Northern blotting.

  • Research Student at Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
    Aug 2022 - Sep 2022 · 2 mos

    Group: Griffiths Lab Investigated the effect of actinomycin D and MEK162 on T cell activation levels in mouse cells. Acquired proficiency in sterile cell culture, phosphoflow and degranulation assays and flow cytometry. Funded by the Gatsby Charity Foundation.

  • Summer Intern at Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
    Jul 2021 - Jul 2021 · 1 mo

    Preparation of heart anatomical prosections for undergraduate teaching.