Mien Chew

MB/PhD Student at University of Cambridge

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Gurdon Institute (Cambridge, England, United Kingdom)
    • MB/PhD Student
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

      Investigating endothelial cell differentiation in the developing human fetal lung at the Rawlins Lab, as part of my MB/PhD degree, supported by Cancer Research UK.

    • Research Project Supervisor
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

      Day to day supervisor for a third year undergraduate student, providing project guidance, technical support and scientific mentorship.

  • University of Cambridge (On-site)
    • MB/PhD Student
      Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

    • Physiology Supervisor
      Oct 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Providing weekly small group in-depth teaching sessions to second-year Natural Sciences undergraduate students for the NST Part 1B Physiology course, aimed towards stretching students beyond lecture content.

    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      Oct 2022 - Apr 2023 · 7 mos

      Third year undergraduate researcher in the Zernicka-Goetz Lab (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience), developing an in vitro co-culture model of the endometrium to facilitate the study of human implantation.

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

    Summer student at the Marciniak Lab, investigating the effects of HSP90 protein inhibition in mesothelioma cancer cell lines.