Profile: Mai Osama

I am a doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Pharmacy Helsinki University, Finland. My main areas of PhD research focus on nanoparticle-cellular interactions and bioluminescent assays. My skills involve microfluidic mediated nanoparticle fabrication and functionalization, cellular studies, flow cytometry and molecular biology. I am also currently a PhD students' representative in my programme's board, Drug Research Programme. On the side, I also volunteer as a teaching assistant in my division for Bachelor students. Moreover, I am currently supervising a Master's student for her thesis which also involves nanoparticle fabrication and SiRNA transfection.