Vendija Skeltona joins our team

Vendija Skeltona has studied and will re-start studies in Fundamental Neuroscience at the University of Maastricht, in the Netherlands. She has also a valuable earlier experience working on her bachelors work (University of Latvia) at Latvian Biomedical Study and Research Centre working on cancer related topics. Her skills working with large databases and touching also AI aspects fit to our group needs.

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Here Vendija shares few snapshots from her life:

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"Working on histological sample preparation in the context of evaluating the effects of an anti-cancer vaccine prototype. During this step, the tissue samples were embedded into paraffin blocks in preparation for slicing and staining."

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"The fNIRS set up used for non-invasive brain imaging during a Brain-Computer Interface research project. Near-infrared light is emitted by the optodes and reflected by oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin, allowing researchers to track oxygen consumption dynamics in the brain. Higher consumption in contrast to resting-state effectively indicates which regions of the brain experience more activity during task execution"

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"When not in a lab or office, i enjoy taking my work, studies or reading outside. Limited internet access allows to dig deeper into the resources and ideas at hand and breaking up thinking periods with a hike or a bike ride is always a nice way to free up head space and rest."

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"Observation is a fundamental aspect in general comprehension and I've found drawing and painting to be an enjoyable way to excersize this skill. Identifying key characteristics is especially tricky when trying to get a likeness, which is why its always a fun process of spending time working on portraits in particular and seeing which small adjustments capture the right idea."