Industrial placement review: Molly Rowlett

By Molly Rowlett, Industrial Placement Student, Metrion Biosciences

My 12 month industrial placement at Metrion Biosciences was a truly remarkable experience that has helped me grow both personally and professionally. Choosing to complete a placement year was a big decision for me which was made 100% worth it!

I worked alongside many specialist scientists to understanding the principles of ion channel drug discovery and learning the specific disciplines involved. My main focus over the year was my project: The development and validation of patch-clamp assays to study large conductance calcium-activation potassium (BK) channels.

Additionally, I was lucky enough to work on a variety of ion channels, including IK(KCa3.1), NaV1.5, CaV3.2, KvLQT and TRPML1 using patch-clamp technique, and had the opportunity to present the poster 'Development of TRPML1-4A assays across manual, automated patch-clamp, and fluorescence-based platforms' at a scientific conference.

Overall, this industrial placement has been a valuable and inspiring experience which will benefit me in my final year at the University of Bristol and beyond. I am extremely grateful to the entire Metrion team for welcoming me so quickly and supporting me along the way.

Molly Rowlett CICF 2024 poster and leaving cake

My 12 month industrial placement at Metrion Biosciences was a truly remarkable experience that has helped me grow both personally and professionally. Choosing to complete a placement year was a big decision for me which was made 100% worth it!

I worked alongside many specialist scientists to understanding the principles of ion channel drug discovery and learning the specific disciplines involved. My main focus over the year was my project: The development and validation of patch-clamp assays to study large conductance calcium-activation potassium (BK) channels.

Additionally, I was lucky enough to work on a variety of ion channels, including IK(KCa3.1), NaV1.5, CaV3.2, KvLQT and TRPML1 using patch-clamp technique, and had the opportunity to present the poster 'Development of TRPML1-4A assays across manual, automated patch-clamp, and fluorescence-based platforms' at a scientific conference.

Overall, this industrial placement has been a valuable and inspiring experience which will benefit me in my final year at the University of Bristol and beyond. I am extremely grateful to the entire Metrion team for welcoming me so quickly and supporting me along the way.

Molly Rowlett CICF 2024 poster and leaving cake

My 12 month industrial placement at Metrion Biosciences was a truly remarkable experience that has helped me grow both personally and professionally. Choosing to complete a placement year was a big decision for me which was made 100% worth it!

I worked alongside many specialist scientists to understanding the principles of ion channel drug discovery and learning the specific disciplines involved. My main focus over the year was my project: The development and validation of patch-clamp assays to study large conductance calcium-activation potassium (BK) channels.

Additionally, I was lucky enough to work on a variety of ion channels, including IK(KCa3.1), NaV1.5, CaV3.2, KvLQT and TRPML1 using patch-clamp technique, and had the opportunity to present the poster 'Development of TRPML1-4A assays across manual, automated patch-clamp, and fluorescence-based platforms' at a scientific conference.

Overall, this industrial placement has been a valuable and inspiring experience which will benefit me in my final year at the University of Bristol and beyond. I am extremely grateful to the entire Metrion team for welcoming me so quickly and supporting me along the way.

Molly Rowlett CICF 2024 poster and leaving cake

Metrion Biosciences is a contract research organisation (CRO) specialising in high-quality preclinical drug discovery services.
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